Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1950 — Page 20

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Sales, Service Ready | When the first streaks of tomorrow's dawn break through they will bring one of the biggest events to ‘Broad Ripple since it was an Indian trading post. | ¥t will be Bill Kuhn Day, when he, as president of the North Side

Chevrolet Co. and his energetic cousin, Paul Kuhn, vice president,

Bill Kuhn's new headquarters and parking areas cover thrée an wd = nth ’ ary bev 4h 3 4 stk:

§ 0d Problem 0f Congestion

- Without Delay in ~ One of the biggest headaches in the operation of any garage is the problem of parking and moving cars. Not so with Bill Kuhn's new headquarters. Mr. Kuhn gave a

‘|sales rooms where a customer)

Kuhn Showroom 1 Has Sparkle

will open thé heavy glass doors | and welcome the public into their |. new half-million-dollar home, i The first room visitors will see sparkling glass and gleaming ‘chromium and. {its shining red tile floor.

Against the back wall of the, showroom stand four enclosed

can have privacy when he talks over the problems of buying a new car with one of the firm's salesmen, The salesrooms are painted a dark green and blend well into the atmospheres of the

lot of time and thought to this question and came up with the solution.

swing: wide the.doors-of -thelt. jhg- building is the 7

Building. ey

Tomorrow somewhere between ** ~* "77" . 25,000 and 35000 people will be There will be loud speakers all

North Side agency. . Clarence Myers, the sales man-

ost DUllding, Tn the sales and service tal-feet. He keeps customers com-

the m rooms, the back shop, the body ing back to Bill Kuhn's, and he

show them ° through modern auto sales and service in’

: " {shop and the vast, hard-topped hasygarried out to perfection the - ths Middle West. | “personalized” atmosphere of the _

I 3an to bs ops, Decatiss Bil] "Ire -Parking lat, Community Proud

ency. Kuhn has seen the best of them, agony

Service Keynote

© Oustomer Man of Hour | wire businessmen’s assgeiation, is unless it takes in more than it The formal opening will tee off Proud of Bill Kuhn. They've seen. us out, keeps its books straight, at 5 a. m. with the opening him work and grow. And he's and gives the business the hardbroadcast from WIRE with Wal- proof of the vast and abundant fact reasoning of the accounting ly Nehrling sending out micro- market in their little but lively mind. Be phone greetings right from the community. | polished red tile floor of the “day-| gjjI Kuhn is a bottom rung Powell, the office manager, who lighted” showroom. Iman. He started that way. supervises the flow of invoices,

Bill Kuhn is an idea man, For|

will be added to the final 8:30 keep Chevrolets rolling out of the

the. guests of Bill Kuhn. He will over the place in front of the ager, is equally fast on his men-.

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That person Is Mrs. Mabel

It" was on Feb. 1, 1932, the cash and materials through the ¥

d one-fifth acres of ground in Broad Ripple. At the east end of hu " ' Ty0d |

cars. Anyone of these cars can be ‘imoved without moving any other fast work. shop and the ‘reception room. -This area has a black top surface and loan handle about 48 cars, TETHe TAY, it parking area “I&“behind’ the south end of the plant, continuing: around the west side. {This area is surfaced with loose stone and can handle about 352

cars. Both areas are marked off into lanes and individual parking spaces so that any car can be moved at any time, 3

between the body Llcustomers’

«==another factor contributing tol}

"There is a central-parking area} -

Instance, visitors between 6 and blackest of the depression years Organization.

rest of the showroom.

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2202 E. 56th Sh.

BILL KUHN Selected 4 GOOD LUMBER and SUPERIOR MILLWORK

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HE. HEARRE

(CONTRACTOR)

efor fhe new

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Press

A Quality Print Shop

128 W, 10th

CONCRETE WORK ON o]._ BILL KUHN'S BEAUTIFU : SPER CHEVROLET

LI-s868 Oscar J. Shampl Fred E

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GL. 2648

tagged “I was a ribbon-cutter’ at the _ Agency,

~ through this maze of glass and modesty that it is their people,

hand with polaroid cameraathe bell

| Gates Manufacturing Co.

