Steve Lawrence started his career in Mercedes-Benz Parts, 40 years ago with Jim Slemons Imports back in 1973.
He worked his way up to Assistant Parts Manager and then to Wholesale Parts Manager at the Jim Slemons Wholesale warehouse in Tustin. When Jim Slemons Imports closed its doors in 1991, the Dealership was then purchased by Fletcher Jones Jr. in December of 1991. Steve retained his position as Wholesale Parts Manager at Fletcher Jones Motorcars and was also in charge of supplying parts to our Body Shop which was located on Quail St. just down the block from the main dealership.
Steve also helped put together an advertisement in both Hemmings Motor News and the Star Magazine for mail order parts that Fletcher Jones sold to customers all over the country.
A few years later, Fletcher Jones Motorcars moved into their new state of the art dealership on Jamboree. Steve continued to sell parts to local Wholesale customers and all over the country.
When the New Car PDIs and the Pre-Owned Certification vehicles were moved to an offsite location in Irvine, Steve was instrumental in setting up and running the Parts inventory over there.
He returned to the main Dealership in 2008 and began taking care of our Service Technicians and it did not take him long to become one of the top producers again at the Parts service counter.
Steve has always been a true professional and nothing shows that more than in the last 6 months as he has coached and trained 2 of our own to be the next generation of Parts advisors.
As Steve moves on to the next chapter of his life, he is excited to have the opportunity to do more of the things he enjoys such as cooking, reading, taking his dogs out for a walk and traveling. He will also enjoy spending more time with his lovely wife Kathy and his 2 sons, Steve ( who attends College in San Diego ) and Chris who is working as a Parts Advisor here at Fletcher Jones and will continue to carry on the Lawrence Legacy.
Steve has always been well respected by the people he has worked with and the guests he has come in contact with over the last 40 years and he will be truly missed.