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| posted on November 4th, 2013 at 10:57 AM |
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Sydney VW dealer - Benaroon Motors
Does anyone remember this forgotten VW dealer of southern Sydney in the late 1950s, Benaroon Motors?
They were located at 444 Punchbowl Rd in Belfield, just to the western side of the railway bridge over the goods railway line to Enfield. It was
actually on the corner of Punchbowl Rd and Benaroon Rd - hence the name.
From what I can gather, they began as a VW dealer in 1958 and ended some time in the early 1960s, probably replaced by the larger Ronstan Motors at
Lakemba (and later Muller and Muller).
I remember a VW service workshop on the other side of the railway line, on the other side of Punchbowl Rd just before you got to Belfield shops (and
where Australia's first Pizza Hut would be later built). It was a service station that specialized in VWs, but today is just a normal BP station. Not
connected with Benaroon Motors as far as I can tell.
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on November 4th, 2013 at 10:59 AM |
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The site of the former Benaroon Motors is today a grimy looking service station. I have never stopped there so I dunno if there is any evidence of its
former life as a VW dealer. Old VW parts in the attic perhaps?
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| posted on November 8th, 2013 at 03:07 PM |
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The "bros" that are there now most probably wouldn't know what a Volkswagen is.
[size=4]If it ain't broke, fix it till it is![/size]
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| posted on August 16th, 2015 at 09:43 PM |
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I found out what happened after Benaroon Motors stopped being a Volkswagen dealer. In December 1961 they became a Hillman dealer instead.
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