Hank Bockman, Hamburg, New York

[Zach Carter]

Does anyone have any information on this dealer? Looking for plate frames or any other dealer advertisment from them.

Thanks

Zach

[mbxlesney]

I'm originally from Olean NY that is located 40 miles SE of Hamburg NY. In Olean there was a 3rd generation Pontiac dealer thats name is BOKMAN and still in business but no Hanks and there was no "C" in BOKMAN. There was a Chevrolet Dealer in Hamburg called Hallman-Adkins Chevrolet in the 60s and 70s. I have attached a pic of their metal trunk emblem.

[mbxlesney]

Hers is a Pic in front of Bokman Pontiac, Olds Olean NY from 1969 If you look hard in the back there is a New GTO

[Steve Shauger]

I owned a 69 Z from Dave Hallman Chev in Hamburg, NY.

[mbxlesney]

I talked to my brother in NY who actually pulled the emblem and he told me the Hallman-Adkins emblem was from a 71 Vega. There was a bunch of Hallmans in the Chevrolet business in upstate NY including Herb Hallman from Olean NY who left Olean in the late 60s and opened a Chevy dealership in Reno Nevada until the 90s. We lived on the main drag and used to do a family walk on Sunday evenings and used to look at the all new 67 Camaros in the showroom. I remember there was a RS SS in the front and I have been a Camaro lover ever since.

[mbxlesney]

Here is an ad on the back of a 64 Phone book for Herb Hallman in Olean NY

[olredalert]

-----Dont you just love the phone# in that old add??? Life was a bunch simpler back then.........Bill S

[Xplantdad]

Yes it was! One of my early memories of living in SoCal was the phone number on the radio jingle for the Olympic Auditorium. The phone number was RI9-5171...LOL

[mbxlesney]

Hey Bruce ....Have you ever come across a Anaheim CA. area phone book from late 60s early 70s? RE:OldRed I like the old ads in the phone books they were cool.

[Xplantdad]

Kim...we probably had them when I lived there...we never threw anything away. It might be worth my time the next time I'm out there to go to some 'antique' malls...to see if I can scrounge one up...along with some early Selman frames for Paul!