Yes, over the years I have noticed that the "Year active" information is not always correct. It's easy to find out more by looking into newspaper advertisements.
Here it says that Ingram owned the building until 1989. My theory: The 112 is a typo, they rented it to YATES-WOODARD BUICK-CHEV INC and took off the Yates-Woodard signs when that company left the building, so the old name was visible again.
Here's a nice photo from Flickr (January 2007) from when there was an antique store in the building. You can see that the sign with the Ingram name was part of the building:
...thanks for your Pontiac insight. My experience was Buick from '40s-'60s. I'm not surprised GM did a revamp in '87; there were lots of gaps in Buick Zone 04 codes, and every new dealer got a higher number, but I don't know if it was always the next higher number. Perhaps in interval between '60s and '87, lower numbers were reused to stave off the revamp. I never encountered a Buick dealer in Zone 04 using multiple codes, but I wouldn't expect that to show on a Buick code list for dealers representing multiple Divisions. I agree that year active doesn't represent a given dealer's history. There are a number of dealers in Zone 04 I know are much older. Above code list mostly covers years of interest to members here. It isn't the history of each dealer, people like me do that for our delivering dealer and sometimes other dealers we know about, to add to the V8Buick knowledge base...
...one of the reasons I posted it, hoping there may be someone else from Schuman out there, there are so few. Is yours the white '70 #585 that was in Season 5 Episode 2 of Hawaii Five-O. I watched a bunch of Five-O reruns, hoping I might see mine in the Honolulu background, all I found was this X. Do you happen to have any documentation showing shipping charge, been looking for that piece of info for over 10 years...
OK, I'll play. I purchased new a 1968, 1970, 1971, and 1972 from Johnson Motor Company, Durham, NC when I was in school in nearby Chapel Hill: 326 EAST MAIN STREET / JOHNSON MOTOR COMPANY 326-328 East Main St. Durham, NC Year built: 1926 Architects/Designers: Carr, George Watts Sr. Construction type: Masonry Brick, Stone Local historic district: Downtown Durham National Register: Downtown Durham Neighborhood: Downtown East Use: Auto Dealership Building Type: Commercial Eric Johnson sold the property to Durham County apparantly around 1990. As I understand they turned it over to the sheriffs dept.. which took advantage of the reinforced concrete construction to build a satelite jail house in back. The building did have a three story auto elevator which was often used to move cars and people between floors. When operated as a car dealership, the parts dept took top floor, sales and general service first, paint/body in the basement. Showroom was very beautiful with marble columns, wall and tile floor. Illuminated wall sconces. Showroom well maintained and classy through Star Buick era and until E. Johnson sold it to county. Amazing how it was operated vertically rather than now dealerships are done on one level. Submitted by Noell Nicholso… on Mon, 2/7/2011 - 7:48pm James Eric Johnson was my grandfather and I was always told that he owned the oldest family owned Buick dealership in the world.. The way he got into the automobile business was that he would ride the train to Greensboro and pick up a car and return with it to Durham to sell it. The parking garage on the corner of Roxboro St. was the first parking garage in Durham. On November 7, 1935, Alfred P. Stone, Jr., president of General Motors, chose Johnson as a charter member of his newly established Dealers' Council. Long time employees of Johnson included George Mebane (and his three wheeled motorcycle), Jesse Hester, George Tilley, and Hubert Pearce. (I purchased all my cars from Mr. Pearce.) Cheers!
There were two Norwood Buick dealerships, Norwood Buick and Norwood Buick Company. Dealer codes 01-108 and 01-120
...testing my Buick dealer code assignment theory, I'll guess Norwood Buick Co. Inc was a new owner, not an old owner move. Anyone know...
I found a photo of a plastic booster plate, using the name Bezema Buick/GMC Truck, today they are still located at the 401 Providence Hwy address in Norwood, MA. But they are no longer a Buick dealer.
I decided to play this game. Here are a couple of current pictures of the building that housed McAdoo Chevrolet-Buick Co. in Seagraves, TX. They are the dealership that sold my 1970 Buick GSX. Seagraves, TX was a town of 2500 residents in 1970, so I was suprised to see that they even had a Buick dealership, let alone sold a GSX. I presume it was more than likely a special ordered car.
Here is another old Buick dealership photo that I came across. I know nothing about this photo or the dealership other than the name and location, Kyhl Chevrolet-Buick in Parkersburg Iowa. The photo appears to have been taken near Christmas in the early to mid 1950's.
The building in your photos is located at 520 Railroad Avenue, according to the dealer codes list the address for McAdoo Chevrolet-Buick Co. in Seagraves, TX was 20 Railroad Avenue 20. But maybe that's another typo....there's nothing at that address and it isn't even in the centre of the town. Seagrave is an oil town, (check the historical painted sign on the building in your first photo) maybe that's were the money came from: Poor old Mustang back in April 2013:
You'll notice that the building today houses McAdoo Enterprises. I presume it is still owned by the same family. Your photo is actually time stamped from 2019.
It's almost certain with the same name that it was the same owner. I can't recall a Pontiac ownership change that did not involve a dealership name change also. BTW ~ Norwood Buick dates at least back to '39- all along at 10 Cottage St.
Yep. Downtown Durham was crowded with cigarette manufacturing companies in those days. It was still a busy street even in the '60's and '70's, so vertical was the way to go. I remember picking up my cars as if it were yesterday...quick story: Brought the '70 Black/Black GS 350 in for service and Mr. Pearce took me for a ride in a 1971 GS Stage 1 Convertible, Stratomist Blue/White with every possible option except 4-speed. Buckets, console, etc. It was SO BEAUTIFUL that I offered to trade mine in immediately. Unfortunately, the car was sold, but I will never forget it and wonder what happened to it. Ended up with a '71 Platinum Mist/Black GS 350 convertible--long story--bought a new '71 Corvette but it was a lemon and had to settle for the car on the floor given the price differentials and my thin wallet. Still, it was a pretty nice car...traded it for a '72 Stage 1 Convertible after trying to order a GSX convertible that the factory turned down--wing did not fit the convertible body, I was told. Kept the '72 for 40+ years and it was my first "restoration" that won an AACA Second first time out: Sold it finally due to divorce...old story, right? Cheers!
