Pontiac dealership in Stratford circa '67-'68

BBSD · Member

Pontiac dealership in Stratford circa '67-'68

SD 396 · Poncho Master!

Sorry, no help on the dealership but that sounds like a really nice car!
Was this car for sale in the Mt. Forest area in the early 90's? I remember seeing an Auto Trader ad for a white SD convertible but I never saw the car.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

I believe it was Perth Motors. I'll check with my friends at Stratford Motor Products. I think they took over for the defunct dealer.
Todd

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

I think that was the Chevy dealer biggrin

-- Edited by 427carl at 11:46, 2008-10-30

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Nope, I was just told that was the Chevy dealer... I'll call another Stratford friend and ask him.

ak 67sd · Poncho Master!

do you have pics of the car in its original colour combo?? sounds like a nice looking car, white, white top, teal interior!...

andrew

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

I got your answer: Anderson Motors.

Todd

RDubya · Poncho Master!

My dad got a used car that had an Anderson sticker. Any idea when it went under? Was it the Pontiac dealer then before SMP? The car my dad had with the sticker was a 76 Nova so i wonder if it had been traded in used there at some point.

Ghost Post · Poncho Master!

Isn't there an Anderson GM house in Woodstock?.
confused

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Yes, no relation. SMP apparently took over from Anderson Motors.

RDubya · Poncho Master!

I knew SMP was there as of 1984 but never really knew before that. Growing up i always knew SMP, Anderson was before my time...well i'm at least too young to remember them.

BBSD · Member

69Laurentian wrote:

I got your answer: Anderson Motors.

Todd

Thank you very much Todd for that, also you other fellows for your input.

I contacted Stratford Motor Products and was put in touch with someone there that actually ran the business when it was known as Anderson Motors!!!

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

There's a great bunch of guys at SMP. I worked there for 3 years and other than the pay plan it was the best dealership I ever worked at. LOTS of car guys in that town!

BBSD · Member

My investigation has led me down a new avenue... the GM Canada paperwork was incorrect in stating that my car came from a Stratford dealership!

I now know that the ordering dealer was #85902 (possibly London, Ont.?).

Question: Does anyone know the dealership NAME that used this dealer number? How about the name of the Pontiac dealership(s) in London, circa '67-'68?

Thanks for any info you can provide!!!

Ghost Post · Poncho Master!

Here's some info to help w/ your search also anyone else who's looking for Dealer Codes..

Even though GM Canada often used the one long #, in this case the 85 is the Zone and 902 the Dealer Code..

Here's a couple known examples in Zone # 85 from a similar time period;

Zone # 85
Dealer # 761
Dealer Name: Orr Automobiles LTD
Address: 20 Ottawa St. N
City: Kitchener ON

Zone # 85
Dealer # 782
Dealer Name: Central Chev
City: London ON

Zone # 85
Dealer # 966
Dealer Name: Websters
Address: 465 Windsor ave.
City: Windsor ON

I always use this NCRS dealer code site...it's pretty good also free to non members!.

http://www.ncrs.org/dealercode/dealerzone.html

Not all info is there but best results are often found by entering in the least amount of known info first and sifting though the results..
Also keep in mind Dealer Codes and sometimes Zones #'s changed through the years..

Here's the Zone Codes and their central locations which always help searching..
As in the case above, enter only Zone # 85 and cruise the results..
Keep in mind here that many dealers are often far away from their central locations too..

