1952 Muntz Road Jet

Earl “Madman” Muntz is the type of all-American character that we would have to create had he not already existed. In a career that lasted more than six decades, Madman Muntz made and lost many fortunes, in a bewildering variety of businesses. A few highlights of Muntz’s entrepreneurial endeavors include numerous used car operations, both in his hometown of Elgin, Illinois, and in the Los Angles area; new car Chrysler-Plymouth and later Kaiser-Frasier dealer; television manufacturer, air conditioning manufacturer; all-aluminum house builder; motorcycle and motor home rentals; motorhome builder (“Muntz’s Mobile Mansions”); 4-track, (“Stereo Pac”) 8-track and cassette player builder and distributor; satellite dish manufacturer and distributor; wide-screen television builder; videocassette machine distributor and early cell phone promoter. Plus automobile manufacturer. Earl W. Muntz was born in 1915 and died in...