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RE: GM dealers of Toronto


Yup. You are right.

 

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What were you looking for specifically from Heritage Ford?



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My Mustang came from Heritage Nov 25, 1969. I'm curious about any advertising they had at the time.

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It seems they only advertised the used cars they had at the time. No mention of any Mustangs within that time range either.



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Ok, thanks. Few other dealers around here were Riverdale Mercury, O'Connor Dodge and Dentonia Ford.

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Ok, thanks. Few other dealers around here were Riverdale Mercury, O'Connor Dodge and Dentonia Ford.


 .......and don't forget Frank Roland Ford Mercury at O'Connor and VP across from the mushroom farm......ooooeeee!!



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Ok, thanks. Few other dealers around here were Riverdale Mercury, O'Connor Dodge and Dentonia Ford.


 .......and don't forget Frank Roland Ford Mercury at O'Connor and VP across from the mushroom farm......ooooeeee!!


 I will post some photos of all of them tomorrow. Rowland Mercury came to exist when Paul Willison Lincoln Mercury ended their franchise agreement with Ford and switched to Chrysler. Ford didn't want the area to go out without a Ford dealer so Rowland Mercury came to exist. (Switch occurred in 1962)

 

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Where was Willison Ford ?

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Where was Willison Ford ?


 If Willison Ford was at the location that would become Willison Chysler, then it was on the south side of Eglinton a few blocks east of the DVP. From the article posted previously it sounds like that was the case.

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Where was Willison Ford ?


 If Willison Ford was at the location that would become Willison Chysler, then it was on the south side of Eglinton a few blocks east of the DVP. From the article posted previously it sounds like that was the case.

This was Willison's new place........they used to be at St. Clair and O'Connor where I went to see the new Turbine.
(Fall 63 or spring 64)
Still have the brochure the salesman gave out.

 



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Willison Mercury had two locations. Their former location was actually leased to O'Connor Dodge from 1975 to 1980. Then O'Connor closed down once the lease was up.

 

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This is turning out to be very interesting. Thanks !

Dealt with a Ivan at Rowland whenever I got parts for my Mustang.

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Uhhh, hum ... GM dealers of Toronto is the subject.biggrin



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Ok,
There was a dealer at Jarvis and Lakeshore called Harbour Chev back in the mid 70s that I rembered as a kid seeing the 78 Nova there.
Across from Chum Radio on Yonge St was a Chevy dealer in the mid 80s. Forgot their name.



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Albert Shelman owned Harbour Chevrolet, which existed really briefly. It was originally called Shelman Chevrolet, located at 215 Lakeshore Blvd E.  It folded after less than 16 months after being told it would not get Oldsmobile to sell in addition to Chevrolet. Parkwood Cadillac(which became Somerset) would eventually move to 291 Lakeshore Blvd E, which was a block away from Shelman Chevrolet. He also owned Cross-Town MG-Austin-Jaguar located at 154 Vaughan Rd.

 

 

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I assume you were referring to Chevy-Yonge Chevrolet, which opened it in 1977. Closed in 1988.

 

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I would love to see a better quality version of this picture of Old Mill in 1969,

Image result for old mill pontiac



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You mean like this? :)

 

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My eyes tell me that the centre car is a Parisienne.

Possibly a Grande.

Nose is sitting up pretty high right from day one.

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Looks like the proofreader forgot to look over this ad....

hmm

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Looks like the proofreader forgot to look over this ad....

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Must be the same guy who creates most of the Kijiji car for sale ads!


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Here is a partial list(95%) complete of all GM dealers in Toronto before 1970

Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Dealers

The Golden Mile Motors Limited (Golden Mile Chevrolet) (Gorrie's Golden Mile Motors)

Addison Cadillac
832 Bay St.

Alex Irvine Chevrolet
2655 Lawrence Ave E

Courtesy Chevrolet Oldsmobile
2749 Lake Shore Blvd W.

Central Chevrolet Limited
2668 Yonge St.

Dean Myers Chevrolet Oldsmobile
3180 Dufferin St

The Port Credit Motors Limited Chevrolet-Oldsmobile/ Ford-Monarch Dealer
321 Lakeshore Rd W

Leavens Motors Limited
3180 Dufferin St

Belmont Chevrolet Limited
2359 Danforth Ave
1945 Lawrence Ave W.

Kingsway Motors (1956) LTD
3085 Bloor St W.

Bruce MacDougall Motors
Port Credit

North York Chevrolet Limited

British and American Chevrolet Oldsmobile LTD.
77-85 Avenue Rd.

Robertson Motors Limited
1515 Danforth Rd.

Herron Motors
1525 Dundas Highway East

Humberview Motors
3200 Bloor St W.

Howson Motors Limited
4002 Sheppard Ave

Parkwood Motors
2400 Yonge St
1710 Eglin Ave W(1955)

West York Motors
1785 St. Clair St. W

Ross Wemp Motors
2749 Lakeshore Blvd. W
360 Rexdale Blvd.

A.D. Gorries & Company Limited
28 Gerrard St. E.
354-360 Vistoria St.

1075 Danforth


Del Bodkin Motors
711 Lakeshore Rd

Plaza Chevrolet
989 Eglinton Ave E

Hibbert Motors
New Toronto

Ainsworth Motors
2391 Yonge St

National Motors
945 Bay St.

Pontiac-GMC-Buick Dealers

Rumble Pontiac Buick
1860 Bayview Ave

Plaza Pontiac Buick
2400 Dufferin St.

Roy Foss Motors LTD
6167 Yonge St.

Marvin Starr Pontiac Buick LTD
3132 Eglinton Ave East

York Mills Pontiac Buick
3501 Yonge St

H. J. Foster Motors
3445 Sheppard Ave


Addison's On Bay LTD
832 Bay St

Hogan Pontiac Buick
348 Danforth Ave

Grant G. Brown Motors
1575 Weston Rd

Hearn Pontiac Buick
3180 Lake Shore Blvd W

Old Mill Pontiac-Buick
2500 Bloor St W.

Kingsgate Motors
2500 Bloor St W.

City Pontiac Buick
1900 Victoria Park Ave

Moore-Hawley Motors (Former Ford-Monarch dealer)
225 Dundas St E

Toronto Cadillac-Pontiac Sales LTD
832 Bay St.

MacKinnon Motor Sales Limited
2045 Yonge St.

GMC Truck Retail Branch
208 Spadina Ave

Anderson McLaughlin Buick Pontiac
28 Gerrard St E

Giles, Rice & Peters Limited
348 Danforth Ave

Belmont Oldsmobile(Exclusive)

1075 Danforth Ave

 

Rowan Motors

3642 Yonge St (Yonge and Finch)



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Addison Cadillac Oldsmobile.........in 1959 my dad bought his new Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 there.

Still remember the metal Addison emblem on the trunk lid of the car and still have an early 60's  repair bill from

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Now I'm got incentive to search out these addresses to see what's currently there.

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