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Car Dealers no longer in Dayton area

rosewoodroyal83 9 posts Mar 03, 2010 4:39 PM	I'll begin with Xenia, Chenoweth Pontiac-Buick-GMC, I believe this became John Meyer, which moved from Xenia to Loop Rd, eventually becoming Bob Ross Buick-GMC. I know that this is technically still a dealer, but it left two former dealers in Xenia. If my memory is incorrect someone tell me, hard to keep track of such important events from 25+ years ago. Stenger's Ford, Don Kremer Lincoln Mercury, Borcher's Ford, Rodger's Pontiac........ there was a VW dealer on South Dixie, or is it kettering Blvd(I still don't know which is which!) and also a VW dealer in Fairborn, don't remember the name of either though
Curt Dalton 271 posts Mar 03, 2010 7:10 PM	I have been adding a lot of images to the site, including one of Stengers Ford's opening on Alex-Bell Road in 1997. http://www.daytonhistorybooks.citymax.com/albums/album_image/7404826/5956319.htm
driver62 289 posts Mar 04, 2010 7:14 AM	You can add Walker Olds and Borchers Ford to the list. Walker Olds was on Salem across from the Salem Mall. Borchers was in the 300 block of South Main. Moorman Pontiac on Shoup Mill and Peffley Ford on North Main are also both gone. Salem Chrysler/Plymouth shut down last year.
jfs356 1 post Mar 04, 2010 3:56 PM	Harmon Cadillac down on Main Street is gone, also.
KennyE11 10 posts Mar 04, 2010 10:31 PM	How far back are people going to go on this thread? You can add Ken Rogers Ford on Salem Avenue (formerly Vaniman Ford in Trotwood) and the nearby Lincoln-Mercury dealer (Mel Farr's, plus other names over the years?). I believe Ken Rogers had other failed dealerships over the years - didn't he have one in Yellow Springs (Pontiac?)? There used to be a Chrysler/Plymouth (or Dodge?) dealer on Westbrook Road in Brookville, but I forget the name.
Mikey 90 posts Mar 09, 2010 1:06 PM	Kettering Blvd = southbound Dixie Drive = northbound Stomps Chevrolet, downtown SWS Chevrolet, downtown Hayden-Norton VW (was) on Dixie Drive between Stroop and Dorothy Ln ---------- Mikey, Gatlinburg, TN Last Edited on 9-Mar-2010 1:09 PM
Riverdalegirl 2 posts Mar 09, 2010 3:06 PM	White-Alle Chevrolet on North Main Street. Also does anyone remember the Pole Sitters that used to erect a pole and then sit there for days on end. They were usually at the car dealers on North Main St.
Donald Tyrone Adams 9 posts Mar 11, 2010 7:53 PM	---------- DonAdams Wasn't trere a Pete Rose Johnny Bench Lincoln/Mercury ?
Curt Dalton 273 posts Mar 11, 2010 11:32 PM	From what I can find the Rose/Bench Lincoln/Mercury deal started around 1971 and folded a short time later. It was actually in Kettering, not Dayton.
