wisbaker said: (quoted from post at 07:22:08 01/25/15) So Britain had Mega Dealers years ago? Could we
say it's their fault?
Reginald Tildesley started as a dealer in 1913 and became one of the 3 largest Ford dealers in Britain, ending up with 7 depots and several sub-dealers by 1980.
In the 1940's he was retailing 600+ new tractors and in the 1950's over 1000 new tractors per year! They also manufactured tractor variations and farm implements. Most of the trade-ins were rebuilt and resold to smaller farmers. Part of their trading area was the industrial Midlands of England, so they sold many tractors & construction machines to industrial users.
RT was killed in car crash in 1956 but his two daughters were not involved with the running of the business. The company failed in 1982 due to the activities of their wizz-kid managers in their leasing division. You do not bounce a check on Ford Motor Company!
I knew the family, and the company as a machinery suppliers' area sales manager. The family donated to me all their stock records and photographs dating back 1913. There was so much unique information that in 1984 I wrote & published a book on their company history.
This post was edited by WIZZO at 06:47:39 01/25/15.
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