A Visit to Flushing

Take a walk on Main St. and other areas of Flushing

This is from the '50's but is pretty much the way it was in '63

Downtown c. 1960

Homecoming Parade - 1962

Bueche's on Main St. across the bridge.

Delehanty Pontiac "at the Point"

In the fall of 1947, Ed Delehanty began the operation of Flushing's first Pontiac Direct Dealership and was to become the oldest family owned dealership in Flushing. Ed sold his first new Pontiac that first fall, a 1947 Pontiac Catalina, to J.W Farrington of Beecher Rd..

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Grew up in the store

Jamie Lareau
Automotive News
May 4, 2009

Delehanty's father acquired his Pontiac dealership in 1947. Delehanty and his brother, Michael, grew up working in the store and helping it prosper.

"When my dad had it, we sold about 300 new cars a year," Delehanty says. "In the early 2000s, we sold about 1,000 new cars a year."

Delehanty says he sold 600 new cars last year, and sales this year have slowed even more.

He says he is frequently stopped by townspeople who express concern about Pontiac. "When I'm at church, the grocery store, wherever I am — and I tell them, 'You have nothing to worry about, we're going to be here.'"

Delehanty says he's not ready to retire. He'll keep his dealership open for service business and hopes to get a Cadillac or Chevrolet franchise.

"I'm a great supporter of GM, and we'd like to get another 62 years out of it," he says.

But Delehanty refuses to give up on GM.

He says: "I look at it as another challenge, and until that last bell rings and they count me down, I'm not out."

Now Delehanty Ford

McNally's on Pierson Rd.