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Title: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on November 14, 2008, 12:35:10 PM
Well, I've been noticing a lot more AMCs on TV lately
Lime Green 70 AMX on CHop Cut Rebuild
the Gremlin in SUpernatural
Gremlin in Heros
And last night, I was watching Life on Mars, which takes place in 1973, and there was a Pacer commercial on the TV, about being the only big small car I think, which is a mistake for the show, and the only timeline mistake I've noticed so far

this also includes magfazines and other forms of media
Title: Re: AMCs on the TV
Post by: Eagle Kammback on November 27, 2008, 11:01:26 PM
I just finished watching Two Lane Blacktop, in one scene, they pull up next to a green 68/9 Javelin that I think has flowers all over it
and in the background is an SC/Rambler

I watched the Starsky and Hutch movie (not worth watching, butchered the original series) and they shot up a Pacer
Title: Re: AMCs on the TV
Post by: IowaEagle on November 27, 2008, 11:04:43 PM
Don't tell nastydees a Pacer was shot up.
Title: Re: AMCs on the TV
Post by: eagleone on November 28, 2008, 12:51:08 AM
I saw an auto insurance ad this week that featured a Gremlin. Can't remember the company.
Title: Re: AMCs on the TV
Post by: IowaEagle on November 28, 2008, 06:54:41 AM
Probably the AARP one.  A blue Gremlin X?
Title: Re: AMCs on the TV
Post by: eagleone on November 28, 2008, 08:25:52 AM
Yup
Title: Re: AMCs on the TV
Post by: Eagle Kammback on November 28, 2008, 06:14:06 PM
which reminds me, I saw an ad for the 24 Hours of LeMons that featured a drawing of a gremlin on its roof, it was in Grassroots Motorsports
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 07, 2008, 06:59:07 PM
I was watching The Librarian (interesting TV movie, worth watching if you have nothing else to do )
and there is a CJ in the background of several scenes
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on December 07, 2008, 08:13:43 PM
That gecko insurance company has an ad often in the Sunday paper pull out, that has an old 70's pic of a guy and his girl,(prom date) standing next to a white Gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 07, 2008, 09:11:43 PM
The Gremlin is the perfect prom date car
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mojobean on December 08, 2008, 02:05:27 AM
i could be wrong, as i always seem to catch it a split second too late to make sure... but i'm almost certain there is a kammback or gremlin in a mini-cooper commercial thats been on lately. Has anyone seen this?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Reaper_of_Souls on December 08, 2008, 04:40:34 AM
Been watching the 'speed' channel alot lately...(first time I have ever had more than 2 channels in my life)..and during the show PINKS, they run their own napa commercial. Sweet little lime green Spirit in there for a few seconds.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 08, 2008, 07:29:44 AM
last year, there was a guy on American Idol who raced a Spirit
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on December 08, 2008, 10:55:50 PM
That gecko insurance company has an ad often in the Sunday paper pull out, that has an old 70's pic of a guy and his girl,(prom date) standing next to a white Gremlin.

Some guy I work with gave me an envelope with "we found your high school prom picture" written on it.  Inside the envelope was the geico ad with the white gremlin!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: eagleone on December 09, 2008, 12:53:59 AM
Doesn't the Comic Book Guy on the Simpson's drive a Gremlin?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ramblerman62-87 on December 09, 2008, 03:14:47 AM
I think this is what you where looking at

(http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq124/ramblerman62-87/ithink2.jpg)

I was just wondering where to put this and you already where talking about it how cool
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on December 09, 2008, 07:33:53 AM
Marge Simpson had one when she was dating Homer. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 09, 2008, 01:25:53 PM
Yep, and there was also the treehouse of Horror episode where there was one next to the bus
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on December 09, 2008, 07:43:27 PM
Yupp, thats the ad I saw. 8)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: thetrueb1 on December 10, 2008, 08:01:17 AM
Yep, and there was also the treehouse of Horror episode where there was one next to the bus

"Terror at 5 1/2 feet"  Very entertaining

I watch a lot of simpsons
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 10, 2008, 12:54:10 PM
I was watching Dirty Harry earlier this week, I think I saw a late 60s Rebel go by in one scene
greeeaaat movie
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: amcsedan on December 10, 2008, 07:10:14 PM

 There is a site called  IMCDb.org
that lists movie appearances by all makes and models of cars.
Looked for this after seeing some of the cars y'all have seen and a few more in a bunch of older movies.

link to the amc model page:

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-AMC.html?PHPSESSID=f943608934891397f75cc977588d7e5d

you won't believe how many AMC were there and that you saw them in the movie way back when ....

