Ray Adams Toyota in Raytown 1988

Ray Adams is like the Billy Fuccillo of Kansas City. I don't know how else to describe it. The goatee is a trademark. Back in the day he was responsible for a tiny little Toyota place in Raytown. In the twenty years since he's ended up acquiring dealerships for about every major make of automobile up and down the Missouri side of the metro.

I think, for a while, he was even running some kind of "Buy One Car, get a Second Car Free" kind of deal. I don't know how that either worked out or what ever happened to it.

Wheeling and dealing aside, here's a little Ray Adams spot from the dinky days in Raytown. Culled from a VHS tape I apparently made in 1988.

Apologies for the sound. My analog gear was trying to strangle me at the time. I'll try to keep it from happening in the future.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Ray
• Adams
• Toyota
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• Raytown
• 1988
• KSHB
• 41

[nomadcowatbk]

got any other Ray Adams ads?

[echoes1971]

Not as of yet. It's slow going trying to get through the VHS tapes I've got around here. if I find anything different, though, I will certainly post it.

[sam43520]

love to see more of the old Ray Adams spots

[echoes1971]

I'll have to dig through some old VHS tapes over the holidays and see if anything crops up. If I'm lucky, something will creep up out of the woodwork.

[nomadcowatbk]

@uncleroyhoggins

do you have any old channel 62 stuff with their dark picture and crappy equipment?

[vinylking1252]

roy do you have any friday fright night footage by chance? also do you have any commercials for the bedford co they did pool tables and still in business in mission,ks also you have any for apollo hair systems as well thanks in advance

[vinylking1252]

wonder do you have any friday fright night video also there is 1 video someone posted for larry hagmans film in 1975 i believe

[uncleroyhoggins]

I have ton's of old KC commercials...I been huntin' them for years...lot of stuff 1983 and up...I always dug ol' Ray's ad's...he had all the gimmicks...buy one car, get one free...free diamond necklace...free telephones...free fur coats...years supply of groceries from Bob's IGA...his show used to sponsor KCTV 5's Friday Fright Night...

[kcbrettfan2007]

How about old Sunnyhill commercials?

[SweetDaddyBugg]

Kansas City in the house!!!

[nomadcowatbk]

this dealer is now in Lees Summit