While asleep one night, I had a dream about a fictitious and historical NASCAR Team, Chrysler-Plymouth-Imperial-Dodge Passenger Car and Light-Duty Truck, and Dodge Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck Dealership; and an adjacent junkyard, each of which are located in the U.S State of Alabama.

The Garage where the Plymouth and Dodge Stock Cars were prepared out of base, stripper Plymouth and Dodge 2-Door Sedan and 2-Door Coupe Passenger Cars during the 1950’s, 1960’s, and early-mid 1970’s is on the premises of the homestead where the Dealership and the Junkyard both are.

Also on the homestead is the 4 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Farmhouse, and approximately 5.5-6 acres of lawn; where the family who has owned the Dealership, the NASCAR Team, and the junkyard has resided since the even before period of the Confederacy in the Southeastern United States, specifically the 1840’s. In all, the entire plot of land that has been in the family since the 1840’s consists of 65 acres, much of which was originally farmland before being used for a private Front and Back Yard, the Dealership, the NASCAR Team, and the junkyard.

The junkyard consists of piles of junked vehicles stacked approximately three to four stories high.

A seldom used Country Road, a Dirt Road runs through the property; assigned the designation by the Alabama Country Route (CR-12).

The current members of the family who live on the property, if they spot trespassers anywhere on the property, whether it be where the NASCAR Team or the junkyard; a member of the family will be within the a matter of seconds or minutes to apprehend the person wandering onto their property, politely asking the person to leave their property or else they will contact the authorities.

The Dealership, which had opened in the late 1930’s; had thrived during the course of WWII took place, was a Chrysler Corporation Dealership carrying everything from Plymouth-branded Passenger Cars to Dodge Heavy-Duty Trucks from the very beginning; had also carried DeSotos from the time the Dealership was founded in the late 1930’s up until the cancellation of the DeSoto brand by the Chrysler Corporation in the early 1960’s, became one of the few Chrysler Corporation Dealerships who were certified to work on Chrysler Corporation vehicles equipped with Air Conditioning beginning in circa the late 1940’s-early 1950’s; had ordered the “bare bones” Plymouth and Dodge 2-Door Sedan and Coupe Cars from that they had converted into their Stock Cars for competition in NASCAR; and when the Chrysler Corporation was in dire straits during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s; the family had switched to selling Ford Passenger Cars, Light, Medium, and Heavy-Duty Trucks, Mercury-branded vehicles, Lincoln-branded vehicles, and Ford Farm and Construction Equipment in order to stay afloat (or, in other words; remain in business); and they had also switched their NASCAR Team to fielding Fords as well.

By the time the family had switched their Dealership and their NASCAR Team to selling and fielding Ford Motor Company products, Stock Cars were still literally Stock Cars; however, they were built using factory parts right at the Race Shop, and having Safety Features such as the Roll Cage built by the Race Team into the literal Stock Car.

During the late 1970’s, a member of the Pit Crew of the family’s NASCAR Team, a Baby Boomer who is one of the children of the current proprietors of the Dealership, the NASCAR Team, and the junkyard; who also spends the NASCAR off-season working as a Service Technician, against my wishes, has his hair permed. See this earlier post: People Having Their Hair Permed Is A Sinister Act. Thankfully and mercifully, by the early-mid 1980’s; this person has naturally straight, normal hairstyle, with bangs covering his forehead. It is at this time when this person assumes control of the Dealership from his parents, and he switches his NASCAR Team from competing in the Winston Cup to the Busch Sportsman Series; due to it being increasingly difficult by the mid-1980’s for a Driver/Owner, and/or a Small Team to compete in the Winston Cup Series.

As the Ford Motor Company had sold their Agricultural and Construction Equipment business sector to Fiat in 1991, with an agreement that Fiat could continue to use the ‘Ford’ name and Blue Oval logo until 2000, having to cease usage of the Ford name and logo after the year 2000, and also as the Ford Motor Company had sold their Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck business sector in 1996 to Daimler/Freightliner to become Sterling Trucks; the family relinquishes their Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Automobile Dealership franchise in the late 1990’s, and concentrates their efforts on selling and servicing New Holland Farm and Construction Equipment, Sterling Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks; and also servicing Conventional-style School Buses built on the Freightliner FS-65 and C2 Chassis & Cowls.

In part and parcel, the family repurposes their Automobile showroom into a Tractor showroom.

The family also ceases operation of the junkyard in the early 1990’s, and takes their sweet time to have metal scrappers come and take their junked vehicles, haul their junked vehicles away; and scrap the junked vehicles in the metal scrappers’ own scrap shredders.