Re:What's the story?

["Gary Walker" <NashFlash@xxxxxxxxxx>]

   "H" stood for hard top.
 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 )