01 - Flint (MI)
02 - Tarrytown (NY)
03 - St. Louis (MO)
04 - Minneapolis (MN)
05 - Kansas City (KS)
06 - Oakland (CA)
07 - Dallas (TX)
08 - Atlanta (GA)
09 - Norwood (OH)
10 - Denver (CO)
11 - Chicago (IL)
12 - Buffalo (NY)
13 - Pittsburgh (PA)
14 - Baltimore (MD)
15 - Philadelphia (PA)
16 - Charlotte (NC)
17 - Memphis (TN)
18 - Des Moines (IA)
19 - Portland (OR)
20 - Los Angeles (CA)
21 - Janesville (WI)
22 - Louisville (KY)
23 - Oklahoma City (OK)
24 - New Orleans (LA)
25 - Indianapolis (IN)
26 - Jacksonville (FL)
27 - New York (NY)
28 - Cleveland (OH)
29 - Omaha (NE)
30 - Houston (TX)
31 - Birmingham (AL)
32 - Cambridge (MA)
33 - Fargo (ND)
34 - San Diego (CA)
35 - Newark (NJ)
36 - Salt Lake (UT)
37 - Richmond (VA)
38 - Great Falls (MT)
39 - El Paso (TX)
40 - Charleston (WV)
41 - Wichita (KS)
42 - Seattle (WA)
43 - Portland (ME)
44 - Detroit (MI)
45 - South Bend (IN)
46 - Green Bay (WI)
47 - Peoria (IL)
48 - Syracuse (NY)
49 - Harrisburg (PA)
61 - Milwaukee (WI)
62 - Shreveport (LA)
64 - Scranton (PA)
69 - Amarillo (TX)
70 - San Antonio (TX)
71 - Bloomfield (NJ)
72 - Fort Worth (TX)
73 - Long Island City (NY)
78 - Oakland (GM Overseas Export)
79 - Hawaii
80 - GM Canada
81 - Vancouver, British Columbia
82 - Calgary, Alberta
83 - Regina, Saskatchewan
84 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
85 - London, Ontario
86 - Montreal, Quebec
87 - Moncton, New Brunswick
88 - Ste. Foy, Quebec
95 - Toronto, Ontario
96 - Ottawa, Ontario

-- Edited by Ghost Post at 14:43, 2008-11-18

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I have 2 other dealer codes for 1 dealer in Caladonia, Ontario. It was a Chevy dealer and I appoligize.

Zone # 95
Dealer # 075
Dealer Name: Wills Motors Caledonia Ltd.
Address: 150 Argyle St. S
City: Caledonia ON

It was later incorporated in 1969 and was assigned a new dealer number:

Zone # 95
Dealer # 076
Dealer Name: Wills Motors Caledonia (1969) Ltd.
Address: 150 Argyle St. S
City: Caledonia ON

There was another Wills Motors dealer in Glanbrook, ON that belonged to his brother. That dealer may have closed recently (I don't know for sure) after many, many years of operation.

Around 1979 the dealer was sold to the son of a Hagersville Chevy dealer (Bud Searles was his dad's dealer) and was renamed Dennis Searles Chevrolet-Oldsmobile. They may still be in business (except for the Oldsmobile part).

I do remember a Pontiac-Acadian-Beaumont-Buick-Epic-GMC (maybe Cadillac as well) dealer in Hagersville on Highway 6; there was another further south on the north approach to Port Dover.

O.K., so it's not a big help. Maybe I just like to hear myself talk smile

. Really, what do you want for nothing? wink

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I am now able to search dealer codes (sorry, current only) at work so if anyone has any just fire away and I will try. Some of them are still around, same name, some with a new name, whatever.

CdnGMfan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I have 2 other dealer codes for 1 dealer in Caladonia, Ontario. It was a Chevy dealer and I appoligize.

Zone # 95
Dealer # 075
Dealer Name: Wills Motors Caledonia Ltd.
Address: 150 Argyle St. S
City: Caledonia ON

It was later incorporated in 1969 and was assigned a new dealer number:

Zone # 95
Dealer # 076
Dealer Name: Wills Motors Caledonia (1969) Ltd.
Address: 150 Argyle St. S
City: Caledonia ON

There was another Wills Motors dealer in Glanbrook, ON that belonged to his brother. That dealer may have closed recently (I don't know for sure) after many, many years of operation.

Around 1979 the dealer was sold to the son of a Hagersville Chevy dealer (Bud Searles was his dad's dealer) and was renamed Dennis Searles Chevrolet-Oldsmobile. They may still be in business (except for the Oldsmobile part).

I do remember a Pontiac-Acadian-Beaumont-Buick-Epic-GMC (maybe Cadillac as well) dealer in Hagersville on Highway 6; there was another further south on the north approach to Port Dover.

O.K., so it's not a big help. Maybe I just like to hear myself talk smile

. Really, what do you want for nothing? wink

pontiacfan · Newbie

85906 is Larry MacDonlads in Strathroy. Maybee four owners ago it was that store?