Long Island Dealerships

[69Z11Pacer396]

Thank you Pete & Paul! I apologize for the late reply as I'm a newbie here! Thanks for the warm welcome!
The previous owner of the car had obtained the report from NCRS and official production date was 3/10/1969. It said the original delivery dealer was dealer code 107 in zone 2 which comes up as Ramp Chevrolet. The report then quoted "The name and address for the dealer is not available in the GM document". Ramp Chevrolet went out of business 20 years ago, but the same family owns a Ford Dealership and spoke to one of the owners who said that they bought the Chevrolet dealership from the Giles family in the mid-80's and that the Giles family operated the dealership from 1933 to the mid-80's. I found the Giles' grand daughter who still lives in the area and emailed her.. She was going to ask her mother if there are any docs from the dealership that still exist and give me some guidance. I am operating on the assumption that the dealer code provided on the report was meant to be Giles Chevrolet since it is not possible it was sold new at Ramp...

[fsc66]

See attached

[fsc66]

I have in my database besides Ramp Chevrolet for 02-107:
Cargill Chevrolet in Putnam Ct. They were there in 1969 see attached:
Ad dated: Sept 18, 1968

[69Z11Pacer396]

Wow, thanks Paul! This makes more sense that the car possibly came from Cargill Chevrolet in Putnam over it being delivered to Giles in Port Jeff, since I know from early 1970 that it was purchased by 2nd owner at a used car dealership in Worcester, MA.

[scuncio]

Here is a Bast Chevrolet keychain, first one I've seen (not mine, on eBay):

Link to Bast Chevrolet Key Chain eBay auction

[JRSully]

Brian Bast is a good friend of mine, see him quite often. I will ask him if he has any of these laying around, if anybody wants one

[GotGrunt]

Originally Posted by JRSully

Brian Bast is a good friend of mine, see him quite often. I will ask him if he has any of these laying around, if anybody wants one

If anyone is wondering, prior to it being Bast Chevrolet, it was called Seaford Chevrolet. I used to own another Canadian built 1970 Chevelle SS 454 that was sold there new. The VVS report lists the name & address of the dealer as Seaford Chevrolet, 3660 Sunrise Highway, Seaford, NY 11783. VVS must not have their dealer list updated to reflect the year of the car as it was already Bast in 1970.

[jmh63]

Agree...Looks like the GM gods changed the dealer code for whatever reasons we will never know...Jack

[fsc66]

Another change

[Steve Shauger]

Originally Posted by fsc66

Another change

I moved into the area 1983 and bought a Cavalier from Kinney Chevrolet. Not sure when they closed, but it was torn down and it is a nice Bowling complex with a restaurant.


Here's a Kinney thread from 2009. The great feature with this website vs social media platforms is the ability to search. Here's the previous discussion which provides a wealth of information and pics:
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...ghlight=kinney