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Bruce Schwartz is the President and owner of Stoddard Porsche Parts located in Highland Heights, Ohio and NLA Authentic Parts in Nevada. Stoddard Imported cars, was founded by Chuck Stoddard in 1957. The Dealership sold Porsche, Audi and Mercedes Benz automobiles and was made popular as a Full Service Porsche facility for new cars as well as the restoration and manufacturing/ distribution of parts for the early 356 and 911 cars. In 1983 the Porsche Family purchased Stoddard and in 2004, Bruce Schwartz returned ownership to the USA. In 2011 Penske Automotive bought the Dealership and Bruce kept the Parts Business under the Stoddard Banner. Stoddard Parts is a proud sponsor of the Steve McQueen Car Show that takes place on June 4 benefitting The Boys Republic in Chino Hills, California.
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Christopher Kimball Financial Services
SUCCESS QUOTE
“Success is 85% showing up.” – Woody Allen
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
After buying a company with some partners that didn’t work out was a huge challenge to keep the company and move forward by himself.
AH-HA MOMENTS
Discovering that there were so many other people that shared the same car passion he had after purchasing a car dealership.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
A 1974 Alfa Romeo Spyder
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
If you live in Cleveland, get a four wheel drive car.
AUTOMOTIVE RESOURCE
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Enjoy the ride.
HOW TO FIND BRUCE
Bruce Schwartz 440-391-5236
Bschwartz@stoddard.com
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Bruce-
My name is Tony Nestora.. I have been a PCA member (CVR Region) for 20 years. I retired from CT and now live in Wilmington, NC. I have accumulated a lot of Porsche Publications, memorabilia, and miscellaneous items. I have a literally brand new “big book” from Rennsport Reunion #1. Beautiful pictures by Jeff Zwartz, signed by Jeff Zwart in a hard felt sleeve, again literally brand new, and the program you got when paying and attending- it’s about a half-inch thick as well. A VCR tape made by David E. Davis Jr. It’s basically like a movie, very rare and only sent to “special” Porsche customers with a personalized letter included. From the 993 timeframes. Features commentary and narration by David has a variety of comments like people like Jerry Seinfeld and more. Interviews/featured sections told by factory race car drivers. A very proud factory manager shows how a special technician taps out imperfections in the paint on the assembly line. And so much more.
From Automotion, a large metal “nut” that says “I am a Porsche Nut”! Candidly too much else to get into one by one.
I’m 75, no longer own a Porsche owner (that’s what an expensive divorce will do) And I have some health issues, nothing fatal but painful (I’m 75)!
Last item- an exact replica of a Ferrari Testa Rosso 250. The detail is amazing. You can actually see amazing details on the Webber carbs, and every part is amazing. It is about 10 inches long, actually makes a perfect Ferrari exhaust note- and you can shift the gears! In a Plexiglas case on a mahogany base. Beautiful piece!
Enough for now!
Again, my name is Tony Nestora. My Cell is- 203-856-9111 and my email is- tonynestora@gmail.com I hope this gets passed on to Bruce Schwartz
Tony Nestora
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OOPS!I just sent you a long email message (have yet to master the art of “making a long story short”)
Anyway, I sent a lot of detailed information to you about a special Ferrari ENGINE in my email, not a complete car, just the ENGINE. I did NOT mention it was just the ENGINE, not a complete car and I wanted to clarify that.
I was referred to Bruce Schwartz by several of the officers of the Hurricane Chapter of PCA here in NC
Nobody has a monopoly on good ideas – I do hope Bruce will contact me as he sees fit.
Tony Nestora Cell- 203-856-9111 (I didn’t even ask for that btw) – tonynestora@gmail.com