Hi All! First post here. I met Richard Uhlman this weekend while at the Brumos swap and he mentioned this forum to me. Anyways, I've got several frames to share some photo's of and many have the Porsche Audi logo's on them. I'll post up over the next several days.
Here's a Peter Gregg one I scored for free
. . . from the '69 and '70 PDLs . . .
422/177/1
Circle Motors, Inc
1919 Lakewood Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90815
. . . in ~late '70, moving/becoming . . .
Circle Porsche Audi Ltd
4400 Los Coyotes Diagonal
LB
. . . and still there --- same location
Later version's been shown here, already -- see post #112 . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...%2C+long+beach
This is the earlier version --- when Porsches were a side-line . . .
Semi-gloss white lettering on a semi-gloss med blue back-round, flash-chromed. Plate = std CA pass iss, etc
Amazing bit --- almost NOS . . . showing only the slightest traces of ever having been mounted, first rust blooms just ready to burst
Last edited by LongRanger; 04-15-2013 at 09:40 AM.
. . . from the '69/'70 PDLs . . .
425/040/1
Inter-Continental Motors, Corp
3303 Broadway, PO Box 2270
San Antonio, TX 78206/78209
Older style 'grooving' where the verticals join is a feature usually seen on the oldest frames. Not too surprising to see here, since this outfit was in the VW business since ~'59. Disappears as a Porsche dealer after '70. Cool name
Semi-gloss white lettering on a med blu back-round, flash-chromed, no maker's name/ID. Suspiciously shiny bit --- so, possibly restored? Plate = std TX pass iss
From the '69, '70, and '72 PDLs . . .
425/036/1
Montgomery Motors
4101 Ave Q, PO Box 836/2486
Lubbock, TX 79412/79408
Apparently white lettering on the barest traces of a bright red back-round, flash-chromed. No Makers marks/ID. Plate = std Kansas pass iss, 'SF' = Stafford County
Oil country. How many Porsches ever sold in West Texas?
Some other Montgomeries . . .
. . . and a shot of The Store . . .
. . . from the '69 and '70 PDLs . . .
426/055/1
Pardee Volkswagen
Lake Tahoe Blvd and Tata
Tahoe Valley, CA
Looks like white lettering on a powder blue (!) back-round, flash-chromed. Plate = std CA, etc, etc . . .
One of the things I like about Old Frames is their power to conjure up times + places long gone by. I was talking w/ a Framer-Acquaintance o' mine --- about the stuff we collect + why. Tells me a story, about taking some old car to a show --- a beautiful/fully-restored/top shelf/OMG-kinda car . . . and he --- the Proud Owner, standing there + having to answer questions/listen to stories about? . . . The Frame
. . . lived down the street . . .
. . . Dad used to take me there . . .
. . . first car . . .
. . . what ever happened to that place? . . .
Then there's just the romance o' some o' those places. Like Vegas. And Reno . . .
. . . and Tahoe
Pardee, indeed
. . . another proper RWB &Co . . .
. . . and another flavor
From the ’70 + ’72 PDLs . . . . . . and my very favorite frame
Volkswagen Oasis
4057 E. Palm Canyon Dr
Palm Springs, CA
Dull black lettering on gold-washed/flash-chrome . . . still stuck to the plate that first it came on = std CA pass, etc
Like Vegas + Tahoe . . . . Palm Springs was one o’ Those Places
This frame pretty much has it all . . . a Real Deal ‘fat panel’ RWB &Co, and all their hallmark finickiness --- with the delicate scribing in the lower corners as well as ‘pebbling’ inside both (upper + lower) ‘letter boxes’ . . . all schmalzed-up with a deliciously-tacky treatment of some kind o’ gold wash that looks like it was done out in a parking lot. Totally over-the-top. Bling --- blang --- bloi - yoi - yoi - yoi - yoing
Excellence may’ve been expected but . . .
. . . this’ll do
Oh-but wait ---- there’s more! . . .
Last edited by LongRanger; 05-13-2013 at 08:01 AM.
Never seen this before . . .
ROBERT W.BROWN CO.
8241 PHLOX ST.
DOWNEY, CALIF.
. . . their actual address . . . .
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