A well-known figure in the Lithgow community and experienced car dealer and an avid motor enthusiast, Eric George Young, has died at the age of 84. The dealership closed with his retirement in 1994.
Eric Young, of Ferro Street, Lithgow was the principal of Eric Young Motors, best remembered as the local Fiat and Subaru agency, but also the dealership for a wide range of other vehicles as well as Johnson outboard motors.
After sustaining a life threatening injury in a mine accident in 1952, he left the industry to take up a position as a motor mechanic working for the late Jack Bilkey. He purchased the business in the early 1960s, moving across the road to the intersection of Main Street and Martini Parade and re-naming it Eric Young’s Motors.
The company enjoyed an excellent reputation for the standard of its workmanship. Prior to his failing health he had been involved with the Lithgow Car Club in the era of the old Forty Bends hill climb and more recently with the Lithgow Vintage Car Club.
In his retirement he travelled extensively with his caravan around Australia and also found time to indulge in lawn bowls.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Joyce; sons Eric, Donald and Jeffery and daughter Kerryl Simmons; 10 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren; and one sister Doris Lord.
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