Andover Norton International Ltd 
3, Old Farm Buildings
Standen Manor Estate
Hungerford, Berks. RG17 0RB
England
Tel.(0044)(0)1488-686816
Fax (0044)(0)1488-686826
e-mail
office@andover-norton.co.uk
The exclusive Source of all  Genuine Norton Commando and Norton Dominator 
Factory Spare Parts

 
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Andover Norton Ltd was founded in the summer of 1977 to house all Norton, Triumph and BSA Spare Parts that came from the stores of Norton Villiers for Norton Commando and Dominator Models, and from BSA/Triumph for all models built by those two manufacturers, in an industrial unit in Andover, Hants.
As the  name indicates, the company was first and foremost the source for all Norton spares and, as original stock was sold off, Andover Norton started to re-manufacture new Norton parts. This it was well qualified to do, as the company has all the works drawings and tooling to manufacture parts to original, and often improved, specification.
In 1979, the decision was made to add the distribution of general motorcycle parts and accessories- brake pads, spark plugs and tyres- to the parts operation. 

picture (right) shows 1978 prospectus

This was continued until 1982, when Mike Jackson, with the help of Dennis Poore, bought the company and continued the distribution, while the Norton Spare Parts went back to Norton Motors (1978) Ltd in Shenstone, managed for most of their time there by Richard Negus, later the Managing Director of our sister company Norton Motors Ltd.

Our Managing Director, Nick Hopkins, can just be seen in a picture in the 1978 prospectus, studying a parts list- yes, he has been with the company for a while!

He was probably looking for the parts required by a German customer, who called frequently, coming up from Southampton University, where he studied at the time, on his John Player Norton Replica or his 1956 Norton ES2. Mr.J.Seifert was buying Norton parts for himself and friends in Hamburg- today, he is the owner of Andover Norton.

 


picture above shows 1985 prospectus

Norton Motors Ltd, under its MD Dennis Austin, started a "Brand Awareness" programme in 1985, using the now famous "Norton Genuine Factory Parts" logo, thereby distinguishing the genuine parts made to original or improved specification from the pirate parts of poor quality that were flooding the market from places far afield, mostly the Far East. 


Early card, ca.1985

Packing card ca.1988

Card ca.1993

Card ca.1997

When Norton got into financial difficulties through the machinations of its management team led by Philippe Le Roux, the Norton Commando spares stock was sold back to Andover Norton, then owned by Mike Jackson and William Colquhoun, in 1991. The stock was once more moved down to Andover and, when Andover Norton was aquired by the Regal Group in 1994, the spares moved to Southampton.

Nothing, however, is more constant than change, so in 2007 Norton Motors Ltd, recreated by said Richard Negus and Joe Seifert, re-aquired Andover Norton and set it up, once again, in Hungerford near Andover, managed by Nick Hopkins, who had done so since 1991, and Phil Albutt, who came to Andover Norton by way of BSA in Blockley. Chief Buyer is Peter Morris, who has followed Bob Reynolds, who in turn had been in that function for various Norton Companies since the 1970s, supported by Richard Negus and Joe Seifert, who had been involved with the Norton Commando models and their spare parts since production times.