What happened to the Dealership?

"Mosqvich" (mosqvich)
10/23/2013 at 12:07 • Filed to: Oldsmobile, Triumph

Small town America is really something to behold. It has charm and oozes with its own history. We drove from Colorado to Missouri this week and stopped by my Father-In-Law's hometown in rural Kansas. It's actually a beautiful town that is doing fairly well due to the zillions of wind mills on the nearby Wind Farm and the taxes they produce.

The former Oldsmobile dealership was fascinating. The Delta 88 and Toronado were apparently unsold used cars. The Delta 88's tires were about4 inches into the soil. Interestingly the doors were unlocked on the cars and the dealership. And nothing was disturbed nor maligned by pesky kids. Now that only happens in rural America, of course the Sheriff's station is just across the street.

The garage below (the garage part is on the back) used to house my Father-in-Law's Triumph TR-4A, which he bought brand new and only sold a few years ago (before I came on the scene, else I'd be the proud owner). He bought the Triumph in 1965 while he was deployed to Vietnam.

It's worth pulling off the Interstate and roaming small town America. It really is.

DISCUSSION (6)

$kaycog > Mosqvich
10/23/2013 at 12:12

One of the best trips I ever had was staying off the interstates and driving on US highways from Colorado to Ohio. It was so relaxing, and there are so many wonderful things to see in the small towns.

Mosqvich > $kaycog
10/23/2013 at 12:19

It's so true. Though, I got off I-70 and was cruising along at about 70 mph and looked in my rearview mirror and there was a State Patrol. I thought to myself "crap," but he then zoomed past me like a bat out of hell. It turned out he was going to the Sheriff's station I mention in the post! In the Summer we drove along parts of Route 66. It was great.

$kaycog > Mosqvich
10/23/2013 at 12:24

The state patrolman must have been late for coffee and donuts with the sheriff. I've been on parts of Route 66 too, and it was a lot of fun.

Your boy, BJR > Mosqvich
10/23/2013 at 12:30

Haha my grandpa used to have a TR3 he bought new and kept hidden in the barn from my grandma the first 6 months he had it (they just got married and had their first of 4 kids, and she couldn't drive manual.)

TheOnelectronic > $kaycog
10/23/2013 at 12:31

When i took my big motorcycle trip last summer, I made a point to stay off of interstates wherever possible. Partly because I couldn't tolerate the 80mph headwind anymore, but also because there was just so much interesting stuff.

That said, the Texas/Oklahoma/Missouri corridor was all interstate. I've lived in the midwest long enough that it has no charm for me.

desertdog5051 > Mosqvich
10/23/2013 at 13:05

My favorite kind of road trip. Back in 2007 I went from NM to MI on my motorcycle and had to take less than 100 miles of interstate. The things you see when you travel the lesser highways. Better food, cheaper gas among other things. I had Greensburg, KS as one of my gas stops.When I got there, there was no town. It was completely destroyed in an F5 tornado in May. I came through in July. One gas chain had opened up a single pump station on the site of their previous station for the locals. Eeriest sight I have ever beheld.