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Running out of room for more cars. Have to pick up on something easier to store.
I have seen them in stamped steel and pot metal. I assume the pot metal for the most part are several decades old. Were they an accessory a dealer ordered from private industry or just sold through ads ? Like anything else, if there is a demand someone will have them reproduced.
Here's a challenge for you all....I have been looking for 10 years for one from Gordon Wilson Chevrolet out of Murray Utah. If anyone posts a pic of one i may pass out....Ara
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I'll find your Gordon Wilson, if you find me a George Rowe of Lexington MASS.
Um, you may regret that as i was born in Lincoln Mass which is virtually next to Lexington and my Dad has been there for 75 years. I will MAKE him find one for you. Challenge is ON....LOl...
I just emailed my Dad. He WILL find one for you....and he's beein into vettes since the 50's....
Well, that would be great, but my thought is that they do not exist. Like most east coast car stores, Rowe Chevrolet probably had the little script sign to attach to the rump of the car instead of the tag frame. But, anything your old man can turn up would be more than welcome. I have searched chev tag frames for decades and never heard of your Gordon Wilson, except in your want. I am still on the hunt.
How about Robert Chevy in Long Island NY or Daniel Chevy in Colorado Springs Colorado
Daniels Chevy in Colorado Springs in still in business, but changed the name a few years ago to Daniels Long Chevrolet. I'll keep my eye out for one for you
Daniels Chevy in Colorado Springs in still in business, but changed the name a few years ago to Daniels Long Chevrolet. I'll keep my eye out for one for you
I found a dealer emblem on EBay a while back but I wasent sure what else is out there. Unless you know some one who bought a Elkhart blue 67 coupe new. But I belive the owner was in the service
Well, that would be great, but my thought is that they do not exist. Like most east coast car stores, Rowe Chevrolet probably had the little script sign to attach to the rump of the car instead of the tag frame. But, anything your old man can turn up would be more than welcome. I have searched chev tag frames for decades and never heard of your Gordon Wilson, except in your want. I am still on the hunt.
My Dad just emailed me and told me he bought his orange 77 vette from that dealership (got stolen 2 weeks later). he knew the owner, George well. How funny. His grandson, or son, has the Lexington Toyota dealership. Small world.
Unique 1968 Italian (Torino = Turin) vacuum-formed plastic license plates from my 1968 Ferrari 330GTC #11261; large (rear) plate has a thin chrome-plated die-cast frame, small (front) plate doesn't ruin the looks of the front of the car. The car is back in Europe now, in the Netherlands, and sold recently there for $700,000 (I paid $8,000 for it in Italy in 1971).
The dealer for my 63 is still in biz in Texas at the same location....I talked to the grandson of the original owner about 40 minutes on the phone and he sent me his last metal dealer emblem from the period (what a guy). Couldn't bring myself to drill holes in the body so I safety wired it to the license frame. One of my favorite tidbits about the car.
He included a pic of the dealership from "back in the day"!
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; 09-20-2017 at 06:07 PM.
I also created my own license plate frame after many years of searching for LaPointe Chevrolet, Charlotte, NC by finding an emblem on Ebay. For those looking here is a good Ebay site looking for emblems or license plate brackets:
Unique 1968 Italian (Torino = Turin) vacuum-formed plastic license plates from my 1968 Ferrari 330GTC #11261; large (rear) plate has a thin chrome-plated die-cast frame, small (front) plate doesn't ruin the looks of the front of the car. The car is back in Europe now, in the Netherlands, and sold recently there for $700,000 (I paid $8,000 for it in Italy in 1971).
Its got to be a huge " I really screwed up " feeling. Paying 8k in 71 was a lot of cash for transportation. I have a feeling your selling price was in line with the value when it departed. I'm happy when I don't lose my shirt years later. Driving one free of depreciation is always a bonus.
09-20-2017, 12:41 PM
Anyone collect license plate frames ?
