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#101
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Another local guy then. There're getting to be a quite a few of us from this area on the boards.
Mike
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#102
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Here's a pic and a story of a recently closed Chevy dealer in California.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...news/812240385 |
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Here's our local Chrysler Dealer - not sure how many cars they sell a year - but they are still open.
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My guess its one or two LOL. They probably make more money on gas. I wonder why they dont have the Chrysler logo anywhere.
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Old blue
Since you started the thread, are you downloading each pic as it gets posted? Are the pix in the correct format to be ok at say 8x10? What is the size and format standard for uploading pix that may become historical and or preservational in eventual purpose? Has anyone made a complete archive of everything that flows through this stream? The photos alone are worth the effort Regards Ralph aka citydesk175
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hey is admiral pontiac in glen burnie.i dont know when they shut down i was on my by it going to run errands and i never realized they closed up.
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#108
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This is a very cool thread... Love the Ace Wilson Pics I can not belive there are not more pics floating around.
I am going to try to get some pics of the Old Pontiac dealership, before it moved and became BPG dealership. Ironically its still a used car lot along with a mechanics shop and body shop. And its where I had the body and paint work done to my Lemans... Oh it was Al Gallman Pontiac and now its Heritage Auto Group.
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The present owner is the great grandson of the founder. and the dealership is still in the same building that it has been in since the late twenties, although it has been added on to. I used to work for them in the late sixties in the parts dept.
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The sign is a little further down the street - just didn't make it into the picture.
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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Has anyone heard of mike higgins pontiac that was in cincinnati,ohio from 1968-95 today the building in still there which is pretty neat
Last edited by Last4004spdTA; 05-28-2009 at 05:57 PM. |
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This is for old blue 66 and goathad68,
I grew up in Grayslake, went to school with one of the Rochenbachs, and went to school across the street from the dealership when Lakeview was the jr high. I haven't been there in years. Do either of you get up into Antioch? My folks bought a 66 ragtop bonnie from Pittman Pontiac in Antioch. Is that building still there? I remember it on the main street heading towards Wisconsin. It seemed ( if I remember correctly), to 'wrap' or curve with the street. It was a small dealership, but kind of cool-looking. Just found this thread or I would have asked much sooner.... |
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The next time we go to visit the in-laws I will take a pic of the old Ford dealership there............it has a neat surprise. Hopefully I will be up there within the next 2 weeks.
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Here is some interesting pictures and stuff: http://tulsatvmemories.com/cars.html. One of them listed is Fred Jones. I bought a 96 t-bird from them. Just before the deal was finalized with Ford to buy all of the dealerships and create the "Tulsa Auto Collection" nicknamed the "Tulsa Auto Corruption." There is a scan of a "back seat driver's licence" from Milner Pontiac. There are pictures pics of some of the dealer badges they stuck on the back of cars.
Here is a link to a 65 GTO sponsored by Milner Pontiac: http://ultimategto.com/cgi-bin/showc...965/65_00219_1 |
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what is amazing to me, is how many things that i have forgot about and something like this will trigger my memory into remembering all kinds of places long gone. i kept thinking about the ma-hu mansion today. that place was so beautiful and what was so cool was all the long horn cattle that roamed the pasture. and for it to be right in the growing part of town.
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#119
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New car Dealer Buildings
Old Blue
I bought my 65 Lemans from Loughead Pontiac on State Rd in Upper Darby Pa. Back then he was a Pontiac only Dealership. He is the oldest Pontiac Dealership in the US, been around since 1926. He is still in the area but is associated with Buick and GMC. Thanks for Pictures. Rich
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Al Gallman Pontiac Inc, Zone 17 #131
Here are some pics of the old Al Gallman Pontiac Inc, located at 3621 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL.
I think they were there from the 60's thru to 90's. Then the franchise was sold to Galeana who moved it out of the building to a further south location. Then Galeana became a Kia/Crysler/Dodge store. And Dixie Buick GMC became the BPGMC dealership for the area and still is. Today, Gallmanvillle (as it used to say on their logo) is Heritage Auto Group. Its owned by a doctor that dabbles in old cars, sells used cars, mechanic shop and body shop. (its a Carstar bodyshop). I actually had them do the metal work on my car and paint it. They do a lot of restoration work. The place is still pretty big, all the original buildings are still standng and have never been remodled. If you "google earth" it you can see the lay out. Here is a pic of the dealership, the old service entrance and one of the old paint booths that they still use. The only reminace of Pontiac being there is a Rallye II wheel which is bolted to the wall behind the bodyshop which is used as a hose reel.
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