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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Many of us are looking for information and photos from our dealer station. So here is a good place to show your collections. (A F Ryan (1).jpg) (A F Ryan (2).jpg) (A Volpato (1).JPG) (Alhambra Motors (3).jpg) (Alhambra Motors (5).jpg) (Allied Motors (4).jpg) (Allied Motors (5).jpg) Attachments ---------------- A F Ryan (1).jpg (52KB - 668 downloads) A F Ryan (2).jpg (96KB - 691 downloads) A Volpato (1).JPG (102KB - 674 downloads) Alhambra Motors (3).jpg (66KB - 679 downloads) Alhambra Motors (5).jpg (78KB - 692 downloads) Allied Motors (4).jpg (42KB - 682 downloads) Allied Motors (5).jpg (45KB - 663 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | A.F. Ryan - Oneida A. Volpato - Chico, CA Allied Motors , 1580 W Baltimore Ave, Kansas City | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Art Frost, Culver City, CA (Art Frost (1).JPG) (Art Frost (3).jpg) (Art Frost (4).jpg) (Art Frost (9).jpg) (Art Frost (10).jpg) (Art Frost (11).jpg) (Art Frost (12).jpg) (Art Frost (13).jpg) (Art Frost (14).jpg) (Art Frost (15).jpg) Attachments ---------------- Art Frost (1).JPG (185KB - 660 downloads) Art Frost (3).jpg (347KB - 661 downloads) Art Frost (4).jpg (352KB - 659 downloads) Art Frost (9).jpg (267KB - 671 downloads) Art Frost (10).jpg (314KB - 659 downloads) Art Frost (11).jpg (320KB - 645 downloads) Art Frost (12).jpg (352KB - 675 downloads) Art Frost (13).jpg (269KB - 658 downloads) Art Frost (14).jpg (313KB - 658 downloads) Art Frost (15).jpg (343KB - 659 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | . (Art Frost (16).jpg) (Art Frost (17).jpg) (Art Frost (18).jpg) (Art Frost (19).jpg) (Art Frost (20).jpg) (Art Frost (21).jpg) (Art Frost (22).jpg) (Art Frost (23).jpg) Attachments ---------------- Art Frost (16).jpg (297KB - 647 downloads) Art Frost (17).jpg (344KB - 676 downloads) Art Frost (18).jpg (392KB - 686 downloads) Art Frost (19).jpg (322KB - 649 downloads) Art Frost (20).jpg (360KB - 677 downloads) Art Frost (21).jpg (300KB - 669 downloads) Art Frost (22).jpg (261KB - 675 downloads) Art Frost (23).jpg (342KB - 676 downloads) | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Rare of the rare .... 57 Firedome convertible, fitted with dog dish hubcaps and body colored wheels ! | ||
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Amazing DeSoto photos! Talk about swag... they had everything and anything hanging in the dealership. | |||
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Expert Posts: 1886 | WOW, these are so cool. I'd love to find some of those 57 desoto spinner hanger pieces. I wish more stuff survived from these dealerships!!! Would help me with my museum. | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Mike ~ Why not make them new ? This kind of thing is still made all the time. Get some decent photos and find the advertising people to make it happen. For all the really difficult things people ask me to make out of really hard to work with materials, working with cardboard and string would be a piece of cake ! | ||
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Location: Parts Unknown | Did anyone else notice the earliest documented automotive cup holder in history ? Just look at the fin-tip mounted cup holder on the driver's side fin of the Firedome convertible above. I almost missed it ! | ||
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Expert Posts: 1886 | I'm doing what I can to have things original if possible. If that search turns fruitless, then I'll consider a remake | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9605 Location: So. Cal | Doctor DeSoto - 2018-04-02 8:47 PM Did anyone else notice the earliest documented automotive cup holder in history ? Just look at the fin-tip mounted cup holder on the driver's side fin of the Firedome convertible above. I almost missed it ! I didn't notice the cupholder, I was preoccupied by the kid about to pick his nose for the camera, the stationary exhale of cigarette smoke, and the '55 DeSoto hood ornament! | ||
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Expert Posts: 1208 Location: SWITZERLAND | Art Frost Pictures as in CinemaScope . . . and in this thread a pleasure to see no rust at all! Thanks RDP. :) Edited by sermey 2018-04-06 11:44 AM | ||
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Expert Posts: 3153 Location: NY & VT | Notice that in the pic of the '57 DeS sedan with the little girl holding a brochure and looking in the front passenger door you can see the terrible sloppy fit of the rear door and trim... that was not at all unusual for '57! '58 was better and '59 much better for panel and trim fitment. | ||
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Regular Posts: 85 | Thanks for posting these great pictures! | ||
