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Pier Street Level
1971
Mr Young restructures the commercial side of the company as Major Motors and opens car yards in Belmont and Fremantle, specialising in Holden commercial vehicles and Bedford trucks.
1971
WA Young secures a franchise to sell Isuzu as part of his General Motors range.
1975 (TBC)
A fire consumes Attwood Motors. During the rebuild, sections of Attwood Motors like the Spare Parts department are able to continue working during the rebuild. Mr Young and his son Peter had their offices above the showroom. Mr Young’s daughter in law was Miss Australia, Tanya Verstak.
1979
General Motors moves to Phoenix Holden in Wangara.
The site was later taken over by the Rhema Bible Training Centre, which would later become Riverview Church.
Stirling Street - Rear
1980’s
Mr Young stops selling Bedford trucks, which are being phased out. He also relinquished the franchise to sell the Holden brands to solely focus on Isuzu.
1991
March 26: A notice is published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (Business) for the voluntary liquidation of Major Holdings Pty Ltd. The wholly subsidised companies under Major Holdings are also listed as being in liquidation:
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Youngs WA Wholesale Pty Ltd
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YM Wholesale Pty Ltd
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Solon Pty Ltd
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Rojam Motors Pty Ltd
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Stirling Investments Pty Ltd
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Omik Pty Ltd
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Atwood Motors Wholesale Pty Ltd
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Narmot Pty Ltd
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MM Wholesale 1977 Pty Ltd
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Major Leasing Pty Ltd
Stirling Street - Side
1992
June 11: The old General Motors warehouse sells for $590,000.
1995
May 17: The old General Motors warehouse sells for $590,000.
2009
November 16: Former Air Force Sergeant Jack Wong Sue passes away in Kalamunda. He’d been employed as an office boy at Attword Motors in 1941 but was more famous for his part in the Z Special Unit, which saw him receive a Distinguished Conduct Medal. He opened a dive shop in 1946, which grew into a major enterprise when he started Jack Sue Skindivers, becoming a major figure in the world of scuba diving for decades. The extent of his accomplishments is beyond the scope of this Attwood Motors timeline but on a last note, he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2006.
2017
January 20: February 26: Colin Barnett gives the green light for a proposed $1.85 billion Perth World Trade Centre to be constructed on Stirling Street. Chairman of the World Trade Centre Association, Jordanian billionaire Ghazi Abu Nahl is reported to have purchased a number of properties for this project to go ahead. It appears the grand project will consume a number of sites including the old Megamart and General Motor’s Stirling Street car yard, the latter in which is currently leased to Wilson Parking.
2018
February 26: The State Government puts the World Trade Centre development on hold, citing some of the land required to build the towers is crucial to future rail line infrastructure.
