Re:What's the story?

["Mark Price" <mprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't actually call it a rant, but still it would be nice if they had actually told a few people what they where thinking when they dreamed up the "H" It could stand for Hardtop or Happy or Hot even perhaps a way to link the cars to Hurst without paying up. Just change the split in the H and mumble something about the cars being loaded Hardtops to get the "H" tag.
Mark Price
mpriceATwestco.net
Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Gary Walker" <NashFlash@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:25:23 -0500

>    "H" stood for hard top.
>  I know that there were some plain hardtops in 1963 that did not carry the
>"H" emblems, but the hardtop "H" cars were specially dressed up to appeal to
>a more youthful market.  More on that later.   These cars had a package that
>included bucket seats, a more powerful 138 hp engine, special exterior side
>panel color and a new roof design.   It was classified as a four passenger
>car as opposed to the bottom line six capacity car.
>   1963 was a big year for AMC in many ways.  To make a long story short,
>Romney was going, and Abernethy was taking over.  Some good new things had
>taken place in the past year or so under Romney even though he did not want
>to build racy cars.  He had been persuaded to allow many updates to the
>lineup, many of which were award winning.  Heck, the whole 1963 AMC lineup
>was declared Motor Trend Magazines'  Car Of The Year Award.  There was now
>for example, curved side glass in a low cost vehicle.   The company had
>received awards just a couple of years prior for new innovations in the
>successful casting of aluminum engine blocks with contained steel
>reinforcement as in the crank web area.   The company was relatively lean
>and mean and Abernethy wanted to introduce cars that were less sedate, cars
>that would attract more younger buyers.   He allowed the styling executives
>to address a younger market and this is why many of our more beloved models
>were born.   You could surmise that the model was produced to celebrate the
>advancements of AMC in terms of technology and style.
>   .................     and as Dennis Miller used to say on tv,  "Sorry
>about the rant, I could be wrong."
>              Your AMC friend,
>               Gary Walker,     owner of some old stuff    ( not junk ) 
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