Old Dealership pictures
 

Found these on the web. Pictures of New Car storage at the now closed Aloha Motors in Honolulu.

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Must have been a big dealership. That's a lot of cars. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Great pictures Jeff. I would say the Island dealers probably had to order inventory in bulk to save on those shipping charges.

I love the third picture, looks like that dude is pointing and saying "Where did that car go" https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Looks like those must have been taken in the late fall of 61, as there are a few 61's but mostly 62's. Pretty efficient storage system, where you can warehouse a lot of cars on minimal real estate. Makes it a bit tough for consumers to browse the inventory, though https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif

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Great pictures Jeff. I would say the Island dealers probably had to order inventory in bulk to save on those shipping charges. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Shipping to/from the mainland today is about a grand.

I had an older neighbor who was a org owner of a 66 SS Nova and he showed me paperwork for the car where shipping was 50 cents from Long Beach CA. He worked for the shipping company at the time. I tried to get the car from him since he was 90 but he promised it to his great grandson who wrapped it around a pole 2 months later https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...thumbsdown.gif


Also Aloha Motors was the largest GM Dealership in Hawaii at the time. A few L78s and COPOs are said to have sold out of there along with one car I keep looking for to prove it urban legend or not https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif That one is said to be a dealer trade https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Great pics.Thanks for sharing. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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So I am assuming it was late 1961. Neat pictures.

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Love the 61 Biscayne in the first pic.

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Ahhh,The heyday of 60's 'sell'em as fast as you can build'em"

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Now if only Home Depot or Lowes looked like that!!

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[b]Great shots!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Really cool https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif
Thanks Jeff

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Mahalo for posting these Jeff! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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WAY Chttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifhttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifL Jeff...thanks for posting these!.

Something looks familiar...have one or more of these pics been posted here before or shots of this same or a similar storage racking setup w/ cars of the same vintage?.

Love the '61 Biscayne too!!!

More old Dealership shots and this could become another of the great picture threads we have going here!.

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~ Pete

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Look at all of those '62 Chevys! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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The Rack system was off site at the dealership and is still in use today as part of a hotel parking garage!!!

Ill have to go and get some pictures of it today with newer cars in the slots.

In fact I think one of the members here when they visited Hawaii had their hotel fairly close to the racks since they told me they could hear it at night when they used it due to it being close to their hotel