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Continental Vehicle
Suppliers, Inc.®
and
personalvehicleshopper.comsm were founded in 1996
and 1999, respectively, by Gary Matesic of Plano, Texas.
Gary spent 24 years as
a trust officer, estate planner and private foundation
manager with several major banks and asset management
institutions. At one point in his career, he was entrusted
with the overall administration of more than $440 million in
client assets. Please visit
www.trustmangroup.com for more information on his
personal trust, expert witness and private foundation
advisory services.
While still advising
several wealthy families and law firms, and despite his long
and successful financial services career, gasoline continues
to run in his blood. Gary and his late father, Emerick,
spent many weekends at the legendary Pittsburgh
International Dragway ("PID")(www.pittsburghinternationaldragway.com),
during National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) events in the
‘60s, watching icons such as “Big Daddy” Don Garlits,
“Dandy” Dick Landy, Ronnie “Mr. Four-Speed” Sox, “Big
John” Mazmanian, and many others from the golden years of
drag racing. Gary began working on real cars in 1968, and
has since been involved in everything from ground-up classic
car restorations to race car engine and chassis building. He
has collected more than 35 cars personally, from two Aston
Martins (a DBS and a V8 Vantage - similar cars have appeared
in several James Bond movies) to several vintage Mopars
(Chrysler Corporation cars), presently including a 1968 Plymouth
Barracuda Formula S convertible, and a 1967 Plymouth
Valiant, currently being built as an autocross, road and
drag racer. He has also owned 5 twin turbo Toyota Supras in
the business, and one personally. Gary has taught adult
education courses in new car buying, used car evaluating,
and basic auto repair and maintenance. He has also been
quoted in several feature articles on these subjects by the
Houston Chronicle, and was the subject recently of a
full page business article in the Plano Star Courier.
Gary’s civic activities
include:
Director, Dallas
Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. (www.dallaslighthouse.org),
Chairman of the Board 2001-2003; Executive Committee
1997-present.
Trustee, Dallas
County Association for the Blind Trust Fund, Past
Chairman of the Board of Trustees and member of the
Investment Committee.
Member, Plano
Rotary Club, Past Director. Also a Paul Harris
Fellow. (www.planorotary.com/)
Trustee, Plano
Rotary Foundation (www.planorotary.com/)
Gary is also a former
National Show Judge for the Buick Club of America (www.buickclub.org),
and was a founding member of the Lone Star Performance Buick
Club (www.lspbc.org).
He also enjoys membership in the Lone Star Muscle Car
Association of North Texas (www.home.att.net/~lsmctx/). |
