The Ford Barn

Racur96 · 12-24-2012, 02:59 PM

1920's ford service center here in lawrenceburg, tn. Building is still there. It's now our local newspaper building.

BILL WILLIAMSON · 12-25-2012, 02:37 AM

Wish I had a pic of my hometown Ford Dealer. It was totally built from large round river rocks, the building is still there. In the mid '40's, Chief had a Conoco gas station right across the street from it. It was a sweet setup when he needed parts! And we also had a really GREAT old time hardware store next door and a HAMBURGER JOINT NEXT TO THAT! Life was GOOD! Bill W.

sturgis39 · 12-25-2012, 03:07 AM

Life did seem better back in the 50's 60's up to 2000. The first part of the 80's was not not too good. I was thinking about it today. What happened? Nam was a bad deal but the rest seemed much better than today.

We had nine gas stations and now we just have two convenient stores
We had four hardware stores and now we have none
We had five clothing stores and now the only place to buy clothing is an ALCO store
We had four drug stores and now we have none
We had about 10 restaurants and now we four
we had three jewelery stores and now we have none
we still have one pizza place
we had four good size grocery stores plus every neighbor hood had a little store now we have one
We have two more banks
We stayed even with mechanic shops
We had two tow trucks and now we have none
we use to know everybody and now you do not see anybody you know at the grocery store
The list goes on and on

Thanks for posting the picture

plind · 12-25-2012, 04:05 AM

Here is one from Denmark, Ford Dealer in the town Ringe, is not on this place today.

PetesPonies · 12-27-2012, 11:51 AM

No more pics from anyone??

newshirt · 12-27-2012, 12:15 PM

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Here's a pic of the Vollmer Ford Agency in Colorado Springs taken from "American Garage and Auto Dealer" magazine, Feb 1919. The dealer still exists, and is now named Phil Long Ford.

http://books.google.com/books?id=PQF...prings&f=false

Tom Wesenberg · 12-27-2012, 01:58 PM

St. Boni Auto in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota has been in business in the same building since the Model T days.
Our Model A club took a trip to see the place a few years ago and lined up out front to take this picture.

12-25-2012, 02:37 AM	#2
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Neat old pic of ford service center Wish I had a pic of my hometown Ford Dealer. It was totally built from large round river rocks, the building is still there. In the mid '40's, Chief had a Conoco gas station right across the street from it. It was a sweet setup when he needed parts! And we also had a really GREAT old time hardware store next door and a HAMBURGER JOINT NEXT TO THAT! Life was GOOD! Bill W. __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

12-25-2012, 03:07 AM	#3
sturgis39 Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 87	Re: Neat old pic of ford service center Life did seem better back in the 50's 60's up to 2000. The first part of the 80's was not not too good. I was thinking about it today. What happened? Nam was a bad deal but the rest seemed much better than today. We had nine gas stations and now we just have two convenient stores We had four hardware stores and now we have none We had five clothing stores and now the only place to buy clothing is an ALCO store We had four drug stores and now we have none We had about 10 restaurants and now we four we had three jewelery stores and now we have none we still have one pizza place we had four good size grocery stores plus every neighbor hood had a little store now we have one We have two more banks We stayed even with mechanic shops We had two tow trucks and now we have none we use to know everybody and now you do not see anybody you know at the grocery store The list goes on and on Thanks for posting the picture Last edited by sturgis39; 12-25-2012 at 12:48 PM.

12-25-2012, 04:05 AM	#4
plind Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Denmark Posts: 330	Re: Neat old pic of ford service center Here is one from Denmark, Ford Dealer in the town Ringe, is not on this place today.

12-27-2012, 11:51 AM	#5
PetesPonies Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: South Carolina Posts: 316	Re: Neat old pic of ford service center No more pics from anyone?? __________________ Pete's Ponies Mustang RUSToration & Performance

12-27-2012, 01:58 PM	#7
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Neat old pic of ford service center St. Boni Auto in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota has been in business in the same building since the Model T days. Our Model A club took a trip to see the place a few years ago and lined up out front to take this picture.