Auto Sales - Retro Toledo Metro

Fisher Leasing, 5744 W. Central Ave.

Source: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Block Card Collection.

Formerly: F & L Gulf Service (c1957) Rudy’s Gulf Service (c1959) Wilcox Gulf Service Station (c1962) Fisher Leasing (c1977). Later became Brown Motor Sales and various others. Currently Auto Credit USA of Toledo.

Texaco and Dewey Oil Company, 3536 & 3538 N. Holland-Sylvania Rd.

Toledo Lucas County Public Library Auditor’s Images Collection (“Blockcards”)

Located across from the former Driftwood Lounge (aka Frontier Bar). Also known as Barney’s Texaco Service and Glanzman Texaco Service. The Texaco station (above) was demolished c1990s. The Dewey Oil Company building (later the Texas Company, then Star Oil Company) remains as Joe’s car sales.

The Dewey Oil Company building is located directly next to the railroad tracks. Texaco was directly next door, to the right in this picture, just out of frame. Toledo Lucas County Public Library Auditor’s Images Collection (“Blockcards”)

B & D Auto Sales, 6801 Nebraska Ave.

B&D Auto Sales located on the bottom right corner of the intersection in the image. Southwest corner of Nebraksa and McCord.

Brown Pontiac, 5625 W. Central Ave.

Before Brown Pontiac, and the Central Avenue Strip, there were various residences, small businesses, and some woods between Reynolds and Holland-Sylvania. C.L. Bleckner lived at 5625 Central.

1949. Brown Pontiac location circled in white.

Kahns’ Motors, 7048 W. Central

Formerly Kahns’ Foreign Cars, located on 2956 Dorr Street. Created in 1951 by brothers Habib and Nasr Kahn. Closed 1991.

G & V Auto Sales

7537 W Central Ave.

G&V Auto Sales was owned and operated by George Ball.

Lee Motor Sales, Inc.

6660 W. Central Ave.

Used car lot opened in November 1980 by Thaddeus Wegrzynowski (Ted Lee). Roach Motors (Bob Roach) and Budget Motors (Bob Schindler) also worked out of this location.