Pikeville, NC AMC Dealership

[Eagle Kammback]

I know that most people in the AMC hobby already know about this, but I'll post this for all the people new to this great company

[purpleheart]

I've heard of this place before . I would love to take a walk through the property . Apparently he only sells whole cars from what I've heard and not many . It's a shame that all those car have been sitting for so long and the elements have taken their toll . I wonder if there's any AMC gold in the building .

Paul

[Obscurity]

Wow....This is gonna sound funny, but looking at those pictures reminds me of going to the pound, or the SPCA, I always get upset seeing all the dogs and cats in cages, desperately needing a loving home, I usually want to take them all with me and take care of them. I think if I went for a walk through that property I'd probably cry...
I can't believe there are so many AMC's there, just sitting in the grass turning into plant pots. Its amazing but it makes me sad to think that most of those will probably rot.
Yes, I'm odd, I used to want a pet, but now I have an Eagle....
 Very cool landmark though.....one guy owns the building and all the cars, how did that happen?

[Eagle Kammback]

When I graduate HS and move to NC, I will work there FOR FREE in the summer just making the place look like it did 30 years ago

[ramblinfsj]

That just might be the saddest thing I've ever seen. We all need to form a mob with the torches and all that and demand the owner liberate the incarcerated and if he refuses, well you know. Why couldn't this dealership be in Arizona?

[1eugene445]

Hello, AMC Nuts.

Someone showed me this discussin so I thought I would enter just to give you the straight scoop. I used to live near this place, Collier's dealership.  He does have a ton of AMC cars all over the place, but many are not in as bad a condition as you may think. Interiors would need a lot of work, but many of them have decent bodies. Pikeville is pretty far from the coast and does not affected by the salt,

Bobby Collier also has, or did have, the original AMX owned by Barry Goldwater in great shape,  He has a lot of Javelins and AMX's, but many are standing outside, although he does have some inside.

I used to visit with him often and just BS about cars in general. Then for some reason, he got reclusive and started locking the outside gate. Presumably the only way to get in was to call in advance, but he never answered the phone.  I know he was there because I could see the bay doors open from outside the fence. 

I know he got really ticked off when Piggly Wiggly built a new grocery store across the street, and made him put up a fence that you could not see the cars.  The grocery people thought it was a junk yard, and maybe it was , and maybe it wasn't, when you considered what he had inside.

Anybody got any questions, post them here or contact me at landsberg@earthlink.net

[Route 66 Rambler]

Thanks for the information.  This is one of those places with lots of theories and few answers.  And a ghost dealership makes a heck of a conversation starter among AMC follks.  We appreciate getting some information from somebody with a direct connection to the place.  Sure would like to see some of that stuff getting used, though.


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[Blue Stinger]

I wish there was someone who lives in close proximity to this dealership.  The photos that were posted are from a few years ago.  They've been floating around various AMC websites for a while.  It would be great if there was someone who could go to the place and check on it's present condition and take more photos.  There are so many cars pictured that I would love to have particularly a '73 Gremlin X in Fresh Plum that looks just like my first brand-new car.   I shudder to think that these cars will never be saved and they will become piles of rust.


Mark

[IowaEagle]

So Barry Goldwater's AMX still exists.  It is a shame it, and the other AMC's are not saved/restored for posterity.

[T5258]

WHAT IS IN THAT PARTS DEPARTMENT?   Give me 1 day in there, heck 1 HOUR!!!! PLEEEAAASSSSEEEEE!!!!!!

[Eagle Kammback]

I called him, and his son answered, the I got to talk to him, this was a few years ago,I still have the number in my phone if anybody wants it
I asked him if he could tell me about any extreior differences between the 81 and 82 Eagle Kammbacks, it was just before I found the Eagle Nest

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[andi12355]

hi, i just came across the chat about the dealership in pikeville nc...i live here in pikeville about 2 miles away from the dealership and i use to go back in there with my grand dad....not only does he have many mint..showroom condition amx in there...he also has 2 of the original general lees...allmost all the cars there in the pics up there have zero miles on them...basically they were new on the lot, and he closed and they just sat there all these years...anyways if anyone has any question just let me know, email me at andi12355 at the yahoo

[AMX]

...allmost all the cars there in the pics up there have zero miles on them...basically they were new on the lot, and he closed and they just sat there all these years...

Not so sure about that. There is a wide range of model years represented from an early Hornet to an Eagle so I doubt that they were new cars left to rot when the place closed. Also note the mismatched hood shown on the Matador. There may be new cars inside but I would bet the ones outside were trade-ins or just used cars they bought up and hoarded. I don't doubt they were much nicer before sitting outside for so long though. What a shame. 

[Blue Stinger]

I've said it once, I'll say it again.  Those cars need to be saved!  I would love to show up with 4 or 5 empty auto transports and haul a bunch of those cars back to Nevada.   It's nice to dream.

[Blue Stinger]

Can the person who lives in Pikeville go over there and take some current photos?  The pics posted all over the web are at least three years old. 

[Route 66 Rambler]

Yeah, something more current would be nice to have a look at.