Since the ’60s, Ford Has Stored Cars Underground in a Kansas City Cave. Story by Benjamin Hunting ... which are part of a vast business complex called SubTropolis? Legacy of Limestone.

Ford used SubTropolis to store its cars in the 1960s. "The constant temperature and humidity [it's 68 to 72 degrees year-round] are ideal for storing stamps and other products," she said.

Leggett & Platt Commercial Vehicle Products signed a lease for 72,000 square feet in Hunt Midwest’s SubTropolis underground complex. It is expected to open in the second quarter. Ford builds the ...

SubTropolis, a 55 million-square-foot limestone cave which houses a range of businesses underground in Kansas City. ... Ford Motors, Russell Stover and Pillsbury were also early tenants.

A worker "upfits" a new Ford Transit van on the assembly line at Knapheide, a company located below ground in the SubTropolis. A few miles away from the Ford plant in Claycomo, Missouri, the ...

Several other automotive suppliers have located at SubTropolis, including Knapheide Manufacturing, Ground Effects, Midway Ford and AER Manufacturing. This story was originally published August 27 ...

The drive route set out for us by Ford took us underground, into the SubTropolis industrial park in Kansas City. From Wiki: SubTropolis is a 55,000,000 square foot (5,060,000 m³), 1,100-acre (4.5 km 2 ...

The 2016 Ford F-150 MVP Edition features a choice of blue or white exterior paint, mirroring the colors of the Kansas City Royals. The truck is based off the lower mid-range XLT model, and tacks ...

SubTropolis first opened in 1964 to house tenants such as Pillsbury, Russell Stover and Ford. Material removed from the mine went into many local roads and buildings, including runways at nearby ...

So back in June when I got to test drive Ford Motor Co.’s new Transit full size van in and around Kansas City, MO, I also got to visit one of the more unique industrial complexes you’ll find ...

Menlo Logistics, a third-party logistics firm, will supply batteries to GM's Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kan., from newly leased space in the SubTropolis portion of Automotive Alley.