When Victory Auto Wreckers tows and crushes its last clunker this month after nearly 80 years in business, it will mark the end — thankfully for some — of perhaps the longest-running commercial in the ...

The passenger jet roars off the end of the runway, climbing steeply, its white fuselage gleaming in the late-morning sunlight. A couple of minutes later, another jet takes off, then another. It’s a ...

The whole idea of an old desert junkyard is somewhat fascinating. Under the burning Arizona sun, long-abandoned cars lie ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- It's been a staple on Chicago TV for nearly 40 years – a man with a beard and a mullet opens the door of an old teal car parked on the street in front of a suburban-looking house, ...

CHICAGO — A legendary Chicago area business has announced it is closing its doors forever. Victory Auto Wreckers’ owner Kyle Weisner told Dean Richards during an interview on WGN Radio Sunday that the ...

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Robert Zajdell, The Victory Auto Wreckers Guy, joins Dean Richards to talk about the shop closing and his role in the famous Victory Auto Wreckers commercial.

This has been going on for decades, and it has never been true. Fashions come and go, of course, but even the largest manufacturers can’t resist throwing out an occasional oddball to keep the rest of ...

Kyle Weisner owner of Victory Auto Wreckers, joins Dean to talk about the decision to close Victory Auto Wreckers and Dean celebrates a new chapter for Kyle and his family.