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Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations
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Ann Arbor, MI
Titus-Will Ford, 616 Broadway, Tacoma, WA. At this location since 1938, pic above somewhere in the 1950's.
Still there, still in business, took great care of this fine of building.
hanks71440
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Found these at Menards
Pony, Montana
Plattsburg, NY
Philadelphia, NY
Canton, NY
Salisbury , Maryland
c.1956
c.1956
Oak Lawn IL
Buick Factory#12, Flint, MI
Looks like a publicity picture showing the size of the press. The die set has been removed and the Buick is just sitting on the bed of the machine.
Looks like a publicity picture showing the size of the press. The die set has been removed and the Buick is just sitting on the bed of the machine.
Markham, VA
Old Mike
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My parents brought me home from the hospital in a ‘54 Holiday 88 that they bought from Jack Thompson
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
try it now
Mascot, TN 1952
Mukwonago, WI
Anderson Ford, Sarasota, FL
Now Sarasota Ford. Looks like they've kept much of the great architecture.
Now Sarasota Ford. Looks like they've kept much of the great architecture.
Located in the Buick City complex in Flint.
Plant #12, at one time 100+years ago, was biggest stamping plant in the world. Buick City is gone now.
When these presses were running, it literally was "seismic" and loud.
Dunno what this particular press did (alleged to be a press used to stamp hoods for the 1958 Buicks), but as a "sheet metal" plant, we can infer floor pans, hoods, and/or roofs, quarters, etc -- BIG one-piece stampings. When they were made of "real steel" (like 18(?) gauge) in the old days.
1958 Buick
All of us know that old iron used thicker steel .. just use your knuckles and lightly knock on you '66 C-quarter, then your '96 & newer whatever --- you'll hear/feel the difference. Took mighty presses to shape that thicker, old stuff.
Tangent : Factory #12 Sheet Metal Plant
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