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Bob Ford |
 Bob Ford opened in 1923 at 14585 Michigan Ave. in Dearborn. Bob Ford had close ties with FoMoCo, as owner Robert W. Ford was Henry Ford's nephew. Bob Ford sponsored numerous drag cars in the 60's. The dealership was eventually sold and renamed Fairlane Ford, and remains open in 2008. The original building was torn down and replaced sometime in the 70's. Fairlane Ford is the second longest operating Ford dealer in the world. |
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Stark Hickey Ford |
One of Metro Detroit's longest operating Ford franchises. The original Stark Hickey dealership was located at 550 N. Woodward in Royal Oak, Michigan. Stark Hickey sponsored Dick Brannan's Goldfinger '65 A/FX Mustang and Bronco '66 Mustang Funny Car, and Hubert Platt's '67 Fairlane. Stark Hickey opened a second location in Detroit at 24760 W. Seven Mile Rd. The Royal Oak store eventually became Royal Oak Ford, the Detroit store closed in 2008. |
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Paul Harvey Ford |
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Sales manager/racer Paul Harvey left Bob Ford in 1966 to open his own store in Indianapolis. Paul Harvey Ford was opened at 525 W. 38th Street in Indianapolis in 1966. Harvey sponsored many drag cars, including those driven by his son, Jerry Harvey. Paul Harvey Ford remains open in 2008. |
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Romy Hammes Ford |
Romy Hammes Ford operated from 1940 to 1974 in South Bend Indiana. The dealership sponsored most of Dick Brannan's race cars throughout the sixties. Former owner Jerry Hammes has an extensive website at Jerryhammes.com. |
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Max Curtis Ford |
Max Curtis Ford operated for many years on Michigan Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. Max Curtis sponsored Dick Loehr's Mustang funny cars in the late 1960's. The dealership changed it's name and moved to Okemos in the mid-90's. The old building remains in 2008, it is now a Staples store. |
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FoulgerFord |
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Foulger Ford was on Huntington Drive in Monrovia, California. Foulger moved to Arcadia, CA in the 1980's and has since closed. Foulger sponsored several drag cars in the 1960's. |
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Tasca Ford | ||
Tasca Ford was undoubtedly the prominent dealer in Ford Racing history. The original Tasca Ford dealership site at 777 Taunton Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island opened in 1953. Master salesman Bob Tasca quickly made it the number Ford dealer in the country. Tasca fielded it's own successful drag racing team throughout 60's, employing driver Bill Lawton. Tasca was leading performance dealer, and Bob Tasca was instrumental in the creation of the 428 Cobra Jet Mustang. At the urging of Lee Iacocca, Tasca sold his Ford dealership in 1971 and opened a Lincoln-Mercury store just down the road in Seekonk, Massachusetts. The former Tasca Ford store became Fournier Ford, which operated until 1994. Tasca then repurchased the closed dealership and quickly reopened Tasca Ford, which remains open in 2008. Bob Tasca was instrumental in bringing Ford and John Force together in 2000, and Tasca Ford is currently one of the many sponsors on Force's fleet of Mustang funny cars. In 2008 Bob's grandson, Bob Tasca III, entered the NHRA Nitro funny car series with a GT500 Mustang sponsored by Ford Motor Co. (4/13/08)
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Update: You can own a piece of Ford Racing history, it'll only cost you 3.5 million. Tasca Ford has apparently moved to a new facility, and the old building is for sale. Find out more about it here. This place should be preserved as a museum! (9/2/09)
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Update II: We've some fantastic vintage shots of the classic Tasca Ford building online, and owner Bob Graham has graciously allowed us to them display here! These shots show Bob's fathers' 1938 Ford parked at Tasca in 1961. View the photos at our Tasca Ford Gallery. Be sure to check out more of Bob's Flickr pix here. (9/2/09) |
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