plumber2 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 It was probably River Oaks Lincoln Mercury. I saw a nice 88-91 Mercury Grand Marquis last week that still had the River Oaks Lincoln Mercury decal on the trunklid.Was'nt it called Snelling Mercury at one time. I seem to remember a cougar image on their logos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Yeah, Snelling Motor Co. was at 2955 Kirby which is now Whole Foods (new building). It was also Plaza Lincoln Mercury in the mid 1970s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle C Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I mentioned in an earlier post that a lot of dealerships were located on Milam. I did a little checking and found that there were as many as eleven different dealership locations on Milam. Many of those locations were recycled over the years with different names like Central Pontiac later became Frank Gillman. 900 Milam Dow Chevrolet1315 Meador Packard1320 Jacoby Lincoln Mercury1410 A. C. Burton Chrysler Plymouth1613 Great Southwest Dodge and Plymouth1621 Central Pontiac1701 Southwest Chevrolet1920 Douglas Nash2120 Russell Smith Ford2200 North Buick2215 Al Parker Buick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I know one famously defunct 290 car dealership was Lawrence Marshall Hempstead...the road to Houston just never was the same again... There was also Knapp Chevrolet near the Holiday Inn on Interstate 10, that went away during widening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Knapp Chevrolet is still where it's always been, at Houston and Washington Avenues (not that GM didn't try to kill it during the auto industry implosion), and is even building a new showroom that promises to be properly corporately execrable. The Katy expansion took out what had been Courtesy Chevrolet back ages ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 He's thinking about Courtesy Chevrolet which was wiped out by the Katy Freeway. 77-77 Ka-ty Free-way. Courtesy Chevrolet, Open Sundays! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 He's thinking about Courtesy Chevrolet which was wiped out by the Katy Freeway.77-77 Ka-ty Free-way. Courtesy Chevrolet, Open Sundays! Just - west - of - Post - Oak !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Haha...hope it doesn't get stuck in your head for the remainder of the day!...and if it doesn't, this one likely will. Yet another Chevrolet dealership that has graced the Katy Freeway service road for the better part of 40 years:Westside Chevrolet, Ka-ty Free-way, Peek Road ex-it, Hou-ston. Westside Chevrolet, Ka-ty Free-way, Peek Road ex-it, Hou-ston. Of course, Westside is still there, but with the death of the Peek Road exit, it was re-written in the song as "Grand Parkway exit, Katy". Now...when did the city limits for Katy change to include Peek Road and Texas 99???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 RICH-ard-son. Chev-ro-let. Greatest Dealer in the Great South-west. Richardson Chev-ro-let - Southwest Freeway at Hill-croft. Earworms unite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Haha...hope it doesn't get stuck in your head for the remainder of the day! ...and if it doesn't, this one likely will. Yet another Chevrolet dealership that has graced the Katy Freeway service road for the better part of 40 years: Westside Chevrolet, Ka-ty Free-way, Peek Road ex-it, Hou-ston. Westside Chevrolet, Ka-ty Free-way, Peek Road ex-it, Hou-ston. RICH-ard-son. Chev-ro-let. Greatest Dealer in the Great South-west. Richardson Chev-ro-let - Southwest Freeway at Hill-croft. Earworms unite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I know one famously defunct 290 car dealership was Lawrence Marshall Hempstead...the road to Houston just never was the same again... "Aigs and Chevrolets are cheaper in the country!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Lawrence Marshall Chevrolet, we CLOBBER big city prices!Wasn't "Eggs and Chevrolets are 'cheep'er in the country" the tag line for Buck-Buck-Buckalew Chevrolet in Conroe? You know, "just north of the big city prices"?They had the little yellow chick that would hatch out of its egg, and start "cheeping", thus tying into the eggs liner? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Lawrence Marshall Chevrolet, we CLOBBER big city prices!Wasn't "Eggs and Chevrolets are 'cheep'er in the country" the tag line for Buck-Buck-Buckalew Chevrolet in Conroe? You know, "just north of the big city prices"?They had the little yellow chick that would hatch out of its egg, and start "cheeping", thus tying into the eggs liner? Buckalew might have used the line too, but Marshall definitely did. After their abrupt closure, I remember a few comments along the lines of "I guess only eggs are cheaper in the country now". