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Missouri Car Dealerships

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Sadler's Chrysler-Plymouth
Clinton, MO
The Sadler's Chrysler-Plymouth dealership was built in 1951. The building later housed Stayton Chevrolet. After that, it was used as a carpet store and furniture store. In 1996, Jim Raysik bought the building and turned it into Downtown DeSoto, a showcase for his car collection. For more, see this website. [map]

Lange & Walkenhorst Motor Company
Concordia, MO
This Lange & Walkenhorst Motor Company Chevrolet dealership was built in 1928. The building later housed the Walkenhorst Motor Company which operated into the 1980s. [map]

Wilkerson Ford
Conway, MO
The Wilkerson Ford dealership was built in 1926. The building is used as a senior center now. [map]

Sheets Motor Company
Fredericktown, MO
The Sheets Motor Company building was built in 1940 as a Ford dealership. [map]

White Motor Co.
Harrisonville, MO
The White Motor Co. was built in the early 1930s as a Chevrolet dealership. From 1936-1960, the building housed the Herb Acuff Chevrolet Co. The building was used for the Police Department from at least 2008-2013. It is vacant now. [map]

Carvana
Jackson, MO
This Carvana used car dealership was built in 1965 for Brennecke Chevrolet. I believe this canopy was built from a kit and they were sold to dealerships all over the country. [map]

Greenlease Cadillac
Kansas City, MO
The Greenlease Cadillac dealership was built in 1918. The building features Cadillac crests on the exterior and on the interior columns. In 2006, the building was converted into condos. The ground floor houses the Union Hill Athletic Club. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

former Miller Pontiac
Kansas City, MO

This Miller Pontiac dealership was built in 1947. The building now houses Gerber Collision & Glass. For more, see this website. [map]

Sam Miller Coach Co.
Kansas City, MO		 Ride Away Credit
Kansas City, MO
The Sam Miller Coach Co. was closed when this photo was taken in 2012. The building looks like it was probably used as a dealership originally. In later years, Sam Miller was a body shop. In 2024, the sign letters were removed and are now in storage at the LUMI Neon Museum in Kansas City. For more, see this website. [map]

The Ride Away Credit used car dealership was built by 1961 for B&G Motors. These photos are from 2010. By 2014, the pole sign's "Ride Away Credit" plastic panel had been replaced with one reading "Ride Away Credit Asset Automotive." By 2022, the building had been painted black and the bulbs had been removed from the rooftop sign. In 2024, the building was vacant and the lot was empty. [map]

Liberty:
former Pontiac dealership [gone?]

former McKinney Motors dealership
Marshall, MO
The building was designed in 1932 and completed in 1935 for McKinney Motors, a Chevrolet dealership. Yost Chevrolet occupied the building from the early to mid-1970s. After that, a Dolly Madison Bread store moved in. The building has housed Tower Realty since 2007. [map]

Bill Allen Chevrolet
North Kansas City, MO
The Bill Allen Chevrolet dealership building appears to be from the 1940s or 1950s. It now houses the Hawaiian Bros. restaurant. The sign on the roof remains. The For more, see this website. [map]

Don Wessel Honda
Springfield, MO
The Don Wessel Honda opened in 1966 as an Oldsmobile dealership. This building appears to be from then. Don Wessel began selling Hondas in 1973. In 2021, the dealership became Pinegar Honda. [map]

Killingsworth Service Inc.
Springfield, MO
The Killingsworth Service Inc. building was built in 1924 and sold Willard batteries and gas. [map]

former Overland dealership [gone]
Springfield, MO
This former Overland dealership features a glazed terra cotta tile façade. The building is or was in use as a thrift store in 2010 when these photos were taken. The building was demolished in 2014.

Miller Chevrolet
St. Joseph, MO
This dealership housed Miller Chevrolet until around the late 1980s. The building appears to be from the 1940s. Greg Buick moved into the building after that. It later housed the Falkner Plumbing Company and Ben's Asphalt after that. The building appears to be vacant now. [map]

Packard Building
St. Louis, MO
This Packard Building was built in 1914. Packards were sold here until at least 1953. It is now used as the Packard Lofts. For more, see this website. [map]

Mendenhall Ford
St. Louis, MO
Mendenhall Ford moved to this new building in 1949. Around 2015, the building began housing an Enterprise car rental. For more, see this website. [map]

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