Your donations help keep this valuable resource free and growing. Thank you.
|
Have you worked at am AMC dealership? |
Post Reply | Page <1234 11> |
Author | |
billd
Moderator Group Forum Administrator Joined: Jun/27/2007 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 30894 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I was a mechanic at Charter Motors, Inc. Perry Iowa. He was pretty much getting out of new cars by then but the clientele was there for the shop.
Ramblers/AMC and used cars. He stayed in used cars for a while even after dropping new car sales. Will add their dealer number here when I get to my stuff.
Later turned down service manager position at BUD MULCAHY`S AMC in Des Moines. STUPID move on my part.............. they called ME.
|
|
poormansMACHINE
AMC Addicted Charter Member Joined: Jun/28/2007 Location: Shoemaker-Levy9 Status: Offline Points: 12302 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Who's bottom line did they hurt with that logic? Baffled me when they did that to a dealership that I frequent for my Ambassador and Dodge truck parts. Daimler did the same to them in 98. They were a Jeep/Eagle dealer and they wanted them to carry the full line or else. Showroom only fit 2. They opted for the "or else" and are still doing pretty good. |
|
amxed
AMC Apprentice Joined: Aug/08/2007 Location: Kentucky Status: Offline Points: 53 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Sounds like the AMC dealership I worked at in 68-70 while I was in high school.
My father worked therre since the early 50's
Only AMC pulled Williams motors franchise at the end of 1970.
They had already gotten some of there 71 cars. They tried to carry on selling used cars for a couple of years.
this is the building today.
|
|
Blaine
68&69 AMX 37 Nash Cabriolet 66 Rambler Conv.48 Willys Jeepster. |
|
matt167
AMC Addicted Joined: Apr/01/2008 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 1439 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Where was that in Auburn? do you know if it re-opened as another dealership? I have a house not too far from Auburn |
|
71AMX4014SPD
Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Jul/02/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1138 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Hoskins Motors was located on Arterial rt5&20 West of Auburn.The Building now houses a tractor dealership, next to Reeses Ice Cream.
|
|
1968 Javelin 360 727 B/W/R
1970 AMX 390 4spd Bayshore Blue 1971 Jav/AMX 401 4spd B6 |
|
matt167
AMC Addicted Joined: Apr/01/2008 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 1439 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I know where that is, drive by there all the time when I go to Auburn.. My house is in Ovid, so I have to go thru Seneca falls, and that's the route I take, It's a Case Dealership which means, it's kind of still AMC as some IH trucks used AMC engines, and Case is IH. Edited by matt167 - Jun/17/2008 at 9:58am |
|
71AMX4014SPD
Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Jul/02/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1138 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Yep, that's it! Ironically, the owners father built the building in the late 1940's, and first opened as a Case Dealership!! In 1954, it became a Hudson/Rambler dealer...
|
|
1968 Javelin 360 727 B/W/R
1970 AMX 390 4spd Bayshore Blue 1971 Jav/AMX 401 4spd B6 |
|
fast401
Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Sep/16/2008 Location: swanton, ohio Status: Offline Points: 3467 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Plummer Motor Sales, Swanton Ohio - I hung out after school until I was 13 and then was highered to sweep and clean the shop after school then at 14 I was able to clean and buff the cars. I remember Sept was the showing of the next year cars and it was a BIG deal. |
|
Disturbing the peace since 1970!!! AMX 19245
Facebook page - AMC Nation www.fast-401.4t.com |
|
tyrodtom
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/14/2007 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 6214 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I worked at Wise Rambler, in Wise, Va, in the summer of 64 between my junior and senior years in school. In the clean up shop.
Then from 86-90 I worked at Mountain Ford, in Clintwood, Va. which also had a Chrysler francise,. I worked in the body shop, As far as the AMC part of the francise went I worked on Jeeps mostly, but also 2 Eagles and 1 Spirit.
I remember I did a lot of waranty work on Wagoneers, mostly wind noise , water leaks, and hard shutting doors. Edited by tyrodtom - Sep/17/2008 at 8:19pm |
|
66 American SW, 66 American 2dr, 82 J10, 70 Hornet, Pound, Va.
|
|
Mountainmoron
AMC Addicted Charter Member Joined: Jun/28/2007 Location: Colo. Spgs., CO Status: Offline Points: 7494 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
At 16, I washed cars at Universal Rambler, E. Jericho Turnpike, Commack, NY. I got to drive a lot of the cars from the front lot to the service garage out back. First time I ever drove a 2-seater AMX was at Universal in 1972. Ever since then I knew I would own one someday (didn't think it would be 30 years later!) |
|
'69 AMX 390EFI, AMO #9412
|
|
Post Reply | Page <1234 11> |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |