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Duncan Scott Brown. Lost Muscle Car Dealerships
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Defining a Muscle Car Dealership
Racing Sponsorship Dealerships
Engine-Swapping Dealerships
Affordable Daily Driver Muscle Car
The Parts Palaces
Choosing “Lost” Dealerships
CHAPTER 1. CLIPPINGER CHEVROLET AND RUSS DAVIS FORD
Clippinger Chevrolet
Russ Davis Ford
Clippinger Salespersonnel
Bob Wingate
Garner’s A.I.R. Corvettes
Gas Ronda and Russ Davis Ford
Cobra Jets
Gaspar “Gas” Ronda
Clippinger Chevrolet Expands
Russ Davis Ford Fades Out
The Demise of Clippinger Chevrolet
CHAPTER 2. DANA CHEVROLET
Mild and Wild Dana Locations
Partnership of Opposites
Paul Dombroski
Peyton Cramer
Dana Chevrolet Franchise
Camaro Headquarters
Dana Personnel
Dick Guldstrand
Dana Camaro Fiberglass Hood
1967 Camaro 427 Conversions
Who Did It First?
Mysterious First Camaro 427 Candidates
The Bardahl Car
Authenticating the Dana 427 Camaro
Other Dana High-Performance Vehicles
Connecting to Enthusiasts
Unique Dana “Yenko Stinger”
Dana Chevrolet Racing
Peyton Versus Paul
Dana Partnership Dissolves
The 1968 Camarao The Canuck
Closing Down Dana Chevrolet
The Post-Dana Years
CHAPTER 3. YEAKEL PLYMOUTH CENTER
Bob Yeakel
The Lucky Dutchman
Bob Yeakel’s Rocket Cars
Yeakel Brothers Cadillac
Lou Baney
Wilshire Oldsmobile
Rocket to Stardom
A New Gimmick
Media Mastery
Yeakel Plymouth Center
New Leadership for the Yeakel Empire
Sachs & Sons
Sachs Sponsors Jack Chrisman’s Super Cyclone
The Yeakel Racing Program
Bruce Morgan
Insurance Versus the Muscle Car
Hayden Proffitt
Hayden Proffitt’s Beginnings
Yeakel Plymouth Versus Milne Brothers Plymouth
Hayden’s Proffitt’s Plethora of Plymouths
Yeakel Sponsorships
Tom “the Mongoose” McEwen
Lou Baney Leaves Yeakel
The End of Yeakel Plymouth Center
CHAPTER 4. ALBERTSON BROTHERS OLDSMOBILE
Albertson’s History
Tragedy Strikes
Street Rocket Performance
Oldsmobile Racing
Albertson’s Spectacular Race Team
Leonard Harris
Gene Adams
Lou Albertson Officially Sponsors Racing
The 1960 NHRA Nationals
The End of the Albertson Sponsorship
Albertson’s Parts Department
1965 Oldsmobile Racers Take Notice
Dealership Takeover
CHAPTER 5. REYNOLDS BUICK GMC
The Performance Era
Reynolds Buick’s Beginning
Reynolds’ Racing History
1959 Invicta
Buick Philosophy
Reynolds wins NHRA Back to Back
Reynolds’ 50th Anniversary
Buick Skylark Gran Sport
High-Stall Automatic Transmission
Buick’s Nailhead 401
“Buick Sunday”
Reynolds’ Buick Gran Sport
Reynolds’ 1965 Gran Sport Drag Car Number 2
The GS 400
Reynolds’ 1965 Opel Kadett
Reynolds Upgrades in 1968
Buick Releases the GSX
Pop Kennedy Retires
Reynolds Continues Racing Sponsorships
Reynolds Buick Today
CHAPTER 6. MELROSE MOTORS
The Beginning of Melrose Motors
Melrose Enters Racing
Melrose Missiles
Tommy Grove and Ford
Racing Continues
The Bay Area Road Runner Specialist
Melrose Motors Becomes Melrose Ford
The End of Melrose
CHAPTER 7. CONROY PONTIAC BUICK VERSUS MANDER CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE
Conroy Pontiac Buick
Mander Chevrolet
Mander Goes Racing
Laurie Craig
Players Pacific Championship
Conroy Imports
My Old Car
The Canadian Cheetah
Canadian Beaumont Sport Deluxe
A Unique Canadian Pontiac Lineup
Low Volume Sales Collude with Tariffs
Canadian Pontiac, Mercurys, and Dodges
1968 GM Service Bulletin
Beaumonts: Pontiacs that Aren’t Pontiacs!
