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MY SPIRIT AND MY SONS HORNET AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE M G A PROVING GROUNDS IN BURLINGTON WIS. NOTE THE NOTCHED BUMPER FOR THE LICENSE PLATE AND THE 1982 YELLOW PLATE. ALSO NOTE THE RED WHITE AND BLUE STAND UP HOOD ORNAMENT AND THE FOLDING SUN ROOF.

TRANSMISSION HILL ON THE AMC PROVING GROUNDS. LOOKING OUT OVER THE HOOD OF A HORNET.YOU CANNOT JUDGE THE HILL FROM THIS PICTURE. IT HAS A 30 TO 40 DEGREE ANGLE TO CLIMB. WHEN YOU REACH THE TOP ALL YOU SEE OVER THE HOOD IS THE BLUE SKY.THE TOP FLATTENS OUT AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE A TURN TO THE RIGHT.IF NOT YOU WILL GO OFFROADING DOWN THE HILL THRU THE TREES AND BRUSH

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MY SONS HORNET. NOTE THE TARGA BAND AND THE REAR WINDOW LOUVERS A M C ALUMINIUM WHEELS AMX WHEEL FLAIRS AND THE A M X REAR SPOILER.

A SPIRIT A MATADOR AND A MARLIN.

A PACER CHECKING OUT THE VEHICLE DYNAMICS AREA, TWELVE ACRES OF PAVEMENT FOR TESTING THE AMC CARS.

AMC INTRODUCED THIS ENGINE IN 1964 and IT WAS BUILT TILL 2006. A TOTAL OF FORTY TWO YEARS.

THIS IS A PIERRE CARDIN INTERIOR IN A JAVELIN. IT WAS BLACK CLOTH WITH RIBBONS OF PURPLE,PINK,SILVER,AND WHITE. THIS INTERIOR WAS ONLY OFFERED IN 73/74.

AMC EAGLE KAMBACK A NIFTY 4x4

THERE WILL BE GREMLINS SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD FOREVER!

KAMBACK 4x4 AMC WAS10 YEARS AHEAD OF EVERYBODY!

ONE OF AMC's ALUMINIUM WHEELS NEW LUG NUTS FOR THESE AMC WHEELS

CONCORD HATCHBACK 1978.

AMC SUNDANCER.

AMC 401 V8

MARLIN & CONCORD

AMC 62 AMERICAN CONVERTIBLE & 80/88 EAGLE.

RAMBLER AMERICAN 2 Dr WAGON

AMC GREMLIN GREMLINS FOREVER

RAMBLER AMERICANS 64/65 & 66/69

AMC PROVING GROUNDS. BURLINGTON, WI.

AMC HORNET

MARLIN AND A COMMANCHE IN THE BACKGROUND
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AMC PROVING GROUNDS LOOKING TO THE CAR CRASH BUILDING. ORIGINALY HAD TWO AMC 360's V8's PULLING THE CAR CRASH CABLES,
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MY FAVORITE COLORS RED WHITE AND BLUE.

AMC's IN FRONT OF THE AMC BUSHES/TREES. 400+ACRES AND TWENTY MILES OF TEST TRACK. IF YOU EVER COME TO KENOSHA FOR ONE OF THE AMC SHOWS ON THE LAKE AND THEY HAVE A TOUR OF THE PROVING GROUNDS YOU MUST GO TO SEE IT BEFORE IT IS GONE FOREVER.

A AMC REBEL

MOPARS FUEL INJECTION RETRO FIT MANIFOLD KIT TO FIT AMC'S 258. VERY PRICEY AND DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK VERY WELL.

SOMEWHERE OUT WEST

THIS IS THE 30 TO 40 DEGREE BANKED TRACK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DYNAMICS AREA. I GOT UP TO ABOUT 60 MPH AND COULD NOT STOP IN TIME AND SLID OUT INTO THE WEEDS. ITS A RIDE I WILL NEVER FORGET.

AMC's AT THE END OF THE BANKED TRACK WHERE I SLID INTO THE WEEDS.

ALL PRETTY AND SLICKED UP AND READY TO GO.

AMERICAN MOTORS. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO VISIT EDDIE STAKES WEB PAGE. HE HAS MANY WORDS ABOUT AMC's, PEOPLE HE LIKES AND SOME OF THE AMC CLUBS. THANKS EDDIE.
EDDIE STAKES.

AMC's CRASH DUMMIES IN THE CAR CRASH BUILDING.

A YELLOW AND WHITE MATADOR AND A PACER OUT WEST IN THE MILE HIGH CITY.

A 70/73 GREMLIN AND A 80/88 EAGLE WAGON.

