Sunday, February 9, 2025

Notes on AMG’s Thousand Model Directory 10

ZJ13 is another variety catalogue, and in the directory several name changes can be seen.


Mac Badgwell is now Floyd Badgwell.



Don Brown becomes H. Brown.



Dan Hardy is shown as Steve Hardy.




Here is a complicated one: Jim McCorkle is listed as Rocky McCorkle. In the directory, Al Hemsley is also given the code ZJ 12 and a place in the ZJ13 catalogue, but there is space for him in the YJ album and catalogue, where I think he really belongs.




2 comments:

  1. With all the name changes it was a wonder Mizer himself could keep up without getting confused. Imagine being a long time customer and referring to a particular model with an old name when ordering. Mizer’s brother, who filled orders, must have lost his hair. :)
    -Rj

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    1. I think the back office was winging it — and that the models were known by their last names, making first names hit or miss.

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