Re: console and 4-spd

[John McEwen <moparrr@xxxxxxx>]

This was common at Chrysler during the '50s and '60s where "special 
order" interiors and 'non-stock' factory paints were used.  There 
were even codes on the data plate which was used for these kinds of 
items.  These codes didn't indicate the specific change, but noted 
that it was interior, exterior or drive train.

As AMC had previously offered "sports" equipment on its full-sized 
cars, it seems possible that these kinds of additions were available 
on special dealer order.  Why not a console, 4 speed (or floor shift) 
bucket seat wagon?  Other companies offered them.  As we have seen, 
Ambassadors could at least be ordered with console, floor shifter and 
buckets.  Why would the company limit itself to one body style when 
the identical platform of a sedan or wagon would accommodate these 
changes with no more difficulty than on the 2 doors?

John



> Also adding to the possibility of a console appearing
> in something other than 2-dr hdtps, you don't know
> what some one with some juice at the factory had
> installed in a car. Other makes were known to get an
> option that was not supposed to be a particular car,
> so why not AMC.
> Just because the dealer says it can't be ordered in a
> particular model, doesn't mean that someone tossed
> enough money or weight around to make it so.....Russ
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