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Today - Max and Mike Dye continue to operate the Pontiac
GMC Chrysler Dodge Jeep Franchises; providing Excellent Service to
Customers!
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2001 - Oldsmobile Division is discontinued from the
General Motors line of vehicles
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1999 - Chrysler Corporation makes the decision to
discontinue Plymouth models
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1997 - Max and Mike Dye acquire the Jeep franchise.
This brings the total number of vehicle lines to seven.
Oldsmobile, Pontiac, GMC Truck, Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge and Jeep
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1990 - Max and Mike Dye acquire the Chrysler, Plymouth &
Dodge franchises
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1990 - Max and Mike Dye rebuilt the Pontiac Oldsmobile
GMC Truck dealership at the same location on US Route 50, West of
I-57 in Salem, Illinois
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1989 - Max Dye, Inc. suffers a great loss when the
facility burns down. It was considered a total loss
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1982 - Mike Dye, son of Max, enters the family business
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1976 - Max Dye builds a new facility on the west side of
Salem, Illinois near Interstate 57
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1966 - Max Dye adds GMC Trucks to the existing line of
Oldsmobile and Pontiac vehicles
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1964 - Max Dye moved to Salem, Illinois to open the
Oldsmobile Pontiac dealership
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1959 - Kelly Dye passes away leaving his family the Ford
Lincoln Mercury dealership in Louisville, Illinois. Genevieve,
his wife, along with Max and Jerry, his two sons, run the dealership
until 1964
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1956 - Kelly Dye drops Desoto Plymouth to become the Ford
Lincoln Mercury dealer in Louisville, Illinois
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1951 - Kelly Dye and his family move to Louisville,
Illinois to open the Desoto Plymouth Franchise
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1945 - Kelly Dye becomes the Ford Tractor and Implement
dealer in Cisne, Illinois. He also opens the Studebaker
Automobile franchise in Flora, Illinois
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1941 - New car assembly lines were replaced with
production to support World War II
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1940 -
Kelly Dye became the dealer for Buick and GMC Trucks in Flora,
Illinois
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1939 - Kelly Dye became the dealer for Nash and Packard
Automobiles in Flora, Illinois
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1938 - Kelly Dye of Cisne, Illinois started his
automobile career as a salesperson for Hoffee Motors in Fairfield,
Illinois
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