A RAMBLER CLASSIC, A AMBASSADOR, A RAMBLER AMBASSADOR AND A COFFIN NOSE MATADOR. ALL COURTESY OF TERRY GALE.

THIS IS A INTERIOR PICTURE OF A 1973 RAMBLER HORNET DOWN UNDER IN AUSTRALA RIGHT HAND DRIVE. THE INTERIOR MATERIALS ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY HAD TO USE AUSTRALIAN CONTENT. ALL 6CYLS ALL FOUR DOOR SEDANS.

AMX 3 IN ROME

RAMBLER "PALM BEACH"

RAMBLER"TYPHOON".

RAMBLER "TYPHOON" REAR PICTURE. NEVER MADE INTO PRODUCTION.

AMC HORNET PICK UP TRUCK. PROTOTYPE. NEVER MADE IT TO PRODUCTION.

AMC "VIXEN" PROTOTYPE.

A AMX PROTOTYPE STOLEN FROM AMC AND NEVER RECOVERED.

A HORNET PROTOTYPE THAT NEVER MADE IT TO PRODUCTION.

A GREMLIN AND A PACER AND A MATADOR AT A AMC DEALER ANY TOWN USA.TORINO

TORINO BUILT BY RENAULT IN ARGENTINA FROM A 64/69 RAMBLER BODY.

79/80 THE LAST "AMX"

THE DRAGON LADY.

THE DRAG-ON-LADY. "SHIRLEY SHAHAN"

AMC's THE REBEL "MACHINE" ALSO KNOWN AS THE "FLYING BRICK"

PPG AMC TURBO PACE CAR

THIS IS A LEMA BUILT IN MEXICO BY VAM.

A LEMA FOUR DOOR SEDAN. LOOKS GOOD TO ME!

AMC "EAGLE" FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. TWENTY YEARS LATER ALMOST EVERY AUTOMOBILE MAKER TODAY IS MAKING FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES

A REAR VIEW OF THE HORNET CONCEPT PICK UP

AMC's ELECTRIC CONCEPT CARS 1977.

A MATADOR 1977 BARCELONA.

THE "DRAG-ON-LADY" WITH A GREMLIN AND A HORNET.

MATADOR SQUAD CARS. 72/74 SUPER DUTY CARS.

AMC's "AMX 2

JEEP CHEROKEE INTRODUCED IN 84 AND BUILT TILL 01. DAM CHRYSLER MADE A POOR CHOICE TO STOP MAKING THE CHEROKEE. THE CHEROKEE IS THE MAIN REASON WE HAVE ALL THE SUV's TODAY.

AMC JEEP CHEROKEE PANEL VAN BUILT AND SOLD IN EUROPE ONLY. NOTE THE DIFFERENT TAIL LIGHTS.

1970 GREMLIN INTRODUCED ON APRIL FOOLS DAY. SOLD SIX HUNDRED & FIFTY THOUSAND CARS. NOTE THE 13" INCH TIRES.

EDDIE STAKES WILD 69 AMERICAN WAGON .

64/65 RAMBLER AMERICAN 2 DR. 'RED'

1965 AMBASSADOR CONVERTIBLE KENNEDY PARK ON THE LAKE IN KENOSHA AT A AMC SHOW.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.THIS IS WERE IT ALL STARTED. THE WILLYS 1946 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE STATION WAGON. TODAY THEY CALL THEM S U V's CROSSOVERS AND MORE FANCY NAMES.

1969 RAMBLER AMERICAN ROGUE HURST SC/RAMBLER.

THE LAST OF THE GREMLINS. 1977. AMC SOLD MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND IN SEVEN YEARS.

FENDER EMBLEMS FOR A RAMBLER AMBASSADOR BUILT IN ARGENTINA BY INDUSTRIAS KAISER ARGENTINA (IKA)

1973 AMC HORNET.

THIS IS A OVERHEAD CAM SIX IN A RAMBLER BUILT BY KAISER OR RENAULT IN ARGENTINA.

A SIDE PICTURE OF THE OVERHEAD CAM SIX IN A RAMBLER IN ARGENTINA.

A HORNET GAS CAP

JAMES BOND's HORNET DOING A ROLL OVER THE RIVER.

JAMES BOND's RED HORNET.

1963 RAMBLER XR400 BUILT BY THE BUDD BODY WORKS.

1971 COWBOY PROTOTYPE. NOTE THE GREMLIN FRONT END.

A RED 1970 AMX/3

A YELLOW 1970 AMX/3

RODGER MOORE AS JAMES BOND CRASHING THRU A DEALERSHIP FRONT WINDOW IN THE PICTURE 'THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN'

AMC AMBASSADORS ALSO KNOWN AS 'KENOSHA CADILLACS'.

