Studebaker Dealers

[KEN IN TEXAS]

Al Payne Motors 3058 West 111th Street Chicago Illinois for lack of space uptown Mount Greenwood used our farm at 3837 West 111th Street as a new Studebaker storage lot. Here are some pictures I don't think have been posted until now

It was fun for me as a 10 year old to watch new Studebaker cars being unloaded from ARCO auto carriers transports in our yard at the farm. I must confess. Some of these "new" Studebakers left the farm as slightly used cars. My brother and I knew where the keys were.

My Dad and Al grew up together and Dad (A Studebaker Man) sold trucks for Al Payne

[BobPalma]

Al Payne Motors 3058 West 111th Street Chicago Illinois for lack of space uptown Mount Greenwood used our farm at 3837 West 111th Street as a new Studebaker storage lot. Here are some pictures I don't think have been posted unt[ATTACH=CONFIG]51456[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]51457[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]51458[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]51459[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]51460[/ATTACH]il now

It was fun for me as a 10 year old to watch new Studebaker cars being unloaded from ARCO auto carriers transports in our yard at the farm. I must confess. Some of these "new" Studebakers left the farm as slightly used cars. My brother and I knew where the keys were.

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Wonderful photos, Ken; thanks so much for posting them.

The last photo with the loaded truck; are you one of the youngsters in the bed with the cargo? Are those bundles of old newspapers or ???? BP

[KEN IN TEXAS]

Yes sir That is me on the tail end and younger brother Marshall on a load of scrap paper headed to be recycled. It was part of a fund raising project to ship used clothing to a mission church in Japan Here is another picture of a load of scrap paper on our 37 Ford stakebed truck

[rockne10]

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Interesting in the row of 1950 Commanders, three have painted headlight doors and two have chrome. Not a running year change, but a trim level?

[BRUCESTUDE]

KEN IN TEXAS: Thanks for posting those awesome photos!! I'm glad you guys did a few "test drives" too, fun!

[64V-K7]

Has anyone ever heard of Plumas Motor Sales in Quincy, CA. (in business around 1947)

[rbigcal]

Veale Volkswagon Motors - - Santa Rosa , California . 1964 used car lot image .
But Hey ! , There a Studebaker dealer across the street . !
Which dealer is it . ? . I dont know . . . . hmmm

Could this be the one ? I can't make out the name on the building. You can tell by the studebaker sign it is the same building , but maybe a different name in 64.

[StudeRich]

Looks like it is Studebaker, Volvo, Mercedes, and maybe it was called Torvick at a Later time, (1964) as there is a Torvick Used Car Lot full of Studes. next to it.

And it does look like the same Dealer in Santa Rosa, but maybe a different Time.

[64V-K7]

Yup, Torvick Motors

http://www.studebaker-info.org/Dealers/page1.html#torvick

[rbigcal]

Yup, Torvick Motors

http://www.studebaker-info.org/Deale...1.html#torvick

I can't seem to find any reference anywhere that Torvick was a stude dealer. I know my 64 wagonaire was delivered to Santa Rosa and was trying to find the name of the dealer that would have sold the car. I wanted to see if I could locate a pair of license plate frames ! I guess the cars in the picture next to the fence are from the VW dealer, but the 4th car in the pic is a wagonaire that is a dark color just like mine.

[StudeRich]

I don't think so, that wagon has a sloped forward Rear "D" Pillar that is thin, not wide like a Wagonaire and not a Stude. Roof Rack, it looks smaller and lower also.

[Silverplate]

Brad,
Thanks for the plug and yes, most of the online sources for information have been pretty well exhausted. My research limit was reached when the Newspaper sources wanted a subscription fee. We already have an Ancestry.com account which has a wealth of info and is still being used. It's always been a mainstay of the project to rely on information offered by others like Bob Kapteyn and and the contributions are noted in the listings. Last year, Richard Quinn forwarded 30 pages of single spaced dealer names, which are being worked on. The Museum probably has information, but it would be for sale.......weh..wah..tilt!. Sooner or later, the info will be found, but on a slower time frame. Remember this adage? ..... "the Oxen are slow, but the Earth is patient".

Newspaper searches produce lots of great information. Most can be joined on a monthly basis for a small fee. I have been researching Sheppard's Studebaker Sales in Cincinnati and have been able to come up with more than 125 articles and advertising pieces. Unbelievable stuff I have found for my effort.

[64V-K7]

I can't seem to find any reference anywhere that Torvick was a stude dealer.

Your didn't look close enough...

http://www.studebaker-info.org/Dealers/torvicksantarosaca1.jpg

[rbigcal]

Your didn't look close enough...

http://www.studebaker-info.org/Deale...ntarosaca1.jpg

I did run across that, but then later couldn't find it and I guess I sort of forgot it. Wonder why it just said Lark. Now if I could find a pair of those

[lanthony2020]

P&B Motors (Park and Bill, age 16), of Madison, South Dakota - 1946. Latter to become Newcomb Motors of Madison, South Dakota. Col. Parker William Newcomb came back from WWII 100% disabled after fighting in Siapan, Guam and Philippines. Parker started the dealership in 1946 with his son Bill, who was 16 at the time.