Rambler-Benz, was Re: 64-9 Americans

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Instead of going side to side in unison, the wipers go toward/away
> from each other. You'll find a similar setup on 60s and early 70s
> Mercedes Benz models (at least on some), and some late 50s

Back in 1974, with my new-to-me '62 Ambassador 400, the
resemblance to the same-year Mercedes-Benz was obvious. Clearly
not a coincidence! There's all sorts of parallels and
similarities.

62 to 63 is a real sea change in style for AMC, they dumped the
stodgey and got modern.