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

[Alss]

My COPO is out of Joe Bockman Chevy in Buffalo zone 12 dealer 049..any relation??

Albert

[Zach Carter]

That could be it. Makes more sense. You have to remember I'm only going by second hand information on the car. 69 L72 Biscayne from the Lancaster/Buffalo area. Raced from 69 to the mid eighties.

Thanks

[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