This business was located where Brown Pontiac once stood and where the new Brown Honda is now (2026) located.
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Category: Auto Sales
Fisher Leasing, 5744 W. Central Ave.
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.
Continue reading “Fisher Leasing, 5744 W. Central Ave.”Texaco and Dewey Oil Company, 3536 & 3538 N. Holland-Sylvania Rd.
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.
B & D Auto Sales, 6801 Nebraska Ave.
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.
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.
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7537 W Central Ave.
G&V Auto Sales was owned and operated by George Ball.
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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.
Continue reading “Lee Motor Sales, Inc.”Ringle Auto Sales, 1210 Sylvania Ave.
Opened 1968 by Richard “Dick” Ringle. Previous location 1378 Sylvania. Later location 1512 Sylvania.
Continue reading “Ringle Auto Sales, 1210 Sylvania Ave.”Howard’s Motor Sales, 6517 Monroe St.
