I do Facetime with the customers, I show them everything,” McGinty said. McGinty said he thinks much of his store’s success has to do with transparency. “I go out in my tow truck, load up with Wawa coffee, and hit the road with some good jams on.” “I’ve got 5 cars coming in next week: a ’73 Volkswagen Convertible I’m driving down to Rehoboth Beach to get an ’86 Jaguar,” McGinty said. Now I’m 70 and it’s my turn to treat myself.’” Inventory selling fastĭue in part to that nationwide exposure, McGinty said his inventory is constantly turning over. “I love hearing ‘I had this car, I got married, my wife and I had to sell it. “We’re just really making people’s dreams come true with a classic car,” McGinty said. McGinty said his store ships all over the U.S., which gives him the chance to get to know a vast array of customers. “I love telling the stories of how I got the car and the history of the car to the next customer.” “When I buy them, getting those stories, how long they’ve owned them, the memories they’ve had in them,” McGinty said. “Everybody’s just blown away.”ĭespite their impressive features, McGinty said it is the stories unique to each car he buys that truly captivate him. “We have a lot of the neighbors come in, the kids want to see what we have,” McGinty said. He said he leaves the showroom open to the public, and anyone is welcome to stop in. The store’s inventory includes defining classics like a 1930 Ford Model A Coupe, a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle, and a 1992 Corvette Targa top.Ī handful of performance legends also rest on McGinty’s showroom floor with deceptive calm, like a 1993 Toyota Supra with a large turbo kit and extra-strong forged internals, as well as a 2014 Roush Edition Mustang GT that has nearly three times the horsepower of an average sedan. The building’s main draw is undeniably its showroom, which hosts an inventory like no other.Ĭars on offer at McGinty cover a range of periods, styles, and types. “Everything is old and has patina I just put a gas pump in the front, I’ve got the front end of a ’57 Chevy with the lights on.” The showroom “We’ve hung a lot of real classic antique tags, license plates, signs,” McGinty said. McGinty said he installed a lift in the garage, and underwent an extensive cleaning of the original glass, showroom, and floor, as well as a redecoration that captures the site’s vintage vibe. The interior of a restored 1965 Ford Thunderbird at McGinty Motorcars, 1041 Washington St., Reading. His site in Reading now boasts nearly 6,100 square feet of garage space, in addition to a 1,000-square-foot showroom and office - which McGinty has restored since buying the site. McGinty, a Morgantown native, said he closed his old dealership in Bucks County to open a shop closer to his family. “It just has so much character and history,” McGinty said of the building.
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