Remember Bevery Hills Motoring Accessories?

stevieray122854 · 17 February 2011

For those of you that are in the 40-55 demographic, no doubt you remember a company out of L.A. called Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories. Their ads were in the back of every car magazine (C&D, Motor Trend, AutoWeek) and they sold some of the finest accessories available & were well known for their blue car covers. Unfortunately, about 10 years ago the original owners sold the business to another concern who promptly ran it into the ground and ultimately closed it about 2-3 years ago. However, I just got off the phone with Andy Cohen of Beverly Hills Classic Cars , one of the original owners of BHMA, who advises me the he will reopen the business in 60-90 days and the webpage will be www.bhmotoring.com.

One of the big things that BHMA will be offering will be a custom-fit stretch car cover lined with flannel like the Coverking Satin Stretch car cover for Ferraris. I suspect that these will be made by California Car Cover as their owner, Jim DeFrank, was one of the original BHMA guys. This pic ought to bring back some memories for some of you, particularly the Cali members---

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shawn110975 · 17 February 2011

the only thing I remember from Beverly Hills is Tiffani Thiessen drove an NSX

it was an automatic though

stevieray122854 · 17 February 2011

shawn110975 said:
the only thing I remember from Beverly Hills is Tiffani Thiessen drove an NSX

it was an automatic though

haha I remember that,too---

tof · 17 February 2011

I remember those BHMA ads in Car and Driver.

As far as Ms. Thiessen's NSX goes, perhaps she needs more time practicing with a stick. I humbly offer mine.

shawn110975 · 17 February 2011

she is still in my dreams to this day. LOL

stevieray122854 · 18 February 2011

tof said:
I remember those BHMA ads in Car and Driver.

As far as Ms. Thiessen's NSX goes, perhaps she needs more time practicing with a stick. I humbly offer mine.

Well played, sir. I like the Mr. Natural avatar, I remember those from the old Zap Comix.

tof · 18 February 2011

stevieray122854 said:
Well played, sir. I like the Mr. Natural avatar, I remember those from the old Zap Comix.

Ah...good to know someone else remembers. Also rather amazing given the times and all.

SoCalDude · 18 February 2011

I bought my first car cover from them in 1978. Wasn't too far from where I lived so I'd drop by occasionally as well.

stevieray122854 · 18 February 2011

tof said:
Ah...good to know someone else remembers. Also rather amazing given the times and all.

It's amazing I remember anything from then but I also remember Flakey Foont and S. Clay Wilson's stuff like "Captain Pissgums and the Pervert Pirates".

You had to be there.:biggrin:

DocL · 18 February 2011

I used to order stuff from them a long time ago and wondered what had happened to the company. Then Griot's came along and BHMA was just a memory. I can't wait to see their catalog again.

MiamieNeSeX · 18 February 2011

DocL said:
I used to order stuff from them a long time ago and wondered what had happened to the company. Then Griot's came along and BHMA was just a memory. I can't wait to see their catalog again.

They were open in the 40s?

Armando

nsxtasy · 19 February 2011

tof said:
Ah...good to know someone else remembers. Also rather amazing given the times and all.

You know what they say - "Anyone who says they remember the sixties, wasn't really there." :biggrin:

stevieray122854 · 22 February 2011

MiamieNeSeX said:
They were open in the 40s?

Armando

Bwhahaha

nsxtasy said:
You know what they say - "Anyone who says they remember the sixties, wasn't really there." :biggrin:

Oh, how true. The memories are there, just really, really fragmented.:wink:

tbromley · 22 February 2011

nsxtasy said:
You know what they say - "Anyone who says they remember the sixties, wasn't really there." :biggrin:

I remember the 60s but I wasn't all there - ummm - uh oh- I know what's coming next and yep - I'm still not all there....hahahahaha - beat you all to it...:biggrin:

As far as the Beverly Hills thing - like Shawn all I remember was the "babe". Back in those days I didn't have the money for accessories - but I had a sports car. No cover - but I did, with help, build an engine in my P1800 Volvo. What a great car that was! Another one that I sort of wish I still had. After all the special work I did on it. Oh well - "love's labor lost".

