Central Sales, Hood River, Oregon

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="008005a0dkcfqa.png"> <div> <A HREF="http://willysdealershipproject.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://willysdealershipproject.com"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Willys Dealership Project</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>             Back to: </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oregon"><U><B>Oregon</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Use your browser's Back button for best results</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Central Sales</div> <div> Tucker Road</div> <div> Hood River, Oregon</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:kb6b@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:kb6b@hotmail.com"><U>Keith Blackburn</U></A> offers the following personal recollection:</div> <bR> <div> "My late father was mechanic/shop foreman/service manager for Central Sales in Hood River, Oregon for nearly 30 years, from 1962 (I think) until he retired in 1991. Central Sales sold Jeep, International Harvester trucks & agricultural equipment, and several other brands of agricultural & logging equipment.  The business changed owners sometime after I left home in 1975.  My father's name was also Keith Blackburn. Most of the old time farmers & loggers knew him, as Central Sales had the only heavy equipment shop in the area."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Tucker Road address comes from a <A HREF="http://homepages.ius.edu/steven/amc/dealer/Oregon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://homepages.ius.edu/steven/amc/deal"><U>1983 AMC Dealer Directory</U></A>.  Keith said that when his father started work around 1962, Central Sales was already a well-established company.  Although no longer in business, the company stayed at the same location at least until his father's 1991 retirement.</div> <bR> <div> Many thanks to Keith for submitting this information.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Also: <A HREF="id1454.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="November 13, 1955 Newspaper Ad Excerpt"><U>1955 Newspaper Ad</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>