Sutliff Chevy sold after 90 years

[TAR6569]

Originally Posted by Igosplut

I would say more GM dealerships were shuttered, than have changed hands/bought out. Out of the three on the Mid/lower Cape, two were shut down by GM (one as early as 1982) and the other twenty years ago.

What were the two that closed? I've always wondered what dealers were on the cape. Besides Dick Beard, I think there was a GMC dealer that closed a few years ago. But I imagined there were others dealers in other parts of the Cape at one time. I know there was a dealer in Provincetown. I tried to find the building once.

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I purchased a new Colorado Z71 from Sutliff in March of 2016. They happened to be the closest dealer that had the truck I wanted in stock.

[Igosplut]

Originally Posted by TAR6569

What were the two that closed? I've always wondered what dealers were on the cape. Besides Dick Beard, I think there was a GMC dealer that closed a few years ago. But I imagined there were others dealers in other parts of the Cape at one time. I know there was a dealer in Provincetown. I tried to find the building once.

Duarte Motors 132 Bradford street in Provincetown (closed 1982) and Stagg Chevrolet in Dennis. I have a ton of stuff from Duartes, as I helped clean the building out when the family sold it. Beard just sold out to the Premier auto group (they are trying to create their own car dealer cabal), and Bucklers GMC is who you're thinking of. The Duarte building is still there, the new owner turning it into a CVS.

[TAR6569]

Got any of the paperwork from Duarte?

I had a protectoplate from Beard Chevy in Barre MA. Wonder when he moved or opened up the dealer in Hyannis?

[Igosplut]

Originally Posted by TAR6569

Got any of the paperwork from Duarte?

I had a protectoplate from Beard Chevy in Barre MA. Wonder when he moved or opened up the dealer in Hyannis?

Paper work on cars was long gone, but they sold very few Hi per cars anyway. I don't remember when Beard opened in Hyannis.

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