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30 Dec 2021 17:48 #44592 by maxkalba
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Showroom captures:

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30 Dec 2021 17:46 #44591 by maxkalba
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Great movie. Looks like J-548 (Walker-LaGrande Torpedo Phaeton) to me?
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14 Nov 2021 17:47 #44268 by Pankrаt
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johnmereness wrote: If someone wants to be a hero - find a movie (and make a clip) called "1000 Dollars a Minute" - there is a Duesenberg Torpedo Phaeton (J537 ?) featured and in the movie they go into the dealership (with Auburn and Duesnbergs on the floor - perhaps a Cord too), plus go into the atrium to the service area.

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14 Nov 2021 16:26 - 14 Nov 2021 16:27 #44267 by johnmereness
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If someone wants to be a hero - find a movie (and make a clip) called "1000 Dollars a Minute" - there is a Duesenberg Torpedo Phaeton (J537 ?) featured and in the movie they go into the dealership (with Auburn and Duesnbergs on the floor - perhaps a Cord too), plus go into the atrium to the service area.

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05 Nov 2021 14:51 - 05 Nov 2021 15:12 #44223 by balinwire
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Looks like the Packard showroom and church are a little west I may be wrong what do you think? Must be after Auburn closed as the signs in the glass windows. The showroom is also in 4.06
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05 Nov 2021 14:45 - 05 Nov 2021 14:47 #44222 by balinwire
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16 May 2021 21:49 #43176 by mikespeed35
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Thank you Balinwire, worth the watch. Amazing how time changes things.
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16 May 2021 17:07 #43173 by balinwire
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Looks like the building is very good stewards control...click video below,
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23 Apr 2021 20:28 #42951 by johnmereness
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The Fuller FAC building is still there - and wishing someone in LA would be a pest and push them to allow entry and perhaps some exploration to document what survives from period via a photo essay.

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21 Apr 2021 03:40 #42924 by balinwire
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This is the reason there is no longer a Fuller building, before and after........shame but I remember it so very clearly.
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07 Mar 2019 15:53 #36821 by johnmereness
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07 Mar 2019 15:52 - 07 Mar 2019 15:52 #36820 by johnmereness
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Here is a 1935 or 1936 Auburn Boattail Speedster adverting Vogue Tires in one of the billboards on the Brown Derby, Fuller Auburn-Cord, KFAC side of the street or on the opposite side of the street billboards.

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07 Mar 2019 15:39 - 07 Mar 2019 15:40 #36819 by johnmereness
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Notice the billboard on the Right is advertising the Pilot Ray accessory light - w/ Brown Derby the next door neighbor to Fuller Auburn Cord and KFAC - the car should be a 1929 LaSalle Opera Coupe given wheels and fender mounted parking lamps

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16 Dec 2018 19:25 - 07 Mar 2019 15:41 #36142 by johnmereness
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Fuller Auburn Cord - 1936

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08 Aug 2017 01:21 #33386 by LeifHemy
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Definitely a blast from the past. I'm hoping to ride one of those someday. :)

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22 Jan 2017 18:59 #32317 by johnmereness
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Sidenote, on the Canon link it lists 227 and on the building it says 222, so 227 would be across the street.

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22 Jan 2017 18:56 #32316 by johnmereness
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Yes, the building exists on Wilshire

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19 Jan 2017 16:41 #32305 by acdnut
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Did a Google map search with no lock on the San Francisco but the Canon one may be close, I cant see where any of these buildings survived.
www.google.com/maps/@34.0683962,-118.398...w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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18 Jan 2017 22:42 - 18 Jan 2017 22:45 #32297 by acdnut
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hi, this is balin', somehow my old login does not work. I cant go to those locations but you could, the Canon Drive and Hollywood address should be good, I think the Hollywood it next to The Chinese theater. Maybe some member from the San Francisco could get pictures from the city. I had no Idea of the addresses except Wilshire, I just found this card by accident I saw the addresses I have been looking for. And the Figueroa St
building, if it still exists would be interesting.
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18 Jan 2017 21:57 #32296 by 1748 S
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Those are very neat documents from the past. Someday when I finish my Beverly I will drive to this grand old building and stage some pics if possible.

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18 Jan 2017 20:41 - 18 Jan 2017 20:51 #32295 by acdnut
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List od all Fuller showrooms, this is balin' i cant log on the website so I made another account, but see if this works
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29 Nov 2016 04:54 #31954 by mikespeed35
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Notice speedster pulling away.
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28 Nov 2016 16:11 #31952 by RandyEma
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Yes

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28 Nov 2016 13:34 #31951 by balinwire
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C.B Demille enjoying the California sunshine not to far from Wilshire Blvd. dealership.
This is the San Francisco dealership, notice the Auburn Fuller Co. signs on the windows, was there a connection between the northern and southern California dealerships?

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19 Dec 2015 16:14 #30731 by balinwire
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There are very few images of the dealership behind shrubs and wall in center of frame but this one must be it, the towers are missing so I am not sure of the date, claimed to be in the 1950's.
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15 Nov 2015 17:13 #30590 by johnmereness
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That is a 1933 or 1934 Packard that is under the Coffee sign - something is blocking the view of the leading edge of the front fender - a 1933 is more "open" on the leading edge while a 1934 is more closed (ie more "modern").

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19 Oct 2015 02:14 #30444 by mikespeed35
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No KO's either.
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18 Oct 2015 20:28 #30440 by landmark
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Tom_Parkinson wrote: Hi,

Is that an L-29 under the coffee shop sign? It sure has a far-forward front axle.

