Welcome to Steve & Dwain's Car Dealer Tour no. 4 (Old ... - Clubs
Welcome to Steve & Dwain's Car Dealer Tour no. 4 (Old ... - Clubs
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<strong>Welcome</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Steve</strong> & Dwain’s <strong>Car</strong> <strong>Dealer</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> <strong>no</strong>. 4<br />
(<strong>Old</strong> filling stations and a Fire station <strong>to</strong>!) April 23, 2006<br />
(With Pictures taken during the <strong>to</strong>ur! Pictures have been downsized from the original flyer <strong>to</strong> fit the Startera<strong>to</strong>r.)<br />
TOUR STARTS AT 3063<br />
Southwest Blvd, Kansas City,<br />
MO, at 900AM. We’ll view the<br />
<strong>to</strong>aster and appliance collection<br />
inside the restaurant and leave at<br />
930. You may arrive earlier if<br />
you wish and have breakfast.<br />
Lunch – We will have lunch around Noon at 37 th and State Avenue. Within that area is a KFC and<br />
Burger King on the <strong>no</strong>rth side and Wendy’s and Taco Bell on the south side of State Ave. Let’s get<br />
ready <strong>to</strong> roll again after one hour <strong>to</strong> complete the <strong>to</strong>ur.<br />
Here <strong>to</strong> view building.<br />
1. McCampbell DeSo<strong>to</strong>-Plymouth, 647 Southwest Blvd, Stan McCampbell, JR. & SR. NOTE: There was a Ford<br />
sign on the stack and a Sales & Service sign painted on the upper, side of the building but it’s <strong>no</strong>t gone. McCampbell<br />
Mo<strong>to</strong>rs, 705 Southwest Blvd. (KC Star 5-4-62). This building dates <strong>to</strong> at least 1931. In my 1931 phone book this<br />
was Slater-Breitag-Yeamans Ford. Also <strong>no</strong>tice the Chevy bowties embedded in the brick on the <strong>no</strong>rth and south<br />
sides of the building. Are these actual bowties or are they just designs that happen <strong>to</strong> look like bowties? You decide!<br />
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Walking <strong>to</strong>ur<br />
2. Albritten Chrysler-Plymouth, 615 Southwest Blvd, corner of Southwest Blvd & Rainbow Extension. This building<br />
is there but its well disguised.<br />
1950 1955<br />
Walking <strong>to</strong>ur<br />
3.Clasen-Morse Chevrolet, near the corner of 7 th & Southwest Blvd.<br />
1960-61 telephone direc<strong>to</strong>ry lists them at 506 Southwest Blvd. Clasen-Morse Chevrolet, 501 Southwest Blvd (KC<br />
Star, 5-4-62) The building we’re focused on is behind 510 Southwest Blvd. I believe this could have been the Clasen-<br />
Morse service dept or body shop. Clasen-King Chevrolet, 520 Southwest Blvd (1931 phone book)<br />
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There is also a what appears <strong>to</strong> be a used car lot building next door. See pho<strong>to</strong> below.<br />
Here <strong>to</strong> view building<br />
4. Davidson Bros. Mo<strong>to</strong>r Co, Dodge-Plymouth, 850 State Ave., NE corner. The original building is there but has<br />
had an extensive facelift. The used car lot and office are east of the building. Later this became Jim Clark Dodge. A<br />
painted sign on the NW corner of the building is still partially visible.<br />
1950 ad<br />
F84F airplane crash in 1954 was whitnessed by Dwain Goodman. Newspaper clipping.<br />
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Proceed <strong>to</strong> next s<strong>to</strong>p. Turn left on<strong>to</strong> 7 th<br />
St Trfwy, head <strong>no</strong>rth <strong>to</strong> State Ave in<br />
Down<strong>to</strong>wn KC KS. Turn left on<strong>to</strong><br />
State. Park in the lot at the NW<br />
corner of 9 th & State Ave.
