> This "Answer" (sent one minute after "Question" was) doesn't appear in the > online list archives, so I'll re-send it. > > Apologies to anyone seeing it twice. > > Speaking of seeing, did anyone see a wire service photo from Mexico in > today's newspaper? Car-on-the-street looked like an AMC Hornet. Probably > called something else there, but still out-and-about before the storm. > Mexico can be AMC's Cuba --- where the old cars just keep going on and on > and on. > > >> > Found this clip at a website for old car > advertisements. Pretty neat! Don't know if anyone has > posted a link to this site before. > > Link at - <http://www.tvparty.com/vaultcomm.html> > > 68 Rebel clip is down a couple mouse scoots on the > right side. > << > > I interviewed the creative team (two guys and one gal) responsible for > that "Student Driver" ad some years ago; an exciting --- albeit stressful > --- assignment that surprised both their client and their Madison Avenue > peers. The results (turning American Motors' image around and turning ad > world eyes to their work) was something they'd never expected. > > I'm not sure they still had the AMC account when the '70 Javelin (which > tvparty.com must be the sole party to call an "ugly duckling muscle car") > spot was created --- or if they'd gone on to "bigger [budgets] and better > [brands]" by then. > > And, since tvparty.com opines that AMC's "entire product line in the > Seventies was a total embarrassment," they'd > better pass on that sweet "Granny Smith Apple Green" Matador sedan in > Monterey. Twenty years from now, they might be of a different opinion. > though... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mahoney, John > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 6:53 PM > To: 'mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: An answer > > One promoted Airflyte: > > http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/image_250.html > > http://www.buickbombsight.org/53nash.jpg > > sometimes promoting both types of air > > http://www.adclassix.com/images54nash1.jpg > > first, by recalling two-wheel Ramblers > > http://www.splendidpeasant.com/8870.JPG > > http://adattic.com/index.html?target=p_215.html&lang=en-us > > (and precursors to a Rambler American) > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Bicycle-Manual-1891-Gormully-Jeffery-Mfg-Co_W0 > QQitemZ7169938808QQcategoryZ7295QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebay > photohosting > > http://www.bicyclemuseum.com/Html/bike6.html > > http://www.fattiretrading.com/gjtandem.html > > (whose ephemera-choo is nothing to sneeze at) > > http://www.jeffreythomas.com/cgi-bin/jthomas/9278.html > > and trying to forget two-wheel Airflytes > > http://www.nostalgic.net/index.asp?S=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enostalgic%2Enet%2F > arc%2Fbicycles%2F1939+Huffman+Airflyte+Twin%2DFlex+8%2Ejpg&Desc= > > http://www.nostalgic.net/index.asp?L=227 > > but reviving Airflyte Ramblers with four; > > http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/A4365.jpg > > one, like other long-seated firms, promoted Airfoam: > > http://significantcars.com/1948_hudson_commadore.htm > > (The eighth photo shows what else it claimed, too) > > http://www.melodiesandmemories.com/illus5.jpg > > http://www.plymouthbulletin.com/pdfs/group1_1928_1939.pdf > > ("Calling Page 54" if you remember cop cars; > > or "Where is AMC's big bible?" if you care.) > > http://www.rareads.com/scans/8012.jpg > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3671446471&category=378 > 33 > > If reading & clicking has you farmutshet, before Nash nosh and AM nap, > > http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B16175.jpg > > I'll post Eddie Stakes' links to Hurst first > > >> > My favorite shot of Linda Vaughn, might want to share this with the > amc-list: > > http://www3.50megs.com/misshurst/linda_vaughn-034.jpg > > All you want to see of Miss Hurst, never understood why there were no > promo photos of her with new Hurst SC/Rambler: > > http://misshurst.www3.50megs.com/hl01.htm > << > > ('cuz Airfoam would've met Airflyte?) > > and then I'll let you rest in peace. > > Today, Airflyte might laud Lexus > > http://www.airflytecatalog.com/ > > and slip rings onto LAV wheels > > http://www.airflyteelectronics.com/^AirFlyte/pdf/vehicle.pdf > > http://www.airflyteelectronics.com/^Airflyte/Home/ > > but G & J and Rambler and Hudson and American Motors are just history, > and few AMC Owners & Drivers find that history to be very interesting. > > That's too bad. They just might be missing a big part of the AMC fun. > > Once, you may recall, AMC