Sweet

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

When AMCers follow Rosa's admonition to

>>
Pop over to www.myclassiccar.com <http://www.myclassiccar.com> to see their
feature
of my Hornet 360 as their 'cool car of the week'!
How sweet is THAT!!
<<

they could eventually find themselves at

http://www.myclassiccar.com/CoolCars/closeups/index.shtml

wondering why "Adding Style to Substance"

http://www.myclassiccar.com/CoolCars/closeups/amc/style/index.shtml

has an "amc" in its URL.  If they know AMC via AMC solely, it doesn't; it's
a programming error.  If they know AMC via GM also, it's an error, but a
suitable one.  The "fearsome" Jordan, known for his
"iron-fist-in-velvet-glove" years at GM studios, knows a lot more than many
about AMC, and, in retirement (in, of course, Southern California, where
many old car designers mellow from exposure to yellow sun, ultramarine blue
sea and multicolor sand) shares his knowledge with many far younger (unless
you're one of the high-school-age readers this list USED to have; who are
[were?] AMC's hope for FUTURE success/survival) than you or I.

Those who ask "Who, what, when, why and how" questions about AMC styling and
engineering already know that certain answers include two letters: "GM"
(those who don't care for AMC history are simply satisfied not to know)
because the Jordan years were among the more fruitful for AMC-GM studies.
During his time, extensive "cross-fertilization" was going on. 

Among his own designs, one that was 1955's "L'Universelle"

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i19/1970_8mg.jpg

became "universal" as Ford/Chrysler Caravan, Renault/Matra Espace and an
almost AMC-Van (Jordan's was so compact that I could see over its roof, just
like the Pacer concept's  

http://www.arcticboy.com/media/strange/amvan.gif

[Arctic Boy's photos don't link so you'll need to jump through hoops to see
how low]), after a period of only 30 (THIRTY!) years or so.

Jordan's GM studios influenced several AMC concept and production cars,

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i19/1970_18mg.jpg

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i19/1970_19mg.jpg

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i19/1970_20mg.jpg

some GM efforts were influenced by production cars that *AMC* designed,

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i19/1970_27mg.jpg

and during his days, GM built a concept similar to one of the last AMCs ever
done; one you (or Pat Foster?) likely don't know.  Half of a final pair of
"outside" AMC/Renault designs and part of the -whole- AMC story still
untold.       

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i19/1970_26mg.jpg

Such sharing --- before and after Jordan's era --- was and is not that rare.
Tomorrow's number one learned from yesterday's number one when it could.

That's how this 2000 GM concept    

http://us1.webpublications.com.au/static/images/articles/i19/1970_31mg.jpg

became this hot-ticket 2005 Toyo.

http://www.autoimage.cz/Toyota/Toyota_Prius_2004_004.jpg

AMC was always looking, learning and trying to put hot cars on its floor
too; AMC was never big or profitable enough to do that easily and well.
Today, AMC people can't buy --- or can't sell --- some AMC parts too easily
either: sad facts of AMC life that will never bode --thee-- easily and well.


Sometimes there'll be a brighter tomorrow.  Sometimes only yesterday.

If you think that's too "Mopar" for an AMC song, think independently  

http://www.theavanti.com/Celebrity.html

and get going --- cooperatively! --- on a similarly-useful AMC website.

Wasn't there yet -another- need for one [Goldwater AMX] noted recently?

BTW, the Automotive Information Disclosure Act was "AIDA" (just as Verdi
wrote it) not "ADIA" (like I wrote it [twice!]) yesterday.  From Memphis to
the Nile, no "Gotchas!" issued, so I'll quote Amneris (over that tomb of
Radames) to close.

"Pace t'imploro... pace... pace..."

("Peace, I beg you... peace... peace...")

Not a bad wish for all American "motors" --- 

(Too bad Radames was buried alive, though...)