"H" is for hard top......

["Gary Walker" <NashFlash@xxxxxxxxxx>]

  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 )