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Hello, Several years ago, I wrote about a Chevrolet dealer that was near our Westside of Long Beach home. It was not in Long Beach, but past the Terminal Island Freeway, in the city of nearby Wilmington, CA. It was not located on PCH in the beginning, but on the next big street closer to the harbor, Anaheim St. (It was located in downtown Wilmington.) The oddball naming of the streets and the direction it ran Southeast from Wilmington through Long Beach, (was parallel to PCH) actually ended up intersecting with PCH in Southeast Long Beach, near the big golf course and Hody's Drive-In Restaurant. Then as the Chevrolet business grew they moved to a new, larger facility on PCH, next to the exit of the Harbor Freeway (farther West) Their next door neighbor was the famous KENDON Porsche Dealership. PCH for the new dealership address... Gledhill Chevrolet seemed like it was closer than driving into downtown Long Beach. But, it actually was 4 miles farther West. The traffic during those early days just seemed like there was less to contend with on PCH at any hour, other than rush hour. Plus, there were several great Mexican food places on PCH in the Wilmington area, nearby the Harbor Freeway. Jnaki The So Cal locals in the Long Beach area were happy to have a 4th Chevy dealer so close by for necessary parts or for ordering “special order” factory hot rods. YRMV “The name Gledhill rings a bell. Fred Gledhill Chevrolet, Inc, Wilmington, CA was about 3-4 miles from our house on the Westside of Long Beach. The dealership originally was named Del Dryer Chevrolet. In 1958, the top two Chevy dealers in the local area were Cormier Chevrolet in downtown, Long Beach near our high school and Gledhill Chevrolet in Wilmington, a short drive from our house. We had a choice and selected Cormier in downtown Long Beach, because my brother’s 58 Impala’s special order would take two weeks (in a trade with another Chevy dealer) Gledhill seemed closer to our house, but they had to order it from Detroit to get it to Wilmington.” "Fred Gledhill Chevrolet was located at 1500 W. Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington, California. The dealership is remembered by Corvette historians as the purported delivery dealership for the three 1968 L-88 James Garner A.I.R. race cars. The dealership closed due to falling sales." "Now, about Tom Jacobson. He was a 409 guy from the beginning. He worked at Fred Gledhill Chevrolet back in the day. For many years he was the parts manager at Gledhill Chevrolet in Wilmington, Calif. He ran a '62 Biscayne 409 named Ol' Blue at Lions Drag Strip, and was competitive in the day. ( there was also Economy Chevrolet in Alhambra, owned by Chad Gledhill, Fred's brother.) Today a restoration clone of that car is on the floor of the NHRA museum in Pomona at the fairgrounds." "Tom Jacobsen's racing lineage goes way back to the 1960s, when he was one of the pilots of Tom Sturm's Just 4 Chevy Lovers, Chevelle. Here's a pretty amazing racing family portrait from 1971 of the Jacobsen family, posed in front of their ramp truck toting their Old Blue/Gledhill Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stocker, which Jacobsen ran into the mid-1970s. Dig that '70s miniskirt and go-go boots!" Lions Dragstrip Museum 2019
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