The name "Doretti" was a play on Dorothy Deen's first name
Dorothy and her Dad were two of the real boosters and advocates of the post
war British sportscar craze. GI's who'd caught the "bug" and brought it home
with them even to the point of importing the first of the many thousands and
thousands of British and European sportscars realized something we all are
quite aware of...the little buggers need to be worked on constantly or they
would develop major problems.
Arthur Anderson and his daughter who was smart as well as beautiful soon saw
a niche that they could fill and possibly even make a ton of money selling
parts to owners of sports cars. Dorothy Deen soon started a parts company and
became one of the very first of the replacement and add on parts companies to
begin selling parts and making custom add on speciality items . Dorothy
wanted a more exotic sounding name to fit the needs of enthusiast's
everywhere,
especially the area west of the Mississippi. The Cal Specialities started to
pop up to feed the need of a fast growing sport and hobby..
The Cal Specialities Company began to manufacture and sell a line of
accessories with the Italian sounding "Doretti" brand name. supposedly they
sold the
copyright to the name for $1.00! The company, operated by Dorothy Deen and
Paul Bernhart, sold products such as luggage racks, aluminum valve covers, wind
wings and sun visors to local dealers who retailed these popular items to
sports car enthusiasts..things were much simpler back in 1952-56...
The 1952 MG Arnolt (Why was he called "Whacky?") was another perfect example
of cars that should have been huge success's BUT....?
Albert Escalante CCBCC-way out West...
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