T a. m. will be given breakfast When he took over the North Side| One of the things Bill Kuhn has with Wally Nehrling from the Chevrolet franchise. And even in | prided himself upon is his service. Service Reception Room. {that slow-motion year, when busi- That's personalized, too, like the The Kuhns have dodged the ness flowed by cold molasses, he selling, almost as if Bill Kuhn has “brass,” the well-fed politicians, 801d $100,000 worth of Chevrolets. donned coveralls and had done it the luncheon table orators, the Fut that figure down along side himself. That's the impression you usual thing. There'll be a 250- the $9 millidh gross sales last get in this tight little triggerfoot ribbon cutting, but for old| Year in their three Chevrolet | quick organization. } ers. agencies, and their West 8146; ' ue. man who carries. out the go 0,0 this the Kuhns have had Lined Carn. Lou nave His ius tas service policy is Larry Holmes pairs ssors | wi! knows t customers, a ys Tande, ACh and ingenuity, working in the ries them he a way which

Broad Ripple.

pficial opening of Bill Kuhn's : Power Glide Drive. pew North Side Chevrolet) Energy and Zest | The parts department which Aug. 5, 1950," | Doing this required organiza- will be a combination of an arOn Spot Pictures |tion, required the careful selec-|!ist's dream and an architect's While guests are milling tion of men. They'll tell you with eifisisucy wi be operated by Carsolor, the Camera Club will be on|their organization which has rung Throughout the Bill Kuhn so clearly In Broad North Side Chevrolet Agency, at ~pletares and “delivering RIppIe. tar meat ASA TN m+ 1§25 Broad Ripple” AVET630 "St:)i them one minute later, | Such men as William T, (Bill) all through the three-and-a-fifth The Kuhns are bringing in Conner, their general North Side acres, there is quiet energy, the Jommy Barlett's NBC “Welcome | manager, have helped them carry delightful enthusiasm, the. steady | Travelers Show” which will be the ball even through the “dis- rhythmic drive of Bill Kuhn him-} given eight times during the day. couraging years. He has picked self, | Mors than $1000 worth of prizes up the magic of the Bill Kuhn| He's Broad Ripple's outstanding

_ will go to visitors at the show-| zest, the boyish eagerness and example of what the community | pom and a four-door Chevrolet freshness, the zip and vim; which

can do for a man,

can do for his community. stand that when they see His three-year dream of beauty and efficiency when its thick, plate

glass doors swing wide to the {public tomorrow.

New Device Helps Align Wheels

Job Is Done Fast,

Congratulations to North Side Chevrolet

North Side Chevrolet believes

YOUR CAR DESERVES "Gates Seat Covers" RRR

public dictated by mechanical (progress. Proper service of ®&n 'automobile in the quickest way possible

"The Bean Visualiner was—pur-

{chased -by North Side Chavrolet

that this is the- latest and best |plece. of equipment used in re(alignment of front wheels. | “The Visualiner is an intricate collection of delicately balanced

We point with pride to the

..mew_home of the

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NORTH SIDE CHEVROLET CO. ‘has to do to realign the wheels. |

like miniature screens.

Charts

. The Roofing and Exterior Sheet Metal Work was furnished and installed by

entire process while he waits,

{Keeps them reordering Kuhn cars,

...And. Broad. Ripple. is. the _out-\in the business of satisfying the customer. standing example of what a man |help the cus

Nearly 35,000 people will under-|

~The reception room is an m= ~ |portant part of this parking sys-| tem. A customer comes into this area from the street for a pre} liminary inspection of his car, thereby avoiding congestion in the |service department. If the car is| id to be worked on immediately, it : will be moved to the specific part of the plant concerned. If a delay in the work is foreseen, the Hs placed-in—one of the two = |Ing lots. 5 -All Avoid Congestion

The design of the entire plant “|is in a U-shape. Because of this]

Bill and Paul Kuhn swing wide the heavy glass doors-of their to avoid congestion and to facili{soon as one division of the plant finishes work on a car, it is moved swiftly to another for further work, or it is placed in an out-| side parking area to await its owner, {

come the sightseeing public.

