Knechts Filters

[cobram at juno.com]

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I don't think this Knechts has anything to do with the German Knecht.
Knecht Filterwerke GmbH was bought out by Mahle in the 70's to fill gaps
in the Mahle product line.  The Knecht company was head quartered near
the Porsche works in Stuttgart.

BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/


Dan Cordon <cord4530 at uidaho.edu> writes:
> David,
>
> It's great to hear about Knechts on the list. I was an assistant
> manager for them many years ago. I worked in Store #1 in Springfield,
OR.
> The managers offices were directly above me, so I got to chat with them

> all the time. Dave W. (It's been a long time....I think his last name
> was Wilford or Willby?) was really big in to oil analysis/quality. I'm
> sure he worked out a deal with Mahle to get filters made by them.
>
> For those not in Oregon/Washington, Knechts is a LAPS chain with  their
> own warehouse. I think of them as one step above
> Schucks/Checker/Kragan
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