corvettes6 69 posts Mar 12, 2010 6:22 PM	I think the vw dealer on s. Dixie was Heydon- Norton
corvettes6 70 posts Mar 12, 2010 6:38 PM	Cantrell & Guy was Dodge Chrysler dealer on s. dixie after moving from downtown Dayton where Route 35 is now about Patterson Blvd They stocked Hemi parts also there was Ungerlieder N dayton
mem 69 posts Mar 15, 2010 9:42 AM	FORMER MIAMI VALLEY NEW AUTO DEALERS No longer in business Brookville Brookville Dodge Cupp Ford Cupp Motor Sales (Hudson) 413 Market St Grafelman Buick Lee Miller Pontiac Strausburg Motors (Dodge & Plymouth) 402 Hay St Thorpe & Wysong Motors (Hudson & AMC) Rock St & Western Ave, Phone 128 Dayton Autobahn Volkswagen – Salem Ave Becker AMC/Jeep - Salem Ave Bernie's Motor Sales (Edsels) , (Packard & Studebaker) 3626 W Third St, Phone AM8- 3489 Borcher's Ford - S Main St Cantrell & Guy – (Chrysler-Plymouth) Kettering Blvd Central Motor Sales Co (Olds) - 800 W Third St Central Olds - Monument Ave Citizens Motorcar Company (Packard)- S Ludlow St Davis Buick - S Main St Dayton Buick Co - 349 S Main St Dayton Kaiser Frazer – Troy St The Dayton Overland Sales Co (Overland) Dayton Saturn North, Troy Pike Dayton Saturn South Dixie Dodge - South Dixie Dr Frank Z Chevrolet – Brown St Gem City Rambler - Patterson Blvd & Ludlow St. Harmon Caddilac – North Main St Hayden-Norton VW - Dixie Drive J & V Motors (Studebaker) - N Main St Jenkins Auto Sales Inc, Dodge Plymouth Willys Overland - 643 W Third St. Phone MI 4771 John Meyer Volkswagon - Salem Ave Klyce Studebaker - Patterson Blvd Krieger Motors (Crysler/Plymouth) - N Main St Lee Hilgleford Chrysler/Plymouth – 355 S. Main St. later at Webster & Keowee Lewis Fiat – Linden Ave Midtown Chrysler Plymouth Paddock Pontiac – S. Main St Peffley Ford - East Third & later N Main St Peffley Edsel - East Third St Penny Motors Inc (Oldsmobile) 839 N Main St, Phone AD 4231 Ray Bryant Chevrolet - 1620 Brown St Reliable Motors - W Third St Renault of Dayton - North Main St Rieger Motors (Hudson) (Studebaker & Packard) – 4100 North Dixie Dr RA2147 Rogers Pontiac - 41 Franklin St Rubicon Cadillac - N Main St Salem Lincoln/Mercury - Salem Ave Shannon Buick - Salem Ave Simons Cadillac Sollenberger Motors (American Motors) - N Main Stenger's Ford - 817 N Main & later on Kettering Blvd Stomp's Chevrolet - 225 S Main St SWS Chevrolet - 26 E Third St Tom Harrigan Oldsmobile/Nissan - Salem Ave Toyota of Dayton – N Dixie Dr Ungerleider Motor Car (Chrysler Plymouth) - Keowee & Webster Walker Brother's Oldsmobile - N Main Walker Imports Triumph/MG/Healey - N Main Walker Lincoln-Mercury – N Main Walker Motors – 803 S Ludlow St. - Mercury Wm. H. Amlers Ford - Third & Main Fairborn Autohaus (Datsun/Nissan & others) Jules Hilgeford Lang's Chevrolet Morning Star Dodge Skyland Ford Tatone Buick St John Buick Inc, 109 N Broad St, Phone 8-4628 Farmersville Smith Chevrolet Sales Kettering Johnny Bench/Pete Rose Lincoln/Mercury – Kettering Blvd Don Kremer Lincoln Mercury – Kettering Blvd Miamisburg Danart Buick & Equipment Co - 310 E Central Ave Deniston Oldsmobile Fink-Jeske Chevrolet Fox Motors (DeSoto Dealership only) MacAfee Pontiac Miami Motors (Chrysler-Plymouth), Steuve Ford Middletown The Howe Motor Co (Chevrolet) 1701 Central Ave New Carlisle Hal Gilliam Ford Hall Pontiac Co - 120-122 S Main St Hopkin's Chevrolet Phillipsburg Smith Chevrolet Sales, Inc,( aka SPS), Phone 4-44201 Tipp City Thuma Motors (DeSoto) 2nd & Plum St Tipp City Motors (Chevrolet) - Broadway Trotwood Ken Rogers Ford – Salem Ave Mel Farr Lincoln Mercury – Salem Ave Vaniman Ford Troy Harmon Lincoln/Mercury Jules Hilgleford Edsel Sales/Service Teegarden Lincoln/Mercury Wahlpol Hudson Vandalia Don Wagner Ford Miller Chevrolet Sales - 373 E National Rd - Phone 4-4341 Vandalia Garage Inc - 229 E National Rd - (Kaiser & Willys Sales & Service) Windsor Motors - Ford - S Dixie Dr Phone MO 4-4625 West Milton E.L. Miller Motor Sales - East North Street - (Hudson) Lucus Motor Sales Inc - 101 N Miami St - (Ford) Miller Chevrolet – Phone 182 W. W. Norris Oldsmobile Co. - 690 S. Miami St, Phone 248-W Xenia Chenoweth Pontiac-Buick-GMC Ken Cole Ford Richardson Volkswagen Yellow Springs Baldwin Ford Bales Chevrolet Chuck Winner Chevrolet Oster Ford Village Ford A thanks to all those who have helped build this list and to those who have made corrections. Additions and corrections can be emailed to mem45414@yahoo.com Last Edited on 8-Nov-2011 10:14 AM
driver62 290 posts Mar 16, 2010 8:01 AM	I didn't see Moorman Pontiac on the list. They closed around 2-3 years ago and Reichard Buick took over the Pontiac line.
