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Mr. Ed
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Maybe if you were a visiting celebrity from a TV show, they would give you a decent price. Merry Christmas! Mr. Ed |
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autotraveler
AMC Apprentice Joined: Aug/30/2013 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 52 |
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I visited Collier Motors back in 2009 and while I found all three generations of Colliers to be very gracious hosts, but as an AMC enthusiast and historian, I found the overall situation depressing.
That being said, when it came time to put together the premiere test/pilot issue of Legendary American Motors Magazine (LAMM) last month, for that issue's history story, rather than doing a new layout of my Randall AMC story that appeared a decade ago in Musclecar Enthusiast, I found all my Collier Motors files and did a new, from-scratch, six-page layout. What I found interesting was that the images all had a strange, otherworldly glow about them. It was a very overcast day and I can't remember having employed post-shot processing so the effect remains unexplained. You can take a look at this video slideshow to see the whole issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLieCfmu02Y If after watching the video you want to buy a copy of LAMM, please visit the title's Amazon page where both print and Kindle eBook versions are available for $10.99 and $3.99 respectively. http://bit.ly/OrderLAMMonAmazon If you live in Canada, you can order LAMM from Amazon's Canadian website. http://bit.ly/LAMMonAmazonCA Happy Holidays, Richard Truesdell Founder and Editor, Legendary American Motors Magazine
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ADAM12MATADOR
AMC Addicted Joined: Dec/03/2011 Location: New City, N.Y. Status: Offline Points: 518 |
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Went there a couple of years ago on a road trip to Florida. Located in a visually depressed area. One traffic light and a train track thru the middle of town. No real industry or any box stores. The town is like the dealership where time stands still. The owner is a quiet guy with pics of Patton and Roosevelt on the office walls. I spent about an hour and a half waking around the dealership grounds. The Goldwater AMX was inside the shop building. All the buildings are in disrepair or collapsed. The showroom roof fell in and the paint room / body shop is basically 3 walls. The service dept building is large with quite a few cars but the roof leaks everywhere and there are stacks of scrap and used parts all over the place. Saw the Healy's and they were rough. Yes all the cars are for sale for the right price. The owner told me he recently sold a Machine and a couple of Javelins. Yes it is sad that the cars are there deteriorating but they are his to do with what he wants. Maybe walking around looking at his cars or sitting in his office reminds him of past good times. It might just give him a purpose in his life and thats what keeps him going. This is only my 2 cents.
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autotraveler
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Hi Adam12Matador.
I hope you'll buy a copy of LAMM and check out the story I wrote. Sounds like your experience was similar to mine in 2009. Happy Holidays, Richard Truesdell |
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ADAM12MATADOR
AMC Addicted Joined: Dec/03/2011 Location: New City, N.Y. Status: Offline Points: 518 |
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Hi Richard. Did that road trip in 2012, so i guess everything got more deteriorated since you were there. I personally would love to see the dealership restored and turned into a museum. But like i stated, memories of days past keep that old gentleman alive. Will have to add your book to my Christmas list. Happy Holidays to you and yours.
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74gremx258
AMC Fan Joined: Oct/23/2018 Location: Plantsville, CT Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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Mr. Robert Collier sr. passed away on February 11, 2018, at the age of 88. He was survived by a daughter and 3 sons.
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racerM95
AMC Apprentice Joined: Dec/16/2018 Location: Winnipeg Canada Status: Offline Points: 37 |
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Didn't Rutlidge Wood (sp) from Top Gear, buy some parts from Collier's on his own show a few years back ?
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tuffypuff
AMC Fan Joined: Aug/05/2018 Location: Lusby Maryland Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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My dream would be to hit the lottery and purchase collier motors and restore the place back to her glory and restore AMC cars.
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racerM95
AMC Apprentice Joined: Dec/16/2018 Location: Winnipeg Canada Status: Offline Points: 37 |
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tuffy: if you do it please let me know, I used to work for an AMC Dealer in the parts Dept... If i dig far enpough I probably still have the factory microfiche ;) |
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POS #1
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/28/2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 496 |
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i also worked in a Parts Dept. Dick Clifton motors.. west broad street Columbus Ohio.. I do have microfiche and a viewer and a few other odds and ends from way back when... what i hated the most was checking part #;s in the book, only to see the # changed 10 times, before you got to the DISC. #... !-(
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