Studebaker Dealers

[BobGlasscock]

wow, Hawaii. That's a long drive.... Bet the bullet noses plowed ahead admirably.

'50 Champion, 1 family owner

[s2d63lark]

Not too many Canadian Dealers listed so I will rectify that with some information gleaned from Toronto, Ontario area phone books from 1962 to 1965. All were listed as being Studebaker Dealers.

Tom Clough Motors, 2239 Weston Rd., Weston
Sheldon-Mansell Motors, 7010 Yonge St.
Bryant Motors, 920 Pape Ave.
William G. Evans & Sons, 2112 Islington Ave. N.
Glen Manor Motors, 2301 Queen St. E.
Fred Henwood Motors, 2500 Eglinton Ave. E.
Hughes Motors, 121 Kennedy Ave.
H.L. Lockhart Ltd., 291 Jane St. (last dealer in Toronto, closed mid 1970's)
Logan Motor Service, 899 Queen St. E.
Roly Wright Motors Ltd., 2491 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (1962 Book),
Became: Gallinger Motors, 2491 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (June 1965 Book)
Wilson & Hargrave Ltd., 2 Teddington Park
Starks Motor Sales & Service, 395 Mount Pleasant Rd.
O'Donnell-Mackie Ltd, 945 Bay St. (Dealers in Jaguar, Volvo, Studebaker and distributors for Rolls Royce, Bentley, Daimler & Alvis)

Suburban & Outside Toronto Dealers

Belleville, Ontario: Vader's Garage & Service Ltd. 1960-1968 (Datsun/Nissan afterwards)

Bowmanville, Ontario: Ray Gibbs Sales & Service, 181 King St. E (also a SUNOCO service station).
(My 1963 Lark VY-6 was purchased here new in April 1963 by my Grandfather)


Cooksville, Ontario: Midtown Motors, 2600 Centre Rd. S.

Georgetown, Ontario: Bills Garage, Glen Williams

Doug

6E40-195 1963 Canadian Lark VY-6

Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada

[Lark8girl]

Great to see some dealers from Canada
We have Canadian directories to look thru , just have'nt finished with the US ones yet.

More Stude Dealers
Yakima WA Cahoon Motors 311 S 1st 1951
Longview OR NEwman Motors 1314-24 Vandercook Way 1953
Marshfield OR Johnson Motor Co. 734 Broadway 1922
Pendleton Or Richey Motor Co. 206 S E Emigrand 1957
Bangor ME Knight Auto Co 54 Cumberland 1954
Augusta ME Marden Motor Co. 341 State St. 1945
Keene NH Kononan's Auto Exchange 60-62 Railroad St. 1947
Rutland VT Potter's Garage W. Rutland 1946
Barre VT Northend Garage 439 N main 1949
Nashua NH Mercer-Morrill Motor Sales 1949
Haverhill MA Smith's Service Station 455-461 River 1950
Taunton MA Brownell & Burt 10 Washington 1917
Springfield MA Blue Ribbon Garage 14 Clinton 1948
Hatfield MA Blue Ribbon Garage 61 Main 1948
Northhampton Henry M. Kugler & son King & Damon 1948
Salem MA Gaither's Garage Congress & Leavitt 1942
Attleboro MA Attleboro Motor Sales 408 Pleasant St 1953

credit these to Husband of Lark VIII girl

[Lark8girl]

Studebaker represented by

Il Harvey Melvin Motor Sales 15307 Broadway 1925
OH Washington Court House P.F.Ortman Motor Car Co. 1913
OK OKC Reinauer Brothers 25 N.W.9th 1948
OK OKC Glen Foster Motor Co. 901 N Broadway 1940
OK Tulsa Quality Motor Co. 1012 S. Main 1953-1947
TX Houston Bill Lee Motors 7141 Lawndale AVe 1953
TX Houston Mosehart&Keller Automobile Co. 1101 San Jacinto 1953-1942
TX Dallas Myrick Motors 1715 N Akard 1955
TX Dallas Fred Oakley Motors 612 N Zangs Blvd 1955-1951
TX Dallas Harry Bogue Motors 2108 Cedars Springs 1951-1947


sent her by Lark VIII girl

[Lark8girl]

From Texas , Where the Studebakers are "BIGGER"

ElPaso Casner Motor Co. 601 Wyoming 1940
Ft Worth Burford Sharpe 300 Taylor 1949
Ft Worth Clyde Burns Dist. 314 W 1st 1940
FT Worth Jack N. McCrary 100 7th 1940
FT Worth Ryan Motor Co. 1401 W 7th
FT Worth Bob Muir 711 W 7th

Buy Studebaker Its Indiana Built

Brookville Chas. Robinson
Elkhart Champion Motor Co. 501 E Jackson 1945
Elkhart Elkhart Motor Sales 117-119 Lexington 1922
Frankfort Beard Motor Sales 302 N Jackson 1937
New Castle Taylor Motor Co. 123 N Main 1938
New Castle Rust Motor Co. 1529 Broad 1949

pinpoint located by husband of Lark VIII girl

[Bill Pressler]

I am working in Harrisburg, PA with a fellow who now lives in Atlanta but who is originally from Aberdeen, SD. Yesterday when I was mentioning my love for Studebakers, he said, "Really?! My grandfather was a dealer in Aberdeen, SD".

He called his brother today to get more details, but apparently the dealership was called Dakota Motors. His brother felt their grandfather started selling Studes in around '41 or so and feels the place closed around '59 or so, after the grandfather's death. The one son ran the dealership for a short period after.

The grandfather (owner) was named John Maurseth.

Sound familiar to anybody?

Guess he also owned a Ford dealer in Britton, SD from the mid'30's to early '40's but got out of it when he moved his family to Aberdeen and concentrated on the Stude dealership.

