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    San Francisco Porsche dealers of the day?

    Just found out that my Porsche was purchased new by a lady in San Francisco. That might help explain the California vanity plate of "HE BUYS". Apparently the husband drove a '73 911S and she drove the '70 911T.

    I am looking to buy a vintage license plate frame for the car and thought it would be best to get a dealer frame from the San Francisco area. Which of these dealers were the prominent Porsche dealers back in the day? Got this list from a post by 911ness that are the Porsche dealers in 1968. Thanks in advance.


    422/013/1.....Volkswagen Pacific, Inc
    422/041/1.....Vasek Polak
    422/042/1.....Estes Zipper Motor Co
    422/106/1.....Allred Brothers, Inc (aka P+A)
    422/108/1.....Four J Motors
    422/109/1.....Aero Volkswagen, Inc (aka P+A)
    422/111/1.....Rickettes Motors
    422/112/1.....Universal Motor Cars
    422/114/1.....Europa Motor Car Co. Ltd
    422/116/1.....Trans Ocean Motor Co., Inc
    422/117/1.....Catron Motors, Inc
    422/119/1.....Economotors, Inc
    422/122/1.....San Diego Motor Imports, Inc
    422/123/1.....Century Motors Sales
    422/124/1.....Fred Lucksinger Motors, Inc (aka Jack Hathaway VW)
    422/124/1.....Fred Lucksinger Motors, Inc (aka Jack Hathaway VW)
    422/127/1.....Ralph Cutright Co.
    422/128/1.....Jack McAfee Motors, Inc
    422/129/1.....Klein-Foreman Motors
    422/130/1.....Masterson Motors, Inc (aka P+A)
    422/132/1.....Van Wyk's, Inc
    422/144/1.....Downtown L.A. Volkswagen, Inc
    422/146/1.....Chick Iverson, Inc
    422/147/1.....Kendon Volkswagen (aka VW)
    422/149/1.....Cotton Goff, Inc
    422/150/1.....Van Wyk's of Bakersfield, Inc
    422/152/1.....Truman Motors
    422/153/1.....Jack Van Wyk
    422/156/1.....Bob Bozzani Volkswagen, Inc (aka Bozzani P+A)
    422/158/1.....Ballard Motors
    422/160/1.....Bill Yates, Inc
    422/162/1.....Bob Smith (aka P+A)
    422/174/1.....Meltebeke Volkswagen
    422/177/1.....Circle Motors, Inc (aka P+A)
    422/180/1.....Ogner Volkswagen, Inc (aka P+A)
    422/181/1.....Competition Motors
    422/202/1.....Morgensen Motors
    422/213/1.....Scott van Wyk Motors
    422/300/1.....Sunland Motors, Inc
    423/022/1.....Pape-Cross Volkswagen, Inc
    423/023/1.....Stone's Volkswagen, Inc
    423/025/1.....Morse Motors
    423/027/1.....Sunset Volkswagen
    423/029/1.....Eyerly Volkswagen
    423/030/1.....Vollstedt Volkswagen
    423/033/1.....Riviera Motors, Inc
    423/036/1.....Merle Taylor Volkswagen
    423/102/1.....Vista Volkswagen, Inc (aka Dent)
    423/113/1.....Norm Bishop Volkswagen
    423/200/1.....Wilcox, Inc
    423/205/1.....Western Motors (aka W VW)
    423/206/1.....Glacier Motors, Inc
    423/211/1.....Maichel's Car Market, Inc (aka Duane Gleaves VW)
    423/300/1.....Gilbert & Siebel Auto Sales
    423/308/1.....Bright Volkswagen, Inc
    423/309/1.....Tom Carstens' Autohaus, Inc (aka P+A)
    423/312/1.....Lange Volkswagen, Inc
    423/319/1.....Metro Volkswagen, Inc
    423/320/1.....Freeway Volkswagen, Inc
    423/321/1.....Lew Florence Motors, Inc
    423/327/1.....Packwood Volkswagen, Inc
    423/400/1.....Nu-Kar Sales, Inc
    423/407/1.....A & B Auto Sales, Inc
    425/021/1.....Kuper Volkswagen, Inc (aka Hayes P+A)
    425/022/1.....University Volkswagen, Inc
    425/023/1.....Norman Scott, Inc (aka P+A)
    425/026/1.....Stewart's Imported Motors, Inc
    425/031/1.....George Grubbs Volkswagen, Inc
    425/034/1.....Economy Cars of Dallas, Inc
    425/035/1.....McKenzie Volkswagen, Inc
