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

Dallas 1920. Note drip pan and "cow catcher" radiator guard.

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Another Kahn designed building with an unknown fate.

100-Year-Old International Harvester Plant Might Get Demolished for New Jail

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A lot of the complex is still there. Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The manufacturing (whatever is left of it after subdivision/selective demolition - I dont recognize Kahn's distinctive "H" architecture), is at 2701 Coliseum Blvd S., while the engineering building is at 2911 Meyer Road, easy walking distance directly east of the plant.

Looks like somebody (state government likely) is trying to make lemons outta lemonade. i wish them luck.

I was in undergrad business school when IH moved outta town. Near the time of Chrysler's FIRST bankruptcy (the Iacocca one) ~1981. Devasting to Fort Wayne. Not sure if they ever fully recovered -- but whatayah gonna do?

They weren't alone .. ask Flint, Lordstown, Janesville, Belvidere, Wixom, etc. ) .. with the pain to come for next 40 years in that industry.

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July 1941. "Filling station. Orofino, Idaho
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Minneapolis, MN 1941
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Henry J, Lowel, Ohio
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Waukesha, WI
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Sometimes the real estate gods smile on us. Triple Play :)

Promo materials from the 1953 merger of of Kaiser-Willys (which eventually up in Walter P's Chrysler, via their 1987 AMC acquisition)

1953 Post Kaiser-Willys Merger Ads

Shreveport, LA. I could sport this one as a hobby house.
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Birmingham, Alabama. Coolest architecture, but smack-dab in their downtown business area.
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Great Falls, Montana. Remodeled into hobby-house oblivion, but still there.
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Birmingham, AL

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I looked a little for this dealership and I found that the grandson of the guy that started this dealership is Bobby Wood, a funny car racer from the 60's.

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1920 Monterey and 7th Gilroy, CA

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Possibly now this building, but I'm not sure. A lot happens in 104 years.

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