Wiese Motors, Racine WI
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Topic: Wiese Motors, Racine WI
Posted By: 1analguy
Subject: Wiese Motors, Racine WI
Date Posted: Feb/28/2018 at 6:39pm
I've been trying for years to find the former site of Wiese Motors. Back in the '60s and '70s my father used to buy all of his AMCs at this Racine, WI dealership. We were from Kenosha, and I now live in Racine, so after rooting around for quite awhile, I thought I might know where it used to be. An incredible stroke of good fortune today proved that I was off location in my estimate by a few blocks. My wife was going through a 1975 Racine newspaper that her friend had found in her parent's basement. Low and behold, there was an almost-full-page ad for Wiese Motors...complete with street address! Wow! It was located at 800 South Marquette Street. A decades-long search finally comes to a close. We drove by it today and the building is still there, but it is now occupied by the City of Racine Department of Public Works. So, it's not going anywhere anytime soon.  Additionally, back then everyone was pronouncing the name Wiese as "weezy". I now suspect that this was not the correct pronunciation. The dealership owner's name was Ludwig W. Wiese. Sounds fairly German, no? His last name is probably correctly pronounced as "vees" or "vees-ah". If anyone has the correct pronunciation, please feel free to weigh in... |
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Posted By: SirDigger
Date Posted: Mar/01/2018 at 1:26am
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Wiese is German and it means Meadow/Grasplace for the Cows. The german pronauncation is https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/De-Wiese.ogg" rel="nofollow - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/De-Wiese.ogg Source... I´m german  ------------- SirDigger&his german Friends are looking for Parts http://theamcforum.com/forum/the-german-amc-forum-ambassadorsirdigger-needs_topic83570.html 1970 Javelin SST 304 1970 Javelin SST 360 |
Posted By: 1969 BASE JAV
Date Posted: Mar/03/2018 at 12:01am
 Bought a few items today and this 1966 owner identification booklet from Wiese Rambler was in the lot.
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Posted By: Spin Doctor
Date Posted: Jul/14/2018 at 10:34pm
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Well I guess you can't trust Google Maps. I tried finding the site and pinned on a private residence. Of course the unofficial motto of Racine is "You can't get there from here" ------------- 74 Hornet, 75 Pacer, 68 AMX, 77 Hornet, 82 Concord, 84 Wagoneer |
Posted By: Wiese
Date Posted: Jul/28/2021 at 9:42pm
| Thank you for looking for my Grandfathers garage. He was an auto dealer for 50 years - oldest in Wisconsin when he retired in 1980. He was a Hudson dealer when they merged with A.M.C. I worked at the Marquette garage while in college. My father Col I.J. Wiese was general manager in the 70s. We pronounce our name Weezee. No one would change the w to v. |
Posted By: Ken Doyle
Date Posted: Jul/29/2021 at 7:07am
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Wiese Rambler 1101 N Main St, Racine, WI
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