Aside from all the Bond film appearances, they were everywhere.
Maybe you'll see your own car ...
 ;)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 10, 2008, 10:43:31 PM
http://www.javelinamx.com/CarStars/amcbond3.wmv
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: BenM on December 12, 2008, 12:03:11 PM
I saw a Kammback in Who Killed the Electric Car. I had to stop and check, of course. You could clearly see the "4 wheel drive" logo.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 12, 2008, 05:20:56 PM
Yeah, I saw that in my Engineering Clinic class at the college, I yelled out
THATS MY CAR!!!
The kid next to me was sleeping, he jumped
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ramblerman62-87 on December 15, 2008, 03:07:39 PM
just finished watching the wedding singer and Robby drives a kammback I think
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 15, 2008, 07:02:05 PM
I remember that movie, has Adam Sandler, right?
That was a 78 Gremlin
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_24790-AMC-Gremlin-1978.html
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ramblerman62-87 on December 16, 2008, 01:52:07 AM
ya I think it was. sorry... same tale lights and hatch right??? show me older cars and I can come closer then the 70-08
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 18, 2008, 07:19:04 PM
I just remembered that on an Episode of 101 Cars You Must Drive, there was a Pacer, on the Party Cars episode
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 21, 2008, 04:14:10 PM
All 3 Back to the Future movies are free on demand, and I was watching the first one, my mom looks over at one part, and says
"Isn't that your car, Shelby, come over and look, Kyles's AMC is on TV"
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: pLaYtHiNg on December 21, 2008, 05:54:05 PM
LOL I love Back To The Future, only here it's, "Look, it's pLaYtHiNg, only NEW!!"  LOL I don't think that Eagle had the power bulge hood, though, if I remember correctly.   8)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on December 22, 2008, 12:43:54 AM
When I bought the Eagle Nikki did not understand what I was talking about describing it.  Not wanting to go out in the cold I pulled out the copy of Back to the Future and went to the scene when Jennifer's Dad picks her up after Marty gets the flyer about the saving the clock tower.  Nikki's response: Oh my god you bought a station wagon!"
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Justadad1999 on December 28, 2008, 10:22:19 AM
On the "SPEED" channel, on PINKS ALL OUT, I've seen a lot of AMC's racing. It's not a bad show really.





Larry-Tijeras NM
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 28, 2008, 11:56:33 AM
THere is a Rambler on Third ROck
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on December 28, 2008, 11:16:11 PM
I just watched Back to the Future last night for about the 1000th time and that was the first time I noticed the Eagle wagon.  But its probably the first time I've seen the movie since I became an Eagle owner.  Still one of my all time favorite movies!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on December 29, 2008, 01:21:24 AM
I remember liking that Eagle when I was little.  I noticed it the first time I saw the movie.  WHat took time was noticing all the other AMCs in that same sequence.  There is a New Cherokee, Wrangler and Grand Cherokee if I remember correctly.  I believe AMC paid for the spot. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: trailbreaker on December 29, 2008, 07:26:22 AM
in the terminator arnold runs over a gremlin with a tanker truck just before the tanker blows up
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on December 29, 2008, 11:33:03 PM
Also in the terminator Sarah and Reese use a Gremlin as a get-away car after they leave the jail, and push it down a hill to lose the car
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on December 30, 2008, 08:10:10 PM
wich terminator movie?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landphil on December 30, 2008, 08:28:05 PM
Terminator   the first one
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 06, 2009, 02:37:44 PM
THere is 33 Nash in one scene of Vanishing point, in the desert with the rotting cars
Weird Al drives Metropolitan in the Movie UHF
I've never seen paint like that on one though
(http://www.imcdb.org/images/048/533.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: pLaYtHiNg on January 07, 2009, 03:33:02 AM
It's Cute.   ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on January 12, 2009, 03:07:34 AM
I was watching the Unsolved Mysteries marathon on Spike this last week, and I may be crazy, but I believe there was a case of a murdered man and missing woman that the re-enactments had a 50's Ambassador in it that the man was killed in.  I thought it was an American at first, but they did not make the American in 4 door in that body style. 

