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Old May 19, 2014 | 08:58 AM
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My father's Oldsmobile dealership

Rice Olds Cadillac Pontiac
824 Canandaigua Road (Top of Beans Hill)
Geneva, NY 14456

He was in the new car business from 1954 - 1974
Old May 19, 2014 | 09:09 AM
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Welcome to the site. Do you currently own an Olds?
Old May 19, 2014 | 10:14 AM
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Any photos of the dealership?
Old May 19, 2014 | 01:52 PM
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Any idea what the zone code was? A thread on here is trying to put together as many known Olds dealers and their zone code as possible. Rice is one I hadn't heard of and don't remember seeing mentioned in the thread.
Old May 19, 2014 | 02:16 PM
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Welcome. How about the story?
Pics are great too.
Old May 19, 2014 | 03:04 PM
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Welcome aboard.
Soooo, did your Dad manage to stockpile some parts for future projects??? JK
I'm guessing you have an Olds yourself?
Suggestion. Post that information on Jasen's thread. He's trying to collect and collate all the Olds dealers from the olden days into a data base of information. Here's a link to his thread: Post your dealer name and zone code
Old May 19, 2014 | 09:51 PM
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Any surviving paperwork, invoices, etc. from the musclecar era?
Old May 20, 2014 | 05:47 AM
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Old May 20, 2014 | 07:14 AM
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A quick search yielded these cool ads
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Old May 20, 2014 | 11:55 AM
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Where is that guy??

Very cool Scot. Thanks for the post.
What happened to jrice56 anyway?
Is he just teasing us?
Old May 20, 2014 | 12:23 PM
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Welcome. I live in Seneca Falls.

I assume your dad's dealership became Daniels GMC Pontiac Olds until they went out of business a few years ago.

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Old May 23, 2014 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by oldcutlass
Welcome to the site. Do you currently own an Olds?
Not currently. I owned a Blue & White 1974 Cutlass S, a Black 1985 Cutlass Supreme (my favorite car) and a 1994 Silhouette. My Dad Frequently drove 98s and my mother drove Custom Cruisers and Vista Cruisers. Every summer until 1973 we had 88 convertibles.
Old May 23, 2014 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jaunty75
Any photos of the dealership?
I'll look around. I had one taken on a new car showing from 1961 when the Cutlass was still called the F-85.
Old May 23, 2014 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by allyolds68
Welcome. I live in Seneca Falls.

I assume your dad's dealership became Daniels GMC Pontiac Olds until they went out of business a few years ago.
After he died in '74 my Mother sold it to Dick Henry and then he sold it to Dan Howard in '92 or '93. It's a shame how that dealership went down. I haven't been back to the Finger Lakes region in about 9 years.
Old May 23, 2014 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by tru-blue 442
Very cool Scot. Thanks for the post.
What happened to jrice56 anyway?
Is he just teasing us?
Still here.
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