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Here are a couple of dim photos that happened to catch in their background the MILNE PONTIAC dealership in Logan, WV that closed in the early-mid 70's. The showroom was on the bottom floor street level and the service department was on the second floor with a rear entrance off another street. They also sold GMC trucks.
The first photo of a man pumping gas was taken in 1937. It appears that there is an old vertical style gas pump in the corner of the left space. The second photo was taken in 1940 of a power plant building project opposite the dealership. In the second photo there appears to be a “new” Pontiac in the left space. In clearer pictures one can see a car passing the building on the street in front of the new one.
When the 67 Sprints came out I owned a 65 GTO and my buddy had a 66 that he had bought from that dealer. Since my buddy’s dad bought fleet GMC pickup trucks from the dealer my buddy got to take new car rides by himself that not many people did. Accordingly, when a champagne colored, black vinyl top 4-spd full dress 67 Sprint showed up my buddy and I got to test it out all by ourselves. We were really impressed! Some 10 years later I saw that same Sprint car being used as a chicken house in a chicken lot.
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