Old/Vintage dealership photos....post 'em up

[ATL_Av8r]

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.

[patrikman]

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Modified by patrikman at 11:05 AM 4-6-2009

[TheGreenspanator]

This was behind Yenko's dealership when the Corvair bodies arrived

Royal 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-

[Fritz27]

This thread gon' be awesome.

[DC Josh]

In. This thread rules all.

[patrikman]

great pics!
can't seem to find a better pic...

[VegasJetta]

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In. This thread rules all.

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This thread is going places.
I also like history, especially automotive history!

[patrikman]

one of my favorite musclecar dealers

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[TheGreenspanator]

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

[tngdesi]

in for later

[TheGreenspanator]

This was the only other of Ace Wilson's Royal Pontiac I could find

This 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

[TheGreenspanator]

Trinkle Packard

Grosse Point Packard

Red Ford

C&R Chevrolet

[TheGreenspanator]

Suburban Chevrolet Hopkins

[vwlarry]

These photos turned up while I was researching the Nash thread. I love vintage dealership shots, too.

[TheGreenspanator]

[vwlarry]

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The techs were never that good-looking in any shop I've worked for!

[TheGreenspanator]

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[Der Audidude]

Nothing to add except great shots here!

[patrickvr6]

[TheGreenspanator]

Modified by TheGreenspanator at 2:31 PM 4-6-2009

[PJA]

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

[patrikman]

wow! how many of those '63 Impalas do you think were 409s? What about the six deuce on the bottom?

[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.

[patrikman]

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 you passed

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.

[Supraman2JZ]

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[ATL_Av8r]

KICKASS contributions from everyone!!! Keep up the good posting

[Spectral]

Honolulu Hudson:

[Captain Yar]

My wife giggled furiously at "Be a swinger in a Stinger"

[turbo_nine]

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My wife giggled furiously at "Be a swinger in a Stinger"

Man. Talk about bygone times.

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When will we see a dealer principal as happy as that again?

[BHB]

great thread

[Elbows]

Hah, the guy holding the placard "Free Uranium Stock"