Car Troubles Diagnosed Quickly in Reception Room

The reception room at North Side Chevrolet is an innovation 8 Of satisfying the cu It is ed to er finish his business as rapidly and yet as comfortably as ble, John Doe doesn’t have to strain his neck and arms trying to squeeze his car through a tiny door. Nor does he have to wait

the parking area, and the car is

TO BILL KUHN

|it is possible for every department J

NORTH SIDE CHEVROLET BUILDING

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ucts this company sells.

| ‘Congratulations to Bill Kuhn

half--million—dollar—metor-mart 1045 Broad--Rippe- Aves; towel iAle. the speed of handling. As} ° . We were proud to furnish and install the plate glass doors

which you may view the prod-

CAPITOL GLASS CO.

{in changes to meet needs of the

efinite and ex-| ]

‘hecause the... management. . feels).

| mitrrors and tenses: that éan ae- | curately tell the mechanic what he J

out on the street for the guy ahead of hum to make room so, The back wheels of the car 8 San oo. no feet wide. The 2'® Placed on the rollers, the Best wishes for your room itself will hold 12 cars atj motor Tevved up, and a “road continued success a time, thus permitting a con-| : . stant flow of cars in and out. | Later on Mr. Kuhn hopes to, A white-coated attendant meets Put in a test lane in the floor| AUTOMOTIVE . the customer and finds out what/Plan of the customer reception PAINTS be ans’ donc. (room. This lane will be filled INT If it is a question of horse- With numerous mechanical gad- by power, the car can be placed on/8¢ts that will tell you almost a dynamometer. This mechanical everything about the operation of mystie with the high-sounding|YOUr car while it is in motion. 6 & M PAINT > name is nothing more than two|{ After the “patient” has been | Customer Can Watch roliers imbedded in the floor and checked by mechanical interns, & SUPPLY 60. ' a fancy box full of dials and/it is driven through another 20| 1830 Central Ave. | levers. : {foot door in the rear. L —

432 S. MISSOURI ST.

RI 1301

(It has a largp white cabinet with two small scrgens, looking much motion picture

reflected. on these plus a bullseye-like indicator tell! the mechanic to the fraction of an ‘inch how much the wheels are out of line. The job can be done fast ~and the‘customer cafi watch the ”

~ RALPH R. REEDER ~& SONS, ING. - J

2401 Winthrop Ave. WA-2421 and

; - | Best Wishes CONTINUALLY GROWING SINCE 1897

Congratulations

for Continued 1 We are proud . . . | Success to have been selected as | .

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR

for the beautiful, new |

NORTHSIDE CHEVROLET our congratulations 10...

w ns AUTO PARTS BILL KUHN and His STAFF 1) Company, Inc.

Pearson Electric Service.

4730 E. 10th ST. te. ney | |

| 602 E. Washington RMB6E

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BROAD RIPPLE OFEICE, + 7068 E. SIXTY.

MEMBER FEDERAL RESET SYSTEM -» 5 : pod fe .

good neighbor, North Side Chevrolet, and in wishing every success.

MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

Fletcher Trust Company is glad to join with other friends and neighbors of North

Side Chevrolet in celebrating with them the opening of their fine new plant.

~~ Fletcher Trust Company

THIRD STREET

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le and Indianapolis og ~~ GREET AN OLD FRIEND

This building is more than just a new business structure. In a broader sense, it is a manifestation of the growing importance of the Broad Ripple section and a tangible expression of confidence in the future of our home city, Indianapolis.

ten - Fletcher Trust Company takes genuine pleasure in greeting an old friend and

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