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  • 192 Pages
  • 260 Photos & Illustrations
  • Paperback
  • Colour
  • Published in 2020
Lost Muscle Car Dealerships
By Duncan Brown

Revisit the glorious 1960s and early 1970s, when cars from Reynolds Buick, Yeakel Chrysler-Plymouth, Mel Burns Ford, and others created the lasting muscle car legacy through innovative advertising and over-the-top performance. Detailed text and more than 250 historic photos and illustrations provide the history of those dealerships.

 

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.


 

 

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