Vintage dealerships

Image is of Walker Motors Inc. for the roll-out of the new Ford models on October, 3 1956. (note the banner at the top of the front of the building) The only unknown here is the location of the dealership.


Courtesy of the Old Motor.

 

Seems safe.

 

Merry Christmas Cadillac style.

 

1927 according to the information provided.

 

Seems it was a pretty normal practice back in the old timey days

 

Courtesy of The Old Motor:
In various areas of the country, different terms are used at times to describe the same thing. This press photo taken, on October 20, 1955, for a Chevrolet dealer for use in the Greenville, NC “Daily Reflector” caught our eye because of the use of “Washout Sale” signage.

Here in New England and in other areas of the country a used car sale is often called a “clearance sale,” which left us to wonder if this was a regional phrase for the same thing? Stock market investors use the expression “washout sale” to define the selling of a stock at a loss for a tax write off, and then repurchase it at the same price that was initially paid for it within thirty days.

And finally, we can’t help ourselves by beating the sharp cynic’s in the audience to the punch who would comment that this a “dirty laundry sale” to get rid of the late-model used car lemons and repaired wrecks on the lot taken in trade by mistake.