Caddys! Looks like the inspection area.
Note the guy on the ladder. Probably working on the lights.
Note the guy on the ladder. Probably working on the lights.
Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations
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1966 GMC
1960 Geneva auto show
Auto shop class
This was the original Woods Brothers (of NASCAR fame) shop
https://www.woodbrothersracing.com/history/
https://www.woodbrothersracing.com/history/
Edsel and Henry Ford
'39 Mercurys
'31 Fords
'46 Fords Rouge plant
I really like this pic.
I really like this pic.
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Peekskill, NY There's an hour or so of shoveling to be done to get that car out... And for those of you that has never done that, the snow piled up by the plow is dense and heavy. It will be even worse after it sits for a while. You'll work up a sweat even in cold weather.
1959, Dave Cole Pontiac, Admiral Wilson Blvd at Airport overpass, Camden NJ.
Common, big boix industrial architecture --- showroom front end, offset from the main drag to park product out front, attached to service/parts, surrounded by asphalt -- with lots of neon.
Not completely sure TODAY's building is a heavily remodeled remnant of the original dealership Other buildings have been added, even connected over the years. Historical aerials show what MAY have been original building footprint 1956 thru to today.
Maybe a long time local folower of this thread knows?
1959.
Today -- original dealership building furthest to the left of this photo.
Common, big boix industrial architecture --- showroom front end, offset from the main drag to park product out front, attached to service/parts, surrounded by asphalt -- with lots of neon.
Not completely sure TODAY's building is a heavily remodeled remnant of the original dealership Other buildings have been added, even connected over the years. Historical aerials show what MAY have been original building footprint 1956 thru to today.
Maybe a long time local folower of this thread knows?
1959.
Today -- original dealership building furthest to the left of this photo.
Fort Worth, TX
Great signage for the used lot.
Great signage for the used lot.
Baker Ford, Salt Lake City.
They must be refilling the car's helium tanks.
They must be refilling the car's helium tanks.
Studebaker Avanti line
If I didn't have Chryslers, I'd have an Avanti.
If I didn't have Chryslers, I'd have an Avanti.
40ish Pontiacs
Waycross, GA
Building is still there, looks like it has grown to about twice the size and the front has some changes, but still recognizable as the same building.
Building is still there, looks like it has grown to about twice the size and the front has some changes, but still recognizable as the same building.
Only cuz I dig Packard, and am connected to Detroit.
Above, the former Packard dealership in Downtown Detroit, 574 E. Jefferson, circa early 1940's. In the showroom, right is North (Jefferson Avenue), looking straight ahead to the west.
Built 1930, was other things from 1958 when Packard went out of business, other things until .... it came down (along with 15 acres of other stuff) in 1971-73 to build the Renaissance Center) completed in 1976), nowadays known as the "GM Building".
The Packard showroom was left (east) side of this pic, where the two shorter buildings (500 and 600 Tower) were added to the complex.
Above, the former Packard dealership in Downtown Detroit, 574 E. Jefferson, circa early 1940's. In the showroom, right is North (Jefferson Avenue), looking straight ahead to the west.
Built 1930, was other things from 1958 when Packard went out of business, other things until .... it came down (along with 15 acres of other stuff) in 1971-73 to build the Renaissance Center) completed in 1976), nowadays known as the "GM Building".
The Packard showroom was left (east) side of this pic, where the two shorter buildings (500 and 600 Tower) were added to the complex.
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I'd like to know what's in the boxes. Could be parts or it could be "knocked down" cars going overseas.
