Welcome to Steve & Dwain's Car Dealer Tour no. 4 (Old ... - Clubs

Walking tour
8. O'Conner Cadillac, 1000 State, NW corner, early location.
9."AWFUL" Joe O’ffill Nash. Later O'Conner Cadillac. 1000 State Ave.
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Bathtub Nash at Brunke’s salvage, Excelsior Springs, 1996 with Joe
M O’ffill dealer script.
Lockwood Volkswagen, 1234 State Ave. Steve and his VW buddies used to come here to look VW’s when we all
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
Lockwood-KCK. My understanding is that two guys named Lock and Wood owned this dealer.
Proceed to next stop. Park at the NE corner of 13 th & State Ave in the parking lot next to the old VW
dealer.
Here to view building
10. "AWFUL" Joe O’ffill Nash. 1313 State. Dwain to tell story about "shirts." Later this became Kansas Rambler.
See below.
1962
Proceed to next stop. Go west on State Ave, turn left onto 18 th St, then left again onto Minnesota Ave. Turn
right at 17 th St past Stop no. 10 and park on the side street.
Here to view building
11. Harry Brown DeSoto-Plymouth, 1701 Minnesota. Later Walt Smith and Son Rambler and Toyota then Roger
Smith & Son’s Toyota, then Keith Roberts Buick. (MARKL Buick's successor). Now Bud Brown (Harry’s son)
Chrysler on 92 nd and Metcalf operated by Phil Brown, the third generation of this family. Previous to Harry Brown, the
dealer was Potter Motor Co., DeSoto-Plymouth. It became Harry Brown in 1949. The 1943 telephone book shows
Potter Motor Co at 1200 Minnesota.