Regarding Osborne Apple on Richey Street in Pasadena, thinking the Hickman-Garrett Ford dealership on Clinton Drive in Galena Park became Garrett-Arthur Ford in late 1950's, and moved to a different building farther west down Clinton Drive and across the street, and eventually moved to South Richey Street, Pasadena, the name changed again, probably Osborne-Apple, maybe Mosehart-Keller in between? I think Harry Arthur Jr graduated from Galena Park High School in 1962. There was a little old lady on Houston Street in Pasadena who told me she worked for this dealership in Galena Park for many, many years. She may be gone now, but I may go by her old house and see if she might still be around and have some memories to share. I bought a '73 Ford Courier from this place, in 1973, then A.C. Collins Ford, on South Richey Street. Years later moved to the East Beltway, and are now Mac Haik Ford.
A.C. Collins ( Ace ) was the general manager of Mosehart and Keller on , I think OST. In 1970, he purchased Osborne-Apple Ford on South Richey Street in Pasadena. He also had the Yamaha dealership on South Houston road between Richey and Allendale plus Ford dealerships in Austin and New Orleans. I worked at the dealership for four years after school and in the summer from 1971 to 1974. They moved from the Richey location as the traffic had died after all the building of the Beltway and new highways.
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A.C. Collins ( Ace ) was the general manager of Mosehart and Keller on , I think OST. In 1970, he purchased Osborne-Apple Ford on South Richey Street in Pasadena. He also had the Yamaha dealership on South Houston road between Richey and Allendale plus Ford dealerships in Austin and New Orleans. I worked at the dealership for four years after school and in the summer from 1971 to 1974. They moved from the Richey location as the traffic had died after all the building of the Beltway and new highways.