    425/036/1.....Montgomery Motors
    425/040/1.....Inter-Continental Motors Corp
    425/043/1.....Mel Croan Volkswagen, Inc
    425/053/1.....Jim Carr Motors
    425/054/1.....Dowell-Messer, Inc (aka Gene Messer)
    425/059/1.....Bob Miller Volkswagen, Inc
    425/104/1.....Phil Winslow Volkswagen, Inc
    425/105/1.....Vern Hagestad Motor Company
    425/109/1.....Jesse Boyce Motors
    425/200/1.....Import Volkswagen, Inc
    425/300/1.....Imported Motors, Inc (aka Gineris P+A)
    425/304/1.....George Kuper Volkswagen
    425/401/1.....Lyod Brown Volkswagen, Inc
    425/402/1.....Eckhard Motors, Inc (aka Eckhardt P+A?)
    425/404/1.....Scovil Motors, Inc
    426/010/1.....Berkey-Lee Garage, Inc
    426/011/1.....Oliver Imported Cars, Inc
    426/014/1.....Lee Bowman Motors, Inc
    426/014/1.....Dave Rasmussen VW
    426/015/1.....Daly City Volkswagen Co, Inc
    426/016/1.....Guy Gardner Volkswagen, Inc
    426/017/1.....Humphrey Motors, Inc
    426/018/1.....John Behel Motors, Inc
    426/020/1.....Deet Eichel Volkswagen, Inc
    426/021/1.....Wester Motors, Inc (aka P+A)
    426/022/1.....Ray Ely Motors, Inc
    426/023/1.....Johnson Pacific Co, Inc
    426/024/1.....Gus Mozart Volkswagen
    426/025/1.....Bingham Motors, Inc
    426/026/1.....W.B. Lasher Volkswagen
    426/027/1.....Niello Volkswagen (aka P+A)
    426/030/1.....Neufeld Motors, Inc (aka P+A)
    426/031/1.....Atlas Volkswagen
    426/032/1.....Anderson Motors
    426/033/1.....Leon C. Felton Co
    426/034/1.....Veale Volkswagen
    426/035/1.....Thornton Motors, Inc
    426/036/1.....Helm Motor Company
    426/039/1.....Redwood Motors, Inc
    426/043/1.....Stan Carlsen, Inc
    426/045/1.....Carl R. Carlsen, Inc
    426/052/1.....Ghent Volkswagen, Inc
    426/053/1.....McPeak Motor Company (aka P+A)
    426/055/1.....Pardee Volkswagen
    426/100/1.....Bill Stremmel Volkswagen (aka P+A)
    426/200/1.....L.H. Strong Motor Co
    426/202/1.....Roy Strong Motors
    911/101/1.....Bud Clark Inc.
    911/104/1.....Erhard Motor Sales
    911/105/1.....Phil Gordon's Volkswagen Inc
    911/203/1.....Kline Volkswagen, Inc (aka P+A)
    911/301/1.....Autohaus on Edens
    911/302/1.....South Import Motors, Inc
    911/303/1.....North Import Motors Inc
    911/304/1.....Loop Import Motors, Inc
    911/305/1.....Breen Volkswagen, Inc
    911/311/1.....H & H Continental Motors, Inc
    911/401/1.....Art Bunker Volkswagen, Inc (aka P+A)
    911/402/1.....Webster Auto Service, Inc
    911/501/1.....Stoddard Imported Cars, Inc
    911/502/1.....Jaguar-Cleveland Motors, Inc
    911/503/1.....Rubini Motors, Inc
    911/504/1.....Hassan Motors, Inc
    911/505/1.....Autohaus
    911/601/1.....Cedar Rapids Import Mtrs, Inc
    911/701/1.....Concours Motors, Inc
    911/702/1.....Delta Import Motors, Inc
    911/703/1.....Fred Howe Motors, Inc
    911/704/1.....Behm Motors, Inc
    911/707/1.....Import Motors of Racine
    911/709/1.....Nagle-Toulon, Inc
    911/801/1.....West Side Motors, Inc
    911/802/1.....Lake head (sic) Auto Imports, Inc
    911/803/1.....Countryside Motors, Inc
    911/902/2.....Novak Cadillac (aka P + A)
    915/100/1.....Hamac Corporation
    915/200/1.....Ellwood Motor Cars, Inc
    915/201/1.....Brumos Porsche Corp. (aka P+A)
    915/202/1.....Ross Lakeland Motors, Inc
    915/203/1.....Tropical Motors of Melbourne, Inc
    915/204/1.....Orange Motors of Miami, Inc
    915/205/1.....Orange Motors of Coral Gables, Inc (aka De Maria)
    915/206/1.....Linn Motors, Inc
    915/207/1.....University Volkswagen, Inc
