Wally McCarthy, one of the state’s most highly touted auto sales titans, died Wednesday. He was 94 years old. “There’s no one like him anymore,” said Paul Rubin, a business partner who has known McCarthy for 33 years. “I always thought he was Moses because he was 6-3… Source: www.twincities.com
“I’m very happy with the opportunities I’ve had so far,” Marcello Gandini wrote in a 2016 email interview. And it was a great opportunity. That included building both Lamborghini’s Miura and Countach supercars, his amazing Alfa his Romeo 33 Carabo show car, and his spectacular Lancia his Stratos his rally racer. Gandini died… Source: Car and Driver
An August 2000 file photo shows Wally McCarthy at the Oldsmobile dealership in Litchfield. This location is now the headquarters of Best Buy. Mr. McCarthy entered the auto industry in 1949 as an accountant for a South St. Paul dealership and owned several Twins. Source: www.twincities.com