Could This Be It?

[TodFitch]

Mention on another forum about finding the original dealer in a online copy of period phone book lead me to try again. This time with more success than in the past.

 

The build card for my '33 says it was shipped to Lang Motors in Rochester, NY. And today I found a listing for Lang Motors in a 1934 Rochester city directory. They were located at 775 Culver Road.

 

Here is the business directory: http://www.libraryweb.org/rochcitydir/images/1934/1934busdir.pdf

 

Google maps street view shows that to be the boundry between a parking lot and a vintage building that actually looks like it might have been a small auto dealer at one time:

 

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=775+Culver+Road,+Rochester,+NY&hl=en&ll=43.15905,-77.566566&spn=0.040947,0.08729&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=11.428275,22.346191&oq=775+culver+road&hnear=775+Culver+Rd,+Rochester,+Monroe,+New+York+14609&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=43.159161,-77.566556&panoid=2LP3Yv3_yVOf9Jk61Bhetw&cbp=12,247.32,,0,-3.1

 

I can imagine my car, all shiny and new, parked in a showroom floor behind those large windows with the side parking area filled with used cars from people trading in their old heaps. . . Maybe time for some Photoshop pseudo-vintage photo work.

[P15-D24]

Now all you need is a picture of the dealership! 

[Young Ed]

Thats cool Tod. Earlier this year I contacted the historical society of the town where my p15 was sold new. They were able to get me a picture and some old ads for the dealership. Sadly the picture was before the dealer had switched from horse and buggies to cars!