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20/10/2019 10:49 am
20/10/2019 12:01 pm
That blue 1950 Roadmaster is gorgeous!
20/10/2019 12:37 pm
Thanks Jerry, I always enjoy seeing old dealerships.
Now days all the dealers look alike and have no warmth or class in my opinion.
20/10/2019 1:37 pm
Thanks for showing these. That shot of the Edsel showroom with no customers in it almost made me cry. Then I realized that the cars were Edsels, so I understand now. Pity.
20/10/2019 3:52 pm
Don Anderson...in late 1957 the new Edsel's were in a dealership on Concord Street in West St. Paul,
Minnesota. As a kid of 6 years I used to go in there and admire those Edsel's. I loved the way they looked and was sad that I was just a kid and couldn't own one, much less drive.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
20/10/2019 5:35 pm
I had my learners permit when the Edsel came out and I was already friends with the manager of the dealership Lockwood Edsel Sales in Roseburg, Oregon. I went to the dealer as often as I could walking a mile from school many days and sit in the new ones. Frank would often toss me the keys to his demo and tell me to take it for a drive, alone yet, on just a permit. I got to drive many a new Edsel and what a thrill it was. I have owned several Edsel's since then.
20/10/2019 5:50 pm
The Packard service car/truck is a dream. Imagine finding that one stuck back in a garage today!
21/10/2019 5:05 am
I agree!
21/10/2019 10:01 am
These are great pics. Love the '55 & '56 Fords in particular!