    915/208/1.....Brumos Pompano, Inc
    915/209/1.....Cutler Motors, Inc
    915/210/1.....Homer F Herndon
    915/211/1.....Chez Boye'
    915/212/1.....German Motors, Inc
    915/300/1.....Bill Spreen, Inc
    915/301/1.....RBN of Atlanta, Inc
    915/302/1.....Bill Martin's Foreign Cars, Ltd
    915/303/1.....Carson-Schoenfeld, Inc
    915/304/1.....L.A. Smith Volkswagen, Inc (aka P+A Central)
    915/400/1.....Durham Motors, Inc
    915/500/1.....Carmichael-Dahlke, Inc
    915/501/1.....Glass Motor Company, Inc
    915/502/1.....Henderson Volkswagen, Inc
    915/503/1.....Cars, Inc
    915/504/1.....Harmon Motor Co
    915/505/1.....Piedmont Motor Sales, Inc
    915/600/1.....Bob Bywater Motors
    915/700/1.....Snider Motors II, Inc
    915/701/1.....Madison Smith Naturally, Inc
    917/002/1.....Pray Automobile Corporation
    917/003/1.....Wilton Imported Car Center Inc
    917/004/1.....Performance Cars Limited Inc
    917/005/1.....Ted Trudon Inc (aka P+A)
    917/050/1.....European Cars Inc
    917/075/1.....Manhattan Auto Inc
    917/101/1.....Atamian Motors, Inc (aka P+A)
    917/102/1.....Auto Engineering, Inc
    917/103/1.....Autohaus, Inc
    917/104/1.....Boston Foreign Cars, Inc
    917/105/1.....Foreign Motors, Inc
    917/106/1.....Foreign & Sports Car Center
    917/107/1.....Import Plaza, Inc
    917/108/1.....Trans-Atlantic Foreign Car Co
    917/109/1.....Walsh's Foreign Cars, Inc
    917/150/1.....Jim Adams, Inc
    917/151/1.....Imported Car Sales Co.
    917/152/1.....Morong Brothers, Inc
    917/175/1.....Riverview Motors, Inc
    917/176/1.....Seacoast Motors, Inc
    917/201/1.....Continental Motors, Inc
    917/202/1.....Picard Motor Sales (aka P+A)
    917/225/1.....Al Alden's Woodstock Road (aka P+A)
    917/226/1.....McNash Motors, Inc
    917/400/1.....Stuttgart Imported Corp
    917/401/1.....Forty West Volkswagen Inc
    917/402/1.....Manhattan Auto Inc (aka P+A)
    917/500/1.....Essex Sports Cars, Inc
    917/501/1.....Specialty Motors
    917/504/1.....Lawrence Motors, Inc
    917/505/1.....Siegfried Motors
    917/506/1.....Princetown Motors, Inc (aka Jeff Sullivan Motor Works)
    917/599/1.....Authorized Porsche Body Works
    917/601/1.....Competition Imports Inc
    917/602/1.....Porsche Cars of Manhattan
    917/603/1.....Bromley Auto sales
    917/604/1.....North Country Motors Ltd
    917/605/1.....Emmick Motor Company
    917/608/1.....Arcone sales & Service Inc
    917/609/1.....Foreign Cars of Rockland Inc
    917/610/1.....Jim Kelly's Inc (aka -P+A)
    917/611/1.....Oxford Motors Inc (aka Fearn P+A)
    917/612/1.....Academy Motors Inc
    917/614/1.....Auto Sport by Jiri
    917/615/1.....Precision Motors Inc
    917/616/1.....Breton Motors Inc
    917/617/1.....Manes Volkswagen Inc
    917/800/1.....Nick Ciliberti Motors, Inc
    917/801/1.....Continental Cars Inc
    917/802/1.....Holbert's Garages Inc
    917/803/1.....Moore Motors Inc (aka P+A)
    917/804/1.....H.A. Boyd
    917/805/1.....Cameron Auto Inc
    917/900/1.....Harper Motors Inc
    917/901/1.....Mooers Motor Car Company
    917/902/1.....Joe Heishman's Inc (aka P+A)
    917/904/1.....Manhattan Auto Inc
    999/240/1.....Shane Distributors Ltd
    999/261/1.....Centre Volkswagen Limited
    999/417/1.....Clarkdale Motors Ltd
    999/426/1.....Speedway Motors Ltd
    999/503/1.....F. Pados VW Ltd
    999/600/1.....De Pape Volkswagen Ltd
    999/709/1.....Alexander Motors Ltd (aka VW)
    999/744/1.....Auto-Hamer Inc and Hamer Service Ltd
    999/750/1.....Lahoud Automobiles Inc
    999/787/1.....Jos. Lahoud Automobiles Ltd

