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[fxdsebeloved]

How can they both claim to be the oldest dealer

http://www.kegelmotorcycles.com

http://www.adfarrow.com

[RedDevil]

How can they both claim to be the oldest dealer

http://www.kegelmotorcycles.com

http://www.adfarrow.com

According to WikiAnswers:

"A. D. Farrow Co. Harley-Davidson in Columbus, Ohio, was founded in February of 1912 and is recognized as the oldest continuously operating Harley-Davidson dealer in America by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. You can visit A. D. Farrow Co.'s website (www.adfarrow.com) to see a video made by Harley-Davidson documenting the claim.

Furthermore, in response to a letter to the editor with the same question, the Enthusiast magazine, the official magazine of the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., wrote "A.D. Farrow in Columbus, Ohio, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated H-D dealer in the world, having begun selling the brand in Feburary 1912. Kegel Motor Co., of Rockford, Ill., which opened its doors March 1912, is the oldest under continuous ownership" (Enthusiast, Fall 2008, pg. 8  )."

So they're both kind of right.  Farrow has been physically open the longest, but Kegel has been the longest under the same ownership.

 

[JCZ]

Dudly Perkins in San Francisco claims the same..........or they did a few years back.   It was probably the oldest continuios before Dudly died.......now the son, Tom has it.

[RYANCVO]

big springs harley claims to be the oldest in texas.

[ice6900]

oldest european dealership established in 1924

http://www.warrs.com/

[BALIS]

oldest european dealership established in 1924

http://www.warrs.com/

I met Fred Warrs in a HD meeting outside London in 1967 and he cames in the early sixties in Brussels for the "concours d'élégance".Just memories...I was young.

[hogasm]

Dudly Perkins in San Francisco claims the same..........or they did a few years back.   It was probably the oldest continuios before Dudly died.......now the son, Tom has it.

Got into this conversation a few weekends back....buddy of mine was wearing their tee shirt.

They had to stop claiming that they were the oldest and not advertise it anymore