Calgary recently lost two stalwarts of the automotive community: Franz Pados died Feb. 6; and Bill McNaughton died Feb. 26 in California.
Pados sold British and German motorcycles and scooters in Calgary in the early 1950s, and eventually owned Pados Volkswagen on Macleod Trail, where he also held the Porsche franchise. In 1974, he opened a BMW auto dealership, further south on Macleod Trail. In later years, he was a consultant to the Alberta government on transportation issues.