Old Car Dealers in the Detroit Area

[littlebuddy]

When I lived in Dearborn, my family lived next door to the Husaks, who owned Husak Brothers Dodge in Dearborn. I was pretty young back in the early60's so I am not sure about all the details. Does anyone remember them?

[econ expat]

When I lived in Dearborn, my family lived next door to the Husaks, who owned Husak Brothers Dodge in Dearborn. I was pretty young back in the early60's so I am not sure about all the details. Does anyone remember them?

I think H "USA" K Brothers Dodge was located in Detroit, on Michigan Ave near Lonyo/Central. The building was a large Mexican bakery last time I was in the area.

Mickey Husak is still in the business. Saw his name as the new car manager at Taylor Chrysler, interviewed in a Detroit News story when nearby Century Dodge closed.

[rhusak]

LittleBuddy..
Where in Dearborn did you live? I am Ron Husak and my family lived on Rosalie Street... My Uncle Walters Family lived on Lapham Street. My Uncle MIckes family lived in River Oaks in Dearborn Heights.. Which ones did you live by?
Ron Husak

When I lived in Dearborn, my family lived next door to the Husaks, who owned Husak Brothers Dodge in Dearborn. I was pretty young back in the early60's so I am not sure about all the details. Does anyone remember them?

[reddog289]

So Ron, Then I think that Husak Dodge was in the round building which became a bakery then?. Good info. I love this thread.

[turkeycall]

My father bought three new cars from Fisher-Record Chrysler/Plymouth on Kercheval in Grosse Pointe:

1950 Plymouth Deluxe - 2 door
1956 Plymouth Savoy - 4 door
1961 Chrysler Newport - 4 door [quite possibly the ugliest - or, at least the homliest vehicle I had ever seen]

He bought a 1978 Chrysler newport 4-door, but I can't remember if Fisher-Record was in business then.

[rhusak]

RedDog..
Yup, that was our last store...
I was in Detroit a couple of weeks ago [[I have my mother in laws house up for sale in Dearborn) and drove down there.. I live in Conifer Colorado now.. Even did some business with Warholik <sp> Tire on McGraw and Wyoming.. They have been there forever and we did quite a bit of buisness with them when we had the dealership..
Some of the old buisnesses have hung on.. Even bought some GREAT Kielbasa from the Markowitz Polish meat market across the street from the old store.. They have been there forever as well..
I stumbled on this thread by accident.. It is pretty neat!
Ron Husak

So Ron, Then I think that Husak Dodge was in the round building which became a bakery then?. Good info. I love this thread.

[shovelhead]

rhusak,

Armstrong Buick on Michigan Avenue? They were on Grand River east of Schaefer from what I remember near Rollie Barrett Chrysler. Or did they have two dealerships?

[kacz1]

Where on Rosalie did you live , My Cousin lived at the north end

[rhusak]

kacz1.
We lived at 4781 Rosalie.. What was your cousins name? How old is he.. I am 66 so that gives you a frame of refrence.. I had 3 younger brothers though..
Ron

Where on Rosalie did you live , My Cousin lived at the north end

[rhusak]

shovelhead..
Yup they were right next door.. We aquired that building when they left ... must have been 58 or so.. We had our AMC franchise there.. They relocated further down Michigan Ave near Greenfield.
We were also right across the street from the Pontiac store... Barnett.. They also moved into Dearborn. We rented that building for a while to store some of our new cars in.. The fly ash there was terrible from Ford's foundry used to do a number on the paint... Kept all of the Benzes there.. It was a two floor building with the service department mostly upstairs..
Ron

rhusak,

Armstrong Buick on Michigan Avenue? They were on Grand River east of Schaefer from what I remember near Rollie Barrett Chrysler. Or did they have two dealerships?

[Dino]

Way after this thread was started, but I found some of my grandfather's old receipts from HUSAK BROTHERS in the early '60s. Awesome to see. I didn't know he owned a pickiup truck in 1960, but I just learned that fact. My dad always told me how "Grampa" loved his Studebakers, and the Husaks were he favorite guys. Another family tradition is the WARHOLAK sons/brothers just east of Wyoming on McGraw. It was SO much fun to see this thread tonight. Here is an image from one of the receipts. I have many more, but they're no more interesting than this one.