re: new amc book what would you like to see?

[farna@xxxxxxx]

I pretty much included Brampton and Bramalea (Canadian operations in general) as a part of the US operation, but I suppose there should be an entry under the "AMC Abroad" heading. Canadian operations weren't quite autonomous, but they did have some leeway -- enough that I'll definitely make that change. 

The other operations were mainly Jeep. I'm sure the Egyptian and Korean operations assembled no cars, as well as most of the other mentioned. I beleive Venezuela was a branch from IKA, but I'm not positive. At any rate, the concentration is on cars, the Jeep chapter is just a cursory glance at AMCs involvment with Jeep, and Jeep information was included in the VIN number decoding section to assist in finding parts (mostly engines) that could be used in cars. There is enough exclusive Jeep material available.

I'd really like to include a chapter on subsidiaries. If anyone has any info as to what companies were subsidiaries of AMC (at least partially owned), and what happened to them, I'd appreciate it. I have the "standard" list that Eddie included, probably from some of the same sources. I don't have the stock-holders yearly reports for every year, just a few. 

Eddie, your last statement says it all!! 

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Subject: re: new amc book what would you like to see?
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 21:16:15 -0600

D. AMC Abroad  ** Major AMC operations overseas. I have little info on the
Iranian venture.
       1. Vehiculos Automotores Mexicanos            5. South Africa
       2. Industries Kaiser Argentina Renault        6. Iran
       3. Australian Motor Industries                7. Karman (West Germany)
       4. Regie Nationale des Usines Renault (Belgium)

Don't forget Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Bejing, China; Cairo Egypt; Tejerias 
Venezuela. 
<SNIP>
A whole chapter might be dedicated to AMC's subsidiaries like Windsor Plastics of 
Evansville, IN; Mercury Plastics which was making many AMC plastic injected 
molded parts (very important note here as manufacturers were moving away 
from metal and towards plastics; the average amount of plastics per car had 
increased from 90lbs per car in 1970, to abuot 150lbs in 1974, and was 
forecast to exceed 180lbs by 1979) and maybe Wheel Horse Products of South 
Bend too.

There is a lot of stories to be told with AMC that one book won't accomplish 
I guess.

Eddie Stakes