Thanks for sharing... as a collector of vintage Ford (and Ford related) signs, as well as gas pumps (petrolania), I really enjoyed seeing how they were used/displayed. 

There were a couple either rare or unique Ford neons signs in some of those pics... in particular a T-Bird neon with striped end-wings.

I've never found one I could afford just yet, but have always wanted one of the cantalevered neon Mercury signs, red/white with the helmet head on it.

Thanks and kudos to the orignial poster.

Brian

Cylinder Index = 84

Current Experiment = `57 Tbird, Grand Rapids, Michigan

What caught my eye was that many Ford dealers appeared to be a local filling station or independent garage that obtained a Ford franchise.  And this was with '60s cars on their lots.  Not that way now, many larger dealers are worried that Ford may pull the plug.  Has already happened to many gm and chrysler dealers.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Really cool Thank You

I forgot to mention that Rick Kirk was the guy that sent me the link . Rick is from Ripley OK( Believe it ,or not  ??) He also just happens to be the 427 SOHC guru in USA .Rick has some amazing Ford stuff ,including a cut away Y-Block motor on an engine stand .Almost forgot to mention his Ford Museum in Ripley .Light weight Galaxies ,Mercury Comet,427,406's etc,etc.Thanks Rick for that amazing link .

Lon

yblocksdownunder

I recognized one of the pictures, Kachel ford in Shillington PA

  Dennis in Lititz PA

Glen, you can pause the scrolling and forward pictures manually if you want to look at the pictures longer. I love old pictures and what you can spot in the back ground so I studied them slowly. just move yor curser to the bottom and you should be able to control them...

BOB

Thanks Tim, Those thar are my Pure Bred Red Neck Dogs.., I think they're all related somehow? Gottum on a trip to Arkansas...

BOB

those dogs about made me fall out of my chair!    Tooo funny!

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Must be 1955, I have that same Poster that is in the window... thanks for the link Lon.





BOB

Thanks for sharing the photos. I was hoping to see a photo of my 2nd cousin's Ford dealership in Ball Ground, GA during the 50's and 60's in the group, but didn't. Oh well, odds were against it.

Gerald Ingram aka "Gritsngumbo"
Monroe, LA
LITTLE RED: 64 Ford F100 Short Bed Styleside
BIG RED: 63 Ford F100 Long Bed Unibody
BBW RED: 61 Ford F100 BBW Long Bed Custom Cab Unibody
BIG “UN: 63 F250 Longbed Flareside
CREW CAB: 63 F100 "Stageway" Crew Cab w/Long "Wrong" Bed