Would anybody know if there is a list of vw dealerships from the 50s / 60s.
i am after the dealerships in the nsw towns of bathurst / orange / parkes areas.
i type it into google and that much crap comes up its crazy. i rang up vw australia and got the F.B.I.

YEP !!! an indian

hope there is a wealth of knowlage here.

also trying to find out what accessories were avaliable in 1961.

mine had the mudflaps , sunvisor , flash trim , radio , stitched ( pleated seats ) ?

all info welcome

Phil Matthews is the person you want to talk to.

Pretty sure his ID is Camper Phil

Do a search - he did a post on dealers not long back

Phil74Camper


is the bloke you need.

thanks guys

Looking for a dealer ship sticker ??? how about one from nowra

if yr looking for old parts left in dealer ships
then 4 get it as they were CLEANED out over 20 years

na , i heard they were all built from genuine stolen parts that far south.
ive seen them dealership stickers

I drove a Beetle [just like the one in your photo] in the 1963 Armstrong 500 at Bathurst for the local VW dealer. Macquarie Motors was their trading name, and Rex Ellis was the proprietor.

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Yes, I have compiled a spreadsheet of Australian VW dealers, from 1954 to the present day. Still missing a few details for other states, but for NSW it's pretty much complete. The info comes from collecting the Owners' Guides and dealer booklets from as many years as possible. The '80s are where the gaps are.

Anyway, here are the old VW dealers for the three major NSW towns you mentioned:

BATHURST
Macquarie Motors Pty Ltd, 128 Russell St. 1955 to 1966.
Inwood Motors Pty Ltd, cnr William & Keppel Sts. 1966 to 1985 (?)

ORANGE
Norm Campbell Pty Ltd, 80-84 Bathurst St. 1958 to 1973.
Orange City Motors, 36 Bathurst Rd. 1974 to 1976.
H. Lapham and Son, 63 Molong Rd. 1978 to 1985 (?)
West Orange Motors, 32 Forbes Rd. 2002 to present.

PARKES
R.R. Nock Pty Ltd, 25 Church St. 1955 to 1973.
Jack Broderick Machinery Pty Ltd, Peak Hill Rd. 1978 to 1983 (?)

My Dad bought his Beetle new from R.R. Nock in Parkes in 1959, when he was teaching Industrial Arts at Parkes High School. In 1964-65 VW had over 330 authorized VW agencies in Australia (none of which are still VW dealers today). In 2011 there are about 80 new ones. Yes it would be interesting to see what is at these sites nowadays, but as Dave said there won't be lost stashes of NOS parts in the roof (much as we might fantasize).

BTW, today's VW Group Australia has only existed since 2001. They have no information on any Australian history prior to that.

I don't have anything for the others but here's an ad for Norm Campbell of Orange, from a NSW VW Club magazine from 1956.

One thing to try (if you're in the area) would be to go to the Bathurst, Orange or Parkes Libraries and look in the microfiche of the local newspapers of the late '50s and early '60s. I've done that for some Sydney local papers and found some fabulous old VW dealer ads.

thanks phil
i will do that when i go to bathurst next year, just want to have a copy of an old decal made up by warb.
appreciate the help
regards bob