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29.04.2008
Ever wondered, why Norton never offered a tool for the primary
chaincase inspection caps? They did it on purpose, so all Norton
owners make a massacre with unsuitable screwdrivers, then buy new
inspection caps. Andover Norton, totally selflessly, now had a first batch
of tools made in stainless steel, part#
06-7245, for only 10.90 Pounds plus VAT:
15.04.2008
Andover Norton stocks King Dick Quality British Made
Tools for General Workshop Use- see Service
Information on Tools.
01.04.2008
Andover Norton aquires the stock, files, tooling and goodwill of
J.R.Publications Ltd, Warwick.
JR Publications, founded by John Nelson, Triumph and later Norton Service
Manager as well as, at one time, Managing Director of the Meriden
Cooperative, in 1982, and later sold to L.P.Williams Ltd, the Warwick
Triumph Parts Specialist, stocked and reproduced in original format the
post-war Triumph technical literature, i.e. Workshop Manuals, Parts Lists,
Riders Handbooks, Tuning Notes and Technical Wall Charts. Andover Norton
will continue to produce and distribute these alongside the Norton
technical literature we produce and sell already.
29.02.2008
Bob Reynolds retires. The ties to the old
Norton factory are getting scarcer......
22.02.2008
Open Day, Dealers & Press only. Robert M. Reynolds farewell ceremony.
Some of the dealers present, including the "farest
travelled" Mark Appleton from Canada.
18.12.2007
All individual Parts for AMAL Mk1 Concentrics are back in stock after an
absence of many years- see "New Items Just In" page.
06.12.2007
The "Devotionalia" page goes online, offering
accessories and
technical improvements for Nortons.
01.11.2007
Robert M. Reynolds moves his office from east of Birmingham to Rugeley,
where he now operates the buying office out of Norton Motors Ltd. All
tooling, raw materials, and work in progress are stored there.
15.10.2007
Genuine Norton Factory Parts are being shipped out of Hungerford by
Andover Norton again to a Genuine Parts starved world!
07.10.2007
Whilst the move is on the way, the
webshop goes online again.
18.09.2007
The last shipments of parts to
customers leave the old premises in Southampton. The next day the move to
Hungerford begins.
10.09.2007
The new address is published, and the
move to the new premises imminent.
13.08.2007
The aquisition of Andover Norton
International made public. For a number of reasons it was not
possible to announce this change of ownership until now. Nick Hopkins,
who has been with Andover Norton since it was founded in 1977, becomes
the Managing Director, with Phil Albutt as Company Secretary and Robert
M. Reynolds as Chief Buyer.
02.04.2007
Andover Nortons stock and
business including tooling and technical drawings is sold to Norton Motors
Ltd. The business continues to trade from BSA Regals premises in
Southampton, trading as Andover Norton International Ltd, until new
premises are found and the company moves.
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