Kolars, Inc., Seattle, Washington

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="008005a0dkcfqa.png"> <div> <A HREF="http://willysdealershipproject.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://willysdealershipproject.com"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Willys Dealership Project</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>             Back to: </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Washington"><U><B>Washington</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Use your browser's Back button for best results</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Kolar's, Inc.</div> <div> 12th & East Pine</div> <div> Seattle, Washington</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> George Steele is well known for his <A HREF="http://georgethejeep.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://georgethejeep.com/"><U>George The Jeep</U></A> business in Kent, Washington.  (I have dealt with George on many occasions and recommend him highly.)  He is the original owner of a <A HREF="http://www.hometown.aol.com/georgejeep/3B.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hometown.aol.com/georgejeep/3"><U>heavily modified 1962 CJ3B</U></A>, purchased from Kolar's in Seattle.  George offered the following information, indicating they went out of business around late 1970's:</div> <bR> <div> "I just looked at the sticker on the tailgate of my Jeep. The business was owned by Otto Kolar. The Sticker reads Kolar's Inc., 12th & East Pine Seattle, Washington. The parts mananger was Phil Phillips. I think they went out of business about 20-25 years ago. I was at the auction they had the last day and bought 2 pickup loads of parts."</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> A search for "Otto Kolar" turned up a <A HREF="http://www.mrsc.org/mc/courts/supreme/038wn2d/038wn2d0774.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mrsc.org/mc/courts/supreme/03"><U>1950 legal reference</U></A> for a Washington business known as Kolar's Auto Rebuild, possibly a predecessor to the dealership.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>