Commonwealth Ford

Okay, it seems that the downtown Richmond address for Commonwealth Ford was 2024 West Broad. Pleasant's Hardware occupies the building that was the former Commonwealth Ford address, and this is just east of the Science Museum (Broad Street Station) and I believe the old DMV which was the ONLY area DMV back then. All of you youngsters that worked at and bought cars from the Belt Blvd Commonwealth Ford have just had a little history lesson. I am only messing with you, but I do recall a visit to Universal Ford on Broad Street when they displayed a brand new '65 (?) Ford Cobra. It was on the second floor showroom and roped off to keep visitors at a distance because the aluminum body was subject to damage easily. I don't recallaccurately, but I seem to remember the ticket was 6K+. (at least 2K more than most any popular ride then)

I am not a Ford guy particularly, but I have always appreciated the classics that were popular through the years, and still do. (and I might buy a Cobra if I ran across an original one for six grand....Ha!)

Yep, as we discussed on the photo page where you posted the Ted Hairfield #72 GN car, Harvey Hudson from WLEE Radio in Richmond used to sit on top of one of the Candy Cane striped poles on the Commonwealth Ford Broad Street lot and broadcast live in the 60s. We used to eat almost next door at Hughes House and Hot Shoppes.

I am at one of my daughter's homes currently babysitting and planning what I might pick up for a snack on the way home!

Here's a link to an article describing a proposed new Richmond Federal Historic District that would include the original Commonwealth Ford site (Pleasants Hardware) as well as the CF Sauer Duke's Mayonnaise manufacturing facility.

http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/could-new-historic-district-bring-back-west-broad/Content?oid=1514198

Pleasants Hardware / Commonwealth Ford - Richmond

It was probably the "mayonnaise" comment that started the thought process.