Tomei in his Crown Rebuilders garage in Christopher. (Southern Illinois Photo)
CHRISTOPHER — Dennis Tomei paces through his Christopher garage. Cold air from the holes in his roof stings his face as he looks out the bay-door windows, waiting for work to pull in. This is how his winters are spent. Tomei has been involved in the automotive industry nearly all of his life. His father built the garage where he now operates his business, Crown Rebuilders. It is a family business started by Tomei’s father, Herman Tomei, who built the garage in 1946 when he returned from WWII. He opened it in 1949 as a Chrysler dealership, later shifting to a full automotive shop. Tomei, now 61, was hired to work with him. Please click to read the full article from Issac Smith of the Southern
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