PONTIAC1953 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 hi, does anyone have pictures of herb mendelson's pontiac dealership, it was located at 9th street and santa monica blvd, santa monica, calif. back in the 1950's. or can put me in touch with the herb mendelson's family. thank you in advance, charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) Sorry Charles, I had been to that dealer looking at cars with my dad many times...and the Pontiac dealership up a few miles more on Santa Monica Blvd.,the name I can't remember.Don Edited November 4, 2011 by helfen (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary Hearn Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 No picture, but here is a newspaper ad that shows a number of vehicles he had for sale. Check out the prices, someone was paying $17.50 for junk cars!NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Van Nuys News, The - 1959-05-10 - Search Newspaper Articles - 11195938 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim_Edwards Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 A bit of history about Herbert A. Mendelson. His father was one of the original founders of Fisher Body. He was born in Detroit and moved to California in 1948 and founded his Pontiac Dealership. He passed away at age 53 on June 23rd 1951. He had three married daughters at the time of his death all of whom lived in Michigan. Who actually operated the dealership after his death is not known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PONTIAC1953 Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Sorry Charles, I had been to that dealer looking at cars with my dad many times...and the Pontiac dealership up a few miles more on Santa Monica Blvd.,the name I can't remember.Donhi, i can remember living in santa monica, ca. from late 1971 to 1976, i graduated from samohi in 1974. further inland on santa monica blvd was stan chazen's pontiac dealership i think near where sepulvelda crosses santa monica blvd in west los angeles. is that the other dealer you're thinking of ?, charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 hi, i can remember living in santa monica, ca. from late 1971 to 1976, i graduated from samohi in 1974. further inland on santa monica blvd was stan chazen's pontiac dealership i think near where sepulvelda crosses santa monica blvd in west los angeles. is that the other dealer you're thinking of ?, charles coker, 1953 pontiac tech advisor.__________________________________________________________________ The name sounds familiar and the dealer was west of the 405, but east/west S.M. Blvd. was split and before further west where both sides come together. I always thought it was Jules Meyers Pontiac which was originally Bruin motor car co. though. My dad ordered our 50 & 59 Pontiac out of A.E. England Pontiac-Hollywood, I ordered my 69 LeMans out of Majestic Pontiac- West L.A. I don't know where my dad ordered his 40 Pontiac. I also remember going to Ulrich Pontiac-Culver City, Dolman Pontiac-Inglewood, Salta Pontiac-Long Beach ( where my 62 Catalina was ordered from ) Peninsula Pontiac in Torrance, Bill Barry Pontiac in Santa Ana, Surfside Pontiac-Manhattan Beach, Scott Robinson-Torrance. Hey Charles, you might want to look up Pontiac's Zone 24 and see if there is a list of dealers.Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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