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Larry's kickass AMC thread got me hankerin' for some old-school dealership pictures. I guess you could say I'm a history buff..I love old pics and newsreel footage...and God forbid you take me to a museum and expect to get out of there quickly.I searched and can't find such a thread having been done recently. Hemmings occasionally has some excellent stuff ( http://blog.hemmings.com/index...ships/ ) but I wanted to see what TCL has out there.
Bonus points to anybody who can provide 70's or early 80's Datsun or Mazda dealerships. I award you the Internet if you provide some E30's in their original, unsold state.
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Originally Posted by Jack White
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Modified by patrikman at 11:05 AM 4-6-2009
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This was behind Yenko's dealership when the Corvair bodies arrivedRoyal Pontiac
Baldwin Chevrolet
Well can't have Baldwin without Motion Performance
My personal favorite, Grand Spaulding Dodge (Home of Mr Norm)
(Yes, this guy is hanging the front wheels on a public street)
Fire burnouts ftw-
In search of Mopar A-body 4 speed parts/ SRT-4 drivetrain/ 1966+ Corvair posi diff
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This thread gon' be awesome.
PSN: PhilipGTI
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In. This thread rules all.
#8
great pics!
can't seem to find a better pic...
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Quote, originally posted by volkswagen vagen » In. This thread rules all. x2
This thread is going places.
I also like history, especially automotive history!
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one of my favorite musclecar dealers
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Quote, originally posted by patrikman » great pics!
can't seem to find a better pic...
Yeah I can't find any Nickey pics really
Couldn't find any pics of Ammon R Smith; best I could do was the Strickler/Jenkins Old Reliable that they sponsored
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This was the only other of Ace Wilson's Royal Pontiac I could findThis was where the Pontiac GTO was prepped before its "duel" with the Ferrari GTO in C&D..... Let's just say it's hard to externally tell a 389 from a 421
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Trinkle Packard
Grosse Point Packard
Red Ford
C&R Chevrolet
In search of Mopar A-body 4 speed parts/ SRT-4 drivetrain/ 1966+ Corvair posi diff
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Suburban Chevrolet Hopkins
In search of Mopar A-body 4 speed parts/ SRT-4 drivetrain/ 1966+ Corvair posi diff
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These photos turned up while I was researching the Nash thread. I love vintage dealership shots, too.
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In search of Mopar A-body 4 speed parts/ SRT-4 drivetrain/ 1966+ Corvair posi diff
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Quote, originally posted by TheGreenspanator » The techs were never that good-looking in any shop I've worked for!
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In search of Mopar A-body 4 speed parts/ SRT-4 drivetrain/ 1966+ Corvair posi diff
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In search of Mopar A-body 4 speed parts/ SRT-4 drivetrain/ 1966+ Corvair posi diff
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Nothing to add except great shots here!
History: 1988 Audi 90 Quattro - 1990 Nissan 300ZX - 1999 Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT Anniv. Edition - 2001 VW GTI VR6
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Modified by TheGreenspanator at 2:31 PM 4-6-2009
In search of Mopar A-body 4 speed parts/ SRT-4 drivetrain/ 1966+ Corvair posi diff
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Here are a few from a while back when I lived in a small town in Illinois where the then-oldest Buick dealership in the country shut down:http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2658777
"I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object." - Roland Barthes
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wow! how many of those '63 Impalas do you think were 409s? What about the six deuce on the bottom?
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Actually, the full-size Chevys in that shot are all '62s, except for the two on the bottom-center, which are '61s. Just a minor point, but I can't help mydamnself.
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Quote, originally posted by vwlarry » Actually, the full-size Chevys in that shot are all '62s, except for the two on the bottom-center, which are '61s. Just a minor point, but I can't help mydamnself. I was testing you
Oldsmobile in the top right? this is such a great pic, especially after seeing all of the german and asian parking garages like this. this pic should have it's own ID thread.
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All men die...few men ever really live
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KICKASS contributions from everyone!!! Keep up the good posting
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My wife giggled furiously at "Be a swinger in a Stinger"
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Quote, originally posted by Captain Yar » My wife giggled furiously at "Be a swinger in a Stinger" Man. Talk about bygone times.
Quote » When will we see a dealer principal as happy as that again?
1991 Saab 900 turbo SPG
1991 Audi 200 Quattro 20v wagon
1986 BMW 535i
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great thread
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Hah, the guy holding the placard "Free Uranium Stock"
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