When was harley davidson amf. Carts were first labeled with the amf logo in 1972. Amf continued production until 1981 when columbia parcar purchased the harley davidson golf car division. In order to prevent this thirteen harley davidson executives came together and invested the money to purchase the company back from amf.
Designed to commemorate americas bicentennial harley davidson released a limited edition line of bikes called the bicentennial liberty edition in 1976. Harley davidson inc h d or harley is an american motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1903 in milwaukee wisconsinalong with indian it was one of two major american motorcycle manufacturers to survive the great depression. The contentious period included to a bidding battle for h d stock and a lawsuit filed by bangor punta against amf h d and the h d board of directors.
January 8 2019 marked 50 years after amf american machine and foundry purchased harley davidson motor co. Amf harley davidson motorcycles from 1973 to the end of 1981 a big step forward for harley davidson occurred in 1973 when the company opened a new assembly plant in york pennsylvania. In 1969 harley davidson was acquired by american machine and foundry company amf and in 1971 they changed their name to amf.
When a group of company executives led by vaughn beals offers to buy the division for 75 million amf quickly agrees. It was arguably the worst period in harley davidsons history. Amf had originally purchased harley davidson in 1969the deal was brought about in order to save harley davidson from liquidation.
1981 after years of amf mismanagement harley davidson has lost almost all customer loyalty and profits are in freefall. Over the course of 1968 amf competed against another company bangor punta to purchase harley davidson.