Glad they're back as I do vaguely remember their ads like so much of the 60s was a memory of vagueness.....but I remember I had lots of fun, well not exactly....:wink: Like StevieRay - fragmented...that's a good word for it.
I like it when old companies come back. I too found Griot's - man was Beverly Hills as expensive - with a name like that how could they be anything but.

Vanishing Point · 17 February 2015

Along the same lines as BHM, there was MG Mitten (and those great Dave Deal Drawings) and Villem B. Hahn.

Wavey1 · 17 February 2015

Vanishing Point said:
Along the same lines as BHM, there was MG Mitten (and those great Dave Deal Drawings) and Villem B. Hahn.

Ha! I was just thinking the same thing. Deal's cartoons were classics and I used to copy them all the time. And I still have a few things laying around here that came from V.B. Hahn. I was in LA right after graduating high school and spent a couple of hours drooling over everything in Hahn's storefront. Saw Hendrix at the Hollywood Bowl on that trip too!

NSXcitement · 17 February 2015

nsxtasy said:
You know what they say - "Anyone who says they remember the sixties, wasn't really there." :biggrin:

If it weren't for flashbacks, I'd have no memory at all.

Spa2KJT · 18 February 2015

shawn110975 said:
the only thing I remember from Beverly Hills is Tiffani Thiessen drove an NSX

it was an automatic though

Someone was talking about a car with this picture present in the thread?? OMG..

tof · 18 February 2015

Tiffani is four years older now but I stand by my comment earlier in this thread.

darock · 18 February 2015

Sadly no picture of her with the nsx ... at least I couldn't find one

Bernhard

The King · 18 February 2015

I bought a car cover from these guys for my 1977 Accord. It lasted for a very long time.

Osiris_x11 · 18 February 2015

darock said:
Sadly no picture of her with the nsx ... at least I couldn't find one

This is it: Beverly Hills 90210 NSX Clip [.AVI] (from http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/153539-Beverly-Hills-90210-NSX)...

Vanishing Point · 18 February 2015

The King said:
I bought a car cover from these guys for my 1977 Accord. It lasted for a very long time.

Beverly Hills car covers were actually made by CoverCraft, and they still make great car covers to this day.

Kathy Niehaus · 18 October 2017

Kathy Niehaus

I worked for Cover craft, years ago, was very good friends with Andy Cohen, while in college, back
in the 1980's. Great Company.

tof said:
I remember those BHMA ads in Car and Driver.

As far as Ms. Thiessen's NSX goes, perhaps she needs more time practicing with a stick. I humbly offer mine.

BeverlyHillsMoto · 6 July 2020

Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories is back!

[FONT=&quot]Hey guys, sorry for the late reply. We really appreciate the long time support that you guys have shown to our company. As many of you may know, Andy Cohen passed away earlier this year, and his son Kevin Cohen has now been running the accessory business for the past few years. You can now order custom leather floor mats, carbon fiber floor mats, and custom car covers at our website: https://beverlyhillsmotoring.com/ [/FONT][FONT=&quot]. Once again we have so much appreciation for your loyalty, and if any of you have any questions, concerns, or just want to reach out - feel free to contact us at:[/FONT]

[email protected]
[FONT=&quot]or[/FONT]
[email protected][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Sincerely,[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]BHMA Team[/FONT]

stevieray122854 said:
For those of you that are in the 40-55 demographic, no doubt you remember a company out of L.A. called Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories. Their ads were in the back of every car magazine (C&D, Motor Trend, AutoWeek) and they sold some of the finest accessories available & were well known for their blue car covers. Unfortunately, about 10 years ago the original owners sold the business to another concern who promptly ran it into the ground and ultimately closed it about 2-3 years ago. However, I just got off the phone with Andy Cohen of Beverly Hills Classic Cars , one of the original owners of BHMA, who advises me the he will reopen the business in 60-90 days and the webpage will be www.bhmotoring.com.

One of the big things that BHMA will be offering will be a custom-fit stretch car cover lined with flannel like the Coverking Satin Stretch car cover for Ferraris. I suspect that these will be made by California Car Cover as their owner, Jim DeFrank, was one of the original BHMA guys. This pic ought to bring back some memories for some of you, particularly the Cali members---

Remember Bevery Hills Motoring Accessories?

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