JohnC 119 posts Mar 18, 2010 12:46 PM	Cantrell and Guy was Chrysler Plymouth, not Dodge. I know for a fact because that's where I bought my 1972 Road Runner
tlturbo 194 posts Mar 19, 2010 6:38 AM	What is the name of White Allen Chevy now? I bought my 69 vette from them in Sept 68 and they sponsored the Greater Dayton Corvette Club for us. At that time it was the largest Corvette club in the country.
corvettes6 72 posts Mar 22, 2010 8:51 PM	Same name owned by Tim White
Auslander 2 posts Jun 04, 2010 12:59 AM	Don't forget Ken Cole Ford in Xenia.
Lgrando67 12 posts Jun 04, 2010 3:38 AM	Autobahn Volkswagen on Salem Ave. Renault of Dayton on N. Main St. Sonnenberger Motors on N. Main St. (AMC,Rambler) One that is a bit foggy is Toyota of Dayton on N.Dixie and Ridge. Perhaps by another name or Brand but definitely a car lot.
roge 26 posts Jun 04, 2010 6:28 AM	Did anybody mention the old Dayton Rambler
driver62 302 posts Jun 04, 2010 7:52 AM	Logando67 - There was a Toyota dealer at N. Dixie and Ridge. Although I don't remember the name, I bought a Toyota station wagon there in 1978 for $3800. Now I think it's a Wonder Bread distribution center.
gris66 22 posts Jun 04, 2010 6:49 PM	Don't forget Stomps Chevrolet. It was the second car dealership in Dayton (to Borcher's Ford). It was located at S.Main and 6th Street. Stomps Chevrolet closed in 1968. The building, a six-story brick built in 1927, is still there across from the Convention Center.
JeffN 304 posts Jun 06, 2010 10:38 AM	My dad bought all his cars from Shannon Buick. As I recall, he always dealt with a guy named Gene, who I believe later owned the dealership??
gris66 23 posts Jun 06, 2010 4:53 PM	That was probably Gene Reichard. The Shannon Buick dealership is now Reichard Buick-Pontiac. I think it changed over in the 1980s or early 1990s.
Foxmotors1914 1 post Jun 17, 2010 3:36 PM	Someone needs to refrain from saying a business is closed unless they know, Fox Motors in Miamisburg is still in business as I am fourth generation owner!!! We are still in miamisburg and have been there in business since 1913!
Curt Dalton 309 posts Jun 17, 2010 6:04 PM	Hello Foxmotors1914, I am sorry that your business was listed by another member as being closed. Your company has been erased from the list. Fox Motors has a great history. Fox Motors Inc. was established by Thomas G. Fox Sr. as an automobile agency in Miamisburg, Ohio. It was passed down to Thomas G. Fox Jr., Then To T.G. Fox III, and To Joshua T. Fox. In a couple of years they will be celebrating 100 years of being in business. Please check them out if you are ever in the Miamisburg area. Last Edited on 17-Jun-2010 6:05 PM
Becky73 163 posts Jun 18, 2010 3:00 PM	We were neighbors of the Sollenbergers and I went to elementary and high school with their boys. It seems to me they had Ramblers or some other extinct car at one point and then sold classic cars for a while. We always bought our cars at Peffley's on Main street. I thought I saw a car with a Peffley name on the back last time I was in Dayton and it wasn't old. Probably my imagination.
