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Harley-Davidson's oldest active motorcycle dealer.
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"A. D. Farrow Co. Harley-Davidson in Columbus, Ohio, was founded in February of 1912 and is recognized as the oldest continuously operating Harley-Davidson dealer in America by the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. You can visit A. D. Farrow Co.'s website (www.adfarrow.com) to see a video made by Harley-Davidson documenting the claim.
Furthermore, in response to a letter to the editor with the same question, the Enthusiast magazine, the official magazine of the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., wrote "A.D. Farrow in Columbus, Ohio, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated H-D dealer in the world, having begun selling the brand in Feburary 1912. Kegel Motor Co., of Rockford, Ill., which opened its doors March 1912, is the oldest under continuous ownership" (Enthusiast, Fall 2008, pg. 8)."
That was my first reaction also but after reading and watching the Vid I think they are referring to the man as being the oldest and still active, not the dealership.
That's the way I interpret it anyway.
I wondered that too. But as being a dealer, wouldn't you also have a dealership? I don't know, but it doesn't take anything away from the guy for sure.
I go to a rookie dealership, it didn't open until 1914. Bought my first Harley there in 1962.
Has it been own by the same family since it was opened in 1914? That is what this thread is about same family and Grover started the dealer ship and he is 92 or 93 now is still alive but his sons or so he says run it but he is there just about every day.
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