Graves Anderson Pontiac, Walla Walla, WA.
White Pontiac, Federal Hill, RI.
Cunningham Pontiac, Forrest Hill, NY.
1958’s In The Showroom.
Pontiac Village, Boston, MA.
Estenoz Motors, Buick-Pontiac, Key West, FL.
Paretti Pontiac, New Orleans, LA.
Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac dealership, Olympia, WA.
Love these old dealer pics, brings back memories of the great unveilings back in my young days in the ’50s & ’60s. Keep ’em coming!
Me too! Notice the “Boston”, dealer signs even in include “Vauxhall”.
Totally love the Cunningham Pontiac showroom, especially the lighting. Exterior shot of the same dealership:
Later pic with a Sunbird and Parisienne showing they were still there in the mid-’80s. Apparently they moved to another location sometime after that and were around until the end of Pontiac. The building may have survived until about 2006; the earliest Google Maps view of that address shows what looks like last stage of construction of an apartment building.
That car looked so tempting, so easy to drive
Just like that apartment that you burglarized
You started to run, but didn’t get far
’Cause under your arm was a VCR
Great collection! I think the interior image is of Boomershine Pontiac in Atlanta. Here’s a postcard of the dealership’s exterior, and the windows and door patterns appear to match:
Every dealer is attractively presented, if not representing a consistent corporate brand. I like that the buildings and lots, occupy a modest footprint.
Cunningham Pontiac’s showroom is gorgeous. While Dick Lewis Pontiac-Cadillac has the appearance of a restaurant, or ski chalet. Pontiac Village would look considerably more attractive, as a standalone building. Without the busy facade, of the business next door. All the examples are very appealing.
The “58’s”, in the showroom pic is amazing!! Cars then were not small. Look how darn many are in there!!
((and there is space between them))
Amazingly, the Boston Pontiac Village building still stands! So much in that part of the city has been flattened and rebuilt by Boston University, it floors me that this didn’t get destroyed.
Too bad the giant Chief Pontiac head is gone.
870 Commonwealth Ave. Boston.
The showroom might look like a ski lodge but, how convenient for the business man who picks up his new Cadillac Seville and orders his wife that Pontiac Bonneville convertible. One salesmen one dealership.
My grandparents lived just down the block from Cunningham Pontiac. We would make the turn off of Queens Blvd on that corner to get to their apartment building. I had forgotten that the dealership was so cool looking. I went in there in late 1987 to see the new Gran Prix. There was a blue ‘88 parked in front of a silver ‘87 model. It was a small showroom. Thanks for the memory! Im guessing they closed down that building in the early 90’s
Old dealership photos are always neat. They show not just how the cars were but life and business as well.
#1 All new ’59 models with a couple of Vauxhall’s on the second row.
#2 Used car department. On the right a ’54 model. From the foreground heading back a ’54 Chieftain Deluxe 4 door sedan, ’54 Ford Customline or Crestline Fordor, ’53/4 Pontiac 4 door sedan, ’55 Pontiac 4 door sedan, ’55 Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe, ’55 Plymouth Belvedere 4 door Suburban, ’55 Ford Customline or Fairlane Fordor. In the street a ’57 Pontiac 4 door sedan.
#3 New ’54 models with a Star Chief convertible up front. Fancy lighting in the ceiling.
#4 Quite a variety on new ’58 models with the Chief himself welcoming visitors.
#5 Looks like 1962. Two Bonneville Safari wagons on each end of the showroom but I can’t determine what is in the middle. On the street from the left a ’57 Ford Fairlane 500 Town Sedan, ’62 Tempest sedan, ’59 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible, ’62 Chevy II wagon.
#6 Used car row. A white ’62 Bonneville 4 door Vista on the corner. Heading left a ’64 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass Holiday Coupe, 1st gen Corvair convertible, ’60 Pontiac, ’63 Ford full size, skip one, ’61 Ford Falcon, skip one, ’61 Pontiac, skip one, two dark VW Beetle’s. From the corner heading right a ’63 Buick Skylark Sport Coupe, ’63 Impala Sport Coupe, ’65 Catalina Sports Coupe, ’58-’60 Thunderbird, two ’59 Buick’s. In the street a ’62 Oldsmobile Dynamic or Super 88 Celebrity Sedan.
#7 So this is where Trader Joe began… All ’64 models from the left a Bonneville 4 door Vista, Tempest Custom 4 door sedan, Catalina or Star Chief 4 door Vista.
#8 1964 with a Bonneville convertible along with that Cadillac.
Thanks for the photos.