Walking <strong>to</strong>ur<br />
5. Kelley-Williams Mo<strong>to</strong>r Co., 900 Minnesota, SW corner, 9 th & Minnesota.. Note the rounded showroom<br />
windows. Also the large, partially hidden Ford sign at the NE corner of the building. The "O", “R” and "D" are visible.<br />
Walking <strong>to</strong>ur<br />
812 Minnesota Ave.<br />
Now there is a McDonald’s at this address. Too bad!<br />
Night pho<strong>to</strong> of 830 Minnesota on the left side.<br />
You can see the FELD sign on the 812 building shining in the distance.<br />
Fasenmyer Hudson (1943 phone book) 929 Minnesota. This building is gone. It turns out that the building IS at<br />
10 th and State! It also appears he may have been a Texaco station. In 1930 Fasenmyer was listed in a city direc<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
as Fasenmyer Mo<strong>to</strong>r & Radio Co., handling Packards, Chrysler, Plymouth and Philco and Atwater-Kent radios! Now<br />
there’s an industrious guy! This was at 826-28 Minnesota.<br />
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AC “Tony” Fasenmyer later had a Chevy<br />
dealer in Ray<strong>to</strong>wn on 50 Hiway in the<br />
1960’s. (See pho<strong>to</strong> below)<br />
1960’s, Fasenmyer Chevrolet, 50 Hwy, Ray<strong>to</strong>wn<br />
1970 Yellow pages shows this ad for Midwest Imports at 1035 Minnesota. This is under the same ad as Harry<br />
Schwartz’s Harrigan Mo<strong>to</strong>rs. I presume he owned both dealers in addition <strong>to</strong> his flagship dealer, Midwest Mo<strong>to</strong>rs on<br />
Truman Road near Down<strong>to</strong>wn KCMO, a Dodge dealer for many years.<br />
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Jay Wolfe Mo<strong>to</strong>rs, 1010 State Ave. 1970 yellow pages. Obituary<br />
above refers <strong>to</strong> his father-in-law Martin S<strong>to</strong>ne being in partnership with<br />
him. I remember a S<strong>to</strong>ne-Wolfe Rambler in KCK but can’t find the<br />
years it was in business. Must’ve been 1963 according <strong>to</strong> the obituary.<br />
1964 direc<strong>to</strong>ry shows S<strong>to</strong>ne-Wolfe Rambler at 1328 Minnesota.<br />
(Markl Buick’s last location)<br />
Proceed <strong>to</strong> next s<strong>to</strong>p. Park at Gates BBQ on the right side just<br />
past the corner of 10 th and State Ave in the back of the lot.<br />
Here <strong>to</strong> view building<br />
7. Markl Buick 1015 State Ave., 1st location. Later built the separate<br />
building on the sw corner strictly as a showroom. Note the canted<br />
windows in the main building. An unsusal and eye-catching feature in its<br />
day.<br />
’70
Walking <strong>to</strong>ur<br />
8. O'Conner Cadillac, 1000 State, NW corner, early location.<br />
9."AWFUL" Joe O’ffill Nash. Later O'Conner Cadillac. 1000 State Ave.<br />
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Bathtub Nash at Brunke’s salvage, Excelsior Springs, 1996 with Joe<br />
M O’ffill dealer script.<br />
Lockwood Volkswagen, 1234 State Ave. <strong>Steve</strong> and his VW buddies used <strong>to</strong> come here <strong>to</strong> look VW’s when we all<br />
had one in the late 60’s. One of only three VW dealers in KC at the time. Angle VW-NKC, Art Bunker-SKC and<br />
Lockwood-KCK. My understanding is that two guys named Lock and Wood owned this dealer.<br />
Proceed <strong>to</strong> next s<strong>to</strong>p. Park at the NE corner of 13 th & State Ave in the parking lot next <strong>to</strong> the old VW<br />
dealer.<br />
Here <strong>to</strong> view building<br />
10. "AWFUL" Joe O’ffill Nash. 1313 State. Dwain <strong>to</strong> tell s<strong>to</strong>ry about "shirts." Later this became Kansas Rambler.<br />
See below.<br />
1962<br />
Proceed <strong>to</strong> next s<strong>to</strong>p. Go west on State Ave, turn left on<strong>to</strong> 18 th St, then left again on<strong>to</strong> Minnesota Ave. Turn<br />
right at 17 th St past S<strong>to</strong>p <strong>no</strong>. 10 and park on the side street.<br />
Here <strong>to</strong> view building<br />
11. Harry Brown DeSo<strong>to</strong>-Plymouth, 1701 Minnesota. Later Walt Smith and Son Rambler and Toyota then Roger<br />
Smith & Son’s Toyota, then Keith Roberts Buick. (MARKL Buick's successor). Now Bud Brown (Harry’s son)<br />
Chrysler on 92 nd and Metcalf operated by Phil Brown, the third generation of this family. Previous <strong>to</strong> Harry Brown, the<br />
dealer was Potter Mo<strong>to</strong>r Co., DeSo<strong>to</strong>-Plymouth. It became Harry Brown in 1949. The 1943 telephone book shows<br />
Potter Mo<strong>to</strong>r Co at 1200 Minnesota.
