R.J Loock History and Our Pick About Us
Vintage
1960
GABRIEL
"The LOAD-ABSORBER"
4 Colorful Paged Jobber Sell Sheet
BONUS
4 Page American Car Application Sheet 1957-1960
4 Page Retail Price Schedule
Jobbers Automotive Counter Catalog Insert 11" x 8-1/2"
Rescued from R.J. Loock in Baltimore, Md. One of the areas biggest automotive parts and point of sale distributors from 1913 though 2001 when they closed, more on R.J Loock and our pick below.
Vintage 1960 AD "GABRIEAL Load-Absorber SHOCKS" Jobbers SELL SHEET ADVERTISING
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I've dated this piece several ways first, knowing the history of where it came from. Second, it came from a jobbers 1 ft thick catalog that had 100's of inserts from the 1940's 50's and very early 60's. Third, the company addresses have no zip codes, zip codes came in use in 1963, and finally, The cars tag in the picture is 1960 and all the applications are 1957-1960.
This is a really cool RARE and HARD TO FIND jobbers sell sheet and what a great collectors piece. These sell sheets are clean, bright and colorful with decent edges and good condition. The only issue would be the cover picture has some on the gold color worn off from rubbing up against other Jobber Sell Sheets inside the counter catalog. If you have a cool shop, garage, store, collection or you just like old vintage advertising. If so, than this would look really cool framed on your wall or in your own catalog!
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These items were sourced from R.J. LOOCK which was a Baltimore Institution when it came to Automobiles. They operated at the same location : 339-345 N Gay st from 1913 until the neighborhood declined and the last heir retired in 2001. They were not your ordinary cookie cutter automotive parts store like you see today. They were parts distributors as well as jobbers for their own LIGHTNIN Parts line as well as for most of the top brands of the day. They sold: Auto supplies, Replacement parts, Garage equipment, Shop equipment, Tires, Tubes, Oil, Grease, Accessories and they even had a Complete Machine Shop.
This may not sound different from an auto zone except Loock was responsible for placing products such as Champion Spark Plugs, Quaker State and Gates belts (to name a VERY few products) into EVERY private and municipal garage that used them in a 5 state area. long before the internet and trade shows, these guys were road warriors that sold stuff the hard way on a massive scale. As the 22 floors of samples that they left behind will attest... thats right... I said 22 FLOORS of Samples! R.J.Loock tried to sell ANY quality product that they thought had a chance . Of course, as jobbers they were responsible for placing advertising in the businesses that they catered to as well.
We were lucky enough to purchase salvage rights to this little treasure trove years ago, and this is the last of our treasures! There was no working elevator and the buildings were 4 floors tall with a basement ................................. and they NEVER threw ANYTHING of value AWAY! It took us 2 months full time to sort through and we are now coming to the end of what we have found. If you like high quality out of the box advertising as well as MINT automotive related collectibles, please bookmark us and keep checking back, we keep finding bits and pieces in our storage warehouse. I think you will be in for a treat.
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If you are a beginning collector, theres stuff for you too. They had a habit of nailing signs around to cover holes and such so we will be offering those as well, most are gone now, but not all...please check out our store by CLICKING HERE
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