The Cars They Loved and the Men Who Kept Them Going

Here's a picture from the Simmon's Studio collection of negatives of a young man showing off his stripped-down, (presumably) souped-up vehicle. (Any help here identifying the make, model or year of vehicle or the person in the picture will be greatly appreciated.)

Someone drew a square on the negative, perhaps to indicate that he wanted a close-up print made.  I don't know why anyone would want the car cropped out of the picture.  The man seems so proud of it.

Here's another man who's proud.  He went to Simmon's Studio to have his portrait taken of himself wearing the uniform of a DX service attendant.  

There were three DX Stations in Warrensburg.  One was on the southeast corner of Holden and Gay. There was another down in the bottom at the corner of Warren and Business 50.  There was a third on the corner of Business 13 and Business 50.  

All of these stations offered basic vehicle maintenance as well as full service fill ups.  Older readers will remember a time when buying gas included having an attendant clean your windows, and check your oil and tire pressure.  He would add oil if you needed it for a low additional price and fill your tires for free.  If you asked for it, he'd give you a free road map and give you directions as well.

Thanks to Brett Penrose for the info about the service station attendant.

Brett Penrose Lisa, my great grandfather owned the filling station on the NW corner of Gay & Holden. After looking at the photo, my mom thinks the guy in uniform might be William Ross Bodenhamer-- she says he ran the station across from her grandfather's.