JeffN 310 posts Jun 22, 2010 5:42 PM	gris...it was Gene Reichard. My dad thought a lot of Gene and the Shannons.
gris66 25 posts Jun 23, 2010 2:39 PM	Thanks for the confirmation Jeff. I have purchased a number of cars from Reichard over the years (although I don't have one now... shame on me) but their service department is the absolute best in the area. Good people for certain.
mem 88 posts Jun 27, 2010 1:50 PM	Becky73 - There is a picture of T.D. & P.A. Peffley's building on East Third Street in 1949 at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhsalumni/2294502466/in/set-72157600708205429/
Lynn50 1 post Jul 30, 2010 9:37 AM	I would like to add Steuve Ford in Miamisburg.
supersix 19 posts Jul 30, 2010 2:18 PM	Skyland Ford in Fairborn. Fink-Jeske Chevrolet, Miami Motors (Chrysler-Plymouth),Deniston Oldsmobile, and MacAfee Pontiac in Miamisburg. Grafelman Buick, Brookville Dodge, Cupp Ford and Lee Miller Pontiac in Brookville.
RIVERDALE RAT 434 posts Aug 14, 2010 4:58 AM	I always remembered Pete Rose Johnny Bench Lincoln/Mercury as being in Moraine, it was on the Right hand side of the road (going out) near the top of the hill, just before you dropped over and hit Moraine City. Maybe that was still Kettering.
Greysin1 8 posts Aug 14, 2010 7:43 PM	My father & grandfather (and great grandfather) owned and operated a funeral home at 850 S Main. We bought all of our cars from Rodgers Pontiac for well over 50 years. At my grandfathers insistence all were black until about the late 1980's when my father final had enough and bought a dark maroon colored sedan. But sure enough, he bought it from Rodgers. I learned alot about cars as a little girl from those guys across the street from the family business.
rodat6 105 posts Aug 15, 2010 5:18 PM	1958 I purchased my first vehicle from SWS Chevrolet, on S. Main a block north of the concrete train bridge. The showroom was up a concrete ramp to the second floor, it was on the west side of Main st. The salesman was Mr. Gunn and I paid him $95. which I had earned from working R.L. Kennett PhotoStats at .80 cents per hour, take home was $26. per week. The Chevy was green and had an automatic transmission which for a 1950 model was experimental. I lived at 1829 Grand Avenue in those days, just west of Rosedale. I took my car to the alley and proceeded to soup it up to the best of my ability, I removed the really black gunky oil filter and threw it away, the previous owner must have been using a non-detergent oil. I also removed the hood ornament. The tranny didn't last long and I had no idea that adding oil was the thing to do, my brother who drove a 1950 Ford would drag, ruin his transmission, remove it, take it to the basement, repair and reinstall in short order then drag some more. Brother was going to help me convert my Chevy into a manual and we went around one day and purchased a few things like a bell housing but life must have gotten in the way and I ended up quitting my job and hitchhiking to Miami leaving the car sitting. My next car was a black 1946 Cadillac that I purchased for $50. while living in L.A., 1960-62. The only problem with it was that once it was driven and got warmed up, it would not start until it cooled down. Then I had no idea, now I'd say I needed a starter solenoid. Moved to New Orleans in 1962, gave the Cad to a fellow I painted with from time to time, John Williams Irwin, one of the 3 who kidnapped Frank Sinatra, Jr. In New Orleans I bought a black 1948 Cadillac and drive that for a few until I bought a blue 55 Cadillac and then figured out where I left my brain and in 1966 I purchased a 1966 red Karmann Ghia, $2,300 off showroom floor. Best vehicle I ever drive other than a daughters Honda Element recently. Give me a snail mail address and I'll send you what I can afford. I still work some, born in 1942, brain stroked in 2004, it was a good experience actually. We never start living until we accept no longer being human, lol, tis true.
Marine0311 3 posts Sep 20, 2010 10:47 AM	Don't forget Paddock Pontiac (the fran went to Moorman), Simon's Cad, and Renault of Dayton, then came Paddock's used car lot on N. Main where I-75 goes over now. On the west side of Main was Stengers Ford and Penny Olds next door; Walker Linc-Merc accross the street, and Kreiger Motor (Dodge-DeSoto) in the area of 3800 N. Main.
victoryopera76 8 posts Sep 27, 2010 5:00 PM	WHAT ABOUT FRAN Z CHEVROLET?
rosewoodroyal83 16 posts Sep 27, 2010 7:45 PM	yep, Frank Z Chevrolet RIP 2010.
griff73 1 post Oct 03, 2010 5:34 PM	Wasn't Cantrel & Guy a Plymouth dealer on Kettering Blvd. and the Dodge dealer was on Dixie Dr. and called Dixie Dodge?
