Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Anyone want to see the Pikeville, NC AMC dealership ( from the air? )...Google Maps...

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jerry, that is really neat.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Casper" <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "AMC" <amc-delmarva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
"BadAssGremlins" <baadassgremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Jay DeLancey" 
<butterfly15610@xxxxxxxxx>; "tim GARRETT" <timsamc@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 9:48 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Anyone want to see the Pikeville, NC AMC 
dealership ( from the air? )...Google Maps...


> So, you've never visited an AMC dealership, since
> most have closed ( all you say? Nay! ), but now you
> have the chance, at least at the seat of your
> computer. Here's the link, and how to get to see it.
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=aerial%20pikeville%20NC&sa=N&tab=wl
>
> 1) Type or copy the above link, it should take you to
> Pikeville, NC map ( if you have dial-up, I pity you! )
>
> 2) Once at the map, click on the Satellite link box in
> the right corner of the map ( 3 button boxes there,
> middle is Satellite, between Map and Hybrid)
>
> 3) Once the aerial map loads, you can click on the
> left vertical adjustment bar to the 2nd thin line from
> the top, the first gives you an error.
>
> 4) NOW you're getting to the juicy stuff! You should
> be at the center of town, a green arrow in the middle
> of the picture. Two vertical features, railroad line
> on the left, and a 2-lane road on the right, Rt. 117 (
> green arrow just to left of road ).
>
> 5) Hold down the left mouse button, and shove the
> picture UP, keeping the road to the right in view.
> You'll go about 1/3 of a mile "down" (south), scale (
> ha ha , figure it out! ). Go down until you see a
> single big building on the right in a brownish field,
> big parking lot, whitish roof. Now STOP. ( you can
> also click on Hybrid, and see Rt. 117, and go down to
> Booker St. NW, the AMCs start just below that road.)
>
> 6) Look on the left side of the road. You should see a
> lot with trees, vegetation, and lots of rectangularish
> dots and a few buildings. THAT is the Pikeville, AMC
> dealership owned by the Cooper brothers. Neat, huh?
>
> 7) Now for a quick tour. Assuming that the cars are
> still there, I'll let you look for these cars listed
> below ( good luck spotting them ).Find the front gate
> pull-in by the road , this is your reference point.
> Now to find :
>
> red/white/blue Javelin - go straight in from gate( to
> the left on the screen), to the slanted shadowed area,
> car is about 100 feet in, was barely visible from
> gate.
>
> gold-green 390 Ram Air '70 Javelin - take a left at
> the gate, go to the building, it was in the lower
> right corner area, just in front of the building
> corner.
>
> blue 343 Javelin with black vinyl top - close to the
> above 390 Ram Air car, I think closer to the gate.
>
> Matador Coupe, either Cassini or Brougham, two-tone
> gold or red? - along the front fence line by the road,
> about halfway down from the gate to the building.
>
> purple and gold Gremlin X - take a left thru the gate
> towards the building ( down on the screen ), you can
> just see a line of reddish cars about 20 feet from the
> gate blocking the driveway - it's right there.
>
> Eagles , Jeeps, etc. - top fence line, go right inside
> the gate to the fence ( straight up on PC screen), all
> the newer stuff is there.
>
> white Gremlin, outside lot, extreme upper left corner
> to the left of the twin line of trees - by the
> railroad tracks, outside the main lot, with other,
> about 20? , amc cars, some Ramblers. Most still have
> KEYS in them! no one bothers them. Or didn't when I
> visited a few years ago.
>
> Well, that's the quick n' dirty Pikeville, NC AMC
> dealership tour. It's on Rt. 117 , near Goldsboro, NC.
> If you've never been by there, is an amazing ( but sad
> ) sight to see. Lots of AMC metal there wasting away.
> Wish I could spend a few months there just exploring
> the entire lot! It's so overgrown, no telling what's
> in there. Wonder if the two Cooper brothers even have
> a reliable inventory of what's there? It'd be
> interesting to see all of it ( winter would be best,
> with bugs and snakes down for the season ). Ah, well,
> wishful thinking.
> So,now you can see there IS still a small AMC oasis
> in existance, tattered, torn, and terrible-looking,
> but existing nontheless. Hope you enjoyed the free
> show. All for now,
>
> Jerry in Virginia
>
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