Re: [AMC-list] AMC acquired Jeep in 1970.

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
" 
" 
" OK, I guess I may have been wrong on the takeover date, but the 258 came in '71 didn't it?

spot on; that year amc raised the deck and the 199/232 became the
232/258, still with small bell.

jeep was forever ignoring model years and doing changes whenever they
felt like it.

i guess with the termination of hummer, the s. bend stude truck plant
is gone?  the military had already moved on from the very-long-running
2.5t and 5t trucks.  or is there still sufficient military business
supporting the hmmwv?

" Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:25:18 -0800
" From: fullsizejeeps@xxxxxxxxx
" To: carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx
" Subject: AMC acquired Jeep in 1970.
" 
" they took over in 1970.   There appears to be some minor
"     discrepancies in the record... some cite January, others February...
"     :)
" Maybe someone can research the corporate records with the SEC if
"     you'd like and confirm which month in 1970 this actually happened.
" 
" I only opened two of my books... have more than a dozen that would
"     confirm this, and likely a sales brochure as well...  :)
" and remember also I was watching TV commercials and getting ready to
"     drive when all this was happening...
" 
" 
" p.464 - Std Catalog of 4x4s - "American Motors acquired the Kaiser
"     Jeep assets in January, 1970."
" 
" p. 272 - Std Catalog of American Motors - "American Motors purchased
"     Jeep, from Kaiser Industries, in February 1970."
" 
" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors - American
"       Motors (AMC) purchased Kaiser's Jeep operations in 1970
" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Motors - "The company changed
"     its name to Kaiser Jeep in 1963. By 1969, Kaiser
"     Industries decided to leave the auto business, which was sold to
"     American Motors in 1970. As part of the transaction, Kaiser
"     acquired a 22% interest in AMC, which it later divested. Included
"     in the sale was the General Products Division, which Kaiser had
"     purchased from Studebaker in 1964 as it prepared to leave the auto
"     business itself. AMC renamed the division AM General, which still
"     operates today, and is best known as the manufacturer of the
"     original High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ((or Humvee),
"     later called the Hummer H1."
" 
" 
" http://www.allpar.com/model/jeep/liberty-history.html
" http://www.best-jeep-guide.com/history-of-jeeps.html
" 
" 
" http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Motors-Corporation/108155832550365
" 
" 
" On 11/12/2010 8:48 PM, Jim Blair wrote:
" 
"       Introduced for the '71 model year (when AMC officially took over)
" 
" > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:51:04 -0800
" > From: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
" > Subject: RE: fsj: Patch panels and Buick 350's
" >
" > got it straight out of the book... the issue is it was
"       introduced mid-year, that's why
" > you are wrong, or think I'm wrong... because we're both kind
"       of right... remember, it's a jeep thing,
" > you won't understand. :)
" >
" >
" >
" >
"       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
" > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they
"       mold
" > http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 si vis pacem, para
"       bellum
" > http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com
"       http://fotomeister.us
" >
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" >
" >
" > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010, Jim Blair wrote:
" >
" > #
" > # You're off a little bit there. 258 didn't come along till
"       '71 and that year only it came with the small bell pattern of the
"       199 and earlier 232. In '72 it matched the AMC V8 (and later 4.0L)
" > #
" > # > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:58:20 -0800
" > # > From: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
" > # > To: wallacem7@xxxxxxx
" > # > CC: fsj-digest@xxxxxxxxxx
" > # > Subject: Re: fsj: Patch panels and Buick 350's
" > # >
" > # > 1970 was an interesting year.. AMC acquired Jeep from
"       Kaiser... that year
" > # > you could get a 232, or a 258(which was the standard
"       engine), a 304 or a
" > # > 360, and from what I have read, you could still get
"       the Dauntless Buick 350
" > # > V-8 in the 1414X Wagoneer, with "Limited Quality" or
"       something like that...
" > # >
" > # > so it's possible that a 350 could be found in a '71...
"       but knowing how
" > # > jeeps and jeep owners are, anything is possible... :)
" > # >
" > # > concerning the 390, sounds like it jumped timing...
"       didn't realize
" > # > those were interference motors... unless someone put
"       the wrong push
" > # > rods in it...
" > # >
" > # > john
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