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Expert Posts: 1208 Location: SWITZERLAND | . . . and here a 1957 DESOTO Adventurer Convertible being sold these days at Barret-Jackson: http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=68351 An outstanding and exclusive FWL-Car! | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | B. F. Wiley Motor Co. Beebe DeSoto-Plymouth Berl Berry Dodge in Kansas City, Missouri Edited by RDP 2018-04-07 12:03 PM (B F Wiley Motor Co.jpg) (Beebe DeSoto-Plymouth (1).JPG) (Berl Berry.jpg) Attachments ---------------- B F Wiley Motor Co.jpg (102KB - 639 downloads) Beebe DeSoto-Plymouth (1).JPG (99KB - 633 downloads) Berl Berry.jpg (202KB - 656 downloads) | ||
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Regular Posts: 65 | Great Photos! Noticed none of the Art Frost Dealership cars had no passenger side mirrors. | ||
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Expert Posts: 2002 Location: Branson, MO | A quick comment about the noticed poor fit of the rear door on the '57 DeSoto sedan mentioned above. Back in the day it was common practice for the dealers to "rebuild" these cars once at the dealership from the factory as they were extremely poorly assembled. At my dad's dealership, he would have never had that car on the showroom floor without the door being properly adjusted which would be relatively simple to do. Many things "slipped through the cracks" at the assembly plants back then with the possible exception of the Imperial as there was more attention to detail. Still not the greatest but better than average regarding the Chrysler plants. | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Beyer Motors, 3435 S Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis (Beyer Motors (1).jpg) (Beyer Motors (2).JPG) (Beyer Motors (3).JPG) (Beyer Motors (4).JPG) (Beyer Motors (5).jpg) (Beyer Motors (6).jpg) (Beyer Motors (7).JPG) (Beyer Motors (8).JPG) Attachments ---------------- Beyer Motors (1).jpg (100KB - 628 downloads) Beyer Motors (2).JPG (108KB - 626 downloads) Beyer Motors (3).JPG (82KB - 631 downloads) Beyer Motors (4).JPG (79KB - 622 downloads) Beyer Motors (5).jpg (58KB - 627 downloads) Beyer Motors (6).jpg (126KB - 626 downloads) Beyer Motors (7).JPG (76KB - 681 downloads) Beyer Motors (8).JPG (75KB - 612 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3480 Location: Montreal, Canada | The Beyer Motors building is still standing: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/3435+S+Kingshighway+Blvd,+St.+Louis... | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Bigelow Motors, Washington Ave. Belleville N.J. Bill Brown, Spokane Bill Ellis Motors, Palm Springs CA Bill Henderson Motors, 23677 Van Dyke at 9.5 Mile Road, Warren MI. (Bigelow Motors (3).jpg) (Bill Brown (2).jpg) (Bill Ellis Motors (1).jpg) (Bill Ellis Motors (2).jpg) (Bill Henderson (1).JPG) Attachments ---------------- Bigelow Motors (3).jpg (54KB - 598 downloads) Bill Brown (2).jpg (480KB - 614 downloads) Bill Ellis Motors (1).jpg (424KB - 625 downloads) Bill Ellis Motors (2).jpg (480KB - 607 downloads) Bill Henderson (1).JPG (39KB - 607 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 2308 Location: The Bat Cave, Fairborn, OH | The 1957 new model introduction looks as if it was a roaring success at the Frost dealership. I wonder how many cars they sold based on the new low FL bodies for 1957? It makes me feel a bit sad because I know the build quality (especially of the early cars) was not all it should have been and turned off customers due to their propensity of early rust outs. And the recession of 1958 didn't help either. (Art Frost 1957 model introduction.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Art Frost 1957 model introduction.jpg (343KB - 615 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Bill Luke Bill Poer , 202 South Myrtle Ave. Monrovia, CA Bill Stock Motors, Roseburg, OR (Bill Luke (1).jpg) (Bill Poer (1).JPG) (Bill Poer (3).jpg) (Bill Stock Motors (1).JPG) (Bill Stock Motors (2).JPG) (Bill Stock Motors (4).JPG) (Bill Stock Motors (3).JPG) Attachments ---------------- Bill Luke (1).jpg (122KB - 589 downloads) Bill Poer (1).JPG (189KB - 591 downloads) Bill Poer (3).jpg (60KB - 599 downloads) Bill Stock Motors (1).JPG (112KB - 615 downloads) Bill Stock Motors (2).JPG (119KB - 599 downloads) Bill Stock Motors (4).JPG (62KB - 589 downloads) Bill Stock Motors (3).JPG (19KB - 611 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9855 Location: Lower Mainland BC | I thought the Bill Stock Motors building and cars looked like there was a war on. Apparently they were damaged in a major fire and dynamite explosion that levelled something like 12 blocks in the downtown. Several (13?) deaths and various injuries (25 people?) in various gruesome ways. Yikes! https://books.google.ca/books?id=nEwiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT60&lpg=PT60&dq=Bi... https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/94038896/ Edited by 56D500boy 2018-04-14 3:19 PM | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Boat Motors, N 14th at US 441, Leesburg, FL Bohling, Hammond, Indiana Boling Motors Bolmer Motors, East Main Street, Bound Brook, NJ Boyd Motors (Boast Motors (1).jpg) (Bohling Auto Sales & Service (1).JPG) (Boling Motors (1).jpg) (Boling Motors (2).JPG) (Bolmer Motors.JPG) (Boyd Motors.