Old Dealerships & Service Stations

[mattimuss]

Hey All,

 

The wife, daughter, wife's in-laws and I were walking around Coronado Island yesterday and I stumbled across this local service garage.  Looks like it's been around for a while...since 1904!

 

Anyone else have any pictures of old service stations or dealerships.

 

[1940plymouth]

This is the dealership in Utica, NY that sold my car brand new.  I have no idea if the building is still standing

[TodFitch]

Apparently this AAA authorized service station is the oldest in the country. Logo for the AAA on the building is the 1920s and 1930s one for the California State Automobile Association which covered Northern California (the Automobile Club of Southern California covered the south end of the state).

 

https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.035653,-122.764664&spn=0.347207,0.541077&cbll=38.067853,-122.805686&layer=c&panoid=dU_BawyRjfcEuypuQuEpFA&cbp=12,192.6,,0,2.15&t=m&z=11

[TodFitch]

My car was shipped to Lang Motors in Rochester, NY. A 1934 business directory for Rochester shows Lang Motors at 777 Culver Road. There is a building there that looks like it could have been an auto dealership in that era:

 

https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.129052,-77.525711&spn=0.306186,0.617294&cbll=43.159026,-77.566624&layer=c&panoid=r0iGET-p71obWyVDfcw9Xg&cbp=12,287.67,,0,-7.42&t=m&z=11

[Bingster]

Edit by moderator: Looks like DropBox is doing something strange when you just use a shared JPEG location. So I downloaded it then uploaded to your post.

[Bingster]

Tried posting a Texaco station but obviously I did something wrong.

[Niel Hoback]

Last week in Bedford Pa.  I think it said they opened in 1934 and is operated by the same family.

[Bingster]

 

Let's see if this posts.  I appreciate the moderator posting it for me earlier, but it comes up huge when clicked. Let's see if this is normal.

[ChrisRice]

Here is the dealership that originally sold my Plymouth on July 8, 1955.  i wish that I had pictures of it from then;  I reached out to the dealership and never did get a response.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/30+W+Main+St/@42.899148,-75.649278,3a,90y,5h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sQWmhNo8f9GdNdbqPYPCr5g!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d97e3eb0b15683:0x45f6f1e37eeb2d87!6m1!1e1

[Oldguy48]

I learned that my P15 was originally sold by "Central Motors, Inc." of Jefferson, IA, after contacting Chrysler Corporate Historical Collection. I searched, but couldn't find anything about that dealership.

 

Wayne

[TodFitch]

I learned that my P15 was originally sold by "Central Motors, Inc." of Jefferson, IA, after contacting Chrysler Corporate Historical Collection. I searched, but couldn't find anything about that dealership.

 

Wayne

 

If there is an older public library in or near Jefferson, IA then contact them and see if they have newspapers and/or a city business directory from that era. The newspapers should have ads and the business directory should list the addresses, etc. of the dealer.

[Oldguy48]

If there is an older public library in or near Jefferson, IA then contact them and see if they have newspapers and/or a city business directory from that era. The newspapers should have ads and the business directory should list the addresses, etc. of the dealer.

I took your advice...now we'll see if they respond.

 

Wayne

[jhm1mc13]

This is a picture taken at an Atlantic station in Atlas PA 1964.  The 1950 Plymouth is my first car which I paid $35 for and was over charged by $15.

It forced me to become a mechanic.   After the six quit I put in a 1955 Plymouth V8.    I called it Mrs Ruby because I had an Earl Schribe $29.95 ruby maroon paint job until I accidently folded the drivers door against the front fender hence the primer color.  I may write a book on the dumb things that happened in that car.

 

Jim M

[bones44]

some old fuel stops

http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html

[Plymouthy Adams]

these places are dying faster than folks at a legionnaire's convention..hate to see them go..they are few and far between these days and a photo opportunity you should not pass up if you come across one..

[Don Coatney]

Thought I may as well hang some paper...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rusty_apache]

Forster Riggs was one of the Dealers that donated the ill fated 50 year time capsule Plymouth back in '57.

 

 

Ralph came from this Tulsa dealership in '52, and then to Texas with 22,000 miles according to the 1956 Texas state inspection sticker on the windshield.

 

[Young Ed]

[kented]

[Plymouthy Adams]

get rid of that flattened thing in the middle..be a nice shot....lol..yes I am biased....

[Young Ed]

I contacted the historical society for the area where my 48 was sold new. The only dealership photos they had were from when it was still a horse stable!

[54Illinois]

This place is north of me.