Category:Dahl Motors, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Dahl Motors was the second Ford dealership franchise in Allentown. It operated from 1938 to 1959, primarily at the former Lawfer Automobile Company at 1211-1213 Hamilton Street. Dahl motors closed in 1959 when the corporate owners decided to concentrate their business in the Midwestern United States. The business in Allentown began as the Murray Auto Corporation, being formed on April 18th, 1934 at 206-212 East Hamilton Street. It initially was the second Ford dealership in Allentown, being the only one east of the Lehigh River. Lawfer selling Fords in the near-west end of Allentown. Within a year, Lawfer lost it's ford franchise, making Murrary Ford the only dealer in Allentown and the surrounding area.
In November 1938, the Ford franchise in Allentown was transferred to the new Dahl Motors which purchased the Murray Auto Corporation facilities. Murrary;s used car inventory was purchased by Ray Wolfangle. Wolfangle moved the cars in Murrary's lot to his own dealership at Seventeenth and Hamilton and Murray's was liquidated.
Dahl operated from the East Hamilton location for several years. in 1943, he purchased the old Lawfer Ford building at Twelfth and Hamilton from Alden MacClellan when MacClellan moved to a new building at Seventh and Tilghman Streets. After World War II ended, Dahl opened a second location in 1949 at Eighteenth and Tilghman for a ford Truck sales and service center. The Dahl dealership sold Fords, Lincolns and Mercury cars from the Lawfer building successfully until 1959, when the decision was made to liquidate the business in Allentown.
Media in category "Dahl Motors, Allentown, Pennsylvania"
The following 28 files are in this category, out of 28 total.
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1925 - Ford Brochure.jpg 1,000 × 1,810; 430 KB
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1934 - Lawfer - Murray Auto Company - 29 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 3,960 × 4,131; 2.34 MB
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1934 - Murray Auto Corporation - 18 Apr MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,440 × 1,235; 343 KB
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1934 - Murray Auto Corporation - 19 Apr MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,461 × 3,001; 599 KB
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1936 - Murray Auto Corporation - 12 Augt MC - Allentown PA.jpg 915 × 1,127; 210 KB
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1936 - New Ford Police Cruisers.jpg 1,532 × 834; 212 KB
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1938 - Dahl Motors - 4 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,896 × 2,386; 642 KB
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1938 - Dahl Motors - 7 Nov MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,058 × 1,320; 326 KB
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1938 - Dahl Motors - Mercury - 7 Nov MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,811 × 4,131; 1.36 MB
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1938 - Murray Auto Corp - 7 May MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,420 × 2,861; 516 KB
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1938 - Murray Auto Corporation - 13 Nov MC - Allentown PA.jpg 483 × 541; 67 KB
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1938 - Murray Auto Corporation - 16 Oct MC - Allentown PA.jpg 957 × 687; 132 KB
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1939 - Dahl Motors -31 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,489 × 2,073; 661 KB
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1940 - Dahl Motors - 20 Sep MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,413 × 2,587; 784 KB
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1941 - Dahl Motors - 2 Oct MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,381 × 3,347; 816 KB
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1943 - New Car Dealers - 27 Oct MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,388 × 2,218; 374 KB
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1945 - Dahl Motors -4 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,397 × 1,884; 413 KB
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1946 - Dahl Motors - 7 Aug MC - Allentown PA.jpg 461 × 768; 99 KB
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1947 - Dahl Motors - 25 Apr MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,275 × 2,761; 725 KB
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1949 - Dahl Motors - 21 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,365 × 885; 220 KB
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1949 - Dahl Motors - 29 Nov MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,791 × 3,461; 945 KB
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1954 - Dahl Motors - 4 Nov MC - Allentown PA.jpg 3,586 × 4,901; 1.89 MB
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1955 - New APD Police Cards at Dahls Ford - Allentown PA.jpg 1,500 × 990; 208 KB
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1956 - Dahl Motors - 15 May MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,952 × 4,021; 1.59 MB
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1957 - Dahl Motors - Trade Card - Allentown PA.jpg 1,501 × 1,785; 340 KB
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1958 - Dahl Motors - 28 Nov MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,031 × 3,036; 830 KB
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1959 - Dahl Motors - 18 Jun MC - Allentown PA.jpg 853 × 1,425; 188 KB
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1959 - Dahl Motors - 4 Jun MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,241 × 783; 226 KB