t marts type private industry automotive founded melbourne 1965 founder bob jane headquarters melbourne australia area served worldwide products motor oil tyres website http www.bobjane.com.au bob jane opened the first bob jane t marts store in melbourne in 1965 . the company remains an independent family owned business to this day ; bob s son rodney jane is the current ceo . in 2011 82 year old jane resigned as chairman of t marts citing difficulties in the relationship with his son rodney . 1 from 2002 to 2004 bob jane t marts held the naming rights sponsorship for the bathurst 1000 the race jane dominated early in his career . the company also held the naming rights to the former bob jane stadium home of south melbourne fc . citation needed bob jane t marts is the only major tyre retailer in australia who do not sell retread tyres . bob jane s personal reason for this is that his second eldest daughter georgina had died in a car accident in 1991 due to a retreaded tyre blowing out . 2 references edit bob jane resigns www.carsguide.com.au bob jane s hard road external links edit official website bob jane t marts on twitter bob jane t marts on facebook bob jane t marts s channel on youtube v t e automotive industry in australia automotive industry economy of australia transport in australia australian vehicle manufacturers alpha sports bci bus bolwell borland racing developments bush ranger bustech coach concepts coach design custom coaches denning manufacturing devaux cars drb sports cars elfin sports cars express coach builders gdls australia holden holden special vehicles jacer minetti sports cars nota p & d coachworks prb rfw thales australia volgren defunct vehicle manufacturers alan b denning ansair austral australian autobus australian motor industries birrana boltons bowin cars brabham british motor corporation australia buckle motors caldwell vale centurion cheetah racing cars coachmaster commonwealth aircraft corporation comeng denning ford performance vehicles giocattolo motori goggomobil hartnett hdt special vehicles ibc jakab industries jw bolton kaditcha leader trucks mills tui motor body specialists motorcoach australia northcoast bus & coach oka parramatta ryde bus service pressed metal corporation pressed metal corporation south australia purvis cars queensland coach company ralt rennmax smithfield stewart & sons superior uaai zeta components autobarn autopro beaurepaires bob jane t marts kinetic suspension technology pedders rare spares repco supercheap auto tickford subsidiaries of foreign companies bmw australia chery australia fiat chrysler australia daimler australia ford australia foton australia geely australia mahindra australia mazda australia mitsubishi motors australia nissan motors australia paccar australia psa peugeot citroen australia renault australia tata motors australia tesla australia toyota australia volkswagen group australia related topics ancap adelaide toyoshow australian international motor show highways brisbane international motor show melbourne international motor show motorclassica new zealand perth auto expo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bob jane t marts & oldid 742361964 categories companies established in 19651965 establishments in australiacompanies based in melbourneautomotive companies of australiaprivately held companies of australiahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 07 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view