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wizard
Posted 2015-12-09 5:36 PM (#497476)
Subject: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Is there anyone that could get me an e-mail address to Conway Motors Inc. in Baldwin New York? That dealer sold my car and from what I can understand they etablished the company in 1960 and they're still in business.

Would be totally cool to find streetview photos from back then as well as the name of the seller.
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mstrug
Posted 2015-12-09 6:00 PM (#497480 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Conway Motors Inc






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Today:9:00 am - 9:00 pm


24 Sunrise Hwy,

Baldwin, NY 11510

(516) 223-6667
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-10 1:47 AM (#497532 - in reply to #497476)
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Thanks' Marc - I'll check their home page (if they have one). Must try to get an email address
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Posted 2015-12-11 12:45 PM (#497661 - in reply to #497476)
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Anyone care to help me out here guys? I would need someone to call them and ask for an e-mail address.

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Posted 2015-12-11 2:58 PM (#497675 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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http://usedcarsguru.com/conway_motors_inc_baldwin-11510-appointment...

I changed it. Marc.

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wizard
Posted 2015-12-11 3:02 PM (#497677 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Yes Marc, but that aint the same Company - at least not the same address? Imagine that I'm just as lost as you would be searching for a Company in Sweden

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mstrug
Posted 2015-12-11 3:07 PM (#497678 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Posted 2015-12-11 3:08 PM (#497679 - in reply to #497476)
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FIN ME
Posted 2015-12-11 3:58 PM (#497680 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Wizard, I've tried phoning every phone number listed for Conway Motors (Conway Parts, etc.), Baldwin, New York (Long Island/Queens) - the phone numbers seem to be either incorrect, or no longer in service - I keep receiving weird beeps on the phone, with no vocal explanations as to why.

I was going to just phone them up and ask for their email address. Have you had any luck otherwise?

Sorry I couldn't help.



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Posted 2015-12-11 4:15 PM (#497683 - in reply to #497677)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Do a Google Earth search of that address and there isn't anything resembling a car dealer....lots of parking lots though.



(Baldwin.jpg)



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wizard
Posted 2015-12-13 6:14 AM (#497833 - in reply to #497476)
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Thanks guys, the e-mail contact form bounces back with error message and the street view confirms it's nothing there anymore.

My guess is that the building with Louis Koch Real Estate 720 Sunrise Hwy, Baldwin, NY 11510, USA is the former Conway Motors Inc.

I cannot understand why Google maps claims that it's Sunrise Hwy 24 when the building is 720? Perhaps they changed the street numbers since then???

The other building in that intersection was/is Sunrise National Bank 730 Sunrise Hwy and it's not plausible that it was a car dealer before.

I contacted Conway Motors Inc headquarter, but also this is fuzzy - they had two used cars for sale

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Posted 2015-12-13 7:50 AM (#497838 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Wizard, I libe in the Tri-State Ny Area, this about an hour+ distance from my Home. I dont get out that way often, but I do have a friend who live close to that location. BTW, Sunrise Highway is a State Highway that sometimes is referred to as its Alias, Route 27.
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-13 7:52 AM (#497839 - in reply to #497476)
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It would be very nice if your friend could pass by there and ask where the Conway Motor Inc was located Steve.
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-13 11:18 AM (#497852 - in reply to #497476)
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Also guys, I was checking the title of my car - the last American title spans from August 2002 to date of sale the 18th January 2006.

Is there a reliable way to obtain a full vehicle history in USA, searching, let's say only the VIN number? If so, is there a reasonable cost for this?
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Posted 2015-12-13 5:47 PM (#497876 - in reply to #497476)
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My hubbins is from Baldwin, and he thinks he remembers the name "Conway" in relation to some sort of auto business.

It seems that the company might have gone out of business? The latest info that I could find regarding this business seems to be from 2007?

in approx. 2012, I received a copy of my car's old "IBM Computer Card" from the Chrysler Museum in Detroit - I'm not sure that this museum is still open, but I think that kind of info can still be obtained from their archives.

Here is the Chrysler Museum's latest link for archival info: http://www.fcanorthamerica.com/company/Heritage/Pages/Historical-Se...

I'm not sure if they can help with the kind of info you are seeking, but it might be a start?




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wizard
Posted 2015-12-14 1:51 AM (#497908 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Oh - sorry, I didn't inform in this thread! Yes, the Chrysler historical service is open and they even have a better microfiche reader soon. They have "improved", practically raised the prices, but you can now order a email with high resulution scan of the IBM-card. Mind that the quality of the microfiche sets the quality.