griff73 2 posts Oct 03, 2010 5:38 PM	Ooops - Should have looked at the list by mem closer.
reptar5 1 post Dec 21, 2010 3:49 PM	I am searching for a gentleman who worked at Paddock Pontiac on Main St (I was told it was across from Russ's Market). His name is Richard "Dick" Brewer. If you happen to know this name or know of anyone that I can get in contact with that worked at Paddock Pontiac, PLEASE contact me at reptar5@aol.com. Thanks so much! Last Edited on 22-Dec-2010 4:57 AM
rr52c 4 posts Feb 15, 2011 5:38 PM	I can remember a Kaiser / Frazer dealer on Troy St. It was back in 1949 to 1950 time frame. It was in a red brick building probably just north of Chapel St.
scottdoug1 1 post Mar 08, 2011 12:58 PM	Does anyone know anything about the history of or anyone who worked at Penny Motors (Oldsmobile) on 839 Main St? My dad worked there in the mid 50's.
gris66 39 posts Mar 08, 2011 4:37 PM	It became Walker Brothers Olds, I believe. You might want to call one of the current Walker dealerships to see if someone from their staff know the history.
Customs_MP 4 posts Mar 12, 2011 10:32 AM	Haven't checked ALL these messages(!), but what was the name of the old Cadillac dealership on S. Main not too far from the main entrance of the fairgrounds?
Customs_MP 5 posts Mar 12, 2011 10:40 AM	"scottdoug1"= "Tiny" Casson used to work there during that frame. Tiny was a HUGE guy; he was also the drummer for my granddad, Harvey Springer, in the Pote's Little Symphony and Troubadours bands with Antioch Shrine Temple. Those bands are one of the reasons I went on to become a Shriner myself! Dad, G.L. Austing (a former Dayton police officer) and my uncle, LaMar M. Springer (a retired Dayton police officer) were also with Antioch, as well as my mother, grandmother and aunt (LaMar's wife) being Lady Shriners with Bara Court 19 at Antioch.
MillardIII 1 post Apr 27, 2011 6:16 PM	A couple more dealers to share: Yellow Springs: Bales Chevrolet (1930's - 1970's) Chuck Winner Chevrolet (same company 1970's and 1980's) Oster Ford 1920's through 1950's Baldwin Ford 1950's and 1960's Village Ford 1960's through about 1990 Xenia Richardson Volkswagen Fairborn Autohaus (sold Volvo, MG, Fiat and others) Tatone Buick (Steve Tatone was the last Tatone to run it, but it was not named after him) There was an import auto store in Yellow Springs in the late 1950's through the mid 1960's, but I have forgotten the name. It later became Richardson VW in Xenia when the partnership broke up. Can anybody help me on this one?
MillardIII 2 posts Apr 27, 2011 6:21 PM	Oh, and I forgon Lewis Fiat on Linden Ave. the FIAT sign now says LEWIS thanks to some handiwork and they now sell RVs.
lastofthesimons 3 posts Jun 06, 2011 4:57 PM	My family were the Cadillac dealers in Dayton for 50 years-grandfather Ray Simons got the dealer ship after WW II and my father Bob, with brothers Tom and Dick worked there in the beginning. My uncle Tom took over the Rubicon Cadillace Dealership in the early 60's and it was originally in the building where the Oakwood post office is today near UD. Uncle Dick went to work for the US government in Washington.
Steve65 2 posts Jun 06, 2011 7:44 PM	Ungerleider's - nice to see someone remembered them. They weren't around too many years. My soon-to-be-wife bought her first new car from Ungerleiders - a 1964 Plymouth Barracuda. Really cool driving that car into the parking lot of old Belmont High in '64. Crazy thing is that I still have it. It's been cosmetically restored and has only 81,000 actual miles on it. Fun ride, still. Steve
Steve65 3 posts Jun 06, 2011 7:49 PM	Another dealer, long gone. Does anyone (except me) remember Sharp's Auto Sales on North Dixie ? Their claim to fame was that they sold only used cars, but all those used cars were Municipal cast-offs, including Highway Patrol Cruisers. I bought a 1971 Mercury Maurader that was an Indiana Highway patrol car. FOUR miles per gallon in the city. Actually did about 12 - 14 on the highway as long as you were above 70 MPH.