Show us you auto dealership

My lifelong best friend was a car salesman for several years. My first car was a 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix, which led to this mashup known as Reese Chevrolet Pontiac. For the interior, I just added some craft paper with a black and white checkerboard floor, and a couple of cars - A 1955 Pontiac Star Chief convertible, and a 57 Chevy Bel Air. There is a small lot to the side for other cars for sale. 

I have several country store gas stations, one a tiny Plymouth dealer, but here is my 1940 Graham dealer, with two new '40's and a '37 Supercharged waiting for service.  This had been a Durant/Star dealer, defunct after 1932, and will need a new franchise after 1941.

                                                                               1970's Modeling...                                  

                               Walthers Krazy Ken's Car Town cut up to fit in area

Here is my Tucker dealership ( photos from 2015 ).   I loved the film " Tucker "!  Preston Tucker had some impressive ideas for auto design and was a man who was way ahead of his time.  I use this MTH car dealership as a tribute to the man and his automobiles. Too bad he was not able to continue in business, however,  Preston Tucker's dream lives on in Patsburg where Tuckers are selling through the roof! 

I removed the bottom of the building so I could install a Tucker Torpedo in the showroom with a salesman closing a deal with a customer.  That's Mr. Tucker in the dark suit standing in front of one of his fine automobiles.  

I wish Proscale from Washington state were still around. They made some nice dealership buildings.I do have one of there gas stations .Its a very nice product

trumptrain posted:

Like how you have a "Tucker" on the roof, trumptrain. Is it the same scale as those on the ground? Also, from the photos it appears it's angled and not sitting directly on the surface of the roof. How did you mount it to look like that? Nice work! 

ogaugeguy posted:

 SIRT, great job of making the building smaller and the soda machine in front is a nice touch! The 1st photo looks like there's a photo backdrop on the building's interior rear wall. My Krazy Ken's Car Town only came with signs for the building's exterior and nothing for the interior walls to make them resemble the inside of an auto showroom. What did you use? I did a Google search for  pictures of auto showroom interiors but found nothing suitable.

Been so long and I make so much stuff I don't remember exactly. Probably painted card board and pasted on car related  signs and posters off the internet. I made colored triangle flags hanging across the interior which I hand cut and glued to a string. There are a few plant stands and a block of wood inside for a desk as well. Checkerboard floor might have come with the kit or I made that too?

I just love those types of buildings, wish we had more in O.

Here's a link to start the process - https://images.search.yahoo.co...iv-web&fr=ymyy-t

S.

Hi Here are three "Krazy Ken's" kits put together to make one building. My son actually runs a large Ford dealership here in West Australia. Yeh, you guessed it his first name is Mark! Roo.

ogaugeguy posted:

trumptrain posted:

Like how you have a "Tucker" on the roof, trumptrain. Is it the same scale as those on the ground? Also, from the photos it appears it's angled and not sitting directly on the surface of the roof. How did you mount it to look like that? Nice work! 

oguageguy-  Thanks so much for your kind compliment!  The Tucker on the roof is the same scale as the one's on the lot ... 1:43 scale.  I placed The Tucker on the roof still attached to it's base. ( each of my 12 Tuckers came in separate clear plastic cases attached to bases )  I propped up the base using some bulsawood supports to give the car a nice tilt.  I also attached a fridge magnet Coke sign over the service garage door to help boost the late 1940's feel/appearance.  Of course the adjacent building has a Pepsi billboard, Coke's competitor. 

These are from a friend's layout. The used car dealer is made from a K-Line / Marx gas station.

IHere’s a small corner used car lot from our layout. 

One successful business and one that has hit hard times.....

Peter

Wow, Peter, talk about hard times! That's an understatement for Crazy Chris. Btw, is that the only building on the layout that was hit by an unsympathetic economic downswing or is there an entire area of town that's economically depressed?

Putnam Division posted:

One successful business and one that has hit hard times.....

Peter

Putnam Division (Peter), 

I had to do a double take when I saw your photo.  What are the odds that two people have a K-Line Ford Dealership next to an MTH Jahn's Ice Cream?

Ron

ogaugeguy posted:

Wow, Peter, talk about hard times! That's an understatement for Crazy Chris. Btw, is that the only building on the layout that was hit by an unsympathetic economic downswing or is there an entire area of town that's economically depressed?

It's from the theme of my modules on the group.....a "wrong side of town" industrial area where asthetics are the last thing on anyone's mind.......here are some general pictures of the area...

Peter

Here is my Dept. 56 Ford Dealership!!

I used the Boris Car Lot building from Railking and decked it out to "resemble"  the dealership where my family buys our new cars.

Ron045 posted:

Putnam Division posted:

One successful business and one that has hit hard times.....

Peter

Putnam Division (Peter), 

I had to do a double take when I saw your photo.  What are the odds that two people have a K-Line Ford Dealership next to an MTH Jahn's Ice Cream?

Ron

That is something else......I have lots of Jahn’s memories from growing up in the Bronx in the 60s!

Peter

In the lower, more rundown part of town is my version of a used car dealership.

Don's Downtown Chevrolet!

Peter, those memories of the Jahns on the hill from Fordham Road to Kingsbridge Road?