We'll linger in Amherst here on the blog for a few more days...
Above is a 3/4 page ad for the Grand Opening of Hall's Motor Sales' new used car showroom on Kolbe Road in Amherst. The ad ran in the Journal back on July 6, 1962.
Like so many other ads I've posted over the years (such as this one for Jay's IGA), the ad included a stock photo of a uniformed cutie to attract attention.
The vague 'Kolbe Road' address interested me, as there weren't too many commercially zoned properties back then – or now for that matter – on Kolbe Road near Amherst. So where was this place?
I had a hunch where it was, since the building looked somewhat familiar, and I was right. Its current address is 1255 N. Main Street, just a little north of Downtown Amherst. It most recently was the home of Rich's Auto Body Shop (now closed).
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I wonder if they had searchlights...
That was where my grandfather bought a few of his cars. Forgot about this place as I don't drive out that way much. Sure would love to pick up a few of those cars in the ad for those prices!
With 880% (+)inflation since then, that '62 Galaxie is priced at about $26,600 in equivalent dollars. And it ain't gettin' no better.
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