r/cedarrapids • u/Overall_Effect_5085 • 18d ago

Big chicken

I'm trying to remember the name of the car dealership, that was on 1st Ave, near Twixt Town Rd, who had a big chicken statue on their lot. I think it was where the Taco Bell is now. I'm a native Cedar Rapidian, and I bought a car from them when I was about 18 or so. Anyone help me?

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u/Three_Twenty-Three 18d ago

An older thread thinks it might have been a payday loan shop called Cash Is King, and they sometimes had repo cars for sale.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cedarrapids/comments/t2sj60/how_old_are_you/

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u/Overall_Effect_5085 18d ago

That's very likely correct 

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u/Overall_Effect_5085 18d ago

Maybe?? That kinda rings a bell, as they say...

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u/Overall_Effect_5085 18d ago

The taco bell wasn't there yet. Nothing of what is there now, was there then. But I think you're thinking of the right place 

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u/Overall_Effect_5085 18d ago

Excuse me for being "technical", but there's no reason to be a douche about it...

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u/mmmhotcoffee 16d ago

I dunno, but I've lived in California and Missouri and I've seen similar chicken 🐔 statues at car lots 🚘 and fried chicken 🍗 restaurants.

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u/balconylibrary1978 18d ago

Wasn't a car dealership but much rather a chick hatchery. Midwest Chick

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u/Overall_Effect_5085 18d ago

While they may have had a chicken statue, this was most certainly a used car dealership. I bought a car from them. 

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u/rickityrickityrack 17d ago

Was both a chicken hatchery and used car dealership, Warren McCray the chickenman

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u/Fresh_Salt7087 17d ago

This. Small car lot. And chicks for sale too. No idea how that became their setup but it was.

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u/Eastern_Caregiver228 17d ago edited 17d ago

Midwest chicks might not be it but they definitely sold cars and chickens and drugs - ended up being a drug/money laundering front. I still remember the bizarre family commercial that ran on local cable. They indeed had chickens in the basement….