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Looking for any info on this dealership where my '64 was delivered.
A friend of mine was looking for the dealership also. I found photos of Guaranty Chevrolet, San Diego from 1977 (B&W) and 2010 (turned into a furniture store).
Thanks all, the pictures really help. The car is a race car configuration so I was wondering about how much Guaranty did in the racing world. I ordered the NCRS dealer info a few months back, not much there except the build date and dealer numbers and address. This is all I have left of those days that came with the car:
Thanks all, the pictures really help. The car is a race car configuration so I was wondering about how much Guaranty did in the racing world. I ordered the NCRS dealer info a few months back, not much there except the build date and dealer numbers and address. This is all I have left of those days that came with the car:
I've never seen anything to say Guaranty was into racing on any professional level. That dealership was in the cruising area and would have been the most passed for most car enthusiast at the time. There's an old photo from the San Diego riot/Drag strip riot of a Corvair with a Guaranty frame.
My Dad was a Service Writer at Guaranty Chevrolet in the late 60s
His name was Gary Clawson. Hl Hutmacher was a mechanic there, too. I think their friend John Cogburn was a mechanic there too. We lived in the neighborhood and then out in Spring Valley (suburb) until mid 1978. He and some of the other guys that worked there used to help build stock cars that ran at El Cajon Speedway and also moto cross race bikes that raced out in SanTee. My dad restore 50s Chevys, on the side mostly Bel Airs and Nomads. Once located at 4050 E. Cajon Blvd., San Diego, Calif. There appears to be a Guaratty Chevrolet in Santa Ana...not sure if it is connected to the old one.
My1969 big block was delivered there according to the NCRS...
Ditto my '65 coupe (per NCRS). Knowing that it spent some quality time in SoCal during those crazy days strengthens an already deep emotional bond that I have with this car.
Last edited by kwtx66; 12-13-2022 at 08:23 PM.
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Hi Harry, it is the one you and Tom Kobman pulled out of the garage in Cincinnati, black with white leather Z06 equipped with TI. According to the original owner's brother, the original owner was a naval aviator at Naval Air Station Miramar. I got the original owners warranty book too. I got to talk to Tom for a long time over several days in Chicago at MCACN a few weeks ago. He had great stories of the car.
Bought my 62 there in 1964. Don't recall hearing any association with any racing at that time. Did race the Vette at local tracks but memory has failed in the 60 years since.
12-09-2016, 03:53 PM
Anyone know anything about Guaranty Chevrolet in San Diego in the '60s?
