Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations

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1936 Packard assembly line at body drop
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I've seen some clowns working in gas stations, but they usually don't dress the part.


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Something still "Mopar" there nearly 60 years later.

Cannot tell if anything left of THIS 1960's building, but i'd bet there is some under all that brand box cladding. :)
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I think I found this before.

Former Jones Motor Company, 3226 Central SE (Route 66), Albuquerque, MN. Mid-century moderne, built 1939/

Trying to live on in the 21st century as an eatery.,

source: Historic Landmarks
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I am sure I put this here (maybe) but stumbled across it again

Art Deco, here in 1959, of former Moore Buick,215 E Main, Walla Walla, WA.'

Local records (actually quite remarkable) say it was built in 1917, but the architecture looks a decade or so later. Its been many things in a century or so in existence.

sources: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-car-dealership-photo-thread.1204208/page-8, History of 207-221 East Main Street, Walla Walla, WA – Dahlen Auto Company Building – Walla Walla 2020


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Still there, huge building, subdivided, but largely unmolested facade..
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Smith Motor Co. in White Marsh, MD is the dealership where Medina, my 1971 Monaco, was once sold:

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The dealership closed about 15 years ago, its history is described in this earlier post I made when researching the history of the car. The building is still there:

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Circa mid 1950's, not architectually distinctive at all. but is an Intenational Harvester-Buick-Goodyear dealer, 215 S Main St., Mountain Home, Arkansas. Kinda off the beaten path.

Building remnants, it was much smaller in 1964 per Historical Aerials, do not appear to be there, now appears to be 5X its '50's size and completely remodeled.

Goodyear finally gone, still auto related business today

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amazinblue82 said:
Vintage Chrysler Corp dealership pics

The former Cass Motor Sales building in Detroit.

"The three-story Cass Motor Sales building is significant as a fine example of 1920s Art Deco styling as applied to commercial structures.

Cass Motor Sales was established as a Chrysler dealership in 1925 and the building was constructed in 1928. The building is three stories, 51,000 sq. ft., and was designed as an integrated showroom, sales office, and service center.

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Now its a Carhartt Store, still with most of the facade's architecture preseved.
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Here is a picture of my grandfather's Chrysler Plymouth Esso / Goodyear tire dealership in Oakland MD in 1931 He is the one with the white hat. I will post from 1938 separately

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ayilar said:
Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern, whatever strikes your fancy is fine -- architectural interest should be the deciding factor!

Mopar shops are great, but there is no brand restriction here. Ditto for size: small or huge, as long as it looks good to you, post it! Whether they appear in their heyday or decrepit, go ahead! And while vintage dealerships / fueling stations / repair shops are what I have in mind for this thread, go ahead if a newer dealership strikes your fancy!

PLEASE post the name/location if you have that information.

@C Body Bob created a cool thread for Mopar vintage dealerships back in 2015. It has legs (19 pages!), but it is meant only for Mopar shops (no other brands) and dealerships (not repair shops). Here, I intend to focus on the buildings and their architecture. @sauterd and @MarPar posted a couple of dealership pics in a 2019 thread, and @John Kelly posted some of his own modern designs in this 2019 thread. I am not aware of other threads on related topics.

Paging some of the folks who have commented on these earlier threads, or who I think might be interested (apologies if you're interested and I did not tag you): @david hill @sixpkrt @Imperialist67 @Dobalovr @ceebuddy @rapidtrans @CBODY67 @kyle340 @saforwardlook @amazinblue82 @Big_John @Ripinator @bigmoparjeff @Fratzog @Boydsdodge @73Coupe @commando1 @glennb49 @MrMoparCHP @fc7_plumcrazy @patrick66 @Stormer

Here is a photo to start the thread -- this old Conoco station & diner is now the Chamber of Commerce building in Shamrock, TX:

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Here is my grandfather's Chrysler Plymouth Esso dealership in Oakland Md in 1938. The Plymouth banner for 1938 is in the service station portion window. He had some local firetrucks in the picture since so many of his employees were volunteer fighters. I separately loaded a response with the dealership in 1931 but did not see that it showed up.

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Thank you @chrysler fan -- what happened to the dealership between 1931 and 1938, and what has it become since?
 
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