History old dealership photos...picture thread

I was reading an earlier post about the man with the small engine repair business in the old car dealership building. Someone commented the new car dealers these days looking like a shopping mall. It got me thinking how all the new car dealerships have become just like all the new cars. They used to all be different, with style, and now they all just look the same. How about getting some dealership pictures and posting them here? Either from back in the day, or old buildings that are still around, before they all go the way of the dodo bird. There is a real cool old art deco building in a town about 30 miles away from here that used to be an Oldsmobile dealer. Soon as I can, I'll get pictures on here. Anyone else have any?

 

Here's a couple....check out the Buick and Merc in particular...

 

Yeah that's what I'm talking about. Did you notice the miniature Plymount? And what's up with the corral at the Edsel dealer?

 

Woops! I think that is a mini Desoto

 

First pic is 1923 Ford dealership that used to be in town here.

Second pic started as a garage had a Desoto dealership 46-48 and is now a parts store that I work at. Been around since 1936 same family still ownes it. They still have a left over Desoto that the owner kept and drove after they dropped the dealership.

 

Here is a good one.

 

I had to dig in the MotherTrucker archives for these.

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I'd love to find some photos of Drake Motor Co., Ford dealer here in Rockmart GA from Model T days until 1956. The building is still there but no longer houses a Ford dealership. I have my '38 Ford pickup lettered as a shop truck for Drake Motor Co. Phone 13, that really was their number back in the day.

 

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These old photos are so cool, My wife's uncle ran an oldsmobile dealership in Round Rock , Tx for a ton of years , I bought the old oldsmobile clock off the wall when he p***ed away , has the same flavor as these old photos,the neon light still even works , ahh the memories,,,,,Sam

 

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Wish I could go back in time and get that Willys

 

thinking the same about that Willys!

 

Yoweee!! That Mopar woodie on the lube rack is really a bad boy!! Love this historic dealer stuff. Thanx kids.~Sololobo~

 

I finally got pictures of the old Olds dealer building. Looks like it's a used furniture store now. If I remember correctly it was still in business as a dealership as late as 1979 or so.

 

I think this was the body shop out back. Here is a sign I couldn't quite make out, something about EZ terms

 

Here is the first building at the dealership where I now wrench....

 

Great pics. I don't have any to contribute, but keep em coming! I am only 29, so the coolest thing I remember seeing dealership-wise was a row of brand spanking new Monte Caro SS's at a Chevy dealer around 87 or so...

 

A Caddy repair shop and a fleet of new Studebakers for the cops.

 

You bringing up the 87 Monte Carlo SS reminded me of something. I was working at a Chevy dealer in 87. I remember a us getting a truckload of new SS Monte Carlos. 3 Aerocoupes and 3 regular cars. A year later I ended up buying the last one left on the lot, a white aerocoupe. Wish I had taken a picture that day it came in on the truck but never thought of it.

 

I don't want to get slammed by the Studi fans but somehow a Studebaker cop car in the rear view would of sure made one think of running! I mean, how fast could it be.

 

Does anyone have early photos of George Sutton Ford Dealership in Inglewood, Ca. ?

Apparently, it was the first Ford Dealership in So Cal to sell Model A's.

My 31 Ford 5W was purchased there originally, and i have the license plate holders from the dealership there.

K

 

Not sure where this Dealership was or even IF it was taken at a Dealership - maybe a show? Both Lincolns & Fords on display, sometime around Christmas, judging by the wreath on one of the doors and I believe either in '28 or '29. It looks to be an original photo and is marked "A.F. Crooks, Commercial Photography, Flint, Michigan" on the back.

 

Not a car Dealership, but here's a auto shop that my Grandmother's brother ran back in the late-teens and early-20's......

 

Answer here- http://www.lovefordsbb.com/view_topic.php?id=732&forum_id=10

 

That's funny. Wonder if the guy that came up with the idea kept his job?

 

i used to work in a transmission shop in tacoma that was an old studebaker service center ill see if i can dig up some shots of it in its glory days