Bill Pressler
Kent, OH
'63 Lark Daytona Skytop R1
'64 Daytona Hardtop

[Radsman]

The dealership name of the postings from Lark8 girl from 2/4/09 (the second one down) is making me cringe. Would be a great name for a tatoo show on TV.

[Lark8girl]

Studebaker in Ohio

Sandusky

Lieback Auot Sales Co, Dist. 534 Columbus Ave 1925-1926
Baldridge Motor Sales 434 Huron Ave 1923-1924
Frederick Motor Sales 509-511 N. Market 1939

Galion

Alvis Automotive Co. 315 Harding Way 1947
Schieber Motor 374 Market 1953-1948

located by Husband of Lark VIII girl

[Studeman]

While rummaging through the paperwork I received from Kinney Motor Company (I bought their dealer-stock in the 80's).. I found this transfer paperwork from (2) as yet unlisted OHIO dealers.

Hogle Motor Sales Inc.
2600 State Rt No. 5
Telephone AXminster 6-9626
Ravenna, Ohio

I had to clean it up a bit... as it was hard to read the green letters on the yellow paper.




I also found a "Car-Order" form from: Terry Auto Sales: ...but I'm not sure if they were a Studebaker "dealer". It is an order for a NEW 62S Y6 Regal in Riviera Blue.

Terry Auto Sales
519 Lincoln Way, East
Tele: TEmple 2-7463
Massillon, Ohio




I also have about 20 different sales-orders... I'm building an excel file on the serial numbers and I plan on scanning and posting the orders... maybe some of these cars are still around.



Ray


Specializing in Studebaker Restoration

[Bill Pressler]

Originally posted by Studeman

While rummaging through the paperwork I received from Kinney Motor Company (I bought their dealer-stock in the 80's).. I found this transfer paperwork from (2) as yet unlisted OHIO dealers.

Hogle Motor Sales Inc.
2600 State Rt No. 5
Telephone AXminster 6-9626
Ravenna, Ohio

I had to clean it up a bit... as it was hard to read the green letters on the yellow paper.

I live one town over from Ravenna, OH...it's probably five or six miles up the road. I remember seeing at the SNM archives years ago, that Hogle sold out in '62 and Jim Lee bought the Studebaker business and called it Jim Lee's Studebaker. Jim Lee also ran a body shop and sold campers!

I wrote a Hogle in the phone book one time...an attorney in Ravenna. It was his Dad's place. His letter was polite but he didn't have any memorabilia from the place (my goal!). I also wrote a Jim Lee but heard nothing back...but with that common a name, maybe it wasn't THAT Jim Lee.

I am about 90% certain that the 2600 Rt. 5 address, was the same location Jim Lee operated his Stude dealership out of. It is midway between Kent and Ravenna. It looked like a ranch-style house with several additions built on, as I remember the empty building. It became Guy's Auto Body, who later built a new building up the road. When Wal-Mart came to town (sigh), the building was razed and Wal-Mart covers the site now.

I had to look at a map to see where Barnesville, OH was. Pretty far south and east from here...below I-70. Looks like a small town, even compared to where I grew up!

Bill Pressler
Kent, OH
'63 Lark Daytona Hardtop R1
'64 Daytona Hardtop

[studepickups]

Here are three dealerships I did not see listed. Oh yes after 12 pages they may have been missed but it will not hur to list them again. I know of two as a child when my father purchased a 49 2R5 brand new from Sand's motors in Kenmare North Dakota, and a 47 M16A from Smith Motors in Bemidji. Many years later I purchased the remaining parts from Tiedke & son Studebaker in Oconto, Wisconsin. I junked a 64 Lark wagon with a build sheet under the glove box that stated it was delivered to a dealership in ladysmith, Wisconsin. I will try to find that sheet. Ted

[Lark8girl]

From Sunny Florida

Miami
Studebaker Miami Motors 1720 NE 2nd Ave 1953-1947
Triangle Auto Sales 1125 NE 2nd Ave 1935-1939
Dorn Motor Co. 1704 NE 2nd Ave 1931
Wellborn Phillips NE 2nd Ave 1924

Jacksonville
Wiliam Catlin & Sons 301 Park St 1947
Chapman Motor Co 247 Riverside 1939

located by Lark VIII girl

[Lark8girl]

From the Ohio Historical Library, Columbus Ohio

Massillion Meinhart's Garage 300 N Erie 1925
The Crown Motor Co. Erie & Cherry 1927
Kieffer Motor Sales 252 Lincolnway W 1950
Marietta Cl Lampman Motors 346 3 rd
Lancaster Thimmes-Beck Auto Sales 212-218 Main 1930
Findlay Gleason Sales & Service 335 E Main 1955
Findlay Auto Sales Co. 106-108 Front 1925
Elyria Elria Auto Service Co. 86-90 Broad 1923-1924
Colgan Motor Sales 728 Broad 1936 1937
Dayton Nieman-Matson Motor Co. 333 W 3rd 1926-1927
Conneaut Sylvester& Gruey 353 State 1926-1927
Coshocton Coshocton Motor Sales 513 chestnut 1928

Prestented by Husband of Lark VIII girl

[JRoberts]

This is one of my favorite threads. I love seeing these old dealership names preserved. I do have a question about dealerships. In researching the Studebaker dealers in my home town of Fayetteville, NC, I have found many early ones listed as "Studebaker Agents." Does this term "agent" have some special significance?



Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

[492R5]

quote:Originally posted by Lark8girl

Miohigan listings

Breckenridge Huntoon Motor Sales

Huntoon Motor Sales was in Wheeler (on Wheeler St until 1950, then on M-46[Monroe St.]from 50-60) from 1939-1960 & Alma on Michigan Avenue from 1959-1966.