I ordered and I got a fair readable IBM-card, I also got the wrong shipping date on their cover letter, but they corrected that in 2 Days time.

So thats how I know that my car was sold by Conway Motors Inc. in Baldwin New York.

My guess is that they have gone soth or been bought up by Another Company.

Thankful for any information....
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Posted 2015-12-14 10:16 AM (#497926 - in reply to #497908)
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Tracing a car's interim history between shipping (from CHS) or purchase (info we get/
know when we buy the car) can be a real challenge. It used to be, one could go to the
State licensing agency and if the clerk was cooperative, get any history of the car while
licensed in that state. But with privacy laws (thanks to our ID theft friends) and public
agencies always trying to cut loads/costs, either they don't keep such records anymore,
or they won't give them out to anyone buy the person listed on such record, which presents
the Catch 22 .... if you could bring all previous owners into the licensing agency, they'd
give out the record for each present ! .... of course, the objective here is to figure out
WHO those previous owner are in the forst place, so you might make contact or have that
information !!!!
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-14 10:21 AM (#497928 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Moment 22 for sure then

Over here in Sweden, we can still trace all owners....
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spinout
Posted 2015-12-14 11:34 AM (#497933 - in reply to #497928)
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Things were different in 1998.. My DeSoto was first titled in the state of Montana and exported out of MT in 1987.

I ordered a complete title history from Montana DMV, micro-film printouts, starting from the application for a certificate
of title for a new motor vehicle (dated Dec 8, 1960) to the final title (dated 08/13/80). It cost $9.50.

Edited by spinout 2015-12-14 11:42 AM
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-18 1:36 PM (#498374 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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So, does this means that it's not possible to get a title history anymore, or is it "only" more complicated?
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-20 12:34 PM (#498552 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Seems like the good Doc is right - I found this information;

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2003/06/17/tracing-...
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Posted 2015-12-20 3:09 PM (#498563 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Conway is gone, I lived in Baldwin years ago, right near Motion performance.
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-21 1:40 AM (#498606 - in reply to #497476)
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Big thanks' for confirming that Dave! Do you remember in which building they had the Company, or do you mean that it's gone like torn down?
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Posted 2015-12-23 8:27 PM (#498891 - in reply to #497476)
Subject: Re: Conway Motors Inc. Baldwin New York



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Out of business, but I believe there was a used car dealership there about 15 yrs ago.
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hemidenis
Posted 2015-12-23 9:26 PM (#498897 - in reply to #497476)
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there is not much info of Conway unfortunately, but here they are some clues...



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wizard
Posted 2015-12-24 6:40 AM (#498922 - in reply to #497476)
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How did yoou find that ad Denis - did you go through some mikrofiches or just happened to find an old newspaper?

Thanks' a lot my friend - I'll save the page in my proviens archive
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hemidenis
Posted 2015-12-24 11:52 AM (#498944 - in reply to #497476)
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I was just looking for some pictures of the dealer and this came up. This dealer was in business since at least 1951, but now you can dig deeper and look what you can find, maybe an add?

have fun!!

http://fultonhistory.com/my%20photo%20albums/All%20Newspapers/Freep...
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Posted 2015-12-24 2:26 PM (#498955 - in reply to #497476)
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this add came from Set-Oct 1952
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-24 3:10 PM (#498956 - in reply to #497476)
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Somewhere I read that the Conway Motors Inc. was established already in 1937 Denis. Thanks for your help!
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wizard
Posted 2015-12-27 4:57 AM (#499204 - in reply to #497476)
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I have digged into the scanned (microfiche) pages of the Nassau Daily Review Star and I understand that that newspaper wasn't published after 1952.
Is here someone who knows which newspaper that "took over" the Baldwin area after 1952?
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Posted 2017-08-13 10:12 PM (#546146 - in reply to #497476)
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Hello! My name is Christine Conway! My dad used to own Conway Motors, and his father owned it before him and my great grandfather owned it before him. My father sold the business in 2007, the man that bought t bulldozed the building and leveled the lot.
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Posted 2017-08-14 12:39 AM (#546150 - in reply to #546146)
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Well, thank goodness for that ! We need more cool old historic stuff
destroyed !
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wizard
Posted 2017-08-14 1:09 AM (#546153 - in reply to #546146)
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Thanks' a lot for this information Christine - I would like to know some more about the Company and the Sellers. Any chance that you could upoad some photos?

Christinenbill21211 - 2017-08-14 4:12 AM

Hello! My name is Christine Conway! My dad used to own Conway Motors, and his father owned it before him and my great grandfather owned it before him. My father sold the business in 2007, the man that bought t bulldozed the building and leveled the lot.
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