In our ongoing blog series of the history of our building, we keep coming across spectacular photos of the vehicles that truly made that era cool and the people who drove those Volkswagens even cooler. This blue camper van was from a man who was traveling the world and documenting it on his vehicle. He …
From the ground up Gerald Hendricks of Hendricks Motors captured some moments from when they were just beginning to break ground at the location where Tanin Auto Electronix is now currently located. Things sure have changed over the years but thanks to the Hendricks family, we can all enjoy this little time capsule documenting old Racine from the …
In Part 6 of the continuing story of the history of the building that now houses Tanin Auto Electronix, we are excited to show off some of the fancier Volkswagens and sports cars to come through the doors of the old Hendricks Motors dealership here in the 1960’s. Behold the beautiful sports cars of …
The Beetle In Part 5 of our series, the History of our Building, we give you the BEETLE! Hendricks Motors had no shortage of Volkswagen Beetles throughout their time at this location. Check out some of the photos of some of their top vehicles.
The men of Hendricks Motors We have now come to our fourth chapter of the series: The History of our Building, which currently stands as Tanin Auto Electronix but began as something quite different many years ago. In this chapter, we wanted to take a step back from the beautiful cars and show how the hardworking …
Back in the early 60’s Hendricks Motors ran their Volkswagen dealership on the corner of Hwy. 31 and 6 Mile Road in Racine, WI. Now the present day site of Tanin Auto Electronix. When they opened the dealership, the first of its kind in the area, it was sunny and warm. Gerald Hendricks, the owner, …
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When Gerald Hendricks was first approached about starting a business selling those “funny looking little cars” from Germany, his response was “Sure, let’s do it!” He was an entrepreneur who liked being in business for himself and loved cars. Gerald left his job and opened up Hendricks Motors, selling imported VW vehicles. They had Cabriolets, Beetles, Micro-buses, Karmann …
We have been doing research on the building that we have moved in to recently and as it turns out, it was originally built to be a Volkswagen dealership in the early 1960’s. We found these interesting vintage advertisements courtesy of thesamba.com so we had to share! The origins of the building date back to a …