Vintage dealerships

1953 was a good year for Buick!

 

The Desoto Dealership is pretty neat, but I have to say, the miniature train parade float steals the show in this photo.

 

The lead image contains a view of the 1953 grand opening of the new and modern John Ramp Inc. Packard Dealership located at 1703 E 38th Street in Indianapolis, IN, and in it one of the “Pan Americans” is visible on the left-hand side of the showroom.

In addition the concept cars were on exhibit in the automaker’s display at all of the large auto shows around the country and the world. The cars also made the rounds of many of the Packard agencies across the country. In this one instance, it was reported that “forty-five thousand visitors registered at the grand opening” and viewed, a “Pan American,” the new “Caribbean” convertible and Ramp’s new facility.

• A view of the showroom with a “Caribbean” convertible visible on the left-hand side and a second open car on the right. The “Pan American” may have been situated behind the long line of visitors on the left.

Learn more about the “Pan American” in an article by Leon Dixon at Hemmings Daily

Courtesy of the Old Motor http://theoldmotor.com/?p=173511

 

That train certainly is cool, and I wonder where that photo was taken?

 

Downtown Rutland Vermont in 1908