was a "World Standard of ... Car Excellence" > > http://wps.com/AMC/Navarro-parts-bought/images/rambler-junk2.jpg > > and once, it was trying to raise its top-end performance, as well > > >> > Just FYI, the R&D head has the following casting numbers in the > top of the head: > > RD 6 34 86 > > and > > 6-11 or might be 6-71 > << > > >> > obviously, if it says 6-71 it must be a reworked detroit diesel > head... > << > > but, by design or by other means, its future was blown. > > http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=3733&prmenbr > =361 > > http://www.holley.com/types.asp?type=128 > > (Duck --- you might be struck with flying iron-y!) > > While you're reading or writing about garage sales... > > Anyone in or near Motown who collects car paper should head for 801 West > Baltimore Street on 7/30, 7/31 or 8/1/05. The Detroit Public Library's > National Automotive History Collection will have 50,000 pieces of ephemera > available. Anything and everything, from repair manuals to paint chips to > <ahhh> press kits, from the largest public archive [GM's is larger] in the > world. Admission is $10 each day. Additional info is at 313 628-2851. > Buy, buy, buy! > > A final note before I really do go; after Teague's "J" car was posted here > and its Italian inspiration, Japanese precursor and a GM [far south] > one-off with which it shared more than just 1970 birth dates were freely > linked, > > http://www.fast-autos.net/holden/gtrx10.html > http://www.fast-autos.net/holden/gtrx9.html > > (if you're intrigued, do diligence and pay Pavlov...) > > why an "X" car company passed "H" on the way to "J" was not mentioned. I > waited and wondered if anyone would, but, in true AMC style, nothing > happened and the topic died. For those who are interested, I'll touch > that base before sliding to home. (It's as hot and humid here as in FL > [or in MS!], so that's quite easy. Exit A/C and melt away. > Hotter here than in Atlanta, Dallas and LA. Global warming? Doesn't > exist? Fuel up a NavigatExpediTitan-ic SUV!) > > Back to smaller wheels. When struck by comments that its [1966] Le Mans > victory was achieved in a "British-built" car, one AMC competitor took its > program home. It decided to design, build and test cars "in-house" (in > Dearborn), even though, in England, the Mk I GT40 was already underway. > > Ford's "J-car" had a completely new body and chassis design (and a > then-new military aircraft material, honeycomb aluminum), weighing only > 180 pounds. It was light and fast, it was also unsafe: test driver Ken > Miles died in it. > > An American-chassis GT40, with stock block Kar Kraft 427 Ford wiped eight > Ferraris (by 32 miles), all the factory-king Porsches and Hall's Chevy > Chaparral off the track, and the wind-tunnel lessons learned by building > that J-car gave Ford another win in '67. In NASCAR or NHRA, on the > streets and in the showrooms, Ford was racing to success. > > Following all the success of Mustang, that much success was too much for > General Motors, Mopar and AMC to handle. Petty played for one team; > Penske, for another. Pony car wars were about to happen. Musclecar mania > -exploded-. Camaro, Firebird, Javelin, AMX, Challenger, 'Cuda. The Ford > J-car that wasn't raced influenced so many cars to follow, including even > some that were --- and weren't --- produced by AMC. > > In style, "J" spoke Italian, but in Spirit, it was American. > > Don the fedora, short-sleeves, skinny tie and black glasses; > > http://www.cardesignonline.com/images/ford-gt-jcar-1967-a.jpg > > You're designing cars of tomorrow. It's 2005 in the 1960s. > > http://www.cardesignonline.com/images/ford-mark2-1967.jpg > > If you think Dodge's "H" car in "Go ManGo" is "Top Banana" today, remember > when "J" meant American from A to Z. If you read Kevin Shaw in 5/05 MM > ("not a Charger" and "missing the mark" and "an adulteration of Magnum > station wagon" that "failed to capture ... the spirit of Charger"), you'll > want to think back to J-car days. > > And if you prefer the Spirit of '79 or the AMX of '69, you have just one > week to vote in the 8/05 CC contest. If #17 (Randall of Racine) or #21 > (Peter of Baldwin) are your speed, speak by 7/22 or hold your silent AMC > piece/peace. > > In 8/05 SR's "Complete Guide to Muscle Cars 1962-1971, AMC is noted as > having had 2% of the muscle car market (with or w/o counting Corvette); > AMC received one- (of multi-) page coverage, with 11 AMC models listed and > 2 AMXs shown. 41,609 units total. A "little car" company, indeed. > > Time to toss this and let it disappear. > > Just like AMC, only smaller. Whee!! --John Mahoney