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Old 05-27-2015, 11:13 AM
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I don't know if anyone has mentioned it before but one of the best places to find info on old dealerships is your local library. I found that if you spend a little time and check the microfilms from old local newspapers you can find all kinds of cool ads and pictures.

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Old 05-27-2015, 12:43 PM
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I don't know if anyone has mentioned it before but one of the best places to find info on old dealerships is your local library. I found that if you spend a little time and check the microfilms from old local newspapers you can find all kinds of cool ads and pictures.
Microfilms & newspapers? Ill have to search the web and find out what those are.

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Old 10-07-2015, 04:53 PM
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This is my Grandfather's former dealership, Even Motor Company, in Alton, Iowa. They were at this location from 1948 until 1980. I've always wanted to see a PHS from here. I hear it is currently a sports bar.
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Old 10-07-2015, 07:11 PM
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those small dealerships always get my attention as I think about how cool it must have been to own a dealership / gas / service station like this. not trying to get nosey, but did he make a normal, above normal or great living out of it??? any idea how many cars a year he would sell?
if you could do it today, I would own a small dealership like this in a small town.

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Thanks WQ, Front Pontiac is now a plumbing and bath supply store. That's where my '64 Lemans Sport Coupe, GTO option came from.

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Found out my 66 Star Chief Executive Coupé was sold new by Vanice Nebraska ..the trunk lid shows at the faded paint the shiny paint script ..
any picture or history from this dealer available ?
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Great pics!

Does anyone have anything from:
Front Pontiac Sales
125 E. Indiana Ave.
Perrysburg, OH 43551
ZONE 07 DEALER 267

THANKS

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"Esso" station - would this be in Canada?

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