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--- HISTORY OF
D.M.A. ---
Dingwall Motor Auctions
is run by Mr. Paul I. C. Manton who joined the company in 1974.
It was Established in 1947 in Dingwall Road, Croydon, Surrey,
England by his grandfather
Mr. Sidney Hall hence the name of the current building ‘’SIDNEY
HOUSE’’. Paul must have engine oil in his veins, because his other
Grandfather founded MANTON MOTORS in
Croydon. There were Four Families, DEES, DOVES, LEATHWOODS and the
MANTONS and just after the war they represented FORD’S, AUSTIN /
MORRIS, ROVER, and the ROOTES GROUP, in that order.
Dingwall Motor Auctions is an Independent Family Business and is
Croydon’s Largest Motor Auctioneers.
In 1966 Dingwall Motor Auctions moved to it present
home in Beddington Farm Road, Croydon.
 
The site where Dingwalls started,
is now under a high rise office block, but if you look carefully
you can still see one of the walls of the Garage where
it all started in 1947.
The pictures above and below show the early days in Dingwall Road
and MANTON MOTORS.
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