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Boast Motors (1).jpg (242KB - 609 downloads) Bohling Auto Sales & Service (1).JPG (181KB - 625 downloads) Boling Motors (1).jpg (98KB - 613 downloads) Boling Motors (2).JPG (130KB - 615 downloads) Bolmer Motors.JPG (37KB - 600 downloads) Boyd Motors.jpg (301KB - 607 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Brener Motor Sales, Toledo, OH Brooks Brothers, Meadwille, PA Brown Motors, North Petoskey, MI Brucker Motors, St Charles, MO Bryant Motor Co. Bryant-Rowe Motors, Williamsburg, VA (Brenner Motor Sales (1).JPG) (Brenner Motor Sales (2).JPG) (Brooks Brothers (1).jpg) (Brown Motors (1).jpg) (Brucker Motors (1).jpg) (Bryant Motor Company.JPG) (Bryant - Rowe Motors (1).jpg) Attachments ---------------- Brenner Motor Sales (1).JPG (57KB - 620 downloads) Brenner Motor Sales (2).JPG (86KB - 605 downloads) Brooks Brothers (1).jpg (119KB - 608 downloads) Brown Motors (1).jpg (131KB - 605 downloads) Brucker Motors (1).jpg (121KB - 611 downloads) Bryant Motor Company.JPG (93KB - 594 downloads) Bryant - Rowe Motors (1).jpg (391KB - 580 downloads) | ||
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13042 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Thanks' for digging up those great photos Robert, really appreciated | ||
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Expert Posts: 1886 | These are SUPER helpful as I'm doing museum stuff! | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | does anyone else notice no one was fat back in the 50's? | ||
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Expert Posts: 2002 Location: Branson, MO | mikes2nd - 2018-04-26 12:23 PM does anyone else notice no one was fat back in the 50's? :) Yeah, not even Santa. But you have to remember this was before the govenment started regulating everything and people were eating eggs, bacon, saugage, cheese, fried potatoes, bread, biscuits and gravy, etc. and this was just for breakfast! Boy, it was great back then. | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9605 Location: So. Cal | I don't know about no-one, but it definitely doesn't look as common as today. I wish I could find an old picture of Bank Motors where my Plymouth was purchased, but I have come up empty so far. (Bank MotorsCard.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Bank MotorsCard.jpg (111KB - 604 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | Viper Guy - 2018-04-26 4:23 PM mikes2nd - 2018-04-26 12:23 PM does anyone else notice no one was fat back in the 50's? :) Yeah, not even Santa. But you have to remember this was before the govenment started regulating everything and people were eating eggs, bacon, saugage, cheese, fried potatoes, bread, biscuits and gravy, etc. and this was just for breakfast! Boy, it was great back then.
no one was drinking corn syrup like it was water(sugar is addictive), and they worked. now corn syrup in everything... fried foods everyday with chemicals that make you addicted... maybe we need to make some regulations to go back to those pure foods | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | C. A. White & Son, Delaware, OH C. B. Smith, Austin, TX C. F. Smith Motor Company, 22nd and Broadway, Louisville, KY C.H. Dimmette, 900 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA C. J. Russell, Ogdensburg, NY (C A White & Son.JPG) (C B Smith Motors.jpg) (C F Smith Motors.JPG) (C H Dimmette.jpg) (C J Russell.jpg) Attachments ---------------- C A White & Son.JPG (196KB - 575 downloads) C B Smith Motors.jpg (35KB - 595 downloads) C F Smith Motors.JPG (28KB - 603 downloads) C H Dimmette.jpg (195KB - 593 downloads) C J Russell.jpg (171KB - 599 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | My Regal lancer came with the "Berl Berry" emblem on it. Interesting to see it posted. Edited by mikes2nd 2018-05-06 12:23 AM (Berl Berry.jpg) (GardenStateCP-50s-1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Berl Berry.jpg (202KB - 593 downloads) GardenStateCP-50s-1.jpg (29KB - 597 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | C.S. Hamilton, Dallas, TX Caldwell-Pyle Inc., Compton, CA Capital Chrysler Plymouth Tallahassee, FL Carl's Motor Co. Wilmington (C S Hamilton.jpg) (Caldwell-Pyle.jpg) (Capital (1).jpg) (Capital (3).jpg) (Capital (8).jpg) (Capital (9).jpg) (Capital (10).JPG) (Carl's Motor Co (1).jpg) Attachments ---------------- C S Hamilton.jpg (80KB - 597 downloads) Caldwell-Pyle.jpg (63KB - 599 downloads) Capital (1).jpg (47KB - 646 downloads) Capital (3).jpg (41KB - 599 downloads) Capital (8).jpg (118KB - 585 