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69L78 03-28-2019 11:20 AM

Car Village Hi Performance Used car Dealer Lebanon, PA
 
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I scored this hard to find license frame from a local gentleman yesterday.

69L78 03-28-2019 11:29 AM

Maybe the moderator's can move this to the Lounge

MosportGreen66 03-28-2019 12:21 PM

Very cool. Thanks for sharing

Dan

markinnaples 03-28-2019 01:14 PM

I remember the article about that place in Hot Rod BITD I think.

Dave Rifkin 03-28-2019 02:00 PM

Went there on the way to Carlisle one year. Test drove a brown 1971 Barracuda 4 speed that someone had put a 440+6 in. That car was very quick. Also saw a 1969 Trans Am and a 1970 Grabber Blue Boss 302.

Pretty neat place.

L78 Fred 03-29-2019 01:51 AM

Jeff, I have old picts from the late 70's and early eighties when I used to go there and check out their cars- very cool find!
great memories of a muscle car lot

69L78 03-29-2019 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by L78 Fred (Post 1441508)
Jeff, I have old picts from the late 70's and early eighties when I used to go there and check out their cars- very cool find!
great memories of a muscle car lot

My friend use to be a salesman there. Glenn Keller was the owners son, he still lives in Lebanon and has many stories from when his father owned it.

GrumpyJeff 03-29-2019 03:55 PM

Lebanon was a happening street racing / cruising town back in the late 70's early 80's . Back when I was broke early 80's you had your choice of anything on the front row. Primo low mileage 442s, GTO's,440/6 Mopars , CJ Fords , Z/28's , SS Chevys for $3500/$4000 . Being I was bucks down hi school kid . My 1st car 1972 Chevelle SS came from the very back row for $900 ��

COPO 04-01-2019 03:57 AM

Had a 71 BM Camaro (red with white stripes and black interior) sold from there. Don't recall exact year, but it was in a magazine article with a picture. Believe it was some time in the '70's.

GrumpyJeff 04-01-2019 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by COPO (Post 1441918)
Had a 71 BM Camaro (red with white stripes and black interior) sold from there. Don't recall exact year, but it was in a magazine article with a picture. Believe it was some time in the '70's.

My buddy from Manheim/Lititz Pa is the one who purchased the car from Car Village rite after the Hot Rod magazine article came out, I believe it was 1980 ?( Actually traded a Turquoise LS6 Chevelle) he was only 18 or 19 at the time. Car was street raced and just beat on as any teenager would with such a car would !!! Needless to say after losing his license his father took the car from him , and eventually is was sold or traded towards a Custom Chevy van

70 copo 04-07-2019 10:55 PM

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My buddy from Manheim/Lititz Pa is the one who purchased the car from Car Village rite after the Hot Rod magazine article came out, I believe it was 1980 ?( Actually traded a Turquoise LS6 Chevelle) he was only 18 or 19 at the time. Car was street raced and just beat on as any teenager would with such a car would !!! Needless to say after losing his license his father took the car from him , and eventually is was sold or traded towards a Custom Chevy van



That would be this car.

GrumpyJeff 04-07-2019 11:41 PM

Yep ! that's it !!! When he would be out raising hell the local cops wouldn't even chase him anymore, they would just go park across the street from his parents house and wait for him to come home. Or the time we drove it round trip from Manheim to Atlantic City and left the valet at the Playboy Club park it . Or the time etc...

Dave Rifkin 04-08-2019 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GrumpyJeff (Post 1442813)
Yep ! that's it !!! When he would be out raising hell the local cops wouldn't even chase him anymore, they would just go park across the street from his parents house and wait for him to come home. Or the time we drove it round trip from Manheim to Atlantic City and left the valet at the Playboy Club park it . Or the time etc...

I was a valet at the Tropicana and can recall seeing that car drive by me on Pacific Avenue; nearly broke my neck turning to check it out.

70 copo 04-08-2019 03:04 PM

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It’s impressive...

GrumpyJeff 04-08-2019 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Rifkin (Post 1442907)
I was a valet at the Tropicana and can recall seeing that car drive by me on Pacific Avenue; nearly broke my neck turning to check it out.

Ha ! Small world ! I believe it had Cragar SST's (tricks) on it at that time

Dave Rifkin 04-08-2019 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 70 copo (Post 1442924)
It’s impressive...

Without question the best looking second generation Motion car I have seen. I can't imagine ever owning that car. Must have been quite the car in it's day; very intimidating.

GrumpyJeff 04-08-2019 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by COPO (Post 1441918)
Had a 71 BM Camaro (red with white stripes and black interior) sold from there. Don't recall exact year, but it was in a magazine article with a picture. Believe it was some time in the '70's.

I have been looking for years for the issue of Hot Rod that had the article on Car village in it . And had the Motion Camaro as the Lead photo to the story. I was either a sophomore or junior in HS so I'm assuming it was 1980/81? If somebody could share a link or at least what exact issue that would be great !!!

Dave Rifkin 04-08-2019 10:31 PM

I had that magazine back in the day but, probably threw it out years ago. Of course I save all of my old car magazines now.

fsc66 04-09-2019 12:13 AM

Loads of ads for Muscle Cars!!!!!!!!!
 
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Here are some cool ads:

Paul

fsc66 04-09-2019 12:15 AM

Car Village
 
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More ads:

DW31S 04-09-2019 01:00 AM

Cool stuff Jeff! Anybody I know?
Is that the car Mark Hassett has now?

70 copo 04-09-2019 01:21 AM

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I had that magazine back in the day but, probably threw it out years ago. Of course I save all of my old car magazines now.

Here you go!

GrumpyJeff 04-09-2019 10:15 AM

Very Cool , thanks for posting ! What's the date on that issue ?

70 copo 04-09-2019 12:30 PM

November 1980.

L_e_e 04-09-2019 12:33 PM

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Car Village circa 1980, pics courtesy of Hemmings.

scuncio 07-02-2023 03:20 PM

I just bought the same license plate frame and came across this thread once more. What a cool spot!

SS427 07-02-2023 04:32 PM

What it would be like to go back in time, walk into that dealership and say, I will take........ALL of them!

GrumpyJeff 07-02-2023 06:00 PM

Just Drove past the Old Location about an hour ago , Still Family Owned by Keller Bros Ford , Been Called Truck Village for probably close to 30+ years ? Specializing in Clean Local Pre Owned Tucks

markinnaples 07-02-2023 07:20 PM

I can still remember some of the verbiage from that article. I think Thom Keller was quoted as saying that cars with less than 40K miles were pure gold, and that "Camaro guys" were too squirrelly and that he liked to deal with people looking for Chevelles, Mopars and 442's much more, lol.

69L78 07-02-2023 11:38 PM

Tom Keller is currently a pastor in Lebanon, PA


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