Show Me Your Vintage P Dealer Plate Frames.

[LongRanger]

From the '72 PDL . . .

423/309/1
Tom Carsten's Porsche Audi
7030 So. Tacoma Way
Tacoma, WA 98409

AKA Tom Carsten's Autohaus --- same address . . . selling Porsches up to to '71*, dropping from the PDLs, re-appearing for one more year . . .

. . . then disappearing

Anyway, dull-blk letter boxes w/ unpainted lettering, flash chromed, no Makers' marks/ID, std WA pass-plate **


EPIC Customs does business there, t'day



* According to the PDLs, Valley Motors on Sprague had the Tacoma concession for a brief time
** And yeah-yeah-yeah --- plates wrong . . . but OG WA pass's are an expen$ive PiTA to get hold of + this was all I had. Fix it later

[LongRanger]

From the '70 thru '72 PDLs . . .

Rusnak Porsche Audi, Inc
337 W Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA

Semi-gloss white lettering + matte-black letter boxes, flash-chromed --- + a proper RWB&Co. Plate = std CA pass-iss, etc, etc


Interesting character. Another Eastern European emigre who made his fortune, here --- got his start in SoCal in the late '50s, selling Triumphs. Little Bigger Deal, now, though . . . = multiple franchises + dealerships + business interests, since

'. . . Rusnak fled the totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia in 1948 and came to the U.S. with his parents. He was educated at private schools in New York, Chicago and eventually in California.

He began buying and selling cars while a student at USC in the late 1950s. In 1959, he opened his first car dealership in Culver City.

Rusnak now owns 12 automotive franchises and eight dealerships in Thousand Oaks and Pasadena. He also has holdings in Castle Hill retirement home in Thousand Oaks, as well as in land development, real estate financing, construction and other companies. He has homes in Pasadena, Thousand Oaks and Lake Arrowhead . . .'

http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-..._1_paul-rusnak



Kindova Big Deal Guy --- + not just here . . .

'. . . In 1992, Rusnak considered the possibility of running for president of the soon-to-become-independent Slovakia, but he opted instead to tend to his many businesses in the U.S. . . .'



Surprising that, for someone who's been around as long as he has --- he's a contemporary of V Polak . . .

. . . never hear anything about this guy

Anyway, from the dates + location, seems Rusnak took over the Porsche concession in Pasadena from Trans Ocean


Still there, too --- same address . . . Jags + Porsches, these days . . .




. . . 'cept --- daughter runs it, now . . .
http://digitaldealer.com/dealer-gm/p...nak-auto-group

[LongRanger]

. . . from the '70 thru '72 PDLs . . .

Don Burns Prestige Porsche Audi, Inc
13631 Harbor Blvd
Garden Grove, CA


Decent-enough frame that's been 'tidied-up' a bit, somewhere along the way . . . not a trace of paint. Anyway, from some period pics, looks to 've been white (or un-painted, maybe?) lettering in black letter boxes, flash-chromed, no Makers' marks/ID, plate = std CA pass iss, etc

Unusual style frame w/ angled brand names --- unique to the earliest edition . . . as shown by a period ad + used-car purchased there/then


More about Mr Burns . . .

'. . . Don Burns, a man who experienced years of exciting adventures is off on the greatest adventure of all. He was blessed with 85 wonderful years and was looking forward to Heaven. His last days were filled with love and laughter. He slipped into the arms of Jesus May 9, 2011. Don is survived by his wife, six daughters, one son, one stepson, 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Born in Brookline, Mass. on July 31, 1925, Don graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. He served in the Navy during WWII. Don was a senior executive and board member of Ekco Products, Los Angeles and Chicago; president and chairman of Prestige Automotive Group (Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen, Datsun), Garden Grove, Calif., Sail Chevrolet Laguna Beach, Calif.; founding chairman of Newport National Bank and Newport Harbor Bank, Newport Beach, Calif.; Oceania Helicopter Service, Newport Beach, Calif.; Ocean Air, Puerto Rico, and Chairman Prestige Holdings LTD.

He was the owner of California Sun Soccer Team, Orange County, Calif. and Lawrence Winery, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; director of five NYSE Companies and one American Stock Exchange company. He was on the Board of California State University, Orme School of Arizona and Rancho Santiago College Foundation, Santa Ana, Calif.; a founding member and past president Orange County Sheriff’s Advisory Council, president and chairman of the Donegan Burns Foundation.

Retired from his successful career as a business executive, Don remained active as an investor, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He was known for his generosity to charitable organizations particularly ones which benefited children and animals.

Avocations included flying, skiing, auto racing, yachting, fishing, hunting and scuba diving. Among his many lifetime adventures Don piloted his King Air B-100 around the world and skippered his yacht Resolute from Alaska across the North Atlantic through the Mediterranean to the Black Sea . . .'

http://villagenews.com/obituaries/don-burns/


I remember this place only vaguely. Neighborhood changed. Some outfit called Frontline Motor Cars 's there today

[LongRanger]

. . . from the '72 PDL . . .

Alpine Motors, Inc
603 North Mission
Wenatchee, WA

Dull white lettering in med blu letter-boxes, flash-chromed, Mfg = COSMO PROD | MADE IN USA

Unusual depiction of the 3 brands --- kinda casual . . . especially compared w/ the others in this thread

Anonymous outfit, too . . . nothing except their frames


'Integrative Rehab' 's there, these days

[LongRanger]

. . . from the '70 thru '72 PDLs . . . I think

Continental Porsche Audi, Inc
4155 E. Speedway
Tucson, AZ

Green (!) lettering in white letter-boxes, flash-chromed . . . and nothing like a RWB&Co, huh? (I can almost spot the details from across a parking lot) Plate = std UT pass, etc, etc

No-less than six Porsche dealers called themselves 'continental' in some form. But this frame came off of a 912 that turned-up in Utah, so . . . I'm kinda guessing, here. Either way, this one's just about as crispy as I've seen them come . . .

. . . = just the way I like 'em!


And again . . . no history that I can find. Circle K 's there, now

[LongRanger]

. . . from the '72 PDL . . .

Broadmoor Porsche Audi
9705 Florida Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA

Semi-matte white lettering in semi-metallic blue letter boxes, flash-chromed, no Makers' marks/ID; plate = std LA pass car, etc; 'I' = Lafayette State Police Troop Area. Last year for the bi-annual

Previous addressee was Bob Williamson Motors, Inc --- also a Porsche dealer . . . + another one-year-only. Hhhhh . . . no other details

Affordable Home Furnishings/Quick Cash 're there these days

[jos.hall]

Don't know if this one's been posted yet but I picked it up off eBay last week.

[LongRanger]

. . . Don't know if this one's been posted yet but I picked it up off eBay last week . . .

Good catch . . .

. . . see post #82 . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...e-Frames/page9

[68912]

OK... lets see some pics of those cool frames... Vasek, Oceanside, Hoffman...

Mentioned in the first post on this thread, but then no more mentions/pictures?

[LongRanger]

. . . from the '72 PDL . . .

Green Oaks Porsche Audi
101 W Seminary Dr
Ft Worth, TX

Dull white lettering in metallic blue letter boxes, flash-chromed, RWB&Co; plate = std TX pass, etc

Really nice shape --- for a 40-some-year-old

Another one-year + no details/history/trace . . .

. . . jus' Manny, Moe, 'n' Jack