A RIGHT HAND DRIVE MATADOR/AMBASSADOR.

79/80 SPIRIT AMX HOOD BIRD AND SIDE EMBLEMS.

69 SCRAMBLER

69 SCRAMBLER, AIR IN HERE

1971 HORNET 'SC'360

YELLOW 1964 RAMBLER AMERICAN.

1976 AAR EAGLE AMC TWIN TURBO V8 INDY CAR.

A SUPERCHARGED AMC SIX, A WORK OF ART.

MY SPIRIT AND A RED WHITE AND BLUE AMX.

NOW YOU MAY ASK WHAT IS A "DUCE AND A HALF" DOING HERE? IT WAS BUILT BY AMC's AM GENERAL DIVISION IN INDIANA.

AMC EAGLE RALLY SX4

AMC EAGLE RALLY SX4

A GREMLIN WITH A HORNET FRONT END WITH A VERY NICE INTERIOR BUILT BY VAM IN MEXICO.

1964 RAMBLER TARPON AT THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW 1964.

A GREMLIN AND A PACER IN THE AMC DISPLAY AT THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW IN 1975

1978 CROWN PACER AT THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW AT McCORMICK PLACE.

THE LAST OF THE GREMLIN'S 1978 AT THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW.

A 1978 GREMLIN 'GT'

1964 RAMBLER'CHEYENNE'

A AMBASSADOR WAGON AND A JAVELIN.

LAST RAMBLER OFF THE LINE IN 1969 FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE FROM 1950 TO 1969.

1968 RAMBLER ROGUE. CHECK THE REDLINE TIRES. CHECK WHERE THE REDLINE IS ON THE TIRES. THE REDLINES THAT THEY REPRODUCE TODAY ARE NOT CORRECT.

THE HURST EMBLEM ON A 1969 SC RAMBLER

JAMES GARNERS, 'ROCKFORD FILES' BAHA RACING TEAM AT THE STARTING LINE. AMERICAN MOTORS SUPPLIED TEN RAMBLERS AND FACTORY SUPPORT FOR THE BAHA RACES.

BAHA

A LINE UP OF RAMBLERS FOR THE MEXICAN BAHA. PLEASE NOTE THE RED WHITE AND BLUE AMC RACING JACKETS.

TAKE NOTE HOW CAREFUL THEY ARE IN PINNING THE HOOD ON.

DUCT TAPE, THE RACERS FRIEND THEN AND NOW.

A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR ON A GRAVEL ROAD.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PICTURES OF WHY THE BAHA RACES WERE STOPPED BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A PICTURE OF A RAMBLER GOING THRU TOWN AT MORE THAN 100 MILES AN HOUR. THE PEOPLE STOOD IN THE STREET TEN FEET FROM THE RACING CARS.ON AVERAGE TWO TO TEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED EVERY YEAR.

A JEEP AT THE 2008 AUTO SHOW IN CHICAGO

A DODGE CHALLENGER ON THE TURNTABLE AT THE 2008 AUTO SHOW IN CHICAGO. DAMM CHRYSLER MUST NOT WANT TO SELL MANY BECAUSE THEY PUT A BASE PRICE ON IT OF THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. YOU CAN BUY AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND DIFFERENT MODELS OF CARS FOR LESS THAN THAT PRICE. I THINK IT WILL FLOP.

A JEEP GOING OVER THE HILL AT THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW 2008.

MARK DONOHUE REUNION CARS. 2003. TWO JAVELINS AND A MATADOR.

MARK DONOHUE LEADING THE PACK IN #6 JAVELIN IN ELKHART LAKE WI ON THE TRANS AM ROAD COURSE. HE WON THE RACE.

PLAYBOYS PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR AMX IN PINK.

PLAYBOYS PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR. A PINK AMX.

HURST AMX's BEING BUILT AT THE HURST FACTORY

SHIRLEY SHAHAN's DRAG ON LADY's HORNET. NEXT TO IT IS A OFFICIAL PACE CAR A AMX.

ROY WOODS AND HIS RACING JAVELINS.

ALABAMA STATE POLICE JAVELIN POLICE CARS. Sorry about the picture I could not get it right

RODGER MEARS PIKES PEAK 401 SPIRIT.

RODGER MEARS 401 PIKES PEAK SPIRIT ENGINE BAY.

WALLY BOOTH's GREMLIN AT ASSUMPTION RACEWAY IN ILLINOIS.

