| Bob Knollenberg Sr. and Darryl Minchow were partners when
B&D opened in 1953. Six months into the partnership,
Knollenberg bought Minchow's interest for $500, which
Knollenberg promptly used to buy the car inventory.
Bob Sr. juggled his business ownership with a full-time job
at the Lincoln Fire Department. Much of the dealership's
success is attributed to his late wife, Eunice, who was the
first woman to interrupt Lincoln's exclusively-male sales force
in the car business. She died in 1982.
B&D originated at 541 N 48th St. They added a second location,
at 4820 Cornhusker Hwy., in 1976, and closed the original
location in 1978.
Bob Jr. would like to acknowledge and salute four
dealers, besides his father for teaching him the
ropes: Dick Flynn, Dick Flynn Buick, Guy Dean
Ford, Larry Pickering, Williamson Olds, and Spence
Vannenan; formerly with Meginnis Ford. |
