Levey-Cooper Motors Pty Ltd motor garage, 124-126 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1984
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Levey-Cooper Motors Pty Ltd motor garage, 124-126 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
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1984
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Butler18037
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:BUILT: 1920PERIOD: inter-war__________________________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM___________________________CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONShttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349571-00067?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=512511919 Oct 2295 £2490 Erection of motor garageNov 2354 £30 installation of bowser petrol tank_______________________________________See also WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2021https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_(car_maker)___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE):1923NEW COMPANIESThe following, new companies have been registered: —Levey-Cooper Motors Pty. Ltd., 124-126 A'Beckett street, Melbourne. Capital: £10,000 in £1 shares. Directors: Alfred Levey, John Phillip Cooper and Clara Levey.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140827273LEVEY-COOPER MOTORS. | This firm, of 124-120 A'Beckett street, Melbourne, are the agents for two well known Continental care, the Berliet (France) and the Ansaldo (Italy). During wartime both these huge works, each employing 25,000 workmen, were working night and day filling war orders, and it naturally took some time to be adjusted to post-war conditions. But the 1923 models of both makes of cars are even superior to pre-war models, and much cheaper. The Berliets arc marketing three models, a 15 h.p., 20 li.p., and 25 h.p. The 15 h.p. are the only models arrived to date; but the other models arrive in October, and are eagerly awaited. The Ansaldo light 6 cylindcr models are also arriving in Octo ber; but the majority of the first shipment has already been booked up. The Ansaldo light 6-cylinder created a sensation at the Olympic Motor Show in London..1924https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1906300 illustLevey Cooper Motors Pty. Ltd.'s Hands car, driven by J. P. Cooper, climbing the Blacks' Spur, near Healesville, on the first day's run of the Alpine test..1260 MILES ALPINE CONTEST.1st Prize. — Levey Cooper Motors Pty. Ltd. (driver, J. P. Cooper). 12.31 h.p. Ansaldo, 1006 points. Dunlop Cup. value £50, presented Dunlop Rubber Contributory
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1213631
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