Pikeville, NC AMC dealership

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I'm catching up after a 1000 mile trip in a '67 AMC Rebel Wagon;

I managed to avoid all the bad weather - snowstorm last weekend, and ice storm in the Carolinas today.  Got home last night.

Anyway, it had been suggested to me to stop by the Pikeville NC AMC dealership.  I had stayed in a Holiday Inn near Rocky Mount, NC which I left before dawn and arrived in Pikeville right at sunup.  Found the dealership OK.

I don't know whether this place was great, depressing, or spooky.  It's like they just threw a fence up around it when the dealership closed.  There had to be a 100 AMC's around there, and a smaller number of other make cars.  Some were so overgrown with weeds and brush you could barely make out there was a car there, much less make/model!

There was a small office trailer near the one gate, but I was there early, and it was maybe 20 degrees out, so I didn't hang around.  Does anyone know the story of this place?

By the way, my Rebel Wagon with a 232-3 speed purred right along with no problems!  I ran 65-70 all the way down, didn't burn any oil, and got 20+ mpg!

Jim Boone
Mims, FL

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