Blanchard Motors, Corner of Springvale Road and Princes Highway, Springvale, 1970.

We came across this wonderful shot by Graham Southam of the old Holden dealership run by Graham Blanchard in Springvale. For many years this business graced a corner of what would become one of the most notorious intersections withing Greater Melbourne.

Andrew Scanlon writes:
Impala kitchens and a BBQ place were on the showroom site in a new building for years afterwards. The used car site continued as a car yard till the 2000's then became a lighting place with the yard and building more or less intact.

Image courtesy of; City of Greater Dandenong
https://ehive.com/collections/5704/objects/588804/blanchard-motors

Aerial of Dandenong (princes hwy) and Springvale Roads around 1955

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