Re: [AMC-list] AMC engine production bean counters numbers

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, that didn't take much!! AMC didn't own it entirely AT FIRST, but 
did eventually. I was remembering things I read that happened in the 60s.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors:

 * /Holmes Foundry, Ltd./ -- AMC's block-casting foundry was a major
   AMC factory which is now completely obliterated. Holmes had its main
   office and foundry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundry> at 200
   Exmouth Street, Sarnia, Ontario
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia,_Ontario>, Canada. Holmes was
   established in 1918, by Mr. J. S. Blunt, and was called Holmes Blunt
   Limited. In the early years, Ford Motor Company
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company> contracted the
   plant for a steady supply of engine casting blocks. This factory had
   a reputation locally as a dirty, dangerous place to work. The
   company had three divisions, all operating on one site at the edge
   of Sarnia. Beginning in 1962, AMC contracted with Holmes Foundry to
   supply AMC with cylinder block
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_block> castings.^[107]
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors#cite_note-106>
   American Motors acquired 25% interest in the foundry in January
   1966. In July 1970, AMC acquired 100% of Holmes Foundry through an
   exchange of shares, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.^[108]
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors#cite_note-107>
   However, it was not until October 1981 that Holmes Foundry finally
   became a Division of American Motors, Canada. As part of its
   acquisition of AMC in 1987, Chrysler Corporation took ownership of
   the Holmes facility and its manufacturing business, but closed the
   operation on September 16, 1988. The industrial facilities were
   cleaned of their environmental contaminants
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_contaminant> in 2005, in
   preparation for a new highway interchange
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange_%28road%29> to be built on
   the site.^[109]
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors#cite_note-108>

Go to the originating site to check the citation sources if you like.

--
Frank Swygert
Editor - American Motors Cars Magazine
www.amc-mag.com

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