Fred Oakley Motors, Chrysler-Plymouth-Imperial, Dallas, TX.
Vance Motors Inc., Chrysler-Plymouth-Imperial, Tulsa, OK.
Certilman Motors, Chrysler-Plymouth, Babylon L.I, NY.
C.S. Hamilton, Chrysler-Imperial-Plymouth, Dallas, TX.
Fretwell’s, Plymouth-Chrysler Center, Oklahoma City, OK.
Wolfe-Sullivan Inc., Plymouth-Chrysler-Imperial, Hingham, MA.
Ensley Chrysler-Plymouth, Ensley, AL.
Dan O’Shaughnessey, Plymouth-Chrysler-Imperial, Lansing, MI.
Castle Motors Inc., Chrysler-Plymouth- Imperial, Paramus, NJ.
Capital, Plymouth-Chrysler-Imperial, Talahassee, FL.
Barker Motors, Plymouth-Chrysler-Imperial, Eugene, OR.
Tri-County, Chrysler-Plymouth, New Rochelle, NY.
Vance Mtrs. in Tulsa, OK. is an interesting pic. Just beyond the pumpkin-colored Plymouth sedan on the showfloor is a white 300-E! Would have loved to plunk down $5K to own one of those! (Closest to the windows appears to be a black Imperial. Another I’d love to have owned!)
I love that first shot with the signs lit up at night!
I like the Vance Motors Chrysler Plymouth sign that is shaped like New York’s Chrysler Building.
If Chrysler didn’t want the Imperial to be called a Chrysler Imperial then it never should have had second billing on any dealers signage. That keeps Chrysler Imperial in people’s minds every time they see it.
Tri County C/P (now New Rochelle Hyundai) stands on the site of a pair of showrooms showrooms— Crabtree C/P and Soundview Chevrolet— that were destroyed in an explosion in December of 1971. I was standing in the Chrysler/ Plymouth showroom that morning, and lucky timing is why I’m able to tell you this over fifty years later.
No captive imports from France, Japan or England. Just a Standard 10 edge of shot at Certilman Motors.
I enjoy looking up these locations to see if there’s any remnants left of the original dealership. What I didn’t expect when I looked up Ensley Chrysler-Plymouth’s building was to see a Datsun sign.
Apparently Ensley C-P wasn’t in that location long (from 1964-71). After that, it was occupied by Bill Whiten Rambler-Datsun – which was originally located across the street (greater Birmingham’s first Datsun dealer). Whiten remained there until 1984 when Bill retired and sold the franchise. The Bill Whiten Datsun sign is still on the building’s facade.
From what I can tell, the building wasn’t vacant after Whiten sold the dealership. The new owners used this building for repair and body work for a while, and then it was occupied by a sheet metal fabricating company until fairly recently.
I’m not sure if the Datsun sign was covered up at some point in the last few decades, or if it was just left up there (it’s visible in the 2009 StreetView image, so I suspect the latter), but regardless, that was quite a surprise.
Google StreetView link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/P4L7UQZyXMX5bYDQ6
It fascinates me how the 3 brand names – Chrysler, Imperial, Plymouth – appear in different order on different dealers’ signs. Or in the case of C.S. Hamilton in Dallas, two different orders on two different signs on the same building.
Love the 1962 (?) wagon C.S. has in the showroom window. Same colors as the 1961 my parents had. Well, given that the main color was tan, I guess that’s not a stretch for a Plymouth.
So many wild looking MoPars ! .
-Nate
Interesting Art Deco lettering on Fred Oakley Motors.
There appears to be a rare Standard/Triumph TR10 on the left of the Certilman Motors shot.
A tough sell anythere as it was a very basic, underpowered car, even by Brit standards.
My 1965 Chrysler 300 was purchased from Daland Motors in Millbrae, Ca. (South San Fransisco). Alas, when I called them 10 years ago it was now Daland Nissan. I had to visit in any way when I was out there. Ron