Dealerships in Florida that were selling Porsches in 1966

[oscillon]

Hey All,

I'm starting to narrow down the origins of my 1966 911 and I've gotten to back to the 4th and 3rd owners of the car. #3 seems to think that the car spent most of it's life in Florida and was sold there originally. Hopefully I will also get to talk to the second owner, as he is related to the third.

Regardless, I was wondering what dealerships would have been selling cars in '66, and would any that still exist (say Brumos for instance) have any records that would go back that far. I realize it's a complete long shot, but it's worth a try. The car spent most of it's recent life in the St. Pete area, so I would assume that in the pre-internet days that it was probably trading hands somewhat locally. For example I know that it was in that area (at least in Florida) as far back as '83 per the title records.

The hunt for info continues....

Dan

[911T1971]

According to the official Porsche Dealer list (Spring 1968) there have been:


Porsche car Southwest, 4814 Phillips Highway, Jacksonville, Fla 32207

Elwood Motors Inc., 600 Ballough Road, Daytona, Fla 32014

Brumos Porsche Corp., 1444 N.main street, Jacksonville, Fla 32206

Tropical Motors of Melbourne, Inc., 910 North Dixie Highway, Melbourne, Fla 32901

Orange Motors of Miami Inc., 500 Northwest 36th Street, Miami, Fla.33127

Orange Motors of Coral Gables Inc.,234 Bird Road, Miami, Fla 33146

Linn Motors Inc., 1620 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, Fla 32804

University Volkswagen Inc., 5730 North Pensacola Blvd., Pensacola, Fl, 32502

Homer F.Herndon, 3901 Florida Ave, Tampa, Fla 33603

Chez Boye, 924 Azalea Lane, Vero Beach, Fla 32960

German Motors inc.,512 Bunker Road,West Palm Beach, Fla 33405

Ross Lakeland Motors, 1500 West Memorial Blvd,Lakeland, Fla 33801

Brumos Pompano Inc.,700 North Federal Highway,Pompano Beach, Fla 33602

Cutler Motors, Inc.,307 North Terminal Trail,Sarasota, Fla 33577

Pinna Perfomance Mtrs.,615 North Main Street,Gainesville, Fla 32601

[oscillon]

Karim,

Thanks for the list. That's many more that I thought there would be. Seems like a lot of vendors for a marque that was producing such small numbers. I was looking at some of the current addresses with google street view. My, how times have changed some of these areas!

Thanks again for the information.

Dan

[oscillon]

From the 7/66 Panorama:

for your touring convenience:

Love it! Thanks Dan

[Bullethead]

Dan, remember that back then most foreign car dealers handled several makes because volume was small for each.
They often became the default sellers because they were the sole service source. German Motors in WPB sold BMW,
Mercedes, Porsche, Volvo, etc. Others like Brumos started as Volkswagen and BMC dealers, as did Orange Motors.
Facilities were often just a garage and a lot... drive past the German Motors building today (located on a side street)
and it's hard to imagine it was a dealership!

[oscillon]

Dan, remember that back then most foreign car dealers handled several makes because volume was small for each.
They often became the default sellers because they were the sole service source. German Motors in WPB sold BMW,
Mercedes, Porsche, Volvo, etc. Others like Brumos started as Volkswagen and BMC dealers, as did Orange Motors.
Facilities were often just a garage and a lot... drive past the German Motors building today (located on a side street)
and it's hard to imagine it was a dealership!

+1 to that. I figured they are a lot like motorcycle shops today (and then too). Not odd to see several brands located in one "dealership". It would be so cool to have some information about where and when this car was delivered.

Is the kardex a way to get to the bottom of things in that regard? Not seeing many, I don't know if dealership information is something that shows up. I presume that it would be considering that the kardex was a way of keeping track of warranty work.

Any chance that someone is able to produce copies these days?

[911T1971]

Is the kardex a way to get to the bottom of things in that regard?

Yes. I was able to get the dealer adress trough the Kardex.

BTW , around 1968, Florida and California had the most. Other states had two or three dealers only. North&South Dakota none...

[joegt3cup]

Anybody have a list of dealers MI for 1968 ?

[oscillon]

only took 8 replies before someone hijacked my thread.... shameless ;-)

[hoffman912]

Karim,

Good to see this. My car was originally from Jacksonville. I thought naturally it had to be a Brumos car, but now i see it might be Porsche car Southwest. Sigh.. the plot thickens.