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Mr70
04-09-2012, 04:13 PM
3 years ago,this Dealer was Dunn...but it's not over. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

http://www.superchevy.com/technical/addi...et/viewall.html (http://www.superchevy.com/technical/additionaltech_perfdir/shoptour/sucp_0907w_dunn_chevrolet/viewall.html)

John Brown
04-09-2012, 04:37 PM
Non dealership people may not know, but GM used to have a policy that when a dealership changed hands, <span style="font-weight: bold">everything</span> (parts) was returnable for credit. Had a friend that helped do inventory at the former I.A. Miller Chevrolet dealership in Goshen, Indiana when it was sold in the mid 80's. They had all the NOS grille trim pieces in stock for him to finish the 60 Chevy he was restoring at the time. Anyway, he pulled a NOS 265 55 V8 block out of that stock plus a lot of other items that we bought for swap meet stock. The bad thing was that when they took all the remaining stock of items (some of it as far back as the 1930's) to the GM warehouse in Illinois, after they unloaded it, it was pushed it into a pit and crushed. Had he known what was going to happen to all that old stock, a lot of empty boxes would have gone into the crusher instead.

mockingbird812
04-09-2012, 04:42 PM
Impressive! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif

CC Rider
04-09-2012, 04:58 PM
Wow!

markinnaples
04-09-2012, 06:03 PM
That is sad.

flyingn
04-09-2012, 07:36 PM
wow.. Great read... How lucky is he???

Dog427435
04-10-2012, 09:25 PM
Very Cool!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif

Tommy
04-10-2012, 09:38 PM
That dealership was one of my stops each month for a few years and I always enjoyed looking around when I stopped in. It was a really neat place. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cool.gif


Tommy <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif

nova7579
04-10-2012, 11:35 PM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That dealership was one of my stops each month for a few years and I always enjoyed looking around when I stopped in. It was a really neat place. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cool.gif


Tommy <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif </div></div>

Did you ever try to buy anything???
Brian

Tommy
04-11-2012, 04:32 PM
No, I didn't go downstairs either. I knew there was some neat stuff down there but I didn't get the grand tour. It was still a working dealership when I was visiting. I mostly stood around by the Parts Dept counter. Nice folks in Roanoke,AL.

Tommy <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif

nova7579
04-13-2012, 02:39 AM
WOW, I would have had to try to buy something the first and every time I visited!
Brian