| Re: [GMCnet] Toyota coverup [message #73590] |
Thu, 11 February 2010 19:35  |
kenneth hugelier
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Steve F.
I did not retire from GM, but worked there for about ten years. As you can tell from my job description, I did not rise to a very high level in the company. I started at Chev. in 1965 and around that time or shortly after, Alex Mair became GM of Chev. truck He later became head of GMC Coach and Truck and had much involvement in the GMC coach, as I am sure you know. I was a young man then and had absolutely no interest in motorhomes. I was into English motorcycles (still into motorcycles) and women. I am a typical Detroit kid; a gear head who drag raced his '56 Chev. (and later a hot 64 GTO), on Woodward and went to Ted's drive-in restaurant. You may be interested to know that during my time with GM, I worked at the Central Office and handled the Chev.
company cars, (ordering, allocating and then selling). During that time, part of my responsibilities was driving the regional managers and the Division manager on routine business. I drove several Division managers among whom was John Delorean. I have a few stories about Kelly Harmon which can be told at a Rally after a beer or two. A great job for a young single guy just out of the service. I do not regret my time with GM at all. I had a great time and sold my GM stock when it was worth $75/share!
Sorry, this got out of hand but, there is a bit of GMC content!
ken hugelier 77 PB Det. Mich.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Toyota coverup [message #73597 is a reply to message #73590] |
Thu, 11 February 2010 21:59  |
jimk
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Car business is in a class all by them self.
Dick Patterson use to have a GM dealership so when we speak we have
lot of fun laughing about the business. I also have a few customers
with GMC that operate GM dealerships.
From what they tell me, the Japanese manufactures work lot more
closely with the dealers than GM.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:35 PM, ken hugelier <kahugelier@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Steve F.
>         I did not retire from GM, but worked there for about ten years. As you can tell from my job description, I did not rise to a very high level in the company. I started at Chev. in 1965 and around that time or shortly after, Alex Mair became GM of Chev. truck He later became head of GMC Coach and Truck and had much involvement in the GMC coach, as I am sure you know. I was a young man then and had absolutely no interest in motorhomes. I was into English motorcycles (still into motorcycles) and women. I am a typical Detroit kid; a gear head who drag raced his '56 Chev. (and later a hot 64 GTO), on Woodward and went to Ted's drive-in restaurant. You may be interested to know that during my time with GM, I worked at the Central Office and handled the Chev.
> Â company cars, (ordering, allocating and then selling). During that time, part of my responsibilities was driving the regional managers and the Division manager on routine business. I drove several Division managers among whom was John Delorean. I have a few stories about Kelly Harmon which can be told at a Rally after a beer or two. A great job for a young single guy just out of the service. I do not regret my time with GM at all. I had a great time and sold my GM stock when it was worth $75/share!
> Sorry, this got out of hand but, there is a bit of GMC content!
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> ken hugelier  77 PB  Det. Mich.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Toyota coverup [message #73598 is a reply to message #73590] |
Thu, 11 February 2010 22:18 |
Craig Lechowicz
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Ken,
I never rose very high in the company either, and despite spending somewhere between 28 and 32 years there (depends on how you count co-op time) didn't retire from GM either. You clearly have more patience and more sense than I do. As a GMI student, I once intentionally got lost on the way to the airport with one particularly annoying regional guy. I didn't miss my plane, and I never had to do that again. You do pay for those though . . .
I would always be up for beers and Kelly Harmon stories! If we don't run into each other before then, you have to stop by my little lot I use for Dream Cruise and have a few there. Sounds like you would fit right in with my crowd, especially my one neighbor who brings his rebuilt to 10x better than new '66 GTO convertible most years.
Craig Lechowicz
'77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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| Re: [GMCnet] Toyota coverup [message #73613 is a reply to message #73590] |
Fri, 12 February 2010 06:51 |
Steven Ferguson
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Great story Ken. We'll have that beer some day and talk.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:35 PM, ken hugelier <kahugelier@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Steve F.
> I did not retire from GM, but worked there for about ten years. As you can tell from my job description, I did not rise to a very high level in the company. I started at Chev. in 1965 and around that time or shortly after, Alex Mair became GM of Chev. truck He later became head of GMC Coach and Truck and had much involvement in the GMC coach, as I am sure you know. I was a young man then and had absolutely no interest in motorhomes. I was into English motorcycles (still into motorcycles) and women. I am a typical Detroit kid; a gear head who drag raced his '56 Chev. (and later a hot 64 GTO), on Woodward and went to Ted's drive-in restaurant. You may be interested to know that during my time with GM, I worked at the Central Office and handled the Chev.
> company cars, (ordering, allocating and then selling). During that time, part of my responsibilities was driving the regional managers and the Division manager on routine business. I drove several Division managers among whom was John Delorean. I have a few stories about Kelly Harmon which can be told at a Rally after a beer or two. A great job for a young single guy just out of the service. I do not regret my time with GM at all. I had a great time and sold my GM stock when it was worth $75/share!
> Sorry, this got out of hand but, there is a bit of GMC content!
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> ken hugelier 77 PB Det. Mich.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Toyota coverup [message #73810 is a reply to message #73613] |
Sun, 14 February 2010 10:45 |
Bob de Kruyff
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""I drove several Division managers among whom was John Delorean.""
When I was a young kid at Chevrolet engineering, John Delorean had just moved over from Pontiac. He had an amazing presence when he walked into a room. He was a fantastic leader and definitely pushed engineering to be innovative. You could tell at the time that his move to Chevrolet appeared to be punishment for him and a way to keep him under control. Well, that didn't work. I had to maintain his fleet of specialty Monte Carlos for his girlfriends. Those cars had features that were not available in production at the time. He even built a Monte Carlo Limo which was quickly destroyed after he moved on. Those were amazing days at GM!
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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