Colorblind

["Mahoney, John" <jmahoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In AMC List Land, "being blue" is better than "feeling in the pink" and all
owe a big "Thank You" to whoever did recent repairs and repainting.

Gratitude may be a foreign car to many AMC List readers, but whether an
e-mail or an epistle, whether received in a mobile home or a McMansion, a
quick "Thanks" in acknowledgment might not be a bad new/old AMC thing.

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Date: Friday, January 28, 2005 02:21 PM
From: andrew hay <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<mailto:adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Re:%20test,%20ignore%20me>
this is the first posting in nine days to come through here with the
poster's name on it!
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What about the last eight items [I referred to] online?

http://www.amxfiles.com/archive/index.cfm?date=20050126

And sometimes AMC List Land seems the goofiest place on earth (the 50th
Anniversary of Disneyland doesn't start until May): a car-toony culture club
of its day.  Board the bathtub Nash and paddle Independently away!  

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cross country car shipping
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Exotic and Intercity are two of the better options, as are Passport and
AutoTrans (respectively enclosed and open transport) now owned by FedEx.

Smaller operators with good reps include Tim Stearns for NY (S or C) to CA,
Ultimate from SoCal east and AutoExpress between Europe and America: Alan
safely flies million-dollar stuff to/from MB and PB.

Since I'll be "here-n-there" again over the -next- two weeks, it might be
time to write about something that's now only about two weeks late.

On 1/9/67, Roy Abernethy retired and Roy Chapin took over as Chairman and
CEO of AMC.  Bill Luneburg was the new President and COO.  AMC lost almost
$76 million their first year, but, in an nearly-literal mirror of 1927 Nash,
Rambler American prices were cut by as much as $234 (that was over 10%!) and
a new ad agency was hired.  Much more on that sometime.

An $87 million turnaround, a new chance for survival, and a new attitude
were the results.  The most exciting era since Nash and Hudson folded up
into each other was ahead: Javelin, AMX, Gremlin, Hornet, Pacer and even
Eagle were to come.  AMC was hot, then AMC was not.  Starting barely ten
years after LIFE! began, Chapin (5/77) and Luneburg (5/70) would be gone.
Barely twenty years after its glory days began, so too, was American Motors.

There's a Salon in Scottsdale this weekend to which I planned to offer free
admission, but it's too late, I'm too tired (I can't quickly find the phone
number) and AMC people rarely say "thanks" for such things, so I'll just

sign off.  Enjoy life, list and history.