FOUNDRY MOTOR CYCLES

In the Late 1970's it became obvious that the company was out growing its original premises. To start with both families moved out and the rooms above the showroom where turned into storerooms but as the Suzuki parts side of the business started to take off it became apparent that even this extra space was not enough and the decision was taken to move the company to 144-146 Westwood Road, Broadstairs.

At this point it had become a real family affair with Dennis, Stewart, Beatrice (Dennis' wife), Christine (Stewart's wife) and Michael (Stewart and Christine's son) now all working at the business.

Unfortunately, Dennis' health took a turn for the worse in the early 80's so he left the running of the business to the Husband and Wife team, Stewart and Christine.

In the mid 1980's the Suzuki Parts Distribution part of the business was becoming more and more important and we became the largest stockists of Suzuki parts in the UK. However, at the same time we had to close our Suzuki showroom as more space was needed to store more and more Genuine Suzuki Spares.

In the late 1980's we decided to revamp the Westwood road site and arranged to build a brand new showroom on the existing site, However, after planning permission had been arranged and the Suzuki spares temporarily moved to a location nr Sandwich in Kent, Suzuki GB offered us the chance to purchase a large amount of Tyres, batteries and clothing and sell them along side our genuine spares. It was obvious, even with is the revamp that we had outgrown the Westwood site so we started to search for new premises, We are pleased to say that the cats did their job and the building is now a far cry away from its previous existence.