Welch Imports vtg dealer License Plate frame MG Triumph Jaguar Indianapolis IN

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original , L. ( Larry ) Welch Imports dealership License Plate metal advertising car frame from Indianapolis Indiana.
metal car tag trim ring / frame
not dated , but being this is the slightly heavy metal , believed to be early 1980s era metal frame.    No cracks or breaks.   hard to find.   some white paint loss to the lettering.   good frame for restoration.   No bends
Key words are:  MG Triumph Jaguar Volvo AMC American Motors.
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I pulled this article from the internet about Larry Welch dealership from 1980/1981 era.
But one of the more interesting factors of all this floundering and falling is it has resulted in the formation of a new Indianapolis automobile agency, the L. Welch Motor Company, which has taken over the vacated facilities formerly occupied by Northside AMC-Jeep, Inc. The new deal is a spinoff of L. Welch Imports, the local importer who represents automobiles like MG, Triumph, Jaguar and Volvo. With two of these being whacked off, agency president Larry Welch determined it wasn't a bad idea to make a move into representing the products of a corporate structure which had a little more going for it.
AS A CONSEQUENCE, Welch is the newest American Motors Corporation deal in town, with the agency being located at 5425 North Keystone Avenue. "I made the decision to make a move last January," Welch said. "The franchise agreements are all signed and we're scheduled to open in the new location June 15th." merchandising methods. EXAMPLE: The current ,000 rebates on Triumph TR-7 and TR-8s are for the 1980 models. When these stocks are depleted, the 1981 models will be introduced.
This at a time when competitive producers, domestic and import alike, already have or are in the process of introducing some 1982s. BL is going to take another run at the; American market as a single line company. The product Jaguar. The car has great image, but industry analysts state the company is going to have a tough; time surviving in the United States as a single line marketing operation. BL states it has a five-year, 9 million expansion program in the works for the Jag, assuming Edwardes either keeps the place open or sells the Jaguar I line which is a viable piece of merchandise to someone else.
Sales are up 30 percent for the year to date, a percentage figure which represents 1,240 units. Triumph sales for the first four months of '81 were 4,254 and MG 1,690. THE CONTINUATION of Jaguar gives Welch Motors a quite broad price spectrum in which to operate. "I can sell cars out from ,000 to ,000," Welcfci said. "That's a lot of products out of one-facility.
It should be the perfect dual." The planning potential is 600 units for all AMC-related products and 225 for Volvo. Welch said that he'll see if he can sell 50 Jaguars a year. There will be some new products forms here, with BL announcing a revised XJ-S sports coupe in the U.S. by the end of this year. Upcoming products also include a high economy version of the' Jaguar V-12 and a new six-cylinder engine.