RE: Rambler-Benz, was Re: 64-9 Americans

["amckiwi" <amckiwi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting parallels here in Aus as well because AMI (Australian Motor
industries) assembled Ramblers & Mercs

Therefore some interior materials and paint colours were shared.

You also see Triumph's & Toyotas with the same hub caps etc as well.

I have heard that the assembly line workers loved assembling the Toyota's
but hated work on the Ramblers due in some part to the short assembly runs
they did.

Cheers
Stu
Melbourne
Australia



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Jennings [mailto:tomj@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, 10 July 2005 11:47 AM
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Rambler-Benz, was Re: 64-9 Americans

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Instead of going side to side in unison, the wipers go toward/away
> from each other. You'll find a similar setup on 60s and early 70s
> Mercedes Benz models (at least on some), and some late 50s

Back in 1974, with my new-to-me '62 Ambassador 400, the
resemblance to the same-year Mercedes-Benz was obvious. Clearly
not a coincidence! There's all sorts of parallels and
similarities.

62 to 63 is a real sea change in style for AMC, they dumped the
stodgey and got modern.





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