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    I think Niello might have been one of the first dealerships in SF but maybe not the first - others here will know more than me - sorry they were in Sacramento
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    If you want a plate from/near San Francisco, look through the 426 prefix, which was then the Pacific Region. Larger dealers then were Carl Carlsen, Berkey-Lee, and Gus Mozart.
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    Thanks Brian. Very helpful! Narrows the list down to:

    426/010/1.....Berkey-Lee Garage, Inc
    426/011/1.....Oliver Imported Cars, Inc
    426/014/1.....Lee Bowman Motors, Inc
    426/014/1.....Dave Rasmussen VW
    426/015/1.....Daly City Volkswagen Co, Inc
    426/016/1.....Guy Gardner Volkswagen, Inc
    426/017/1.....Humphrey Motors, Inc
    426/018/1.....John Behel Motors, Inc
    426/020/1.....Deet Eichel Volkswagen, Inc
    426/021/1.....Wester Motors, Inc (aka P+A)
    426/022/1.....Ray Ely Motors, Inc
    426/023/1.....Johnson Pacific Co, Inc
    426/024/1.....Gus Mozart Volkswagen
    426/025/1.....Bingham Motors, Inc
    426/026/1.....W.B. Lasher Volkswagen
    426/027/1.....Niello Volkswagen (aka P+A)
    426/030/1.....Neufeld Motors, Inc (aka P+A)
    426/031/1.....Atlas Volkswagen
    426/032/1.....Anderson Motors
    426/033/1.....Leon C. Felton Co
    426/034/1.....Veale Volkswagen
    426/035/1.....Thornton Motors, Inc
    426/036/1.....Helm Motor Company
    426/039/1.....Redwood Motors, Inc
    426/043/1.....Stan Carlsen, Inc
    426/045/1.....Carl R. Carlsen, Inc
    426/052/1.....Ghent Volkswagen, Inc
    426/053/1.....McPeak Motor Company (aka P+A)
    426/055/1.....Pardee Volkswagen
    426/100/1.....Bill Stremmel Volkswagen (aka P+A)
    426/200/1.....L.H. Strong Motor Co
    426/202/1.....Roy Strong Motors
    Last edited by BrentF; 07-30-2013 at 05:55 PM.

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    found this ......

    Carlsen Porsche has its roots in two of the U.S.'s earliest Porsche dealerships: Gus Mozart VW/Porsche and Carl R. Carlsen VW/Porsche.Both Gus and Carl were pioneers in establishing VW/Porsche dealerships - Gus in Palo Alto, Carl in San Francisco - and both earned the very highest national reputations for outstanding...
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    Bay Area Porsche Dealers, 1970

    Quote Originally Posted by BrentF View Post
    . . . found out that my Porsche was purchased new by a lady in San Francisco . . . she drove the '70 911T.

    . . . looking to buy a vintage license plate frame for the car . . . Which of these dealers were the prominent Porsche dealers back in the day? . . .
    Dates + configurations for these frames may vary a bit, but --- these are the outfits that I have PDLs for, showing them as selling Porsches in The Bay Area, circa 1970 . . .

    Ely Porsche Audi
    19100 Mission Blvd, Hayward

    Felton Porsche Audi
    900 Redwood Hwy, Mill Valley

    Martin-Johnson Porsche Audi
    290 27th, Oakland

    Mozart Porsche Audi
    1730 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto

    Neufeld Porsche Audi
    281 El Camino Real, San Carlos

    Carlsen Porsche Audi
    1701 Van Ness, San Francisco

    Anderson-Behel Porsche Audi
    4355 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara

    Sunnyvale Porsche Audi
    835 El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

    R.S.Taylor Corp
    1516 Salano Ave, Vallejo

    McPeak Porsche Audi
    2103 No. Main St, Walnut Creek




    If you check this thread . . . .
    http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...r-Plate-Frames.

    . . . you'll find examples of most of them


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    Excellent. Thanks LongRanger!

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    My pleasure --- and good luck

    And show us what you find?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LongRanger View Post
    My pleasure --- and good luck

    And show us what you find?
    I got outbid last night (12:35 am) on EBay on this NOS Sunnyvale frame by Robert W. Brown. It was only today that I found out definitively that my car came from San Francisco. Previous to that I only knew that it was a "Northern California Car". Would have upped my bid last night had I known what I learned today:


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    The "Porsche + Audi" frames would not apply to 1968, as the P/A U.S. "combine" didn't occur until late 1969.
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