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

Built 1926, onset of art-deco architecture, ex Studebaker dealer, Atrans Garage, then Packards mid '50's til the end of that brand a couple years later.

204 5th, Arbuckle CA. 8,000 sq. ft., zoned commercial but surrounded by residences. A block away from Interstate 5.

Hobby house potential, way too pricey, too much regulation for me in CA, no INDOOR place for buses, too far away from where I am now, etc. Still like it.

https://www.loopnet.com/property/204-5th-st-arbuckle-ca-95912/06011-020016004000/

Ca. 1960
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Today, still there. Cosmetic changes. Been many auto related businesses since Studebaker went EOP mid-1960's. Nearly 100 years old and still being used
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Late 19940's (think Buick is 1948-50-ish) looks like a 30's art-deco design, location Los Angeles, unknown if it is still there.

Btw, "Signal Gas & Oil" is the same parent to the company that became "Allied Signal" in the 80's via merger, then it acquired "Honeywell" which survives today

Here because its a colorized original making the commercial rounds as "man-cave" art. I think is save it here already back a ways.

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#1,604, the Indian Motor Cycle plant, the fiirst American motorcyle brand, built 1903.

Stopped making motorcycles in 1952, Rough times up til city of Springfield MA took it over for a tax lein in 2016.

Partially still there, apex of the "triangle" torn down, rest, converted to apartments, in 2019 for $35 million.

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Today, apartments at Madison Square

https://firstresourcecompanies.com/l/mason-square-apts-i
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Packard dealer, 638 W. Genesee St, Syracuse, NY. I'd never heard of this one. Looks like the building is still there, now a body/glass shop that apparently specializes in white Teslas

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Slightly off topic, but I think within the spirit of the thread.

I believe this is a '39 Ford and it looks like they are doing a "secondary" type operation to the windshield header.

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Former Liippert Buick, 4301 Montgomery, Norwood, OH. Mid-certury moderne, built 1948, was a Buick dealer until 2007.

Large building (12K sq. ft.) and property, no alternative usages than commercial it would seem.

Its still standing.

Ca. 1950, soon after opening.
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2007
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2022
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After the 1933 earthquake and the redesign of the building, Glenn E. Thomas took the Deco style, over the top, with neon trimming while pushing the latest Dodge autos. Its asymmetrical Streamline Moderne façade was built following the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake.
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The 1938 Willy's photo showing the car going from Windsor to Montreal using $3.32 worth of gas. That's $65 in today's money (3.61% avg inflation rate).

Using today's price of gas (here where I am, and also in Detroit) that's like a car getting 50 MPG ($1.45 CAD per liter) or 43 MPG ($3.50 US per gallon).

(the cost of the cheapest Via Rail one-way ticket, if you book way in advance, is $182).
 
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