Lost Muscle Car Dealerships: The Rise and Fall of America's Greatest High-Performance Dealers

by Duncan Brown

Overview

An entire volume dedicated to detailing and preserving the iconic muscle car dealerships of the 1960s and early 1970s, many whose doors are now closed. Text is supported with more than 350 historic photos and illustrations.

Muscle car historian Duncan Brown revisits this glorious automotive era when Nickey 427 Camaros and supercharged Dodge Demons by Grand Spaulding Dodge terrorized the streets. Drag sponsored cars from Reynolds Buick, Yeakel Chrysler-Plymouth, and Mel Burns Ford informed buyers that if you came to their dealership, you too could have a screaming fast muscle car just like the ones you saw at the dragstrip. It was these dealerships that created the lasting muscle car legacy through their innovative advertising and over-the-top performance.

The majority of these dealerships floundered, unable to reattract the customers they had prior to the muscle car. Thankfully, a volume has been dedicated to preserving the history of those less fortunate and revisiting the past success of these Lost Muscle Car Dealerships.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613254516
Publisher:	CarTech
Publication date:	10/02/2019
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	498,360
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Duncan Scott Brown's mother encouraged him to write stories from a young age while his father took him through a whirlwind tour of car dealerships as he was growing up. Duncan’s desire to preserve car history inspired his website: oneownercollectorcar.com. The site profiles people who kept their classic domestic 1960s and 1970s cars with a technical examination of the patterns of wear on original vehicles. The website quickly expanded to quirky areas that caught on with readers, such as the Gas Logs section and, of course, The Dealerships. Readers have generously contributed their memories and photos of long-lost dealerships from the Big Three plus AMC to the website.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Clippinger Chevrolet and Russ Davis Ford

Chapter 2 Dana Chevrolet

Chapter 3 Yeakel Plymouth Center

Chapter 4 Albertson Brothers Oldsmobile

Chapter 5 Reynolds Buick GMC

Chapter 6 Melrose Motors

Chapter 7 Conroy Pontiac Buick Versus Mander Chevrolet Oldsmobile

Chapter 8 Cliff Bristow Motors

Chapter 9 Dale Chevrolet

Chapter 10 White Bear Dodge

Chapter 11 Mr. Norm’s Grand Spaulding Dodge

Chapter 12 Nickey Chevrolet Sales

Chapter 13 Fred Gibb Chevrolet

Chapter 14 Royal Pontiac

Chapter 15 Bill Knafel Pontiac

Chapter 16 Bill Allen Chevrolet

Chapter 17 Yenko Chevrolet

Index

Editorial Reviews

If you’ve ever wished you could go back in time and order a new muscle car off the showroom floor, this book will give that fantasy new life.

Hemmings Muscle Machines - Mark J. McCourt

"...it's well researched and well presented."

Mark Wiggintonn Car Collector

"...it's well researched and well presented."

American Car Collector - Mark Wigginton