The Cheetah through the Years
Cheetah Drag Strip Debut
Mander’s Counter Punch
Eastern Cheetah Theory
George Pappas’s 1967 Cheetah 427
Mander Engine Swaps
Conroy’s Firebird Can Am
The ATM Ad Conundrum
Mander and Conroy Race
Mander Chevrolet Oldsmobile Is Sold
Royal Pontiac Buick Buys Conroy
Dick Irwin Chevrolet Oldsmobile Winds Down
CHAPTER 8. CLIFF BRISTOW MOTORS
Cliff Bristow’s The Rat Patrol 427 Camaro
Bristow Conversion Cars
A Bristow 1969 GTO Judge
Bristow Eliminator 1970 Chevelle LS6 cars
Bristow 454 LS6 Novas
Bristow Sells The Rat Patrol
Bristow Fire and Bank Hassles
CHAPTER 9. DALE CHEVROLET
Milwaukee-Area Dealer
Expanding Performance
Midnight Auto Parts
Corvettes, COPOs, and Dale Dusters
Corvettes
COPOs
Dale Dusters
1969 427 COPO Camaro
Where Are the Dale Dusters?
Racing Sponsorship
Dale Yenko Deuces
The End of Dale Chevrolet
CHAPTER 10. WHITE BEAR DODGE
Used Car Life
Roaring High-Volume Life
Holiday Olds 442 Volume Champs
White Bear Dodge
The Location
The Vehicles
Wild Promotional Gimmicks
White Bear Blasts into Sales Stratosphere
Everything Always in Stock!
White Bear High-Performance Headquarters
Dick Landy
Expansion: Lotus and Rolls-Royce
Want a Car?
Racing Sponsorship
Winning 1971 Charger Funny Car
Tom Hoover
Time’s a Changin’
Van Craze and Customs
White Bear Crashes
CHAPTER 11. MR. NORM’S GRAND SPAULDING DODGE
Dad’s Gas Station
The Mr. Norm Formula
Dodge Woos the Kraus Brothers
Mr. Norm Persona
Grand Spaulding Expansion
Mr. Norm’s Sport Club
Perks
Dean Darnell
The Buckinghams
Club Member Cars
Grand Spaulding Racing Team
Altered Wheelbase
Dealership Focus
Mr. Norm’s 383 Dart GSS
Mr. Norm Dealer Specials
Dodge Dart GT
440 Dart
1969 Daytona
Six Pack Demon Insurance Beaters
1972 Demon 340 GSS Gets Supercharging
Mr. Norms’s Sales Ascend
Grand Spaulding in Buffalo Grove, Illinois
The End of Mr. Norm’s
CHAPTER 12. NICKEY CHEVROLET SALES
The Stephani Brothers
Entering the Car Business
Attention-Getting Ploys
Nickey Chevrolet Race Team
Passion Reignites
Nickey’s Speedline Service
Nickey Speed Parts and Mail Order
“Hoss” Dan Blocker
The Mobil Economy Runs
Dick Harrell, High-Performance Manager
Nickey 427 Camaro
Super Camaro
Dick Harrell
West Coast Nickey 427 Camaros
Nickey Copies Yenko
1968 Nickey/Thomas Camaros
Car & Driver Super Camaro Test
World’s Largest Chevrolet Dealership
Nickey’s Downward Slide
The End of an Era
Nickey Chicago
CHAPTER 13. FRED GIBB CHEVROLET
Fred and Helen Gibb
North Side Motor Sales
Fred Gibb Chevrolet Begins
COPO Chevrolets
Meeting Ed Cole, Pete Estes, and Vince Piggins
Fred Gibb Chevrolet Starts Racing
