MG Car Club of South Australia
MGB REGISTER EVENT
From Steve Spong..
W
Tuesday 23 rd October 2018
Visit to Willshire
now employs 15 staff, 9 of whom are in
the workshop. Of the staff the longest
serving employee has clocked up 32
years, with several others close on his
tail.
e had been kindly invited by Daryl
Bowler, the Managing director of
Willshire, to visit his motor trimming and
auto fit out facility at Richmond.
Traditional motor trimming still accounts
for some 40% of their work, with the
remainder being new vehicle fit out and
modification, with extensive work in dis-
ability access. A large part of their work
is for government and authorities, such
as prison vehicles, St. Johns Ambu-
lance for whom they are contracted to fit
out 40 ambulances, and local council
courtesy buses etc. Often they are
We were greeted by Daryl with some
beer as he gave us a very comprehen-
sive talk on Willshire before conducting
a tour of his facility and an inspection of
the vehicles currently in the ‘shop.’
Willshire was started by Don Willshire in
1955, the business then being taken
over by his son. Since then there have
been two more owners with
Daryl purchasing the busi-
ness some 10 years ago,
being at the present prem-
ises, on Deacon Avenue for
the past 5 years. The prem-
ises were previously used
by Hyde Park Press and
was where John Roach
worked.
Daryl has grown the busi-
ness to probably the largest
of its type in the State, going
well beyond being just tradi-
tional motor trimmers and
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