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Old 05-04-2011, 07:10 AM
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Default Re: R&S Chevrolet on MSO. Any info on them available?

Thanks everyone for the help.

I finally got in contact with the original owner. Car was raced every weekend at Mokan (sp?) raceway in Asbury missouri. He said he special ordered the car with every performance option he found on the order sheet, cowl induction and a special exhaust that looked like pipes with dimples all over. Had crager SS's day two, every performance shop item he could find. Was a student attending university at pittsburgh kansas automotive tech degree so they blue printed motor within a few weeks of the purchase in the class. Hoping he will share a photo or two and he still has trophies he won with the car and thinks possibly the window sticker but couldn't find it first look. Really nice guy and was great to talk with him and learn some of its history.
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Default Re: R&S Chevrolet on MSO. Any info on them available?

R&S was the 4 the oldest/family owned Chevrolet dealership in the nation up until recently.
I'm told they started as R&S Motors in the 1920's.Then in August 1961,they dropped the "Motors" & became R&S Chevrolet,untill just recently when the founding families last active member,son Rob,sold it to new owners & it's now CrossRoads Chevrolet-Cadillac today.
They used a potmetal cursive script on their trunk emblems in the 1950's,then switched to the one I have above,then to a mylar decal soon after,sometime in the late 1970's & beyond.
Henry Robertson told me he was very stingy in ordering Dealership advertising trinkets back in those days.No yardsticks,license plate frames,key chains etc.Just the basics needed to sell a vehicle.He did send me an R&S Chevrolet matchbook form the 1960's,that I display on the dash of my car.
I asked for any past vehicle records on my car,or others,but Rob told me that was all tossed decades ago.They are/were a very small dealership,and space was limited.
Mike North was their Hi-po salesman,and last known in Baxter Springs,Ks.
I have come across a few 1970 Chevelles today that were sold new from R&S.Mine,one LS6 still in Missouri,and one L34 locally.The L34 owner lives near me and attends shows around here.
I contacted the Joplin,Mo. library 10 years ago and they sent me roughly 20 Xerox copies of vintage newspaper ads,advertising R&S Chevrolet from 1967-1973.Many pages of brand new arrivals & OK used cars on their lot.One showing a used 1969 L89 Camaro for 3K.
I only know of 2 Dueces being sold there,1 Cranberry Red,1 Forest green.Marlin may know of another.
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