Looking for a Drinkwater Motors St. Catharines emblem.

Dealer number 95424 previously Crews and now Brian Cullen

at 386 Ontario St. in St. Catharines.

Any info appreciated.

I got the Dealer Code for Milton Motor Sales in Milton Ontario from the son of the Dealer .  The Dealer number is #95296.

An hour away from me.

-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Sunday 11th of December 2016 01:14:32 AM

Not to dis anyone's interest in dealer stickers or badges, any vehicle I bought new which had a sticker attached, I asked the dealer to remove it or pay me $25.00 per month for advertising benefits. They invariably complied. If a badge was already attached, I would simply request a similar unit sans badge or buy elsewhere. I would do the same to a house I bought if the builder's logo was affixed to it.  I simply looked at it as free advertising that did not enhance the appearance of the vehicle. Just my personal preference at the time.

I do understand the reason for collecting or installing on restored autos such as ours is from a historical point of view. Not finding fault - just illustrating how I have some fun with car dealers.

Anyone have a Winnipeg Motor Products emblem they are willing to sell. That's where my '66 Grande Parisienne was purchased from.

norontcan wrote:

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Tin Injun wrote:

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Not to dis anyone's interest in dealer stickers or badges, any vehicle I bought new which had a sticker attached, I asked the dealer to remove it or pay me $25.00 per month for advertising benefits. They invariably complied. If a badge was already attached, I would simply request a similar unit sans badge or buy elsewhere. I would do the same to a house I bought if the builder's logo was affixed to it.  I simply looked at it as free advertising that did not enhance the appearance of the vehicle. Just my personal preference at the time.

I do understand the reason for collecting or installing on restored autos such as ours is from a historical point of view. Not finding fault - just illustrating how I have some fun with car dealers.

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What you describe is not unlike a garage in these parts who after servicing your vehicle sees fit to put their license surround with their name on your vehicle.

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 Yup, seen that too. Have had them re-install a dealer sticker after service or warranty work which would bring us back to the $25.00 thing once more. 

Don't be scared to remind me in a day or two if you haven't heard from me!

I had the same approach with dealers over the years, My first new car was a 93 Bonneville and I had the dealer remove the decal, thankfully screw fastened dealer emblems were a thing of the past by then, I'd never accept delivery of a car with some crappy emblem screwed into my virgin sheetmetal.

Many of my cars come from California and its funny how o one in California would ever tolerate a dealer emblem or decal on their car. The only place dealers identified themselves was on the licence frame. I've never seen any sign of their use back then in Canada. I imagine there were rules in Canada prohibiting covering any portion of the plate? Many dealers in Montreal now use plate frames but this is a recent trend.

I've always used plate frames on my modern cars to hide as much of the offensive Quebec nonsense on my plates as possible.

Toronto, Ontario dealer WEST YORK is where my 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon was originally sold to my dad. This is my only photo showing the dealer emblem. Interesting note is that my dad told the salesman that he did not want any dealer decals or tags on the car when delivered. They put this cast dealer emblem on the car anyway and my dad was burning mad that they drilled holes in the car. I am glad they did because i like this dealer emblem on the back of the wagon. I think it is a classy emblem and one of the better ones i have seen. Cheers. George

-- Edited by long stroke on Friday 21st of April 2017 12:55:43 PM

Slessor in Newmarket was a Pontiac-Buick GMC dealer until a few years ago .