Never met Chick but sounds like a really great fellow. Sorry to hear it.

He really was a nice guy. I always enjoyed chatting with Chick and Matt ended up doing all the details on our buying our Cayenne.

His interest in cars was bigger than just selling them.
 

Chick Stanton sold me my first new car at Heishman Porsche Audi in Arlington in May of 1972.

I had looked at similar cars in the showroom of another dealer closer to where I lived, but since I didn't look like anyone who could afford a new Porsche (even the one that was really a VW with a Porsche badge on it in the US) none of the snooty sales people there took me seriously. When I went to Heishman's and looked at the cars in their showroom, Chick politely introduced himself and said he would be happy to answer any questions I might have. I probably didn't look any more like a serious buyer to him than I did to the other guy, but he didn't seem to mind.

It didn't take long to know he had a bigger interest in cars than just selling them. He seemed more interested in talking about our shared appreciation for Porsches than in selling me one. He also had some great stories about driving in the Cannonball dash, and looking forward to the next one. He handed me the keys and told me to take the car I had been looking at for a test drive. I came back with a big smile on my face and said "I'll take it."

A day or two later when I wrote him a check for the full MSRP (plus the aftermarket exhaust system he had the service department install at my request), he had an unusual look on his face. I might have been the first buyer he had encountered who didn't know that buying a car wasn't like buying a can of soup off the grocery store shelf, where they put a price sticker on it, and if you want it, that's how much you pay.

By the time I learned that car prices were negotiable and that I had paid more than I should have, it occurred to me that the unusual look on his face had been more than just surprise at my naivete, but also included a reluctance to take advantage of it. By then, I felt that if anyone deserved to receive the tuition I paid for that valuable lesson, it was him. I hope he was able to enjoy the humor of my negotiating technique as much as I came to, after I got over feeling so dumb about it.

The following year as I drove that car coast-to-coast and back with a friend, I recalled Chick's stories of his driving in the Cannonball. I was sad to hear that he didn't get to participate in more of them, and that now he's gone. I sure enjoyed the car he sold me for a long time and many miles, and still enjoy recalling it and our brief encounter.

Arco-Zakus, I may have installed your aftermarket exhaust! I was a technician at Heishman's / Porsche of Arlington from June 1970 until retiring in June 2012. Chick was a part time salesman when I started and soon after became full time. He was a great sales person with a large customer base and everyone in the company liked him. I can remember waiting to hear the stories when they would return from a Cannonball run. He and Jim Atwell did that several times in either Chick's 911 or Atwell's. One of the cars had one of those old Blaupunct radios that had the attached microphone that could be used to record on a cassette tape. Chick returned one time with a cassette recording of Atwell getting stopped by the police having been stopped doing some outrageous speed! Needless to say there was a big hole in that company when he left. He was sorely missed by his customers and his fellow employees.--Dave

I had Chick as my salesman when buying my Boxster, a terrific guy.

I bought my Cayenne isn '04 from Matt and Chick helped complete the deal....Chcik was really a nice guy....

Wow, sorry to here this. The 2nd Porsche (beige-grey) I owned was bought from Chick @ Heishman back in the 80's, he gave me a great deal on the car and I was ecstatic to say the least. And yes, his son Matt worked at Electrodyne for quite a while.. that 914-6 was a pretty cool car.

Sorry to hear about his passing. RIP, Chick.

Old racers never die, they just turn in slower lap times.

Not that it matters, but you guys do realize this thread is from Dec 2007, don't you?

The stories are great, though.

License and registration, please.
 

I don't recall the name Jim Atwell, but he must be the guy Chick told me a story about. It may even have been about the same incident that was recorded on that cassette tape.

Chick explained that his co-driver was stopped for speeding and had to surrender his driver's license in exchange for a citation. That was to assure that he would return for the court date to get his license back. In the interim, the citation was to serve as a temporary license issued by that state.

Not long after that, but in another state, he was stopped again for speeding, and asked to show his license. He had to point out to the second officer that the document he handed over was not just a citation, but was also a temporary license issued by the other state.

Even after all these years, the image of that still makes me laugh. Chick seemed to enjoy telling those stories as much as everyone else enjoyed hearing them.