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Yeah, the "We CLOBBER big city prices" was popular too (that I remember). They had a pretty sweet spot set up, build a massive car dealership in the middle of nowhere and attract to TWO major metropolitan areas. Too bad the industry caved in. I wonder what they're going to do to the spot as it continues to deteriorate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Huh. Well, guess both dealerships used it then. Maybe I'm crazy, but I distinctly remember the clucking chick with "Buck-Buck-Buckalew" and would've sworn they used the eggs line. A high school friend of mine had a stepmother whose maiden name was Buckalew and she hated that commercial. I guess that's what made it stick over all these years.Keeping in the spirit of the thread, has no one noticed that McMahon Chevrolet is being torn down as we speak? You might know it by the more famous/infamous name of Landmark Chevrolet, one of two Bill Heard properties here in Houston. Located on the North Freeway between West Mt. Houston and West Gulf Bank, it was known by many in these parts as "Landshark". Drove by it today, and they have turned the showroom, the used cars building, and the little building to the showroom's direct right, into rubble. They've also stripped the asphalt off the parking lot, all the way down to the dirt. The used truck sales office and lot, across Hidden Valley, remains untouched as of today. The huge garage in back of the showroom is about halfway down, while the body shop is still standing. The two Landmark buildings closest to the Super 8 motel and Moments Cabaret have been fenced off and don't appear to be part of the demolition effort. If you want to get your last glimpses of it, better hurry. They are bringing it down quick, fast, and in a hurry. I just drove past there on Saturday, and everything was still completely intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Huh. Well, guess both dealerships used it then. Maybe I'm crazy, but I distinctly remember the clucking chick with "Buck-Buck-Buckalew" and would've sworn they used the eggs line. A high school friend of mine had a stepmother whose maiden name was Buckalew and she hated that commercial. I guess that's what made it stick over all these years. This should look familiar, then: Now I'm doubting my recollection, although the ad I remember didn't have the chick, and the "eggs" line was spoken by a guy with what was supposed to be a "country" accent. I can't find it anywhere, after an admittedly cursory search. Keeping in the spirit of the thread, has no one noticed that McMahon Chevrolet is being torn down as we speak? You might know it by the more famous/infamous name of Landmark Chevrolet, one of two Bill Heard properties here in Houston. Located on the North Freeway between West Mt. Houston and West Gulf Bank, it was known by many in these parts as "Landshark". Drove by it today, and they have turned the showroom, the used cars building, and the little building to the showroom's direct right, into rubble. They've also stripped the asphalt off the parking lot, all the way down to the dirt. The used truck sales office and lot, across Hidden Valley, remains untouched as of today. The huge garage in back of the showroom is about halfway down, while the body shop is still standing. The two Landmark buildings closest to the Super 8 motel and Moments Cabaret have been fenced off and don't appear to be part of the demolition effort. If you want to get your last glimpses of it, better hurry. They are bringing it down quick, fast, and in a hurry. I just drove past there on Saturday, and everything was still completely intact. End of an era. Up until a week or two ago, I was driving right by that location several times a week. I'll have to go and have a look when I get a chance - my parents live very close by. A John Deere dealership is going up on that site, so they must finally be getting around to site prep for construction. The variance notice has been posted for quite a while on Hidden Valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brhaltx Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 The Tomball Bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 End of an era. Up until a week or two ago, I was driving right by that location several times a week. I'll have to go and have a look when I get a chance - my parents live very close by. A John Deere dealership is going up on that site, so they must finally be getting around to site prep for construction. The variance notice has been posted for quite a while on Hidden Valley. Yea! Yea! and YEA!!! My parents also live near the McMahon/Landmark Chevrolet site. If for no other reason than it will lessen the run-off from those acres of paving I am glad to see it go. It was an awful eye-sore too. So a tractor and farm implement dealership is coming in its place. That is interesting. The smaller showroom building immediately next to the motel was originally Magnusson Volkswagen. The owner was a customer of my father's as was the owner of the Datsun (Nissan) dealership across I-45 near Canino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 ROFL!!!YES! I knew I wasn't getting senile! It's been YEARS since I've seen that commercial, mkultra, and many thanks for tracking that down and posting it.SImply awesome.