Kalafer built up teams, in store and out

Dealer Steve Kalafer founded the Somerset Patriots, now a Yankees Double-A affiliate.

April 26, 2021 04:00 AM

In 1976 in Frenchtown, N.J., 26-year-old Steve Kalafer opened a Ford dealership inside a Mobil gas station. He had seven employees, two gas pumps, one display vehicle and no office.

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