WALLY BOOTH

WALLY BOOTH's GREMLIN ON THE WAY TO VICTORY

AMC'S AT A HOT ROD SHOW IN FINLAND.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF A DISPLAY FROM THE GILMORE AUTO MUSEUM IN HICKORY CORNERS MI. IT IS A DISPLAY OF THE AUTO SHOW PROGRAMS OF YEARS GONE BY OF THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW. THEY HAD A DISPLAY OF MANY MANY CARS AND POSTERS AND PICTURES OF AUTOMOBILE ITEMS. THIS WAS FROM THE 2008 SHOW IN CHICAGO. THEY HAVE MANY SHOWS EVERY YEAR IF YOU CAN YOU SHOULD GO TO SEE THE GILMORE MUSEUM. IT IS WELL WORTH THE TRIP.

JEEP COMMANCHE's ON DISPLAY AT THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW.

THIS IS A CROSS SECTION VIEW OF AMC's FIRST V8. IT WAS BIULT FROM DRAWINGS TO RUNNING ENGINES IN EIGHT MONTHS. IT WAS FIRST A 250 CU IN AND THEN A 327 CU IN. AMC HAD A 327 CU IN ENGINE A FULL FIVE YEARS BEFORE CHEVROLET BUILT THERE FIRST 327 CU IN V8.

A SIDE SHOT OF THE AMX PROTOTYPE THAT NEVER MADE IT.

AMC's 1973 SEATS FOR THE CARDIN JAVELIN, THE LEVI'S GREMLIN' AND THE GUCCI HORNET. AMC HAD A LOT OF GOOD LOOKING INTERIORS.

JEEP PROTOTYPE 1970

1974 AM GENERAL MOTOR HOME. FRONT WHEEL DRIVE POWERED BY A AMC 360 CU IN OR A 401 CU IN AMC V8

AMX PROTOTYPE

THIS IS A GREMLIN, G/II BUILT IN 1974. SHOWN AT THE DETROIT AUTO SHOW. LOOK AT IT AND YOU WILL SEE THE 79/83 SPIRIT HATCHBACK BODY. IT HAS THE HORNET FRONT END AND BUMPER AND THE BULGES IN THE REAR QUARTERS THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE 79/83 SPIRIT AND SX/4 MODELS.

A AMX, JAVELIN FOUR DOOR HARDTOP WAGON.

CLARK GABLE AND GEORGE MASON WITH A 47 NASH PACE CAR AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. GEORGE MASON WAS THE MAIN PERSON TO PUT TOGETHER AMERICAN MOTORS IN 1954. SADLY GEORGE W MASON DIED AT AGE 63 ON OCT 9 1954. GEORGE W MASON TOOK HUDSON AND NASH AND TURNED THEM INTO AMERICAN MOTORS. GEORGE ROMNEY WAS PROMOTED TO CEO OF AMC ON OCT 25 1954.AMC WENT ON AND LASTED THIRTY THREE YEARS.

AMERICAN MOTORS FACTORIES. YEAR UNKNOWN. THERE WERE MANY MORE THAN THE FOUR SHOWN.

A NICE HORNET HATCHBACK

A BABY BLUE HORNET AND ON THE RIGHT IS A GREMLIN ON THE LEFT IN THE REAR IS A HUDSON HORNET ON THE LEFT IS A CADILLAC.

AMERICAN MOTORS CHILD SAFETY SEAT BELTS FIRST OFFERED IN 1966. I MAY BE INCORRECT BUT I THINK AMC WAS FIRST TO OFFER THEM.

AMC DRESSED OUT WAGONS.

A 79/80 AMC SPIRIT SEDAN, ALSO CALLED A KAMBACK ALL DECKED OUT WITH ROOF RACK REAR WING COLOR KEYED WHEEL COVERS BLACKED OUT WINDOW TRIM FANCY BUMPER TRIM A REALLY NICE AMC.

A GREMLIN PROTOTYPE 77/78?

THE GREMLIN PROTOTYPE.

A RAMBELSEAT AMX.

ADAM 12 MATADOR SQUAD CAR.

A MARLIN HOOD ORNAMENT

WALLY BOOTH. NOTE THE ISSUE PRICE!

WALLY BOOTH AND HIS GREMLIN.

DRAWING ABOUT 1977/1978

DRAWING ABOUT 1976/1977

TYPHOON V8's 290 & 343 CU IN ABOUT 1967/1970.

THE EARLY AND THE LATE AMERICAN LOGOS
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76/78 PACER UPDATE.

AMX3 ENGINE COMPARTMENT

AMX3 BOTTOM END. SIX OR SEVEN AMX3's WERE BUILT AT A COST OF SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.

