Fred Graf tells us about the humble beginnings of West Orange Motors.

WATCH: Fred Graf tells us about the humble beginnings of West Orange Motors.

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00:00Yeah, that's some pictures just to give you a little bit of an idea.

00:07When I bought the blast, it looked a bit like that.

00:11It was just a tin shed, like this here, with a couple of underpasses.

00:18And we were driving, you know, through the boathouse.

00:22My oldest son, he was just 14 years old, a bit over 14.

00:28And he said, well, Dad, why don't you buy the blast?

00:33And, you know, I will run it.

00:36So he said, well, we have a lot of repossessed cars.

00:41Why don't you buy some repossessed cars so that the mechanic has some work?

00:47You know, he can make enough to earn his living.

00:52And I thought it was a good idea.

00:54But, oh, I think I started off with about 10 or 20 pens a week.

01:02It was a struggle.

01:04But I found by buying those used cars, those repossessions,

01:10they were, of course, always, you know,

01:16you had to work to be able to sell it again.

01:23But that mechanic was very good, and we worked together.

01:28He done the repairs, and I did the polish them up,

01:34and, you know, do whatever I needed to make them look properly.

01:39So it became a car dealership.

01:45So neighbors were starting to complain.

01:49So I had to get a license, a dealership license, you know.