Racing Little Hoss
Dick Harrell
Racing Competition
Building COPO Novas
1968 COPO Nova Delivers
High-Performance Clinics
The ZL1
COPO ZL1 Camaro Concept
The ZL1 Camaro
AHRA Deadline Approaches with No ZL1
1969 ZL1 COPO Camaro Disaster
Gibb Return Cars
Ken Barnhart’s COPO ZL1
Racing the ZL1 and Funny Car Camaro
The Legend of the ZL1
1970 COPO Super Camaro
Changes at Chevrolet
Dick Harrell’s Hemi
Gibb’s 1971 Bittersweet Win
Small-Town Dealership Once More
CHAPTER 14. ROYAL PONTIAC
Finding Royal Pontiac
Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen
Asa “Ace” Wilson Jr
Building Royal High Performance
Eastern Cheetah Theory
Royal Racing
John DeLorean
An Unqualified Success
Wangers Uses DeLorean
Van Seymore’s Unofficial Sponsorship
Bobcat Overflow Work
Van’s 1965 GTO Lightweight
Van’s Black 1965 GTO
1966 LeMans Sprint Drag Racer
Royal Pontiac Celebrity Status
What Does Your Name Mean?
The Royal Bobcat Kit
Car and Driver GTO Road Test
Royal Pontiac Personnel
Milt Schornack
Dick Jesse
GeeTOTiger Exhibition Racers
Image Issues at Royal Pontiac
Royal in Magazines
Drag Race Dealer Program
Royal Pontiac Firebirds
Ram Air V GTO
Royal Pontiac Days Are Numbered
Royal Pontiac Sold
CHAPTER 15. BILL KNAFEL PONTIAC
Conn Pontiac
Knafel Anderson Pontiac
Bill Knafel Pontiac Racing
Arlen Vanke
Knafel Racing Clinics and TV Show
The Vanke Way
Knafel Versus Royal
Mystery Tornado II
1966 Tin Indian V
Larry “Doc” Dixon Drives for Knafel and Quaker State
Knafel’s Golden Sabre RA V GTO
Knafel 1970 Magnum 400
Pontiac T-37 Spawns GT-37
T-37
Magnum Surpasses GT-37
Knafel 1970 GTO Judge
Bill Knafel “Mr. Pontiac”
Knafel Closes
CHAPTER 16. BILL ALLEN CHEVROLET
The Beginning of Bill Allen Chevrolet
Bill Allen Features Muscle Cars
Dick Harrell Drops the 427 Bomb
Bill Allen Exclusive Dick Harrell Super Camaros
Bill Allen Winds Down
Bill Allen Dick Harrell COPO Camaro
CHAPTER 17. YENKO CHEVROLET
Frank Yenko’s Small-Town Dealership
Yenko Pike Street
Don Yenko Shakes Things Up at Yenko
Don Begins Racing
Yenko Sports Cars
Yenko Manufactures Corvair Stingers
Using the COPO System
Miss Think Pink and the Racing Dentist
Sunray DX 1967 Corvette L88
Pike Street Problems
Yenko Camaro Stormers and Stompers
Stormer
Stompers
Don Yenko Legend
“Mr. Chevrolet” Dick Harrell
Don and Dick Build Super Camaro 427s
Don and Dick Promote the Super Camaros
Yenko Distribution of the Super Camaros
Returning to COPO
Yenko Chevrolet’s New Dealership
1969 COPO Yenkos
Don Yenko Loses Exclusivity
Yenko’s Insurable Nova Deuce
The Vega Stinger II
Yenko Chevrolet Moves and Expands
Last Shot
