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This is a very rare photo of the Buick Dealership in my hometown of Santa Clara,  Cuba. The banner reads "More Economy" in Spanish. Don't know how new the car on the left was since is already displaying a license plate. I also spy some oil stains on the showroom floor.

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1 hour ago, JohnD1956 said:

Is this a trick question? It sure looks like the Buick Gardens dealership in Athens GA

Nope, that's the Dusty Acres used up car lot in Midland Texas, run by a curmudgeon called "Bubba" Lamar.  Everything is over-priced since he has 41 oil wells and does not need to sell anything.

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looking for any info on this dealership please

 

Bill Dreiling Buick Denver/ Lakewood, CO at 7999 W Colfax Ave. Does anyone have any post cards for the store or anything else. just found a handful of pictures from a Google search, but looking for more.

 

Building is still standing by the way... soon to be another brand 😉

 

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20 hours ago, 38Buick 80C said:

looking for any info on this dealership please

 

Bill Dreiling Buick Denver/ Lakewood, CO at 7999 W Colfax Ave. Does anyone have any post cards for the store or anything else. just found a handful of pictures from a Google search, but looking for more.

 

Building is still standing by the way... soon to be another brand 😉

 

Forty Years on the 'Fax | History Colorado

 

Spending some time in Denver here lately are ya?

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On 1/5/2022 at 1:20 PM, old-tank said:

Nope, that's the Dusty Acres used up car lot in Midland Texas, run by a curmudgeon called "Bubba" Lamar.  Everything is over-priced since he has 41 oil wells and does not need to sell anything.

Researching Bubba Lamar brings up some interesting facts.  Bubba originally had two car lots in Austin Texas on Lamar boulevard.  One was called Bubba's Buicks and the other was a low-end lot called Lamar Auto sales.  The low-end lot financed the cars and most were sold three or four times.  When he repossessed them he towed them back to his lot with a 1958 Buick super.  This was back in the 1970s and the hippies in Austin were using his cars as hotels.  Allegedly there were some babies conceived and birthed in his 58 Buick that he never locked.  He had enough of that so he moved to Midland where he bought 3,000 acres and along with his brother Percy Lamar they started raising goats.  That project wasn't going very good because coyotes were eating his goats

So when Percy started killing the coyotes an animal rights activist tried to file charges or a lawsuit.  The activist suggested that the coyotes be trapped and neutered and then released.   Percy tried to explain to her that the coyotes were eating the goats not fornicating them.  He used stronger language and this highly offended her so another lawsuit was filed.  Anyhow Percy moved back to Georgia with his goats and that's where he's hiding out now.  He changed his name because he never did like Percy.  Bubba stayed in Midland and oil was eventually discovered on the property.

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Researching Bubba Lamar brings up some interesting facts.  Bubba originally had two car lots in Austin Texas on Lamar boulevard.  One was called Bubba's Buicks and the other was a low-end lot called Lamar Auto sales.  The low-end lot financed the cars and most were sold three or four times.  When he repossessed them he towed them back to his lot with a 1958 Buick super.  This was back in the 1970s and the hippies in Austin were using his cars as hotels.  Allegedly there were some babies conceived and birthed in his 58 Buick that he never locked.  He had enough of that so he moved to Midland where he bought 3,000 acres and along with his brother Percy Lamar they started raising goats.  That project wasn't going very good because coyotes were eating his goats

So when Percy started killing the coyotes an animal rights activist tried to file charges or a lawsuit.  The activist suggested that the coyotes be trapped and neutered and then released.   Percy tried to explain to her that the coyotes were eating the goats not fornicating them.  He used stronger language and this highly offended her so another lawsuit was filed.  Anyhow Percy moved back to Georgia with his goats and that's where he's hiding out now.  He changed his name because he never did like Percy.  Bubba stayed in Midland and oil was eventually discovered on the property.

have they been burning marijuana fields next to you again Willie?

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