downloads) Capital (9).jpg (122KB - 596 downloads) Capital (10).JPG (83KB - 604 downloads) Carl's Motor Co (1).jpg (179KB - 627 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9855 Location: Lower Mainland BC | Ooo..A very early Fiat- Chrysler (product) connection? (I see Fiat 500s but they might be NSU Prinzes too ??) Edited by 56D500boy 2018-05-13 3:16 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 2631 Location: Minor Hill, TN | A lot of awesome photos. I was wondering if there is a time machine that will take back to the good ole days when these cars were brand new , I can go to the dealership order myself a 1958 plymouth belvedere fully loaded with a 318 red and white . I know that is not possible but you can not blame me for trying | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | yes, it's funny, very early FCA products 1- Fiat 500, 2- Fiat 600, 3- Autobianchi (Fiat 500 based car) https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2011/10/Celestial-Cinquecento-... (fiat.JPG) Attachments ---------------- fiat.JPG (188KB - 602 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Central Motor Company, Austin Avenue, Waco, TX Century Motors, Brooklyn, NY Certilman Motors, Babylon, NY Chet Dickson, Petaluma, CA (Central Motor Company (1).jpg) (Century Motors (1).jpg) (Certilman Motors (1).jpg) (Certilman Motors (2).JPG) (Chet Dickson (1).JPG) Attachments ---------------- Central Motor Company (1).jpg (149KB - 591 downloads) Century Motors (1).jpg (131KB - 592 downloads) Certilman Motors (1).jpg (56KB - 610 downloads) Certilman Motors (2).JPG (143KB - 581 downloads) Chet Dickson (1).JPG (94KB - 592 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9855 Location: Lower Mainland BC | 55 Custom Royal on a Used car lot | ||
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Expert Posts: 1476 Location: Pacific Northwest | Holley? Anyone know? (20180531_132754-800x600_crop_739x251.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20180531_132754-800x600_crop_739x251.jpg (215KB - 577 downloads) | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7385 Location: northern germany | ABloch - 2018-05-31 5:31 PM Holley? Anyone know? Google Holley Dodge Middletown CT. Don't know if they are the same but they probably are. | ||
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Expert Posts: 1476 Location: Pacific Northwest | Tried that. That dealership closed in 2009 after only 21years in business. Doesn't add up. | ||
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Regular Posts: 93 | Bagott Motors in Palouse, WA. I bought this neon sign from them a few years back and hadn't seen these photos he had. Only pics I have seen with my sign hanging on the building. I thought the sign was late 40s early 50s but I was wrong. Clearly prewar from the cars in the photos. I've never seen another one like it. | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | hergfest, nice story, thanks for sharing. 1960fury - 2018-06-01 12:20 AM ABloch - 2018-05-31 5:31 PM Holley? Anyone know? Google Holley Dodge Middletown CT. Don't know if they are the same but they probably are. May Tyler TX? (Holley Motor Co.JPG) Attachments ---------------- Holley Motor Co.JPG (150KB - 613 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 1886 | It's unusual to see the Dodge/Plymouth combo. Usually see chrysler plymouth. Also, that height is unique as well. The more common ones are 9-13' tall. That's a super cool sign you got! | ||
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Regular Posts: 93 | I'm thinking it was locally made. They had a fire in 1955 and had to rebuild most of the building, I think that is when the sign was taken down. They put up some new Neon after the rebuild I'm guessing in 1956 judging from the cars in the photos. The "BAGOTT" must have also been locally made. Palouse is in Eastern WA close to the Idaho border. Pretty remote place. Pics are of the install and some I took on Thursday.
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5006 | might as well put this picture here, its from a dealership, displaying the "Suddenly" Hot Rod car. (SuddenlyPlymouth.jpg) Attachments ---------------- SuddenlyPlymouth.jpg (193KB - 600 downloads) | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | This car has oversize wheels? | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1048 Location: PL / EU | Childs Motor Co. Christensen Motors, Eatonville, WA Chuck Huttton Co. (Childs Motor Co.JPG) (Christensen Motors (1).jpg) (Christensen Motors (5).jpg) (Christensen Motors (6).jpg) (Chuck Hutton.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Childs Motor Co.JPG (47KB - 573 downloads) Christensen Motors (1).jpg (105KB - 589 downloads) Christensen Motors (5).jpg (246KB - 591 downloads) Christensen Motors (6).jpg (209KB - 593 downloads) Chuck Hutton.jpg (76KB - 577 downloads) | ||
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