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'A week didn't go by that I didn't think of quitting'

Boeckmann: "I thought about becoming a doctor, but I watched an operation one time and couldn't stand it."
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By:
Lindsay Chappell
October 21, 2013 05:00 AM

Young Bert Boeckmann was disillusioned with the car business when he joined Galpin Ford in suburban Los Angeles as a salesman 60 years ago.

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