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roadkillontheweb
Posted 2010-06-21 11:21 PM (#228996)
Subject: California vintage dealership photos



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Location: Iowa USA		I have been talking to the son of the Desoto Plymouth dealership owner in Hillsdale CA and he sent me some pictures that I thought you guys would enjoy? I should have more coming in the future. I am also trying to get more information to possibly do an article for the Desoto club paper.
He is the guy with the hot chick riding shotgun


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1960DesotoAdventurer
Posted 2010-06-21 11:41 PM (#228998 - in reply to #228996)
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Location: Plymouth Spaceport		Very cool!!
The top photo with the mini DeSoto and girl is great!
That must have been a fun childhood having a dad dealing in finned mopars,wonder if he still has the mini Desoto?

Thanks for sharing these great pictures from the past!
If only I could go back in time and visit that showroom with the '57 plymouths in it!....I'll take one Fury and one DeSoto Adventurer please...and I want power windows and air conditioning,dual antennas.......

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roadkillontheweb
Posted 2010-06-21 11:48 PM (#229000 - in reply to #228996)
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Location: Iowa USA		I already asked and the mini Desoto is long gone, I hope he finds more pictures of it since I have one just like it. he said he used to drive it around the delaership parking lot.
Isn't that a fury just behind the people in front of the dealership (to the right)?
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1960DesotoAdventurer
Posted 2010-06-22 12:05 AM (#229004 - in reply to #229000)
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Location: Plymouth Spaceport		Sure looks like one!
Were the Desotos made by the same comapny that made the fury jr?
I hope he has more photos too!
Has anyone ever seen a really jetsony dealership sign with the forward look boomerangs in neon?
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roadkillontheweb
Posted 2010-06-22 12:28 AM (#229006 - in reply to #229004)
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Location: Iowa USA		Fury Juniors were made by the powercar company the Desoto's were not. I deal with a lot of powercar stuff and even own three of the factory molds.
Yes I have seen the forward look neon with and without forward look in block letters in the middle
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Posted 2010-06-22 2:27 AM (#229025 - in reply to #228996)
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Location: Parts Unknown		COOL !!! Thanks
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suburban61
Posted 2010-06-22 6:59 AM (#229043 - in reply to #228996)
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Location: Australia		oh that is so fabulous... love the picture with the suburban... would have been great zooming around the dealership in a firemite as a kid... the gentleman must have such lovely memories... adriana
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Diesel45
Posted 2010-06-22 12:07 PM (#229077 - in reply to #229025)
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Location: Farnborough. Hampshire. England.		Pure nostalgia, how I wish we could turn the clock back to the days when we could identify a car coming down the road towards you. Nowadays, they all look the same " jelly mould " shape to me.... Thanks for posting Lee..
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big m
Posted 2010-06-22 2:03 PM (#229088 - in reply to #228996)
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Location: Williams California		Great photos, Lee!

Thanks for sharing them!

---John
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FinFury57
Posted 2010-06-22 2:44 PM (#229096 - in reply to #229088)
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Location: Kangasala, Finland		Really good pictures. I hope there are more of them!
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hemidenis
Posted 2010-06-22 6:53 PM (#229164 - in reply to #228996)
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Location: Northen Virginia		found the address...............but i better dont post the pictures so we can keep dreaming.
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roadkillontheweb
Posted 2010-06-23 12:52 AM (#229233 - in reply to #228996)
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Location: Iowa USA		I recieved this and thought it was interesting

A quick history of the dealership, Jules Periat started " Western Auto tops and Body Works" in 1910. He invented the " california Top", the hard top for cars made out of wood, Studebaker stole it . Later he got Dodge trucks, then Plymouth, DeSoto and Chrysler. My grandfather Gaston Sr. took over in 1940. His brother , " Marcel Periat " was a mechanic, and worked at the Indy 500 from 1933 to 1985 as a mechanic, tech inspector. He invented the first movie camera mount for a race car that would shoot a clear picture, he had 30 other inventions, tires, engines. He would bring wrecked Indy cars to San Mateo and re work them in the off season. We had 92 employees in 1960. 6 tow trucks, body shop, etc. I've got hundreds of stories. When I have more time I'll look up more pics, I have many pictures and films.

Yes he said films! I will post to this thread when I hear any more.
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suburban61
Posted 2010-06-23 1:50 AM (#229235 - in reply to #228996)
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Location: Australia		oh oh oh! i cant wait to see them im hoping for some '61 shots? fingers crossed... adriana
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