Mel Rapton Honda Selling Dealership To New Ownership Group

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A family-run concern that’s been successful Sacramento for astir 60-years is coming to an end.

After astir six decades, the proprietor of Mel Rapton Honda says she’s acceptable to footwear the tires connected retirement.

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“It’s clip to person immoderate fun,” said Mel Rapton proprietor Katina Rapton.

Katina’s father, Mel, started selling cars successful Sacramento backmost successful 1962. She and her member Curtis practically grew up connected the lot.

“My member and I some went done the ranks. We were porters, we were work advisors, we washed cars, we sold cars and we came up done management,” said Katina.

They continued to tally the household concern erstwhile Mel died successful 2009.

“I americium arrogant of my name, I’m arrogant of what my dada has built,” she said.

But adjacent week, they’re turning implicit the keys to a caller ownership group: Capital City Honda. So wherefore are the Rapton’s selling now?

“It’s time, my brother’s going to beryllium 62 successful March — I’m going to beryllium 60,” she said.

And she says trying to vie with bigger businesses is besides a factor.

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“The firm stores are coming in, they’re highly competitive, they person each the advantages to truly tally a precise thin benignant enactment and that’s a small spot harder for us…It’s a precise costly concern to run,” she said.

Other businesses on the Fulton Avenue corridor are bittersweet to spot the household go.

“It’s been a bequest of attraction for the community,” said Capital Confections proprietor Teresa Higgins.

Higgins oversees the section concern territory and she hopes the caller firm owners proceed to bring radical to the neighborhood.

“I conscionable anticipation that they tin support connections with everyone that the Rapton’s had,” said Higgins.

For Katina, it’s going to beryllium pugnacious to spot her dad’s sanction travel down.

“I’ll beryllium crying similar a baby,” she said.

And saying goodbye to longtime customers and employees won’t beryllium easy.

“I’m going to miss them similar crazy,” she said.

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The authoritative transportation happens adjacent Monday. The caller dealership owners person pledged to support each 120 existent employees connected staff.