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libbie Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 There was an Okay car dealership on the Gulf Freeway (maybe across from Gulfgate?) forever! But no more. A boy I knew asked me out on a date in about 1967. He picked me up and drove me to Okay Cars, saying that he hadn't budgeted well enough for a movie or a burger, so he just took me to stare at the cars. He had a great time! I didn't, much. I married somebody else. Twenty-five years later we went to Bonnie's Beef and Seafood on the Gulf Freeway and I looked over and saw the little "Okay" flags flapping. It still looked the same. But it's not there any more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Womac Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Anyone have photos of Sam White Oldsmobile? It later became Mossy Oldsmobile, and is now Stewart Cadillac, located in the block bounded by Main, McGowen, and Travis. I've admired the building on the corner of McGowen and Travis for years (the one with all the windows). It used to be Sam White's service department, but I've often wondered if it predated the dealership or not. I remember when I was about four years old, my parents went to purchase a new Oldsmobile at Sam White. They wound up getting a '68 Delta 88 despite my firmly-held opinion that they should opt for a 4-4-2 instead, proof that I was into muscle cars at a very early age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliaBOldLady Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Anyone have any old photos of Frizell's Pontiac at Gulfgate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Anyone have any old photos of Frizell's Pontiac at Gulfgate? Here's one from the internet. I apologize for it being so small and blurry. I'm pretty sure the tan car in the foreground is a 1973 Pontiac Grand Prix. The red Chevrolet Blazer with the white top must be a 1973 model or later as well. Notice that Frizzell is also an AMC dealership at this time. "3040 Woodridge, next to Gulfgate; where you get a whale of a deal." Mascot was a cartoon whale. Edited August 5, 2015 by Specwriter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
px4man Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 My Mom bought a new '65 Chevy Impala station wagon at A.J.Foyt Chevrolet on Post Oak between W.Belfort and Willowbend where I met AJ himself on the sales floor that day. We used to ride our bikes up to the back and watch them work on some of their race cars, mainly dirt and stock cars. We moved to Austin later that year and I drove it off the Mansfield Dam late one night after partying in the park. I've got some pictures if I can find them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msteele6 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 My parents bought a 1967 Pontiac Le Mans from Frizzells. I believe that Frizzell's original dealership was on Harrisburg across from the old Sears and Roebuck at Harrisburg and Wayside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Materene Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I worked at several in this list but I would like to see an Al Parker Buick photo early 70s . The old location is now a new structure and the street that once ran down the side of the building was closed and added as one property for this new business. The old customer and storage lot was across the street in 70 which is now part of this one property Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 My Mom bought a new '65 Chevy Impala station wagon at A.J.Foyt Chevrolet on Post Oak between W.Belfort and Willowbend where I met AJ himself on the sales floor that day. We used to ride our bikes up to the back and watch them work on some of their race cars, mainly dirt and stock cars. We moved to Austin later that year and I drove it off the Mansfield Dam late one night after partying in the park. I've got some pictures if I can find them. The Foyts are still in the car business. One of A.J.'s sons is currently the General Manager of Mercedes-Benz of Clear Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJTiger Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Does anyone know anything about Van York Pontiac GMC that was located in Tomball? I know the buidling is gone but the property is still empty. My 79 Trans Am has their dealer tag on the trunk lid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fore Right Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Sam White OldsmobileTom Gray Datsun/Nissan on the Katy Freeway and "West Belt" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Does anyone have any information about Harry Shanks Chevrolet? Found a commercial of theirs on a mid 80's tape. One of the cheaper and more desperate ones out there - basically came off as "we're spending money to just become competitive!". This dealership was located at Hwy 6 & Beechnut, later becoming Mike Hall Chevrolet and is now part of the Autonation group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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