does anyone remember a NJ VW place called "Aircooled"? thought i remember a friend with a license plate surround from there
does anyone remember a NJ VW place called "Aircooled"? thought i remember a friend with a license plate surround from there
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'86 44 Turbo, black/red,7's and 8's fuchs, autothority - sold (rocketship)
'97 Boxster, first delivered in DC Metro, silver/red -sold (huge mistake to buy this one)
'99 C2, silver/black, RoW M030, limited lip, short shift - sold (good ride, but...)
'69 912, 3.2 with all the trimmings
(finally got air cooled)
Early 911S Registry Member 2044
From the '70 PDL . . .
Victoria Volkswagen (. . . becoming Victoria Motors later . . .), Inc
14284 7th Street
Victorville, CA
Kinda crispy --- no surprise if you've ever been to Victorville (high desert --- basically, where the Mojave River occasionally crosses I-15) and they couldn't 've sold many Porsches --- but looks like dull white on dull red, flash-chromed, no makers marks/ID
Plate is early 6-place blue-plate, reg pass iss, w/ '70 reg tag . . . . haven't seen many tags with that 'C' prefix --- not sure what it means . . . maybe someone swapping a 'commercial' tag onto an otherwise clean front plate, passing it along?
Last edited by LongRanger; 06-04-2012 at 08:57 PM.
From the '70 PDL . . .
Eero Volkswagen (Inc after '71?)
201 Jordan Street
Juneau, AK
One of only two Porsche dealers listed for Alaska. Looks like a dullish black back-round with flash-chromed letters + frame, no makers marks/ID, but nicely made/detailed. Where this thing's been? --- and how it got down here? . . . wow
Plate is standard AK pass iss --- but only briefly, from late '69 thru '70 . . . yellow back-round with coarsely reflectorized med blue lettering. Features the return of the slogan 'North to the Future' and adds 'U.S.A.' for the first time. Lowish sequence number
Last edited by LongRanger; 05-14-2012 at 01:45 PM.
. . . from the Aug '68 PDL . . .
422/111/1
Ricketts Motors
999 Long Beach Blvd
Long Beach, CA
The 'other' lesser-known Long Beach Dealer . . . . vs Circle --- the one everybody's heard of . . . sorta
Two pics. 1st is a picture of a picture, from another collection, and looks to me to be a 'restored' frame . . . funky lime + too-fresh chrome, found on a 356, w/a mid-'60s black plate and more-or-less-authentic for the vehicle. 2nd is an original/un-restored one I actually had in front of me . . . looks a lot more 'like it' . . . metallic blue back-round, flash-chromed. No pic of the back but I believe this was a proper/genuine RWB&Co
I think this'll end up being one of those frames I'm gonna regret not having bought. Prolly more correct for a 356 vs 911 --- Ricketts does not appear as a Porsche Dealer after '69 . . . nevertheless very seldom seen
Last edited by LongRanger; 05-15-2012 at 12:39 PM.
From the '68 (and later) PDL . . .
422/146/1
Chick Iverson, Inc
Newport at 22nd St (445 East Coast Highway from '70)
Newport Beach, CA
Iverson's outfit always had the same name --- never had the Porsche Audi stuff appended to his store. But his frames come in several varieties --- and also reproduced. These two --- a front & rear? --- were/are attached to 'barn-found' example, discovered locally (SoCal), ex-Roger Grago . . .
Last shot is of a re-pro, this one currently offered on The Samba . . .
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifie...php?id=1306046
Last edited by LongRanger; 05-16-2012 at 02:31 PM.
. . . from the Aug '68 PDL . . .
422/042/1
Estes-Zipper Motor Co
9130 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA
With a name like that, the precursor to the Zipper franchise? -- also on Wilshire, also in BH (see post #80, above)
I haven't seen/handled this item, but it was described as a 'Robert W Brown Co DOWNEY CALIF (Style) NO-9'
Last edited by LongRanger; 05-21-2012 at 03:25 PM.
Saw this one at a swap meet on a 914...
From the Aug '68 PDL . . .
426/100/1
Bill Stremmel Volkswagen
PO Box 1486
Reno, NV
. . . after '71 . . .
Bill Stremmel Porsche Audi
1496 So. Virginia Ave
This franchise is still around --- now called Lithia (@ 7063 So Virginia)
Dull black lettering/pumpkin back-round, flash-chromed, RWB &Co
Plate is std NV pass iss w/ mo+yr of exp reg tag. 'W' = Washoe county. All white letter/blue back-round NV plates are 'de-bossed' vs 'embossed'
Last edited by LongRanger; 05-23-2012 at 05:22 PM.
Folks - for our next number, we'd like to do something a little bit country...
From my '67 Targa; Brown was the Tulsa dealer from early 60's till about 73
Last edited by hesaputz; 05-23-2012 at 06:01 PM.
From the '68 PDL . . .Originally Posted by hesaputz
. . . we'd like to do something a little bit country...
. . . From my '67 Targa . . .
425/401/1
Loyd Brown Volkswagen
5345 East 41st Street
Tulsa, OK
Very off the Beaten Path
Nice one, H!
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