Post #617826 by TikiTomD on Mon, Dec 19, 2011 1:12 PM

Sven, I came across this Grand Opening ad by Aloha Motors that confirms the Barcelona inspiration for the water display (see Google News http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19660520&printsec=frontpage&hl=en, page 24)

Eugene Register-Guard May 20, 1966

And here's an ad that preceded it (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19660310&printsec=frontpage&hl=en, page 26)...

Eugene Register-Guard May 10, 1966

By the fall of 1966, the ads were considerably diminished in grandiosity (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19660908&printsec=frontpage&hl=en, page 32)...

Eugene Register-Guard September 8, 1966

-Tom