Show Me Your Vintage P Dealer Plate Frames.

. . . again . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...l=1#post555992

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

Gateway Porsche - AUDI, Inc
1726 N.E. 102
Portland, OR

Dulled semi-matte black lettering on dull white, flash-chromed, no Makers' marks/ID --- but those lower corners sure do remind me of RWB&Co; plate is std pass-iss (1st letter = month of expiration)


Kaiser Permanente 's there now




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Just purchased this the other day...

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. . . from the '70 + '72 PDLs . . .

Gardner Porsche Audi, Inc
4426 N Prospect Rd
Peoria Heights, IL

Matt-white lettering in med blue phonographed rockers, flash-chromed, no Makers' name, etc, etc; plate is std IL pass, yr-of-exp


Vacant lot, now



........257000..........

. . . again . . .
https://www.early911sregistry.org/fo...l=1#post552935


From the '70 + '72 PDLs --- still calling itself a Volkswagen store . . .

Chapp Volkswagen Corporation
3700 Tyrone Blvd
St Petersburg, FL

. . . only with proper 'Porsche' mention, this time

Flash-chromed pot-metal + semi-matte white lettering + more vivid (intact) semi-matte med blue rockers --- patterned w/ diamond rain-drops . . . + finely-scribed lower corners = another classic RWB&Co. Reflectorized plate 's for a light passenger vehicle ('D' = <2500 lbs) from Washington County ('50,' Florida panhandle), w/yr-of-exp


Location 's now a disused retail outlet --- formerly Sports Authority, seems like




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Originally Posted by typ901

Martin Johnson Oakland

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Judging by the block-shaped "O" and the black metal(?), would you all say this is from the 80's?
Based on my research of the San Francisco Examiner classified ads, Martin-Johnson was no longer selling cars after September, 1986.

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Originally Posted by typ901

Martin Johnson Oakland

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Adding the photo originally posted, which I left off of my prior post.

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Originally Posted by mankowski

. . . Based on my research of the San Francisco Examiner classified ads, Martin-Johnson was no longer selling cars after September, 1986 . . .

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Another post . . .

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Originally Posted by PCA7GGR

. . . was able to find some data on "Oakland Porsche"

Martin-Johnson was the old time Oakland Porache dealership. Ii sold to Negherbon, a family run Lincoln Mercury, Chrysler Plymouth dealer in Oakland. In the late 90s' Negherbon Porsche Audi wound up as part of the Connell group. Negherbon went away (economics) Porsche took it over and ran it as" Oakland Porsche".

Oakland Porsche closed and Fletcher Jones opened a franchise in Fremont which never had a Porsche dealer . . .

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Martin-Johnson was originally located at 290 27th Street, Oakland, CA





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. . . from the '70 and '72 PDLs . . .

Ely Porsche Audi
19100 Mission Blvd
Hayward, CA

Unusual red/black lettering --- including 'Porsche' in cursive . . . in semi-white phono'd rockers, flash-chromed pot-metal, no Makers' marks/ID; plate = std CA pass, etc, etc


Vacant lot, now



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Hope you like this one.

I finally found a period correct frame from the dealer that originally imported my car.

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