imagine what this dealership must have looked like

46 Road Runners and 47 Super bees on the lot at the same time. Pure Mopar awesome.

And think of how that place must have sounded with a couple of customers test driving at the same time. Ooof!

Does anyone have a photo of a big Mopar dealership with the lot full in 1968 -69? I'd love to see that!

a DIACAL dealership.. new to me... in Brazil the Distributor Catanduva Cars Ltd sold all the Mopars, even DeSoto and Fargo (Canadian Dodge truck) plus VW!

Found on links at http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.ca/2013/03/agencia-mopar-anos-50.html

1931 gas station and Chevrolet dealership in Sao Paulo Brazil

Found on http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.ca/2013/04/agencia-chevrolet-nos-anos-40.html

Mopar dealership and gas station all in one

1952 in Teresopolis Brazil, found on http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.ca/2013/08/agencia-mopar-1952-plymouth.html

DeNooyer Chevrolet, a small Michigan town car dealership that has been in business since the 30's or so, and I recently learned that my Great Grandfather worked there for 30 some years ago, retired from it in the 1960's

the above was posted on Hemmings by Dan and he commented that it was taken in 1944, and he found a copy online, and it was then reposted by CarrosAntigos... where I found it. Tracking it down took about an hour, and a library in Michigan has a large collection of photos, this was among them.

From the upper right corner my Great Grandfather is the 2nd guy down from the top, above the guy with the tie

from a Flikr account

From a different Flikr account

and from another library http://heritage.portagelibrary.info/cdm/singleitem/collection/johntodd/id/57 I think the year is 1963

no translato... but it appears to be a VW dealership in Brazil that was suddenly closed, and now used to store a private 3 car collection

Found on http://flaviogomes.warmup.com.br/

You're quite right, it's a short film based on a true story.

It’s about a man, currently a senior citizen in their's 80, who due to a sudden change in VW's dealership policy, lost the representation of that brand. It happened in 2001, in a small town (30k people) in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. In that year, VW state that every dealership that would sell less than 60 cars/year should shut down.

However, that man wakes up every day, put on business clothes and opens the shop. He still has some OEM parts, and some brand new cars, like a 10mil. Beetle. His routine is about chatting with friends, eventualy selling some parts (even requested by mail), and giving some loving to his "autos", that's the way he tenderly refers to his cars.

 Regards from Sao Paulo, Brazil... Andre


Thank you VERY much Andre!

If  anyone can get his contact info, I will be pleased and privileged to run his info here on my site to let people know he has VW parts and cars to sell, it might help him, or some reader! For anyone who can should do what they can to help a fellow car guy stay in business if they can, and this is what I can do