History
It was a remarkable year, 1947.Albert browne started business as Browne and day in claudy   were he employed only 2 people,even the language was different way back then. ‘Going on a trip’ was seeing the Donegal highlands from a Lough Swilly bus, a ‘Chip’ was something that accompanied fish and ‘rave’ was what someone did with a high temperature. Petrol was the equivalent of 7p a gallon, ‘Gaughoo’ won the Grand National at 100-1 and L’derry boasted six cinemas. The winter was horrendous and long lasting, people walked across the Foyle to work, so thick was the ice, and Albert Browne decided to build a garage in Claudy.

With building materials so scarce in the wake of the second world war, Albert enlisted the help of his brother-in-law, Peter Day, who presented him with a permit to obtain the rudiments for building construction, cement, timber, glass, iron etc which he recived from the goverment,after fighting in the war..The alliance of convenience was the foundation for the name of the firm, ‘Browne and Day’. Back in those early days Albert Browne sold used cars, tractors, and lorrys, making exhaustive trips at night to Coulters of Belfast, were he bought Ford tractors and transported them back to Claudy on the back of a heavy lorry. A significant development took place in 1949 when a Ford tractor representative suggested to Albert that he should apply for the franchise to sell Ford cars. Shortly after the conversation, a delegate from Ford Motor Company arrived, the formalities were quickly dispensed with and so began an association with the Ford Company that has cemented the image of both in NI, and has kept the name Browne and Day to the forefront in local motoring for well over half a century.The first car Albert sold was a Ford model Y at a cost of only £100. 60 Years on Browne and day claudy is a thriving business were they now employ over 20 staff in their new state of the art showroom and work shop facilities which were newly built in 1986. The premises were then revamped in 2006 to cater for the expanding car market and latest technolgy were they are now selling over 500 new and used car's every year.