The Old A-C Dealership Tour Rolls On...
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Topic: The Old A-C Dealership Tour Rolls On...
Posted By: Oldoug
Subject: The Old A-C Dealership Tour Rolls On...
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2012 at 10:26pm
This week my Old A-C dealership tour made a stop in Howard, South Dakota at what used to be Clarke & Sons Impl. Co. I was told by a few locals that the dealership had been closed up for at least fifteen years. One of the sons went into the business of customizing corn head and has made a full time job outta that. The father of the business now works in the local bank in town. The old A-C dealership building and shop now appeared to be used as a wharehouse for the new business.
   It looks as if the ALLIS-CHALMERS sign once hung here on the building.
 Old dealer sticker on a late model ALLIS-CHALMERS 200.
 Todays dealer sticker.
Just wanted to share. Thanks.
------------- Matt Folkers FOLKERS RESTORATION Restoring vintage things to last so the future can enjoy our past. |
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Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 1:44am
| Tim Clarke has posted on here before. He had some pics of a old fuel consumption tester or something along those lines. He had his auction of the dealership in March of 1998. I think they continued as just a repair shop a couple years more. |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 5:58am
| Is there anything left to the old dealership besides the building . |
Posted By: Tim Clarke
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 9:04am
| Most of this thread is pretty accurate. What remains of the old dealership consists of things that I wasn't ready to part with when we closed. Still have my literature, parts books and dealer trinkets and about a dozen tractors. I lurk on this site regularly, and am currently playing with one of my D-10's. Have a 320 acre sandbox about 15 miles west of Howard that my great grandfather homesteaded. We primarily farm for pheasants (more fun than raising corn). I work at Miner County Bank as a loan officer. Life is good. Stop and visit if you're in the neighborhood. Tim Clarke |
Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 9:37am
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Hey Tim,
Would it be possible to post pice of the delaership when it was operational?? Would be neat to a then and now comparison
------------- Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity" 1968 D15D,1962 D19D Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start |
Posted By: BLee Mn
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 11:17am
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neat story, fun to see and hear from past dealers ------------- Cowboy UP |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2012 at 2:10pm
| Matt, thanks for sharing. I need to go get some pictures someday of Dad's old dealership. |