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DainBramaged

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36. And who can forget the zenith of AMC engineering

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 05:28 PM

Jul 2012

I disagree. I lived in this era. I had a friend that had a slightly modified AMX in the 11's in 1971. And the Hurst S/C Rambler, one of the best $2995 muscle cars ever made.

http://musclecars.howstuffworks.com/classic-muscle-cars/1969-amc-hurst-sc-rambler.htm

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Mitt's father was "an auto executive" [View all] jberryhill Jul 2012 OP

The Gremlin was terrible Politicalboi Jul 2012 #1

Gremlins can be fun too snooper2 Jul 2012 #22

Mine was pre-AMC pscot Jul 2012 #2

My dad had one of those Politicalboi Jul 2012 #4

My Buddy Had A Pacer... KharmaTrain Jul 2012 #3

OMFG, I forgot the Pacer! jberryhill Jul 2012 #5

Didn't MOST cars from that time period suck? Odin2005 Jul 2012 #6

Many did jberryhill Jul 2012 #9

That time period included Mustang, Camaro, GTO, Plymouth Roadrunner, Valient, Dodge Charger and Dart yellowcanine Jul 2012 #25

It was the ownership by AMC that nearly killed Harley-Davidson jorno67 Jul 2012 #7

That was AMF,AMC tried to kill the Jeep name IADEMO2004 Jul 2012 #8

ah...you're right. jorno67 Jul 2012 #11

So should we hate him, or his son, for this? elleng Jul 2012 #10

Uh, please quote where I exhorted anyone to "hate" anything jberryhill Jul 2012 #14

You're right, you didn't 'exhort' anyone to hate. elleng Jul 2012 #16

"Otherwise, why post about him?" jberryhill Jul 2012 #17

Apologies accepted elleng Jul 2012 #20

Mitt came by it honestly, his father was a thief as well. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #12

When George Romney was president of AMC they were making cars like this: Spider Jerusalem Jul 2012 #13

Thanks for clearing that up rurallib Jul 2012 #30

what bothers me is the term auto executive--he ran the damn company dembotoz Jul 2012 #15

My father had a 1960 Rambler American Station Wagon, possibly the worst car ever built 1-Old-Man Jul 2012 #18

"the windshield wipers were overpowered by a drizzle." Ha! Vacuum wipers! yellowcanine Jul 2012 #27

They also made the AMX which I would take any day...we can do this with any auto company snooper2 Jul 2012 #19

beautiful... Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #24

I had a 1971 Gremlin in 1980, and I loved it! Archae Jul 2012 #21

My AMC experience......I test drove a Javelin, AMC's "answer" to the Mustang and Camaro, around yellowcanine Jul 2012 #23

if he'd been a gm exec would that have been better? HiPointDem Jul 2012 #26

It just strikes me as odd that the actual company is never named in reportage jberryhill Jul 2012 #28

I've heard it mentioned a few times. xmas74 Jul 2012 #31

I had a Gremlin. drm604 Jul 2012 #29

AMC wasn't that bad. xmas74 Jul 2012 #32

I don't think most people would know what "AMC" stood for. Igel Jul 2012 #33

OT, but the rambler scrambler was a onethatcares Jul 2012 #34

I thought that was just short for "Automatically Executive". ieoeja Jul 2012 #35

And who can forget the zenith of AMC engineering DainBramaged Jul 2012 #36