Rosenthal Chevrolet Arlington, VA

[VetteSpaz]

Thanks JoeC. You've opened the door for a little Rosenthal Corvette history!

Hey Everyone,

About a year ago I contacted a gentleman out in Tulsa, OK who owns a historic 1957 Corvette racer that was sponsored that racing year by Bob Rosenthal. Once I began reading about this very successful 1957 fuelie racer I realized that I had an important photograph of the car. It was given to me by Hugh Lowe, owner of Lowe Chevrolet many years earlier. I wanted to send a copy to it's rightful owner.

Check out this photo. It places the car at Rosenthal Chevrolet circa 1957-1959 with Bob Rosenthal to the left, an unknown gent in the middle and Hugh Lowe to the right. Most of the racer isn't visible but you can make out the #114 on the rear fender. Such a cool photo.

The owner was very thankful and sent me the following articles, ads and photos. He was a personal acquaintance of Bob Rosenthal and during one of his visits Bob posed again for a "before & after" photo shoot of him sitting on the #114 racer as shown in the old 1959 "Corvette Chief" ad included here. Can't get much cooler than this!

Enjoy, Mike

[JoeC]

you probably saw this youtube of the 1957 National SCCA Race including Corvettes at Cumberland

This Rosenthal Corvette is in the race along with Don Yenko and Carroll Shelby both driving 1957 FI Corvettes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akiMAGUakRQ

[VetteSpaz]

JoeC,

Thanks for sharing the YouTube video link. No, that's the first time I'd seen it. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it!

Earlier in this thread I mentioned a guy I've known for years from Upper Marlboro, MD. He's the one who sent me those '65 Daytona Impala shots. Well, he and I and other Corvette & Chevy enthusiasts would hang out in this local shop during the weekends to work on our cars. Back in the 1990's. Not far from old Marlboro Raceway and Lowe Chevrolet.

Just across the street was his dad's house. Guess who his dad's personal dentist was for decades? Dr. Dick Thompson. I kid you not!

Mike

[VetteSpaz]

Good Morning Guys,

I've enjoyed sharing my best Rosenthal Chevrolet memorabilia with you all. I was hoping that anyone with any other Rosenthal stuff would post it here. It would be great to see a shot of your Chevrolet muscle car sold from there too. I'd enjoy seeing anything you have to share. Hopefully I've added to your collections.

Bob Rosenthal also liked the Corvette and always had a fine stock on hand. Many high performance Corvettes came from this dealership. Here's a very clear version of a 1965 sales poster from there. Check out this list of high redline screamers!

(8) 365HP and (5) 375HP "Fuelies." All highly sought after cars now.

Enjoy,
Mike