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18 Oct 2015 16:03 #30437 by Tom_Parkinson
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Hi,

Is that an L-29 under the coffee shop sign? It sure has a far-forward front axle.

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18 Oct 2015 13:13 #30436 by balinwire
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interesting view of how busy the area around the ADC showroom on Wilshire was, seen upper left center under broadcast tower behind palms. This would be a rare view looking west. <!-- s:shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /><!-- s:shock: -->

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14 Jul 2015 21:20 #29888 by 1748 S
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This sure is a beautiful example of a Beverly supercharged sedan.

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12 Jul 2015 12:02 #29865 by balinwire
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This 9x10 image was in a bunch of photos I have and it occurred to me it may be the west wall of the Fuller building parking lot.
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29 Jan 2015 18:58 #29059 by 1748 S
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What a great interesting story. I have been to these locations but had no idea what they were part of. Now I understand why I felt being drawn to the Brown Derby and the ACD building. Funny how that works. Thanks for all this great history of old L.A.

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20 Sep 2014 18:41 #28213 by balinwire
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If you were standing on the curb front of the ACD dealership on Wilshire looking south across the street you would see this view of the famous Ambassador Hotel.
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24 Mar 2014 11:32 #27259 by balinwire
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Another interesting view of the Fuller Building. Notice the antenna logo. Showroom sign.
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16 Jan 2014 16:56 #26673 by balinwire
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in the twenties? showroom would have been where house is. No air pollution, clear sky.
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later in the fifties? radio tower gone, ACD cars long gone. Ambassador still on left. White building in center, next to church former showroom. Rare photo angle.
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02 Oct 2013 11:23 #26013 by balinwire
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you can just see the KLAC letters on the right side of the Fuller building on Wilshire going west in 1939

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31 Aug 2013 19:41 #25837 by balinwire
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You guys may know better but I think Cliff Henderson and E.L. had some sort of partnership in the Pan Pacific that was near the LA ACD dealership showrooms where the Cord debuted in 1935? Here is a picture noted, Crowds arrive for the silver jubilee auto show, held in October 1937 at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium.
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14 Oct 2012 22:04 #23716 by johnmereness
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Actually Great cars parked out front. The foremost car is a 1931 Cadillac 355 V-8 Town Sedan - it is in pretty base model trim with rear mount spare and wood wheels. The Ford Model A's are also nice body styles as well.

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14 Oct 2012 02:22 #23713 by balinwire
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The original Hillcrest Motor Co. and Auburn Cord dealerships on the 200 block of North Canon Drive, on the east side of the street, 1931.

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14 Sep 2011 17:24 #20960 by balinwire
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It brodcasted at 1330 KHZ.

In 1945, the station's owner, E.L. Cord (the F.A.C. in the station's call letters stood for "Fuller Auburn Cord", the Auburn Cord &amp; Duesenberg dealer in the Los Angeles area, and western region headquarters for the Auburn Automobile Co. The transmitter was located on the roof of the building), was touring the station when he saw for the first time the huge collection of discs (a full symphony might take up twelve 78 rpm discs) KFAC owned. Cord decided to make better use of this investment by switching to all-classical music. Management tested the waters on this idea by asking the audience if they wanted another nighttime program, "Lucky Lager Dance Time" (which played pop and swing tunes) to continue or if they would prefer more classical. Classical won by a slim margin.

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14 Sep 2011 17:13 #20958 by balinwire
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Thanks Josh, I could have sworn it was KLAC. It must have also changed the prefix, was the AM transmitted frequency the same,570 KFAC? I think it may just go by FOX now.
www.am570radio.com/main.html

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14 Sep 2011 16:59 #20957 by Josh Malks
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"K" is the prefix on radio stations west of the Mississippi. ("W" in the east.) So after the K the call letters stood for "Fuller Auburn Cord".

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14 Sep 2011 15:07 #20955 by balinwire
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View looking east. KFAC painted over AuBURN CORD sign.

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13 Sep 2011 19:41 #20945 by balinwire
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Dealer closing so AUBURN letters have been removed from the towers and all that remains is KFAC. AC for Auburn Cord. The palms have grown above the roof line. Directly across Wilshire was the Ambassador Hotel where Robert Kennedy was slain.

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13 Sep 2011 02:40 #20933 by balinwire
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This market was not to far from the dealership in that timeframe. There is a sedan that may have been serviced at that dealership.

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13 Sep 2011 01:58 #20932 by Chris Summers
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That would be one of the legendary Brown Derby restaurants.

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12 Sep 2011 23:56 #20928 by balinwire
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Look closely at the antenna letters, sign to left of eat in the hat, CORD.

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12 Mar 2011 19:38 #19524 by balinwire
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I came across these and posted them before I forgot, vacant lot

I dont think this one has been posted before?

this is how I remember it

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26 Feb 2011 03:32 #19391 by Ohio AMX
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Tom_Parkinson wrote: Hi,

I am uploading a photo of the fire that destoyed this beautiful wood-construction Art Deco building. Although it had fallen into bad decay, its destruction remains a great cultural loss.

When I see those (pre-fire) horizontal lines of windows and trim, what I think of is, "CORD!"



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Because the Pan-Pacific building was used in the 1980 movie Xanadu you can Google "Xanadu building" to get more info on the two fires that destroyed it and what has become of the site since then.

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