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Back when quality was a "given" in the auto industry, the venerable Chevy along with the Ford was king of the road. The two gentlemen in the graphic on the left made an indelible mark in the annals of Trenton automobilia. The firm was taken over and run for a very short time as Cahill Chevrolet.
I remember sitting with the salesman when my parents ordered a 1965 Corvair in Desert Sand, it was a Monza with bucket seats. Back when when you could order only what you wanted or could afford and it did not add nearly as much expense to the car as the packages they sell today. Each item was carefully selected the box checked on the order form and the jump from a 3 speed transmission to a 4 speed was only perhaps $25. A push button radio was a real convenience but the practicality of the upgrade to FM was questionable since the popular shows were all on WBUD or "TTM".
Do you remember the anticipation waiting for your car to be built exactly as you ordered it and you were finally walking up that slight incline into the Princeton Avenue lot where it was awaiting delivery?
Or how about in October watching the truck pull into the lots with tarps to conceal the new offerings? We would sneak around the back of Cathcart Pontiac, Capitol Plymouth, Colonial Cadillac and of course Gilbert & Mott in hopes of getting a sneak preview; feeling like VIP's when one salesman took us to the doors of the service building to look into the shadows that concealed the new 1967 Impala SS.
Ed Millerick
I remember sitting with the salesman when my parents ordered a 1965 Corvair in Desert Sand, it was a Monza with bucket seats. Back when when you could order only what you wanted or could afford and it did not add nearly as much expense to the car as the packages they sell today. Each item was carefully selected the box checked on the order form and the jump from a 3 speed transmission to a 4 speed was only perhaps $25. A push button radio was a real convenience but the practicality of the upgrade to FM was questionable since the popular shows were all on WBUD or "TTM". Do you remember the anticipation waiting for your car to be built exactly as you ordered it and you were finally walking up that slight incline into the Princeton Avenue lot where it was awaiting delivery? Or how about in October watching the truck pull into the lots with tarps to conceal the new offerings? We would sneak around the back of Cathcart Pontiac, Capitol Plymouth, Colonial Cadillac and of course Gilbert & Mott in hopes of getting a sneak preview; feeling like VIP's when one salesman took us to the doors of the service building to look into the shadows that concealed the new 1967 Impala SS.
Ed Millerick
Wednesday, November 23, 2011