Beannie's Auto & Truck Sales (Florida)

Beannie's Auto & Truck Sales is a specialty vehicle dealer with its main base in Orient, Ohio, and a second location in Holly Hill, Florida. Both sites are open by appointment. The inventory covers collector cars along with boats, motorcycles, trucks and motorcoaches. The business is independent and is not affiliated with Classic Cars Arena.

The company and its history

The dealer's website says it has been in the automotive business for more than 43 years, specializing in specialty vehicles from collector cars and motorcycles to motorcoaches and watercraft. The company does not publish a founding year, so we do not give one. The Better Business Bureau record for the Ohio headquarters lists a business start date of March 1981 and shows it as a sole proprietorship. That is a record date, not a statement from the company. The Florida location is listed on the same website, so some details below apply to both sites.

What it sells

The home page lists about 58 recently added vehicles, and the mix is wide. The collector cars we saw included a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air in both hardtop sedan and coupe form, a 1965 Pontiac GTO convertible, a 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix convertible, a 1971 Buick Skylark convertible, a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertible, a 1967 Dodge Dart GT convertible, a 1969 Chevrolet Impala convertible, a 1975 Chevrolet Caprice convertible, a 1967 Chevrolet Nova SS, a 1972 Corvette Stingray and a 1967 Chevrolet El Camino. Alongside them are 2006 Chevrolet SSR trucks, Airstream trailers, a RAM dump truck, a Kubota excavator, Boston Whaler boats and Harley-Davidson and Indian motorcycles. The list does not show prices or say which vehicles are at the Florida site, so ask where a particular car is parked before you plan a trip.

Appraisals, estates and selling

The site menu includes appraisals, an estate planning page and a form headed "Sell Us Your Vehicle". The company does not describe a consignment program, financing or shipping on the pages we read, so raise each with the dealer if you need it. If you are buying from any dealer, particularly one that sells across several categories and states, how to buy a classic car from a dealer outlines the paperwork and inspection steps worth completing.

Reputation

The BBB profile for the Ohio headquarters rates the business A+ and notes that it is not BBB accredited. We did not read a complaint count or review total we could verify. We found Yelp and Facebook pages for the business, but we did not use their ratings. As always, check the title, VIN and service history, and consider an independent inspection, especially if the car must be shipped between states.

Visiting the Florida location

The Florida address on the website is 412 6th Street, Holly Hill, Florida 32117, and the phone number listed for it is 386-243-5660. The site says both locations are open by appointment and lists weekday and weekend hours as anytime, which in practice means you should call ahead. The Ohio location is at 9173 Taylor Road, Orient, Ohio 43146, phone 614-877-2277. For more cars near the Florida site, see more classic cars in Florida.