RAMBLER AMERICAN WAGON APROX 61/63. THESE WERE THE SHOEBOX YEARS. RAMBLER OUTSOLD PLYMOUTH AND WAS THIRD PLACE IN SALES IN USA. SOLD MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND CARS PER YEAR IN 61/63.

1974 THE LAST AMBASSADOR. THIS AMBO WAS LOVINGLY CALLED THE COFFIN NOSE AMBO. THE MATADOR SEDANS HAD THE SAME COFFIN NOSE. THE AMBASSADOR NAME WAS FIRST USED IN 1936 BY NASH. THE NAME LASTED 38 YEARS.

79/80 AMC SPIRIT DL. ALL DRESSED UP WITH STRIPES AND COLOR KEYED WHEEL COVERS, BUMPER TRIMS AND MORE. REALLY A NICE CAR.

THE AMC "EAGLES" FOUR WHEEL DRIVE 1980. THEY FIRST CAME WITH QUADRA-TRAC WHICH WAS A EXPENSIVE FULL TIME FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SETUP. MANY OF THE HIGH PRICED SUV's OF TODAY USE THIS STYLE OF FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THERE WERE TWO MORE NOT SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE THE KAMBACK AND THE S/X 4.

THIIS IS THE AMERICAN MOTORS ENGINEERING BUILDING IN DETROIT MI. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE PROTOTYPES AND ALL THE AMC ENGINEERING WAS DONE. WHEN CHRYSLER AQUIRED AMC CHRYSLER KEPT 75 % OF THE AMC's DETROIT WORK FORCE.

ROY ABERNETHY SEPT 29 1906 / FEB 28 1977. WHEN GEORGE ROMNEY LEFT AMC IN 62 TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN. ROY ABERNETHY WAS APPOINTED COO OF AMC. HE DECIDED THAT AMC SHOULD COMPETE WITH THE BIG THREE AUTO MAKERS MODEL FOR MODEL. HE HAD THE TARPON PUT ON A CLASSIC CHASSIS AND CALLED IT A MARLIN. INSTEAD OF COMPETING IN THE UPCOMING PONY CAR CLASS HE WANTED TO COMPETE WITH THE TBIRD AND RIVERIA. THE MARLIN WAS A FAILURE. AMC NEVER RECOVERED THE TOOLING COST. HE DID NOT WANT THE RAMBLER NAME AND HE HAD THE RAMBLER NAME SLOWLY REMOVED FROM THE CARS. BIG MISTAKE,THE RAMBLER NAME WAS KNOWN THE WORLD OVER. IN 64 AND 65 ABERNETHY SPENT SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS ON RETOOLING FOR HIS NEW AND BIGGER CARS. HE WIPED OUT MOST ALL OF AMC's CASH RESERVES. THE AMC DIRECTORS IN JAN 1967 FORCED ABERNETHY TO TAKE EARLY RETIREMENT. HE WAS REPLACED BY ROY D CHAPIN Jr. AMC FLOUNDERED FOR YEARS AFTER ABERNETHY.

A 1961 RAMBLER AMBASSADOR.

ARTIST DRAWING OF THE AMC PPG CAR.

FINAL ASSEMBLY LINE. A CONCORD HAS THE FINAL CHECK OUT. APROX 1979/1980.

FINAL BODY SHEET METAL CHECK BEFORE THE PAINT BOOTH.

A AD FOR THE NEW 1979 SPIRIT.

THE PPG PACE CAR AT A AMC SHOW ON THE INFIELD OF DAYTONA SPEEDWAY.

A 1979 AMX

A 1979 AMX.

AMC SPIRIT IN FULL RACE DRESS.

A HORNET HATCHBACK FULL OUT RACE READY.

A 1971 MATADOR IN "THE GUMBALL RALLY" 1976.

A 1971 MATADOR IN "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" 1979/1985.

A 1973 MATADOR IN "CONVOY" 1978

A 1974 MATADOR IN "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN" 1974.

1975 MATADORS IN "THE GUMBALL RALLY" 1976.

JEEP WAGONEERS IN "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND" 1977

THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE HMMWV H1 HUMMER OFF THE LINE AT THE A M GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLANT. AM GENERAL WAS OWNED BY AMERICAN MOTORS AND ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE BY AMERICAN MOTORS ENGINEERS. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL H1 HUMVEE WAS BUILT BY AMERICAN MOTORS. THERE WERE ABOUT FIFTY DIFFERENT MODELS BUILT.

A BEJING JEEP. ITS CALLED A 2500. A CHEROKEE IN US.