Carl E Filer Greenville, PA

The End Result of the "Great Scaffolds"

Moller Motors floor plan--1971 version, circa 1995

Moller Motors Construction--May 26, 1971

Moller Motors Building in 1972 ad

Moller Motors Advertising--The Issaquah Press

Sands Motor Company Expands!

Architect's Conception of the L.E. Belcourt Building, 1927

Groundbreaking was in August, 1927; the building was finished on January 4, 1928. This building was built for W. L. Eaton, a Dodge dealer. By the 1930s, he had acquired a Hudson franchise.

W. L. Eaton had closed by 1940, and the L.E. Belcourt Co. moved into the building in 1941, and remained there until 1978.

L.E. Belcourt,1950

University Motors, as it looked in 1927

Frank E. Rhodes, Renton, as it looked in 1952

Photo courtesy of Brent Havekost, nashparts.com

LaBonte Rambler (1964)

After Frank E. Rhodes was renamed LaBonte Rambler, LaBonte sold and serviced Studebakers until the 1965 model year, according to the South King County Telephone Directory from 1964. The building looks very similar to one in Grants Pass, Oregon :

L. E. Belcourt Interior--Used Car Department, 1941

The Sands Motor Company

11th Avenue and East Pike Street

Studebaker Center Interior 1961

J & L Studebaker, Everson, WA 2011

J & L Studebaker, Everson, WA

If you look carefully, you can see a Lark logo on a sign.

1965 L E Belcourt Ad

It was the oldest dealer because Laurent Belcourt sold Studebakers from 1940-1956, then DeSoto from 1956-1961, and then Studebaker again from 1962-1966

L. E. Belcourt--Studebaker's Newest Dealer

The Studebaker Center Salon, 2004

Photos from the King County Assessor's Office

The open area from the 1950s picture was filled in by the SCM (Smith-Corona-Marchant) Corporation during the mid 1960s. In the late 1960s, Smith-Corona typewriters were sold out of this building.

The Studebaker Center Salon--2112 6th Avenue, Seattle

This building was built in 1952, for the Anderson Buick Company. By 1959, following the introduction of the Studebaker Lark, this building became home to The Studebaker Center Salon. It should be noted that the address in the advertisement (above) is incorrect--it was actually located at 2112 6th Avenue. In 1966, it became home to a Smith-Corona typewriter dealer, which stayed there well into the 1980s.

Studebaker Dealership Paper Models

http://papermodelblog.blogspot.com/

All are simplified for scale, but accurate.

Hutchins' Kar Mart, Inc, 1104 North Wenatchee Ave Wenatchee, WA

As it looks in 2010--After Studebaker, it was home to Wenatchee Lincoln-Mercury, after briefly selling Simcas and Fiats.

Final Christmas ad from McLoughlin Auto Co.

McLaughlin Auto Co, Walla Walla

From the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, February 26, 1967, page 29

Lindsey Motors, Chehalis

This dealership later sold Toyotas, and closed in the 1980s. The building is still there, but vacant.

Carl E Filer, Greenville PA

Not from Washington State

L.E. Belcourt License Plate Frame

...And who can forget The Studebaker Center?

Opened in 1958, The Studebaker Center was the largest Studebaker dealership in Western Washington. In addition to being the biggest, they also held the contract for the fleet vehicles for the City of Seattle. The Studebaker Center moved into this building, located at 753 9th Avenue North, in Seattle, in 1958. In 1963, it held the contract for all of Seattle's official Motor Pool. It continued to sell Studebaker until 1966, when the dealership became Scott Toyota. In 1989, Frank Kenney bought the dealership, which became Kenney Toyota. The building is currently an architecture office.

From The Seattle Times, March 17, 1963

Star Studebaker, Kirkland

An assessed value card, courtesy of the Puget Sound Regional Archives.

Doxon & Son, Auburn

1967:

2011:

Images courtesy of Doxon Toyota

Frank E. Rhodes, Renton

A similar wing was added after this photograph was taken in 1954.

Above:330 Main Avenue South in 2011

This dealership sold both Nash/Rambler and Studebaker-Packard cars. In 1964, the dealership had become known as LaBonte Rambler.