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

Yesterday's topic, in case anyone wondered, was "That Was The World That
Was" --- a take-off on the 1960s British and American TV series that made
the sharpest wits of 2005 seem dull.  Some TV was great when American Motors
was,

http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B16282.jpg

it was cool when Rambler was hot in the shade, 

http://www.adclassix.com/images65ramblerclassicblue.jpg

and it was a kind of creativity we may not again see.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/thatwastheweekth_7776280.shtml


http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/thatwasthe/thatwasthe.htm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057789/


Today, instead, we might see

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200506100224.html

if America -really- wants to compete.  If GM, Ford and Mopar raise their
prices in tandem, we may see that the mid-century and the earlier America
that once WORKED to be great may be as obsolete and as forgotten as American
Motors.

We may fiddle while Detroit (and Buffalo, NY, LA or your hometown) burn. 

Or we may admit Americans should only be paid to ACHIEVE successes, too.

http://www.faz.net/s/RubB443EC63397F4BAFBD6ACED075B4B2CC/Doc~E8DA4BD5C072E48
DC8DEE6D8D3560FE64~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html

Or we may just pay more Americans (journalists and lawyers) to TALK more.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2005-06-09-toyota-usat_x.htm 


Possibly interesting notes for possible readers before it's too late:

Koos: still looking?

http://www.autoclasico.com.mx/EnVenta/detalle.asp?id_num_auto=32

Stakes: still seeking?

http://www.racewayparkhistory.com/Koehler.html

AMC fans: still remembering?

Next Monday, remember Jeffery: on June 13, 1882, he received a patent for a
clincher tire --- that most automobiles would eventually come to use.  Your
AMC wheels were, in effect, built on his wheel, both literally and
figuratively. 


Finally, I ran out of time to finish that 1933 Nash/Fair foray.

No better time than now.  Turn the Chicago "Tower of Power" to:

"You won't be home tonight" [-without-] "the power of the hour."

http://www.carroantigo.com/imagens/propagandas/nash%201940.JPG

http://www.carroantigo.com/imagens/propagandas/duesenberg.JPG

Then turn to the Pacer fan who designed the Cord 810: 

"I put a bathing suit on my baby instead of a skirt."

and tell him that his words reverberated around AMC:

"I put yet another new dress on the old girl instead."  

After you die, get Buehrig and Teague together and ask 'em some questions.


You may learn something new about automobiles, about life --- and about AMC.