[1977] AF's Fleet Dealer of the Year Awards
Tiny Solomon sold 1,130 luxury Lincoln-Mercury cars in 1976 to win first place. A smiling Barbara Bobit makes the presentation to Solomon, representing O'Connor Lincoln-Mercury in Los Angeles, while his wife Sandy looks on.
Chevrolet winners honored by Automotive Fleet magazine at the recent AFLA convention in Pittsburgh are (from left) Dick Wenzel of Hawkins-Corfew; the factory's Bob Berg accepting for Ron Beattie of Farrenkopf; and Ann and Don Fenton of Long Chevrolet.
It was a big day for Datsun as factory people (from left) George Trimay, Ray Barnett, Jack Nielsen, and Charlie Ross accepted trophies on behalf of Phillip Ariew, John L. Taylor and Iris Clinard. The three winning Datsun dealers are all from California.
Candace Hornkohl of Automotive Fleet presents the winning Buick plaque to Murray Heit, whose firm made 3, 490 fleet sales last year. They are flanked by factory peoply Clair Martin and Keith Henry.
Automotive Fleet magazine Publisher Ed Bobit (center) presents the Cadillac awards to factory people Frank Vader (left) and Lou Proctor, who accepted for Phil Mittleman, Robert Spreen and Doug Jean.
It took the efforts of two Bobits to handle the Toyota presentation, with the factory's Charlie higgins standing in for Gerald Bean, Orville Verner and Tony Cerrito.
American Motors Corp. first place winner for 1976 was Joseph Rosenfeld (center). He is flanked by Vic Kray (left) and Harry Scharf -- factory folks who accepted for Chuck Cascella and Mike Glowney.
Dodge and Chrysler-Plymouth awards were presented to (from left) Jay Peterfeund, Jim Berkley, Jack Webb and the factory's R.G. Allen, who accepted for Dave Vandergrift. A total of 6,735 fleet sales were logged by the winning Dodge and Chrysler-Plymouth dealers last year.
For the second year, Mark Rosenstock (holding large plaque) was the number one Oldsmobile fleet dealer. Olds honors were also shared by Tom Scolan and Bill Mortimer. The presentation was made more festive by five factory people who extended congratulations.
The Pontiac Division was represented by (from left) Nelson Karney, Earl and Kitty Stewart who won for 1,600 fleet sales while with Ruckle last year, and the factory's Mac McConnell and Al Chakmak.