page_title: Dennis Albaugh
section_title: Car collector
hierarchical_section_title: Dennis Albaugh / Car collector
caption_attribution_description: English: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible
context_page_description: Dennis Ray Albaugh is an American billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Albaugh LLC, a pesticide and fertilizer company. He is a car collector, especially Chevrolets, and owns one of the biggest collections of Chevy convertibles in the US.
context_section_description: Albaugh LLC is based in Ankeny, as is Albaugh's collection of 150 classic cars, especially Chevrolet convertibles. Albaugh started the collection with the purchase in 1998 of a 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible from a golfing friend and told his wife he would stop when he completed the Tri-Five Chevrolets, the 1955, 1956 and 1957 models. His collection of about 150 vehicles, mostly convertibles, includes the Tri-Five Chevrolets as well as Chevy models from 1912 to 1975 and is housed in a 28,000-square-foot (2,600 m²) garage in Ankeny. Albaugh is known to do mechanical work on some of the cars in his collection as time allows. When younger, his father had refused to let him buy a convertible, feeling they were not safe enough. According to Murl Randall, a Chevrolet historian and collector, the collection is "probably the best assemblage of convertible Chevys in the country."
caption: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible
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