[AMC-list] Happy Birthday Rambler Typhoon & Gremlin, April 1st

["Eddie Stakes" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Happy Birthday Gremlin & Rambler Typhoon! Both introduced to world on April 
1st by American Motors. Off my site: 1970 Gremlin introduction at the New 
York Auto Show April 1970. AMC was in financial trouble in 1970, suffering a 
2nd 1/4 loss of $10 million or 41 cents per share. This, along with the 
strike affected first 1/4, where they incurred a loss of $15.6 million, 
resulted in a net loss in the first 1/2 of the fiscal year of a whopping $25 
million. The Gremlin was A MAJOR ATTRACTION at this huge show. Gremlin sales 
EXCEEDED SUPPLY and production had to be increased 30% due to consumer 
demand!
http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/70-amc-gremlin-introduction-ny-autoshow.jpg

AND: 64 Rambler Typhoon: The car that the press release lives in infamy 
about how 'the only race we care about is the human race' then AMC would do 
a 360 and crank out performance models like AMX, Javelin & SC/Rambler only a 
few years after saying they frowned upon performance
http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/64-amc-rambler-typhoon.jpg

Eddie Stakes
713-464-8825 days
www.planethoustonamx.com 

_______________________________________________
AMC-list mailing list
AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com