Classic Car Heaven @ AMC Motors Incorporated

[Serpent155]

Paid a visit to AMC Motors Incorporated on Jalan Tun Razak on Saturday, accompanied a friend to see a car there. I've passed this innocuous looking place SO many times, and I'm sure you have too, never realised what a treasure trove of classics were behind those walls!!

AMC rents out these cars to be used in films and TV commercials, choose one, they'll fix it up and rent it to you for your shoot. All kept under shade, all brilliant! Sorry for the poor quality of the pics, was using my very old and very small point-and-shoot. Enjoy!

Mad Max Chevy (thot it was a Holden Kingswood at first)


Ferrari


Austin



BMW 635CSi


Fiat 600


Mercedes-Benz SL350 (My fave!)





Volvo P1800 & P1800 Wagon



Chevy & Buick



Jaguar



MGB Hardtop & Roadster




A-Team van & Caddy


Mech working on a classic for an upcoming shoot...


The House & Front yard....wish this was MY front yard!!





Chris

[FlameON]

Thats the old Jemima Films office owned by Gopal Krishnan and building and all the cars still owned by him.

[164TSpark]

They have plenty of varieties yeah. More than when the last time i saw them.

But their work is not that neat, ive seen up close. Their so called "restoration" is not as "tip-top" as we malaysian would say.

Ive seen Robbie's Mk2 Jag, no offence to him... but James Da Cruz could do 3 times better with 1/2 the money

Just my 2 cents...

Syed

[Serpent155]

Thats the old Jemima Films office owned by Gopal Krishnan and building and all the cars still owned by him.

So Gopal is Robbie's dad I guess?

Chris

[126dave]

perhaps a list of over used words would be usefull, with an explanation and perhaps a footnote to take them 'with a pinch of salt'.

heres a starter, add as you please

1,tiptop = just about any pile of crap that can move under its own power

2,mint= new paint

3,restoration= as 1 and 2 above but with new 'cushion'

4,accident free= at this moment it is.

5,kerata antik = cars with a manufacturing date earlier than 1985 + worthless to the owner until you ask 'is it for sale'

6, boleh boss= means nothing of the kind actually, and has probably been the ruination of many a fine car hear in MY.....usually accompanied some months later with 'sorrriieeee ah?'

7, sorry boss, that job is beyond our capabilities, perhaps i can suggest another workshop, also, parts you may need to source yourself, as we do not like to botch things up here = this sentence does not actually excist in boleh land.

[126dave]

SS, or anyone, can you identify the rims on the 600?? they look to be dead ringers for the ventilated steels fitted in the 1960's to the 600d abarth/gianini 850's...........

98pcd vented rims...hmnn couldnt be original abarth gianini wheels ....could they????

[thrace]

ya, their work is not show condition but Robbie and Mukris are extremely helpful and down to earth... they now have a paint booth at the back and a bunch of workers doing their own panel beating so hopefully the quality improves... our custom 156 undertray is made there btw

[164TSpark]

... our custom 156 undertray is made there btw

Cool

[ognam]

You didn't catch a glimpse of the Mustang under wraps at the back? The "Mad Max Chevy" is actually a Holden Premier.

[SSCabrio]

Can't make out the rims Dave,
Dato Krishnan is Robbies dad and they were a film production company way back during P.Ramlee days.
The 350SL is actually a 190SL........
The Buick isn't it a Dodge Dart like Syed's car? I may be wrong.
That Ferrari , is it a 308 Dino??

[Serpent155]

You didn't catch a glimpse of the Mustang under wraps at the back? The "Mad Max Chevy" is actually a Holden Premier.

Yup, I did, but the owner has given strict instructions about 'no photography....yet'

I knew it was a Holden! The fake Chevy badge threw me

Chris

[eldiablo]

James Da Cruz could do 3 times better with 1/2 the money

cough! cough! cough! cough! cough!

[mikeklh]

Can't make out the rims Dave,
That Ferrari , is it a 308 Dino??

The Ferrari is a 308 GT4, also known as a Dino GT4. It's not for sale, is it? On second thought, are any of the cars for sale?

The MGs are actually MGAs and the gold/yellow Jag is a 420G/MkX.

Cheers,
mike

[mikeklh]

The Ferrari is a 308 GT4, or a Dino GT4, depending on when it was made. It's not for sale, is it? On second thought, are any of the cars for sale?

The MGs are actually MGAs and the gold/yellow Jag's a MkX/420G. I think the Austin's are 7s and is that a genuine Beetle Convertible? Most are modified saloons.

Cheers,
mike

[ognam]

All the cars can be rented but not bought. The Ferrari is a Dino iirc. Bugged him to sell me the plate number because it has my name on it, and the number 3 when I drove my ex-E36 coupe but he wouldn't budge. Heh.

The Beetle is one of a few original convertibles. To my knowledge anyway.

[MiToSoN]

wonder how much the rental is per day...