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Old car delaerships used to be cool. I recommend the book "American Car Dealerships" Great old pictures. Now the new cars are ugle for the most part and the dealerships are worse.
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The first tow pics is the building that I talked about in the first post in this thread. I didnt realize it use to be an old Napa store. They must have moved a coupleo f years ago as they now have a new building down the street. The second is what used to be a Pontaic store that Ken (goathead68) talked about in his first post in this thread. Both buildings are pretty run down as you can see. |
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Here's a shot of an old Pontiac dealership located in SW Minnesota. The dealer is still in town, but at a different location.
The pic above was taken a few years ago. And yes, the sign is still there. Owner won't part with it, however. |
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There isn't a lot of old buildings and stuff here in Az but, I have found this one. It is/was a chebby dealership in St Johns, Az started in 1924. It was used as a dealership until a few years back. It is now available for sale along with the corner gas station.
Steve Barcak www.pontiacheaven.org "Real Pontiacs only....no corporate nonsense!"
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theres are all interesing storeys
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Old Car Dealership Buildings
I own a repair shop which was, among a lot of other things during it's lifetime, a Dodge dealership in the late 40's and 50's.
When I first bought the place 30 years ago, the right side still had the old style pit with an alignment rack. One bay on the left side of the building still had signs designating it as the "Wash" bay! The ceiling in there was only about 10' with a flat roof. I have a few photos of the building which also had gas pumps. I'll try to post them next week
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love to see em
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Here is an old Furd dealership in Watertown Wi. now a tire shop. It was quite the step up for the tire shop. It works well for them.
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The parts store i work in now is located in an old international truck dealership. A friend of mine has a repair shop that was the first Pontiac dealership on Long Island located in St James built in the 20's
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You guys are making me home sick talking about Rockenbach and all the dealers around Grayslake, Libertyville etc.....I lived behind the old Rachenbach in the Grayslake apartments for a couple years.
Here in AZ, Darner Chrysler is on Main St. That is the new car dealership in the Movie "Used Cars". I believe the building used for "New Deal Used Cars" is just down the street. It is empty now. I'll see if I can get some shots. |
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An electrical distributer I used to work for in Louisiana was a Chevy dealership in the 40's, 50's and 60's. There were delaminated windshields in the attic for '59ish style GM cars, really cool but useless now. Nothing else remained. The service bays were used for material racks and the showroom was the assembly area.
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There you go Steve, Cool start for the Pontiac Heaven Museum. |
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What? Nobody remembers this little dealership that was at 400 N Main in Royal Oak Michigan?
Formerly Royal Pontiac, it has been Jim Fresard Pontiac for many many years now. The building has been remodeled and I don't think there is any part that is recongizable from the old building. K
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hey, i recognise that bldg! we used to travel thru that town during our fishing vactions! mike
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Just bumping this back up, cause it's a cool thread... K
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Agree. Just wish there were more added.
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http://www.brownautomotive.com/ hit the ABOUT US link. We are the OLDEST family owned dealership in the country.
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Very cool.
Thanks for posting! K
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There are quite a few around here.A chev.-Jeep dealership less than 1/2 mile from here was opened in the 20s,I think 1923.Its still pretty much the same except they quit selling Jeep 2yrs.ago.The showroom can only hold about 2 cars.Up until about 5yrs.ago the outside remained unchanged then GM made them 'update'the front.Ugly.They have a 53-4?Vette that never sold,a 62 Imp.,23 Chev.,pace car Vette.The 'truck lot' is right down the road.They opened it in the early 60s as a Gulf station and used car lot.They pumped gas 24 hrs.I worked there in the early 80s now its just the new-used truck lot,no gas.Same family since day one.About 1/2 mile from here on the highway is a Pontiac/Buick dealership that closed up in the 90s.Its been given a face-lift and is now a parts recycling business.I remember going there with my parents and going for a test drive in a new 74 GTO,red/white int.,4-speed.One mile from here is a Pont/Buick/GMC dealer,also sold Olds too.Opened around 66 as a Plymouth dealer.Still same family owned.3 miles away is the building I work in.Built in 1913 for the school basketball team and town rec center it was an Auburn/Cord dealership in the 30s.It also housed the towns first firetruck in an addition built on in the 20s.It is now a nationally known pottery company.Up the street from there it my late Grandfathers restored Gulf station.It was built in the teens by my Greatgrandfather as a Gulf station along Main st.He sold new Fords from there in the 30s-40s.Long story short,it is back in the family and restored close to how it looked in its day.I have more but Ive taken up enough room so Ill shut up...for now.Ill try to post pics but I never seem to be able to get them to upload.
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