Lintons Garage
WANTED
Interesting cars
Automotive oil tins
Old advertising signs
Vintage garage collectables
- In 1924-1925 TG Morgan constructed the building using Oregon timber beams, a special order and shipped from the USA with construction completed in around 1926
- The building was then sold to Rogers Motor Engineers in 1926 and opened as one of Adelaide’s first garages
- In around 1935 the building then sold to J Dumbrell and Sons and became “Dumbrells Lolly Factory” manufacturing boiled lollies and sweets
- From 1943-1947 the property stood vacant
- Then in 1948 it was converted into a hardware store under the name “Gibson General Hardware”
- After the war around 1952 it became “Glenelg Dry Cleaners”
- In 1957 the building was then purchased by the Len Lintons family, who moved in as Lintons Garage which was originally on Jetty Rd Glenelg
- Unfortunately Len Linton, an ex BSA England mechanic, died in the “sunny south disaster”, a sailing accident off Glenelg that took his life and 5 mates in 1935
- From 1935 onward, Stanley Engelhardt managed Lintons Garage for the Linton family
- Lintons Garage built “Lintons” brand push bikes
- Stanley Engelhardt purchased the Lintons Garage business in 1959 from the Linton family and added additional fuel bowsers to service both Gordon and Augusta Street
- Stanley Engelhardt continued selling Lintons bikes until 1962, then focused on repairing and selling English cars with his passion being for Jaguar and Renault
- Lintons Garage then held a Waymouth Motors new car franchise selling Dodge, Chrysler, Valiant and Simca
- The first new E type Jag in Adelaide was sold to Alf Wadham, and delivered to Lintons Garage
- Stanley Engelhardt finally purchased the property in 1977 for $40,000, but sadly passed away in 1980
- Peter Engelhardt (Stanley’s son) worked with his father from when he was 10 years old. Peter would pump the gas, and remembers giving change from one pound for a full tank of fuel. It was normal practice to fill your vehicle with fuel, write it in the book and pay later
- At age 31 Peter Engelhardt took over Lintons Garage continuing the European auto service and his passion for classic and motor sport vehicles
- In 2006 Mark Kraulis, the current caretaker, purchased the property from Peter Engelhardt and proceeded to renovate the property, driving by a passion to further preserve the buildings history
Additional historical information welcomed.
Phone 0419 833 100.
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