Chevy Dealer 218 zone 10

[MosportGreen66]

Looking for any and all information on Chevy dealer 218 zone 10.

My searches have come up dry (including the NCRS shipper paperwork) but since you guys can be far more crafty than I am, I wanted to ask here too.

Thanks,
Dan

[PeteLeathersac]

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No love here Dan but Dealer name may start w/ 'Da' or 'De'...not Davis/Daniels/Dellenback?
If he doesn't pop in first, shoot member Fsc66 Paul a note as good chance he has this one?
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~ Pete

[fsc66]

Dan,
What year are you referencing? Are you looking for this for your own car the 66?

Paul

[MosportGreen66]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: fsc66</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dan,
What year are you referencing? Are you looking for this for your own car the 66?

Paul
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Thanks Pete... I knew you'd chime in!

Paul, the buildsheet for my '69 Z28 references dealer 218 zone 10. The NCRS paperwork is not available because my car was built during the black out period in which NCRS cannot retrieve information.

Pete - I don't know what it starts with? I bought the car from PA from the second owner who swore to me it was PA car its whole life. Apparently he bought it from the original owner? Any help in the selling dealer would be fantastic.

Thanks,
Dan

[PeteLeathersac]

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Keep digging Dan and best look for possible Dealers then find/rule out their codes one by one.
Paul, do you have 69/70 era Dealer #'s in your files for either Galland or Edwards Chevrolet/Greeley CO or Davidson Chevrolet/Denver CO (not Nick Davidson Loveland)?
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~ Pete

[fsc66]

Funny: I have to go through all this work often when I'm working on reproduction docs for people. Quite often I recommend then going NCRS or Chevy Muscle Docs to uncover their actual dealer. Unfortunately, every once in a while the dealer may show up with no zone and code, or more often the zone and code with no dealer. The other thing I have to check on, not because people ask but because I am a little anal about getting everything correct is the correct dealer information although they may have provided it. Dealers move around town, change names, etc.
Dan, I was looking into your question before but didn't know what year we were referencing, so I started a little project. You'll get bored with some of this but oh well, here's how the story goes. Howard Chevrolet was located in Canon City, Co at 731 Main Street at least in the mid 60's. He sold off the business to Davidson Lindner, Inc or Davidson Lindner Chevrolet located at the same address. This happened somewhere between late 65 through late 67 - 68. Davidson Lindner Chevrolet is zone 10 Dealer code 218 as you are looking for. Lindner Chevrolet still exists at 2805 Fremont Dr, Canon City, Co. I would have called the CO library today to see how far the Davidson Lindner name wen back but they are closed today and it no longer matters if you're looking at a 69-70 car.
Here's some of what I pulled that you may be interested in. Pete pretty good on your logical calculations on the names.....
Dan, you may want to check how long they remained at the 731 Main St address. Canon City Library: Phone 719-269-9020 Open Monday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All yours!!!

Paul Winvoices


Below July 22, 1965


Below July 18, 1966


Below July 3, 1968


Below Jun 18, 1968

[PeteLeathersac]

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Awesome update Paul and cool if Davidson Linder Chevrolet was Dealer # 218 in Zone 10!
Did you have this on file already also, is the current Linder operation still using the same code?
Not that it matters now but looking deeper, I see Davidson Chevrolet/Denver that I was wondering about yesterday is the dealer that became Chuck Ruwart Chevrolet in 1965.
Thanks again for sharing your info here Paul!
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~ Pete

[fsc66]

Already had them in my database but learned about Howard Chevrolet while researching.

Me

[fsc66]

Edwards yes, there were lots of ads for them. Galland no Davidson in Denver no

Me

[MosportGreen66]

Hi Paul, thank you so much! This is really amazing research work and dedication to the car community.

I spoke with the owner of Lindner Chevy and he said his records only go back 12 years and every year they destroy the 13th year on hand. It seems like I am out of luck in that dept. I provided him an email with the VIN, photo of the car and basic information. His father who purchased the dealer 50 years ago is still alive and I asked politely to share the email with him to see if the car jogs his memory.

Lots more research remains pending but Dave (72-SS-L48 here) and I have a lot to do!

THANK YOU!

Dan