Gillespie Ford, San Antonio, TX.
C. Bradshaw Inc. Ford, Harvey, IL.
Edward’s Ford, Lancaster, TX.
Hammes Ford Sales, Kankakee, IL.
Bob Basney Ford, Lafayette, IN.
Danvers Motors Co., Danvers, MA.
Crossroads Ford, Indianapolis, IN.
Kemp Ford, El Paso, TX.
Art Hill Ford, Merrillville, IN.
Anheuser Ford, St. Louis, MO.
Town & Country Ford, Clayton, MO.
Allegra Ford, North Riverside, IL.
Danvers Ford is still there, still in business, and still looks pretty much like it does in that postcard!
Too bad you don’t have any pictures of Thomas Ford in Beverly, MA, though. That dealership was one of the oldest Ford dealers in the USA. The building they used to occupy, that dated from the 1919, was demolished in 2018, and a mid-rise apartment building, with a restaurant on the first floor, now occupies the site. The dealership was sold to new owners just before the demolition took place, and the dealership has been moved about two miles away. The demolition was noted in an article in Hemmings Motor News (see link below).
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/nearly-century-old-ford-dealership-razed-for-apartment-block-development/
“Butler County Ford”, in “Butler PA”, now adays “Cocharan Ford” operated in the same place for over a hundred years i believe. The current owners have not vacated the facility as they’ve not built the new one yet. I believe the change over took place about “2021”.
Purchased my first new car at the local ford dealership, Lee Ford in Poughkeepsie NY.. My shiny forest green metallic 71 pinto with a black vinyl top and four on the floor. While next door at the Lincoln Mercury store they were selling Detomaso Panteras… The extreme of the day.. What great days they were
Like the curved showroom, @ “Bradshaw Ford”. The old, old “Peacock Buick”, in “Falls Church VA” had that vibe.
Gillespie Ford in San Antonio had quite a history. The photo above showcasing the red Ranger was on Broadway. But many years prior they used to sell cars right next to the Alamo.
More info on Gillespie Ford.
The original factory owned Ford agency behind the Alamo was transferred to Clifton George Company. In late 1920s it was was sold to Herpel Gillespie. On September 27, 1929 Frank Gillespie sold a 1929 Ford Model A Tudor two door sedan, built on August 12, 1929, to Antonio Guajardo, for a down payment of $232.06 and a balance of $492.00. This was paid in full in October the following year after twelve payments of $41.00. The car’s second owner, Bill Todt, who bought it in 1971, still drives it on the roads of San Antonio, adding some fifty thousand miles towards the current odometer reading of 120,000. Herpel Gillespie relocated to Broadway and 4th and stayed there for decades, at some point losing the Herpel name. In the 1990s the dealership moved again, to Loop 410 near Culebra. The franchise was ultimately purchased by the Red McCombs Automotive Group in 2008.
https://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/cars-1917-1943
The “A” in Anheuser Ford’s logo hit me as similar to the A in Anheuser Busch, with what appears to be a head of wheat in it. While my memory was a little off with regards to the exact design, it does appear that the Anheusers were from St. Louis so this could have been owned by a relative?
Nice ;
I really like the ’62 Fords in front of Edwards Ford .
Looking back the Pinto was another Ford engineering miracle .
Cheap and crude, they lasted seemingly forever if one took minimal care of them .
All gone now =8-^ .
-Nate