Old Chevrolet Dealer Sales Records

[Dicky]

I've been doing some research on a car I have. I am the 3rd owner and the first owner is long gone, as is the selling dealership.
I finally contacted a person at a Chevy dealership in the same town that had some history on the selling dealership. She said it was taken over by another person with a name change and that it eventually went out of business, not bought out by another existing dealership.

My question to you guys is: what happens to the records when that happens? Do things end up in the dumpster with no remaining archival evidence? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]
I've tried to track down the names of owners with no luck, I've contacted the newspapers and business journal papers in that city, to a dead end as most do not have archives extending back to the 70's &amp; 80's.
I'm now in contact with the City library who seems to have the records of <span style="font-style: italic">&quot;ancient&quot; </span>papers and have given me the names of several people who will do the research for me.

I'm only trying to get a name of someone that might know where the records have gone. Maybe an employee hoarded the documents ?????

So back to my question. What typically would be the fate of such records? (back to GM?)

Thanks for all the help you guys provide, I hope to figure this out. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]


Dicky [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]