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bluefury361

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I found this at a oil & gas collector show near here yesterday.....

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Very kool wall hanger!
 
Cool the plastic ones they put on new cars I would take off and throw away when I got home, but the old metal ones are cool. I wonder if I could find one for the dealer my car came from? It might be kind of hard since their dealership closed in the 70's.
 
I take them off too...no free advertising on my vehicles.
 
The original buyer of my car told the dealer if he put a dealer decal on it she would cut off his balls...

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Those metal ones are very cool. I look through theme on eBay quite often. The new plastic ones suck for sure, but for some reason I keep throwing them in a box on the shelf.

I hate the stickers the worst. They even stuck one on my Shelby.
 
On my new cars they were gone as soon as I got home!

Now on my old stuff I think it is kind of cool.
On my Barracuda that my Grandparents purchased new I had a picture of the car with it having them still on it but they were gone when I acquired the car.
Later, much later I was in the Los Angeles area and spotted a car with one and got lucky when they pulled into a fast food parking lot and I was able get it from them.
The problem I have is that this dealer moved the next year so I'm looking for 67 and older cars or frames that have to be 46 plus years old.
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Yes that is Compton in South Central Los Angeles.

Although I got my truck out of Oregon it was originally from California and I had paperwork showing what dealer it was from.
I was lucky that there were two separate auctions on ebay for these and got a pair. With the weathered plates on this truck it looks like it never left the state.
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Although the CHP never had these on the cars this is the dealer that got the credit for selling the cars even though the cars never touched the dealer lot and they didn't have anything to do with the deal.
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This is also the historically correct plate number for my car on a well made reproduction plate.

To me these add a personal element to the car that get people talking at shows.

I am still looking for good Compton Guy Moothart Chrysler Plymouth frames like in the picture.
 
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My last 2 new trucks I bought......I told them to take ALL dealer stickers and license frames off before I would except delivery.
 
I found a stash of NOS chrome dealer emblems in an antique store in Birmingham. The dealership is long gone.
I couldn't resist putting one on Jazebelle after painting her. it's just a small detail that you don't see a lot on refinished cars and it seems to attract a lot of comments

Now i've met several people who remember the dealership and one fellow who used to work there.


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This one is on my '53 Windsor

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This is from my Dad's 63 Newport that he bought new. The white one behind it is the same dealership.... and yes, that is a blank NYS plate. It was from a sample run from a local shop when building some new plate equipment for the prison.

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Actually, not the right Suburban Dodge. BUT thank you for being so engulfed in me that you took the time out of your pathetic little life to look for that for me.
 
I am the same way ..... BUT I would like to have a Nostalgic frame from Suburban Dodge

I found a stash of NOS chrome dealer emblems in an antique store in Birmingham. The dealership is long gone.
I couldn't resist putting one on Jazebelle after painting her. it's just a small detail that you don't see a lot on refinished cars and it seems to attract a lot of comments

Now i've met several people who remember the dealership and one fellow who used to work there.

This one is on my '53 Windsor

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This is from my Dad's 63 Newport that he bought new. The white one behind it is the same dealership.... and yes, that is a blank NYS plate. It was from a sample run from a local shop when building some new plate equipment for the prison.

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I would be honored to have any of those type of emblems/frames on My NYB.

I would really be tickled to have one of these.....

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A little nostalgia of Mr. Norm......

Norm Kraus began his automotive career selling used cars with brother Len from a gas station their father Harvey owned, located at the corner of Grand and Spaulding in Chicago.


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A Legacy of Automotive Milestones.
1951.
The business flourished and the lot next to the service station on Grand Avenue was purchased and converted into a used car lot, using the service station as a facility to do repairs.

1956.
Noticing interest in stick shift and performance type cars, they focused on purchasing these types of vehicles for resale. It was at this time that the famous appellation "Mr Norm" first appeared, due to a space limitation in a newspaper ad. The name stuck and Norm Kraus became "Mr. Norm."

1962.
After several years of solicitation by the local Dodge sales rep, the decision was made to become a new car dealer and Grand Spaulding Dodge opened in the Fall of that year, named for the corner on which it was located. The focus of the dealership was high performance. Many industry professionals predicted lackluster success at best.

1963.
A new Grand Spaulding Dodge showroom and service department was built to accommodate the new business. Tying in the performance theme that was established from the onset, the "Mr. Norm’s Sport Club" was started and the relationship with youthful performance purchasers was further developed. The first Clayton Chassis Dynamometer was installed in the service department and the dealership began selling "Mr. Norm’s" racing apparel.

