Creed Chevy-Olds ---- Collingwood Ontario

[Canuck]

Casey
Talked to Gene about this last night and he says he was always under the impression that the car was sold new in Olds Alberta. Sounds to me like a dealer transfer thing. I bought a new 442 in 1977 in Winnipeg and the car had been transfered from a small dealer in Kenora Ontario who could not move it. Lots of "Garages" in small towns had franchise agreements and sold small quantities of cars,kept a dozen in stock and ordered the rest. The car may have been ordered by Creed,delivered there but then transferred to Alberta. Get Grishom from CSI on the case.

Paul

[PeteLeathersac]

Hey, a good ol' dealer trade....excellent thought! . Wonder if someone got to drive this baby West? . I remember back in my dealership days we had a few old lads who would do the runs w/ dealer trade cars....we called 'em the Geritol gang! . In the pre speed-sensor days and depending on how far of a run it was, often there was a gentleman's agreement with the dealer on the other end that the speedo would be disconnected for the trips. . This would drive the Geritol boys crazy as they had no idea what speed they were going and couldn't complain outloud about this kind of thing. ~ Pete

[Keith Tedford]

The Geritol Gang is still active. Lots of old guys drive cars around for dealers just to put in time and make an extra buck or two. It looks like I'll be retiring this year. Perhaps.............naw.

[Canuck]

I did a similar thing in the 70's when the GM dealer in CornerBrook Nfld owned the Tilden Rent-A-Car franchise. Usually picked up a new 72 (Biscayne or Impala) and delivered it to St. John's-450 miles on a friday,then picked up an out of service vehicle on Sunday and brought it back to CornerBrook. The Friday drive was always nice-new car. sunday I usually got a crapped out pickup that had been on a construction site for 6 months and should have been scrapped. The run paid me a few bucks and Tilden covered the expenses. I got home on weekends to visit the girlfriend.

Paul

[PeteLeathersac]

Casey, sorry it's been a bit but last night I asked my cousin who grew up in Collingwood about the Creed Motors thing. . No Creed Motors that he can recall but he's gonna' ask around a bit and I'll get back if anything comes up. . His court fight for half the value of his ex's fake boobs is going better. . The lawyer has suggested he accept the family Dodge Dakota truck as fair trade since the boob's value has greatly diminished being they're soon due for replacement? . Not sure if it's from age or wear and tear....luckily the Dakota truck has held up much better! .
Back to the cars, since you've already got the GM Canada Vintage Services documents, send a PM to Geo. Zapora "vintagegz" as he's joined on here in the last few weeks, probably who documented your car already and may have the info to recheck the Creed thing? . Good luck! ~ Pete