[Healeys] Crandall Hicks

[Mike S]

Right on, Mike.  I had the same problem with an '86 Olds I bought in 
Ohio.  Fortunately the "logo plate" was only a decal, and removed easily 
(as did the free  advertising license plate holders.  "I did not pay 
thousands of dollars.............!"  On the other hand, they were nice 
folks to deal with, and the car even came with a full tank of gas.  I 
drove it for 16 years.

Mike Sinclair

On 8/2/2018 11:58 AM, Michael MacLean wrote:
> That's the one thing my Dad used to hate about buying a new car in 
> Massachusetts.  The dealers would drill holes in your new car to 
> advertise their dealership.  I remember when he bought a new 
> Oldsmobile Cutlass F85 convertible in 1965.  He specifically told them 
> NOT to drill the trunk lid for their dealer logo.  He said, "I am not 
> paying you for your free advertising."  The day the car was delivered, 
> right there as big as the nose on your face, was the metal dealer logo 
> on the trunk lid.  My Dad blew up.  He yelled loud enough that I think 
> they heard him the service department.  He told them the deal was off 
> on his factory ordered car.  He had told them not to do it, but 
> somehow the message never got to the service department when they were 
> prepping the car.  We left the dealership that day without the new car 
> only to return a few days later with the logo removed and the holes 
> filled in and painted over.  My Dad signed for the car and took 
> delivery then.  Always stuck in my mind and to this day I will remove 
> the paper plates with the dealer info off new cars I buy right at the 
> dealership here in California before I drive the car home telling 
> them, "I did not just pay thousands of dollars to advertise for you 
> for free!"  Echoes of my father in my head.
> Mike MacLean
>
>
> On Thursday, August 2, 2018 10:06 AM, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>
>      I know this is stupid, but whenever I see Randy Hicks' email 
> address I immediately think of Crandall-Hicks, which was the BMC New 
> England distributor located in Wellesley, MA.  I happened upon an 
> image of one of their dealer emblems that's attached.
>       I think I get this from my dad, John Neville.  He always wanted 
> to buy a Pontiac with "BONNEVILLE" in big chrome letters on the trunk 
> and change it into his name.
>        Right now, Randy is probably trying to figure out how to get 
> his hands on one of those Crandall-Hicks emblems, chop off the C and 
> stick it on the back of his "M"
>
> Rick Neville
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