ModelA29
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In Los Angeles an early dealer was Frolich Ford at Washington and Oxford. The building still exists. Their second dealership was around the corner on Western it is now gone as is their 3rd location which was at 5311 Crenshaw Blvd they changed the name to Crenshaw Motors with that move and it closed in 2007. They also had a Lincoln dealership on Wilshire Blvd.
Someday I plan of taking my car and parking it at the original building for an "A of the Day" photo.
LA Times 1-31-2007:
Crenshaw Motors Ford, the last surviving car dealership on the boulevard, closed up shop two weeks ago. I was chagrined by the news, but not surprised. Crenshaw Motors had been on a precipice for the last few years, what with Ford bleeding money and trying to recoup by slashing jobs and closing plants. When the Beverly Hills dealership closed late last year, I figured Crenshaw Motors’ days were numbered. Every time I drove by the lot at the corner of 53rd, I breathed a sigh of relief to see it still open, sleek new cars and trucks arrayed beneath the towering blue-and-white neon sign that looked almost hand-lettered, a remnant of the Art Deco age in which it debuted. And I felt fresh anxiety that this glimpse of the Crenshaw corridor’s most visible and vulnerable business would be my last.
Someday I plan of taking my car and parking it at the original building for an "A of the Day" photo.
LA Times 1-31-2007:
Crenshaw Motors Ford, the last surviving car dealership on the boulevard, closed up shop two weeks ago. I was chagrined by the news, but not surprised. Crenshaw Motors had been on a precipice for the last few years, what with Ford bleeding money and trying to recoup by slashing jobs and closing plants. When the Beverly Hills dealership closed late last year, I figured Crenshaw Motors’ days were numbered. Every time I drove by the lot at the corner of 53rd, I breathed a sigh of relief to see it still open, sleek new cars and trucks arrayed beneath the towering blue-and-white neon sign that looked almost hand-lettered, a remnant of the Art Deco age in which it debuted. And I felt fresh anxiety that this glimpse of the Crenshaw corridor’s most visible and vulnerable business would be my last.
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