Hundreds of dealership records, thanks Tom!

by **Alaskan_TA** » 22 Jul 2008 19:43

Hey gang,
After the Carlisle show I stopped in for a visit with Tom Race at R/T Specialties. He has more NOS and used parts than a 454 can throw a rod at, it was amazing to see.

Tom gave me a HUGE box of dealership records from the L. L. Richardson Dodge dealership in Dallas, PA. The records rage from the 1930s to 1974 from what I have seen so far. I am estimating that there are records for approximately 3000 cars, everything from 6 bangers to 440-6 cars. The information is a real treat to see.

Due to the extra large donation of records, it will take me quite a while to get them all sorted out by VIN, model year and assembly plant. As I get each model year sorted out I will be listing them all in the "found" section of www.hamtramck-historical.com so that the legal owners of the cars can claim them.

For those of you I know with other Registries, I will have some information for several of you once I get to the cars you track.

I am going to have to buy at least two new filing cabinets and hundreds of file folders & page protectors to safely store these, so if anyone would like to make a monetary donation to help with that please let me know?

Thank you Tom for all of us!

Barry Washington

by **Eddie** » 22 Jul 2008 21:12

Cool! Good to hear it Barry! :thumbsup:

by **fal308** » 23 Jul 2008 14:42

Barry, you have Paypal? I'd gladly chip in a couple of bucks to help you archive these records :thumbsup:

by **dave-r** » 23 Jul 2008 17:01

The records are in the best of hands now.

Don't have a fire or anything! :s008:

by **Alaskan_TA** » 23 Jul 2008 21:59

Hey Dave,
Please do not use that particular "F" word? It scares me. :shock:

Luckily we average about 13 feet of rain here a year, so forest fires and the like are quite rare.

I do have a Paypal account for donations, thanks for asking. Here is the link;

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/donations.shtml

Thank you!

Barry

by **Alaskan_TA** » 01 Aug 2008 4:32

Hey guys,
I still have a lot to do with these, but the first batch of records were just added to the found section, 257 new entries, mostly Dodge cars from 1968 - 1974.

Happy hunting!

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/found.shtml

by **Alaskan_TA** » 19 Aug 2008 1:49

Just an update for you all. Yesterday & today 177 new items were added from this stash, all for 1966 & 1967 cars, mostly Dodges, but there are some Chryslers & a Plymouth or two as well.

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/found.shtml

I now have over 4000 item here waiting to be claimed, and the list will continue to grow, I still have hundreds of pages to sort. :shock:

Barry

by **Alaskan_TA** » 24 Aug 2008 1:48

Records for 95 1965 cars were just added to the site minutes ago. Two records have been claimed so far this month.

by **R/T Rick** » 08 Oct 2009 4:19

Hi Barry, I just stumbled across your "Found" section and typed in my vin for my 69 Dodge Superbee (wm23h9a143276). It said you may have dealership records!! I know the car was purchased there but what do you have? Thanks Rick (superbee99@msn.com)

Records for my car?