"Western Province South Africa Dealership"

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I found these in thesamba.com galleries:

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Great pics... Building is still there on cnr of Chiappini and Strand streets, pity that the flagship dealership closed down...

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Is that the current location of Motostars ? Cool photo .............
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Is that the current location of Motostars ? Cool photo .............
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Yes it is Paul....
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Muderick wrote:Yes it is Paul....
At least there is one classic in the photo these days! :D
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Herman... I count 3 or 4 VW's of the water cooled variety....

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Thanks Pine. I remember you posted the pic of the dealer building, but I hadn't seen the showroom pic. Couldn't find your original post.
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Is Capitol Motors there where Church Street crosses the Apies still there?
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Hey Muds, are you from Cape Town????????

Thats no where near Chippini Street!

That is definately Strand street and maybe Long or Bree Streets

You should know that as the buildings in the foreground are from the old quarry and the Malay Quarter.
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Hey Ron, yes it is!
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beetlepower wrote:Hey Ron, yes it is!
Cool... I traded in my Golf L on a fire engine red CSL which I took delivery of on 21 October 1984 from them. There were not many Golf II 's around then yet and it turned a lot of heads. It was on the cover of Car Magazine that same month, same colour too... I was 22 and very proud of my car, but very sad to leave my Elletjie.
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