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sidewinder
Moderator Group Joined: Oct/07/2007 Location: Niagara Falls, Status: Offline Points: 6665 |
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So that means every time I work on my car and end up bleeding ( which is frequently) a little AMC is leaking out.....ummmmmmm...better be more careful....I might start liking those SS Chevelles that are always parked next to me......
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Chuck Page ,AKA Sidewinder
1968 "BLACK CHERRY" Javelin Previous owner of 2013 Heritage Cup winner 1970 BBO AMX |
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possum
AMC Apprentice Joined: Oct/13/2009 Location: texas Status: Offline Points: 30 |
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I was an AMC Dealer from 1965, all the way to the end.
Dealership is still here, in North Central Texas.
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Ohio AMX
AMC Addicted Charter Member Joined: Jun/29/2007 Location: NE Ohio Status: Offline Points: 4935 |
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1940 Hupmobile Skylark
1968 Javelin future Pro Street 1969 AMX 290/auto (first car) 1997 Dodge SS/T 5.9L AMO# 983 |
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67RogueX-Code
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Sylvania, Ohio Status: Offline Points: 1302 |
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... the world's youngest dealer to boot!!! According to your profile, you would have been 11 years old in 1965... Edited by 67RogueX-Code - Nov/21/2009 at 7:56pm |
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Bob Wilcox
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possum
AMC Apprentice Joined: Oct/13/2009 Location: texas Status: Offline Points: 30 |
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Maybe I was at that!
I've grown up in the Dealership. My G'Dad, and Dad were Dealers, and I started working here in 1971. I actually became the Dealer in 1976. It just feels like this is all I've ever known!
I know, I need to get a life!
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67RogueX-Code
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Sylvania, Ohio Status: Offline Points: 1302 |
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Thanks, I kinda figured that's what you meant.
What was the name of the dealership & its location... got any old pictures (we love that kind of stuff here )?
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Bob Wilcox
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possum
AMC Apprentice Joined: Oct/13/2009 Location: texas Status: Offline Points: 30 |
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We are in Mineral Wells, Texas
Russell Whatley Motor Company.
800-725-3329
Mineral Wells was the home of Fort Wolters, and during the Vietnam War, if you had anything to do with helicopters, you came through here. We are still here, still open. I will look around for old photos, and learn how to post.
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possum
AMC Apprentice Joined: Oct/13/2009 Location: texas Status: Offline Points: 30 |
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One other little FYI.............
If you watched the Senate hearings on Dealership closings in June, I was the Dealer testifing before Congress.
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Buzzman72
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/15/2009 Location: Southern IN Status: Offline Points: 2713 |
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Although my dad and Grand-dad had an Hudson and AMC dealership, I never worked there while they were selling cars. In 1979 I went to work as a parts counterman at Greentree AMC/Jeep in Clarksville, IN. On October 1, 1979 the dealership changed hands, became Indian Village AMC/Jeep, the parts manager quit, and I became the parts manager. Grossly undercapitalized, Indian Village AMC/Jeep was padlocked by the bank on March 20, 1980. In October of 1983 I went to work as a counterman and AMC/Jeep specialist at Blue Grass Lincoln-Mercury AMC-Jeep-Renault Saab Isuzu and Alfa-Romeo at 4301 Shelbyville Road in Louisville, KY. AMC pulled their franchise in 1985 when the owner once again "stiffed them" on building a separate showroom, and in March of 1985 I went to Cross Pontiac-GMC AMC-Jeep-Renault, which had shortly before purchased the franchise from the old Wilhelmi's AMC-Jeep [which if memory serves me correctly, began as Douglas Hudson Motors in around 1919, then became Douglas Rambler, Wilhelmi's Douglas AMC, and finally Wilhelmi AMC-Jeep. That dealership was always located at the intersection of Bardstown Road and Douglas Blvd. in Louisville]. I stayed with Cross until December 1985, when another GM dealership offered me a lot more money for a lot fewer headaches. Cross Motors--which began as Cooke Pontiac in downtown Louisville--finally sold the Pontiac-GMC franchise to megadealer Sam Swope, and is now Cross Motors Chrysler-Jeep.
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Buzzman72...void where prohibited, your mileage may vary, objects in mirror may be closer than they appear, and alcohol may intensify any side effects.
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Freecat1
Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Jun/19/2008 Location: Atlanta. Status: Offline Points: 2342 |
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I have never worked at adealership but Here is a Dealer sign I have been driving by for 22 years. I also worked in Southfield Michigan in the 70's and watched the AMC Tower burn up in I think 75. Does any one have a picture of the tower burning?
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