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Ed Fanning plaque
Came across this at an antique shop today near Springfield, OH. There was at least one thread on this for an LS6 sold new there.
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?p=898400 I think this dealership was out of Aurora, IL. If anyone is interested in this I will be glad to put you in contact with the selling antique mall.
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….and if Rick doesn't want it, I'm interested. You are correct, Sam, Fanning was in Aurora IL.
Jim DeMerritt sold my wife her new 1973 Nova. I remember every one on that plaque except for Dick Harmon.
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Sorry for my slow response. Cool to hear so many have a connection with this dealership. Was this dlrshp known as a HiPo dealership? So, Jim Hanke, “Wheelhop”, was first to contact me so I provided him with pertinent info to contact the shop. I also asked Jim to let me know if he does not follow thru so I can pass the info to the next person on the list.... Rick, and then Bill.
Good luck.
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They certainly sold their share of performance cars and always had a number of them in stock. The Aurora area had a number of companies with good, high paying jobs so a lot of young people had money to burn on such folly, hence there were a lot of performance cars around. In 1970, the parts manager (named Art, can't remember his last name) talked the Fanning management into sponsoring a new 70 LS6 Chevelle which Art raced at nearby Oswego Drag Strip. My friend Phil also worked there in the parts dept and had a first gen Camaro that he raced, which he towed to the track with his Shadow gray 70 Chevelle SS396. Another friend, Brian, worked there in the service dept and bought a Aztec bronze 66 Chevy II SS L79 that someone traded in on a new car....he still owns it.
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Good stuff Bill. Love the connection! Bet the dudes on this plaque collectively sold some cool muscle cars in ‘69. “Hi” to Marilee!
So Jim (wheelhop) - what’s the deal? Did you close the deal? BTW, if this outfit has unreasonable shipping/handling rates (i have no reason to believe so), let me know and i can pick it up/ship it to you. the store is about 35 minutes from me. Judging by the dust on the plaque, I’m thinking it will be there for a bit.
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Sam... Last edited by mockingbird812; 07-21-2019 at 01:38 PM. |
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Sam,
I still want the plaque but have left several voicemails with no reponse. I just sent you a text. Jim Hanke
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I will swing by the antique shop and see what the heck is going on!!!!!
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I have some stuff like that from a local Chevy dealer.
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Plaque was sitting on my doorstep when I got home from NOCC show this morning.
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