1962 Pontiac Tempest.
Showing off the rear transaxle.
Showing off the rear transaxle.
Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations
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Old Man with a Hat
Building 265 SBC engines in 1955
I posted some pics of cars from a few different World Fairs and a couple from the Ford exhibit at the 64/65 NYC World Fair. Here's the 1939 NYC World Fair Ford exhibit. Visitors were driven around in brand new Fords. Note the line of people waiting.
Cant say that line suprises me. Dunno the numbers, but despite astounding growth, the auto industry was only just a bit over 30 years old. Plus, lotsa people still lived on farms, many still used horses as primary transportation, etc.
All that to say, riding in BRAND NEW car, let alone any car at all, may still have been a BIG deal for quite a few Americans in 1939.
I can remember when it was a big deal to buy a new car. A family event of showing it to everyone and maybe a ride or two.
That enthusiasm went away in the 70's. Maybe because the cars got less exciting.. Maybe because almost anyone could buy a new car.. I don't know.
Nice. Cool to see a pic of (almost) my other old beast in action. Outside the 65 Polara's I have a survivor 1940 Ford Tudor Deluxe
This came off a local nostalgia Syracuse site, so the pics aren't as good as usually posted.
The Paul Bunyon "muffler man" is still supposedly behind the Honda dealership that Jack Revelle had in Liverpool, NY. I have not seen it... May have to look around next time I'm out there. I remember it in front of the dealership on West Genesee St. in Syracuse, along with the Isetta "micro car" on the sign. The dealer specialized in sports cars and was the place to go to pay too much for a rusty Jag or beat up Corvette.
The Paul Bunyon "muffler man" is still supposedly behind the Honda dealership that Jack Revelle had in Liverpool, NY. I have not seen it... May have to look around next time I'm out there. I remember it in front of the dealership on West Genesee St. in Syracuse, along with the Isetta "micro car" on the sign. The dealer specialized in sports cars and was the place to go to pay too much for a rusty Jag or beat up Corvette.
Detroit
They didn't do this building any favors by keeping it.
They didn't do this building any favors by keeping it.
knew this place, as a passer-by, when it was the AMC dealer.
20255 Grand River, Detroit. Now a coin laundry & drive in dry cleaners.
again, a "tough," neighborhood then (IIRC, early 70's) and changing rapidly, for the worse as Detroit hollowed out after the '67 riots.
dunno situation over there today but could be "coming back" as Detroit slowly recovers. still a decent housing stock out in that area for the most part.
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Baldwin Chevy/Motion Performance
GM Design studio, body buck for Camaro prototype. The XP-836. XP-836 - Camaro Wiki Note Mustang in background.
Oakland, CA
Nashville
Petaluma, CA
Houston, TX
Cherry Valley, IL 1925
This one got my attention: obviously art deco, but connected to a bigger building (upper right architecture in particular).
1201 Westheimer, Houston TX, is the Tower Theater, built 1936.
Still there, interior gutted, facade remodeled, etc., after Hurricane Ike in 2010. and the whole building repurposed.
An adult businesses now where the dealership was. That space has been many things since it stopped being a dealership in the late 50's
sources: Houston Deco | 1930s | Tower Theater, Then & Now #20: Looking at the Tower
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Assembling Tucker 48 engines. I think this is in Syracuse, NY at the Air Cooled Motors plant that Preston Tucker bought. Franklin Engine Company - Wikipedia
GM testing a driverless car guided by wires implanted in the road.