1964.
Norm formed the first Grand Spaulding Dodge racing team comprised of two cars, a Max Wedge and a Hemi Ram. Meanwhile, sales of new Dodges doubled over the previous year, a phenomenon that would continue for the next seven years!


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The first of many "Mr. Norm’s" Sport Club social/dances with The Buckingham’s as feature music group took place at the dealership. The service department was enlarged to double the original size to handle ever-increasing demands based on sales of Hemi Rams and Max Wedges. Mr Norm’s radio commercials began on rock channel WLS in Chicago, one of the most powerful AM radio station in the US, and were heard around the country.
1965.
Norm teamed up with Gary Dyer and began match racing with an altered wheel base Supercharged Hemi Dodge Coronet that altered the course of racing forever by laying the groundwork for what became the professional Funny Car Category. This car turned an 8.63 e.t. at Lions Dragway late in the year to become the fastest funny car in the country, making the front page of the Los Angeles Herald. Late in the year, Mr. Norm went to the fledgling SEMA Show in Anaheim, California and instituted a full-scale high performance parts department at the dealership.

1966.
Grand Spaulding Dodge continued to grow at a meteoric rate and became the largest high performance Dodge dealership in the country. This was backed up by the largest parts and service departments dedicated to high performance in the country. That year marked the opening of Grand Spaulding Auto Leasing. Also, a second Clayton Chassis Dynamometer was added to handle the escalating demand for dyno tuning.


 
1967.
Mr. Norm developed the first 383 Dart that became the prototype for the factory 383 Dart GTS. Grand Spaulding Dodge purchased additional property for expansion of the dealership.

1968.
Mr. Norm developed the first 440 Dart GSS that became the prototype for the factory M Code 440 Dart GTS. The high performance parts department was expanded to double it’s original size and additional property on Grand Avenue was purchased to increase the size of the used car lot for the sale of high performance trade ins.

1969.
Mr Norm’s Dodge Super Charger super fuel funny car wins the Coca-Cola "Cavalcade of Stars" Championship.

1970.
Additional property was purchased on Grand Avenue and dedicated to the flourishing market for trucks and vans.

1971.
Mr Norm developed the compact 340 6 Pack Demon, a high performance muscle car that offered a significantly lower insurance premium with no loss in performance.

1972.
Mr Norm created the Supercharged 340 Demon GSS, a super high performance muscle car that offered big block power in a small package. The dealership was enlarged again with the purchase of a two-story 60,000-sq. ft. building across the street from the original building. It featured a large 75 car indoor showroom as well as enlarged fleet and leasing departments. A new franchise was acquired, and Mr Norm’s Kawasaki, a motorcycle dealership, was started. That year Grand Spaulding became the Number Three Dodge dealership in volume sales.

1973.
Mr. Norm developed the conversion van concept as a substitute for the declining market share in muscle cars and scored another first. He opened a van department in the fleet office to supply the burgeoning van conversion business with vehicles. He purchased 280,000-sq. ft. of additional property to store the increasing automotive inventory. Grand Spaulding became the Number Two Dodge dealership in volume sales.

1974.
Grand Spaulding Dodge became Number One, the largest volume Dodge dealership in the world.

1975.
Grand Spaulding Dodge fleet department became so large that it supplied all of the Chicago Police Department cars, as well as the Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Transportation and many municipalities. Also, special orders of police pursuit vehicles equipped with 440 Magnum V8 engines were dyno tuned for maximum power. Many of these vehicles were seen in the film the "Blues Brothers" starring Dan Akroyd and the late John Belushi.

1977.
Mr. Norm sold his ownership in Grand Spaulding Dodge.

1989.
Mr. Norm was inducted into the Mopar Hall of Fame.

1996.
Mr. Norm was inducted into the A/FX Funny Car Hall of Fame

1997.
Mr. Norm teams up with Larry Weiner and creates the Limited Edition Mr. Norm's SuperCharged 500 collectible sport trucks.

Mr. Norm receives a Lifetime Achievement Award by Mopar Action Magazine at the Mopar Nationals.
Mr. Norm appears at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas as a special guest celebrity.
Mr. Norm becomes a spokesman for Year One, the largest muscle car restoration supply company in the world. He is seen in ads by over one million people in the first printing.
Collectible die cast models of Mr. Norm funny cars become available.
Oil painting by famed artist James Ibuski debuts at the Bakersfield Reunion featuring Mr. Norm's legendary '65 supercharged nitro burning altered wheelbase car. Each litho sequentially serial numbered and signed by Mr. Norm and the artist .
 
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