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Top Fleet Dealers Responsible for Over 107,000 Vehicles

AF announces its Top Fleet Dealer Awards

by Staff
May 1, 1978
2 min to read


Automotive Fleet's Third Annual Fleet Dealer Awards

MAKE

FLEET SALES MANAGER

DEALERSHIP

LOCATION

UNITS SOLD

CHEVROLET

Don Fenton

Long

Elmhurst, IL

15,136

Gene Farkas

Wink

Dearborn, MI

7,987

Ron Beattie

Farrenkopf

Garfield, NJ

6,631

PONTIAC

Earl Stewart

Myrtle

Maspeth, NY

4,500

Charles Catlett

Wilson

Jacksonville, FL

3,876

Walt Kozak

Penn

Baltimore, MD

2,604

OLDSMOBILE

Mark Rosenstock

Dale

Bronx, NY

8,045

Tom Scolan

Weil

Libertyville, IL

6,242

Bill Mortimer

Anderson

Baltimore, MD

4,682

BUICK

Murrey Heit

Stillman-Hoag

Englewood, NJ

4,187

Jerry Weinstein

Wilkins

Glen Burnie, MD

1,836

Jack Rowbottom

Lyons

Torrance, CA

1,407

CADILLAC

Phil Mittleman

Potamkin

New York, NY

1,262

Greg Spreen

Bob Spreen

Downey, CA

930

Jimmy Rollins

Thomas

Los Angeles, CA

820

FORD

Milo Matick

Piemonte

Melrose Park, IL

6,926

Mort Rosen

Alvin Motors

Chicago, IL

5,011

Dick Wenzel

Bob Bennett

Columbia, SC

3,402

LINCOLN/ MERCURY

"Bob" Kunes

Terry's

Orland Park, IL

2,745

"Tiny" Solomon

O'Conner

Los Angeles, CA

1,309

Allen Brooks

Northgate

Tampa, FL

1,014

CHRYSLER/ PLYMOUTH

Jim Berkley

Elmhurst

Elmhurst, IL

1,445

Charles Tamulitis

River Oaks

Houston, TX

757

Bud Dubois

Universal

Honolulu, HI

560

DODGE

Jay Peterfreund

Future

Long Island, NY

2,795

Dave Fluke

Savidge

Seattle, MA

952

Owen Hartley

Massey-Yardley

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

847

AMC

Joe Rosenfield

Fincher

Miami, FL

2,118

Diane Martin

Frizzell's

Houston, TX

399

Leonard Casper

Greenfield

Detroit, MI

380

DATSUN

Ron Baker

Fresno

Fresno, CA

1,000

John Taylor

Downtown

San Jose, CA

850

Frank Hilson

Hilson

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

675

TOYOTA

George McCall

Toyota Central

Los Angeles, CA

1,500

Ray Ethridge

Crown

Upland, CA

1,200

"Tory" Cerrito

Almaden

San Jose, CA

1,000




36 Top Dealer TOTAL

107,130

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