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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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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: 1893 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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: 1893 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10086 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 1231 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 3156 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 1231 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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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: 2007 ![]() 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: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Expert Posts: 3490 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Expert Posts: 2309 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10400 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13103 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Thanks' for digging up those great photos Robert, really appreciated ![]() | ||
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Expert Posts: 1893 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | These are SUPER helpful as I'm doing museum stuff! | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5124 ![]() ![]() | does anyone else notice no one was fat back in the 50's? ![]() | ||
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Expert Posts: 2007 ![]() 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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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10086 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5124 ![]() ![]() | 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: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5124 ![]() ![]() | 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10400 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 2655 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10400 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Lower Mainland BC | 55 Custom Royal on a Used car lot ![]() | ||
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Expert Posts: 1484 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Pacific Northwest | Holley? Anyone know? (20180531_132754-800x600_crop_739x251.jpg) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7547 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 1484 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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: 94 ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() | ||
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Expert Posts: 1893 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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: 94 ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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: 5124 ![]() ![]() | might as well put this picture here, its from a dealership, displaying the "Suddenly" Hot Rod car. (SuddenlyPlymouth.jpg) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: PL / EU | This car has oversize wheels? | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1062 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ---------------- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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