OTHER MOTION DEALERS

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I'm sure Glenn can correct me if that is wrong.

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Come on Chris - This confused us all a couple months ago and the final consensus was -
Baldwin - Williams - Lyons!


Wasn't it???



The Chevy dealer in Freeport was in the center of town on the right side of Sunrise heading east - it's still there but it's Conte now.


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The Freeport dealer was Williams in the early 60's as per my 63 Nova SS, after that it was Richards then absorbed by Paul Conte Cadillac. The Williams in Baldwin was so brief, (71-72?)I must've been looking elsewhere. I didn't start running parts from that location until it was Lyons. I just forgot what I had for dinner, so take all that into consideration too.

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wait, here is Mark A.'s response that sounds kind of authoritative... "williams chev sold it to lyons chev in 76 after owning it for about 2 1/2 years"

I stand corrected (again!!)

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------I want a Motion/Markowitz Toronado. Now theres a car!!!...........Bill S

[wannarun70]

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I'm sure Glenn can correct me if that is wrong.

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Come on Chris - This confused us all a couple months ago and the final consensus was -
Baldwin - Williams - Lyons!


Wasn't it???



The Chevy dealer in Freeport was in the center of town on the right side of Sunrise heading east - it's still there but it's Conte now.


Old Thread

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The Freeport dealer was Williams in the early 60's as per my 63 Nova SS, after that it was Richards then absorbed by Paul Conte Cadillac. The Williams in Baldwin was so brief, (71-72?)I must've been looking elsewhere. I didn't start running parts from that location until it was Lyons. I just forgot what I had for dinner, so take all that into consideration too.

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[wannarun70]

Baldwin Chev moved to its new location on Central ave on Jan 19 1952(grand opening) from Milburn ave ,also in Baldwin. The Baldwin Auto Co had been selling chevys since the mid 1920's.
HM Williams took over in Baldwin on Sept 4 1973(grand opening) after moving from Jackson Heights, Queens. HM Williams began selling chevys back in 1953. Before that they sold Studebakers and Pierce Arrow in Manhattan on Broadway. After leaving Baldwin in mid 1976, they moved out to Smithtown, Long Island. It remained Williams Chev until 2006 when it was sold and became Smithtown Chev., which is now history.
Lion Chev had its grand opening on Oct 2, 1976 after opening sometime in early August. They were gone I think sometime in mid 1996, and I don't know what the heck happened to them after that. Yet.

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I know this is a baldwin motion discussion page, but I just had a few questions. During the years 67-74 did motion buy from any other dealers. If so were they just called motion cars and how much would they be worth in comparison to a baldwin bought vehicle. I read on a motion sight that motion used williams and lyons chev after baldwin closed. Does anyone out there have a williams or a lyons motion car just out of curiosity

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It's my understanding that even when Baldwin Chevrolet was in business, Baldwin would trade cars with other dealers. This would generally occur when the other dealer had a vehicle that Baldwin didn't have, and the Baldwin/Motion customer did not want to wait for the car to be ordered. Reedman Chevrolet was one such dealership that Baldwin traded cars with. Reedman had a much larger inventory than Baldwin. A dealer trade car would still be sold through Baldwin Chevrolet after the Motion modifications even though originally delivered to another dealer such as Reedman, if the sale originated at Baldwin Chevrolet or Motion.

[JoeC]

Joel bought my Motion Monte Carlo at Lion Chevy in 1987.

It was spelled Lion not Lyon and they used a Lion (animal) in the logo

here is a link to the paperwork pic https://www.yenko.net/attachments/318655-Doc49.jpg

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It was spelled Lion not Lyon and they used a Lion (animal) in the logo

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Yep, thats how I remember it to be. My parents had a 79 Caprice wagon from there which had an emblem with a Lion animal to the left of "Lion". I think I pulled it off before they junked the car..wish I could find it!
Steve

[wannarun70]

sorry ,don't ask me why I keep spelling it like that. I guess that's my senior moment for the day. thanks

[Dog427435]

It's not you Mark, Lyons is the way Joel spells it on his site!