Remember June 29, 2012? You might not recall the date, but certainly you can remember the destruction. It was a storm. A big storm. The derecho, the official term of what some called a Land Hurricane, was highly destructive to the area, especially Paulding and Van Wert Counties.
Integrity Ford was one of many places that had been hit hard by the destructive effects of the massive storm. Power lines were draping across vehicles on US 127 near the dealership.
It has taken a while to clean up and you can still see remnants of the storm in the region.
Integrity on the south side of Paulding reopened right away for its customers even with damage.
The storm cost was over half million dollars to the sales lot and vehicles. Rick Greear, manager of Paulding Integrity, got the plans together not only to fix the damage but also to modernize the look to Ford’s “Trustmark” specifications.
The dealership now is more than ready to serve people looking for a new or used vehicle.
The car lot opened in 1990 but it was not always a Ford dealership. Integrity bought the Ford franchise from Harry Phlipot in 1993. Nowadays they average about 600 vehicles per year in sales.
There are 12 employees who work in the Paulding facility, including sales people: Pete Vail, Jim Warren, Frenchie Britt, Rick Greear and Dennis Recker.
Throughout the years, Integrity has done some amazing fundraisers for the schools. Since they started Drive 1 4 Your School over $20,000 has been donated.
Not only is this a great place to check out vehicles, stop in and see the remodeled facility on US 127 South in Paulding!
