Pop Warner's Studebaker Garage, Bremerton WA
Today I met with Mr. Russell Warren of Bremerton WA. He is the son of Mr. Pop Warren now deceased.
1933-1938 Pop's Studebaker Garage was the Bremerton WA authorized Studebaker dealer. Prior to 1933 Pop Warren started a storage service in what had been Mann Buick Bld. in downtown Bremerton for cars during the winter. As it happens from time to time owners would fail to pay the storage and lose the car.
At this time a new car which was broken-in actual sold for more money than a new '0' mile car. The drivers were paid as little as $10 for their work and Pop Warren paid the other expenses. Pop Warren maintained personal connection with the Studebaker factory via contacts made during his dealership years. The last Studebaker Pop Warren acquired was light metallic green 1963 Cruiser with all the power/performance option available. Pop's son Russell made up this order and it was used as he called it a "demonstrator". At the end of the model year Russell Warren purchased the car for himself and drove it until it was given to one of his daughters. The last location of Pop's Garage was near the west end of Wycoff again in the Charleston area of Bremerton in a building that had once been the Charleston City Hall and Fire Hall No.2 after Bremerton and Charleston merged. Russell Warren is a former SDC member from his days in Southern California when he still owned the Cruiser. The photo above is of the last Studebaker sign from Pop's Garage, which Russell has hanging in his garage. |