Historical October 1985 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Tom Fox, formerly of Fox Vehicles, has announced that he will open a Ford dealership at 6153 Delmar at the end of October. Neither Fox nor Ford is new to this location.
This structure housed a Ford dealership for over 40 years, closing here in 1967 and moving to the county as Sherwood Ford.
In June of 1967 a Cushman dealership moved in; Fox bought and operated that business from 1973 until spring of this year.
The new Fox Ford will carry a full line of trucks and cars, new and used, and have a full service department.
It will employ 15 people, including Hank Goodson as head of the service department. Goodson was head of the service department at the Nash dealership, formerly on Delmar. Fox first approached Ford about a dealership nearly two years ago. Ford conducted an in-house market survey and Fox hired Real Estate Analysts Limited to conduct an independent market analysis. Both studies indicated the Delmar location had excellent potential. Fox feels he and Ford are on the cutting edge of a new trend.
He believes the time for convenient neighborhood locations has come. And, considering this area has the second highest concentration of auto registrations in the metro area and the nearest dealership is miles in any direction, Ford agrees. Renovation of the 32,000 square foot building has been done by Laclede Partnership, Inc.
The exterior has been painted, and blue canopies are being installed.
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Automobile dealership at 6153 Delmar as it appeared in the 1960’s. The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, October 1985, page 1. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, October 1985.
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