Proceed <strong>to</strong> next s<strong>to</strong>p at 1328 Minnesota and park across the street.<br />
Here <strong>to</strong> view building<br />
12. Markl Buick, 1328 Minnesota. Their used car lot fronted on State Avenue directly <strong>to</strong> the <strong>no</strong>rth of the main building. My<br />
1931 telephone book lists Markl as an <strong>Old</strong>smobile dealer. This makes Markl a relatively long-term dealer from at least 1931 <strong>to</strong><br />
about 1970. They were still listed in the 1970 yellow pages at this address.<br />
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Early script from a 1955<br />
Simliar script on a ’59 Buick from MN dealer.<br />
Notice how both the Markl and Stephens scripts both slant <strong>to</strong> the left and use a similar design.<br />
Walking <strong>to</strong>ur<br />
13. Davis <strong>Old</strong>smobile, 1320 Minnesota. Email from Gary Hartman 4-2-06: “My ‘53 was sold by<br />
V. Fendorf of Davis Mo<strong>to</strong>r Co., Inc., 1328<br />
Minnesota Ave, KC, Kansas on June 17th 1953 <strong>to</strong> R. W.<br />
Lichtenberger, 3071 N. 32nd St., Kansas City, Kansas. The engine<br />
number is R396768, Serial is 538K14767, Style number 3637D<br />
DHC, Body Number 2290, Paint number 30-60 and trim number 16.<br />
All that info is typed on the opening page of the Owners Manual that
was given <strong>to</strong> me by 55 year old Mr. Lichtenberger's son when I bought the car in November of 1975. I still<br />
communicate with him and send him copies of articles and events in the cars life.”<br />
Walking <strong>to</strong>ur<br />
14. Bruce Mo<strong>to</strong>r Co., Chrysler-Plymouth, 1244 Minnesota, NE corner. Later this was Bill George Chrysler-<br />
Plymouth. Later B & G Chrysler. B-Bill George G-George Powell. From across the street you can see the arched<br />
design of the roof which was a very common design for car dealer service departments and au<strong>to</strong> repair shops.<br />
15. Perry Pontiac, 1212 Minnesota. Later Walker-Waters Pontiac. Later, Frank Waters Pontiac (1960’s).<br />
Later, Jay Wolfe Pontiac. This also was the home of O’Conner Cadillac after the Pontiac dealers finished. (Info:<br />
Craig Wood)<br />
1964 ad<br />
<br />
Perry Pontiac,<br />
1212<br />
Minnesota<br />
<br />
15.5 Visit former old filling station in the NW corner of 12 th & Minnesota.<br />
16. Kritzler Studebaker, 1150 Minnesota, NE corner. I k<strong>no</strong>w very little about this dealer. Not sure whether the lady<br />
in the obituary or her husband had any connection <strong>to</strong> this dealer.<br />
Millie Kritzler, 75, Prairie Village, KS, died Sunday, May 8, 2005, at her home. She was preceded in death by<br />
her husband Marvin B. Kritzler, in 1977. (KC Star obit)<br />
ADT Mo<strong>to</strong>r Co., 1038 Minnesota. Nash dealer, 1943 telephone book. This building is gone.<br />
Here <strong>to</strong> view the building. A former Phillips 66 station from the 1960’s.<br />
Phil Sedlock Service Station, 1230 Central Street.<br />
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Proceed west on Central Ave, turn left at 14 th St then immediately right and park across from the Fire station. Note the<br />
large, eco<strong>no</strong>my-sized clothing iron.<br />
Here <strong>to</strong> view building<br />
Fire Station <strong>no</strong>. 9. 2 S. 14 th St. Placed on the National Register of His<strong>to</strong>ric places 9-5-85<br />
http://members.cox.net/ksregpho<strong>to</strong>s2/Fire_Station_No_9_KC.html<br />
On Dec. 6, 1911, No. 9's Station at 14th and Wilson Blvd. was opened in a modern brick building and<br />
quartered one mo<strong>to</strong>rized Anderson Combination Chemical and Hose Wagon powered by a six-cylinder -- 90<br />
horsepower engine, equipped with 1,000 feet of 2 1/2-inch hose and 200 feet of quarter inch hose; and 22foot<br />
and 10-foot ladders <strong>to</strong> two 35-gallon chemical tanks, manned by a crew of four."<br />
http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kscoll/lochist/then<strong>no</strong>w/TN72.htm<br />
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End of <strong>Tour</strong><br />
<strong>Steve</strong> Hartwich and Dwain Goodman out did themselves on this <strong>to</strong>ur. The detail of the s<strong>to</strong>ries and of the<br />
his<strong>to</strong>ry was amazing. There was only one location that we were <strong>to</strong> visit that was <strong>no</strong> longer there. Every<br />
other location that used <strong>to</strong> be there, was still there!<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong>s by <strong>Steve</strong> Hartwich and Ray Council This was a seriously interesting <strong>to</strong>ur.