LINCOLN-MERCURY dealers of The Sixties

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Yep, I saw those postcards and ads a while back when I was searching. Neat building. I think I found one article on one of the Van Curler family members back when I was looking. Can't remember exactly what it was about, though. There's bunches of the classified ads that pop up when searching that are posting job openings.
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There's a billiards dealer/trophy-plaque shop in El Paso that has to have been a Lincoln/Continental dealer back in "The Day." Here's why I think so:
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My car was order by a Lee D Butler INC 1121 21 st street NW Washington DC 20086
at dealer 17A249 the 17 is washington ordering district
so it must be at dealer 249 at the washington ordering district it was order
how do I find out what dealership that is ?
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My Starmist White 1958 Continental Mark III Convertible was also ordered new through Lee D. Butler Inc in Washington DC.
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commander31 wrote:My Starmist White 1958 Continental Mark III Convertible was also ordered new through Lee D. Butler Inc in Washington DC.
funny look like the company Lee D. Butler Inc liked white lincolns :lol:
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Here is a L&M dealership Merlin Motors in Camden NJ long gone
moved out of the city and is now Holman Ford & Lincoln Maple Shade NJ
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How would you like to walk in this place today?? :grin:
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As far as the Mercury ad saying it's the only brand with only V8s, what about Lasalle, Imperial, and Continental?
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The Continental wrote:As far as the Mercury ad saying it's the only brand with only V8s, what about Lasalle, Imperial, and Continental?
Which ad where? :smt017 Quote or link?
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Going little bit of topic but could someone tell me how many Lincoln-mercury dealers were in Philadelphia in the 1970`s. Trying to find out which dealership sold my Lincoln.
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Andrys wrote:Going little bit of topic but could someone tell me how many Lincoln-mercury dealers were in Philadelphia in the 1970`s. Trying to find out which dealership sold my Lincoln.
Are you wondering about Philadelphia specifically or the entire Philadelphia DSO (#16?) region which probably includes southeastern Pennsylvania and at least parts of some adjacent states.

Philadelphia is a large city and probably had three or four dealers at any one time but factor in the suburbs or the entire DSO region and the number grows significantly.
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ContiFan wrote:
Andrys wrote:Going little bit of topic but could someone tell me how many Lincoln-mercury dealers were in Philadelphia in the 1970`s. Trying to find out which dealership sold my Lincoln.
Are you wondering about Philadelphia specifically or the entire Philadelphia DSO (#16?) region which probably includes southeastern Pennsylvania and at least parts of some adjacent states.

Philadelphia is a large city and probably had three or four dealers at any one time but factor in the suburbs or the entire DSO region and the number grows significantly.
Was wondering about the entire Philadelphia DSO.
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Andrys wrote:Was wondering about the entire Philadelphia DSO.
Don't know how many for sure but it would be a lot. You'll need more information to be able to determine specific dealership.

You may want to consider getting a Marti Report.
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The Continental wrote:
Highlander64 wrote:
The Continental wrote:As far as the Mercury ad saying it's the only brand with only V8s, what about Lasalle, Imperial, and Continental?
Which ad where? :smt017 Quote or link?
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LaSalle was powered with Oldsmobile Straight-8 engines from 1934-1936
The first Continental was powered with a V-12, when it was a Lincoln.
The early Imperial was powered by at Straight-6, when it was a Chrysler.

Now to address the concern of "what about when Continental and Imperial were separate marques?"
This is an ad for the 1955 Mercury. Imperial became a separate brand from Chrysler in 1955. Similarly, Continental became a separate brand from Lincoln in 1956. Chances are the copy was written when the 1955 models came out toward the end of 1954. Imperial and Continental did not yet exist, so the claim would be valid. It would be difficult for an ad copywriter to edit based on future events that had not yet occurred (yes, as opposed to future events that had occurred already :lol: ).
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