User:Davidmatine/Phil Long (DRAFT)

Phil Long was the founder of the largest automobile dealership group in the state of Colorado.

He was a highly decorated WWII fighter pilot. After an honorable discharge from the military in 1945 he bought stake in Vollmer Brothers Ford, which was owned by R. Doenges, and changed the name to Doenges-Long Ford. In 1964 he bought out his partner, changed the name to Phil Long Ford, and moved his Ford dealership to Colorado Springs.

Phil Long died in 2001, but his dealership group includes Ford, Chevy, Audi, Mercedes, Lincoln, and Hyundai dealerships, stretching from Denver, Colorado to Raton, NM. The General Manager of Phil Long dealerships today is Mike Cimino.

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