I also got the new Click and Clack (Tom and Ray Magliozzi,) Ask Click and Click: Answers from Car Talk.  They mention AMC a couple of times.  I need to look back tru the book, but I remember one of the comment eing unfavorable to AMC.  Another one mentioned that if they could have any car they would want an Rambler Rebel.  And the Pacer was mentioned an featurewd via drawing a couple of times. 

That book was entertaining, and I read it in 2 short sittings...  hard to put down.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: thetrueb1 on January 12, 2009, 07:18:01 AM
I was watching an episode from season 1 (1982 I think) of Wild America with Marty Stoufer yesterday where he was standing in front of a road giving a "save the world" speech when my wife says "Isn't that an Eagle driving behind him".  Sure enough it was.  Not 10 seconds later a pacer drives behind him too.  I had a very busy day.   ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 12, 2009, 11:23:48 AM
i JUST REMEMBERED ONE
i WAS WATCHING THIS THING ON jIMI hENDRIX LAST WEEK, AND i THINK i SAW THE REAR END OF AN eARLY 60S aMERICAN
Crap, stupid caps lock, I don't feel like retyping it
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 13, 2009, 07:23:51 PM
Two Names:
Barrett-Jackson
1959 Nash Metropolitan up right now, at $30000 right now, top seller of the day
Blue and White, continental kit, realllllly nice, what I would give for one of them
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on January 13, 2009, 07:31:01 PM
Ah, some respect.  I suppose right now with the economy the way it is that lower priced AMC's will start to become of interest to collectors.  I hope they realize they will probably not hold their value once things straighten out and the traditional collector cars start selling again.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 13, 2009, 08:14:03 PM
AMC Is still the cheapest of the Muscle cars now
I've never seen an AMC Muscle car sell for over 30K
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 14, 2009, 08:10:04 AM
during a commercial for Pinks all out and Napa, they showed a lime green Spirit (possibly AMX though)
and they had a nice little spot on the Barrett Jackson about the SC/Rambler
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Petr on January 27, 2009, 12:37:38 PM
These days we have some short advertisement from Coca Cola where you can see yellow Gremlin. (Altough I don´t think how many people know what are they looking at). But it´s quit nice to see AMC.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on January 27, 2009, 02:00:19 PM
Has anyone else noticed that AARP is using two different Gremlins?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: thetrueb1 on January 27, 2009, 03:30:21 PM
Has anyone seen Pinapple Express?
In the scene where they hitch a ride in the boat (that is being towed).  Is that a Spirit towing the boat?  I didn't get a good look at it and my friends who are sick of hearing about AMCs didn't want to rewind it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: pLaYtHiNg on January 27, 2009, 03:33:30 PM
I just rented that movie, but I didn't notice!  Maybe Sean can do that nifty thing again and find the clip and post it for us all here to see!   ;)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 29, 2009, 10:52:40 AM
I saw that at the Drive In when it was in theaters, I don't remember seeing any AMCs
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 29, 2009, 05:51:31 PM
Found this one today
(http://pithhelmet.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/hellboybig.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: pLaYtHiNg on January 29, 2009, 05:59:04 PM
I just watched "Starsky and Hutch" last night and noticed that (somewhere in the middle of the movie) Starsky gets shot at by some dood in a Pacer.  They destroyed the back glass in that car!

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on February 06, 2009, 12:18:18 AM
Eagle Kammback, isn't that a Maverick? 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Jurjen on February 06, 2009, 03:52:31 AM
Dutch soul/funk/rock star Boris Titulaer is using an Ambassador in his video clip.
http://www.nuvideo.nl/muziek/23187/boris-leert-met-vallen-en-opstaan.html

Enjoy his southern Dutch accent (and music in between).
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landphil on February 06, 2009, 08:53:58 AM
Thanks for the link nice music
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Jurjen on February 06, 2009, 09:58:50 AM
Here it is, without the Dutch guy speaking:
http://www.nuclips.nl/songtekst-Boris-If-You-Wanna-Roll-With-Me-videoclip-2818-clip.html

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Post by: pLaYtHiNg on February 06, 2009, 11:55:56 AM
Hmm... wasn't able to view the video... 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: quantumphase on February 06, 2009, 01:14:15 PM
Good one;


   Pretty kool old Ambo sedan.



                quantumphase
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Jurjen on February 06, 2009, 02:02:45 PM
Hmm... wasn't able to view the video... 
You can go to www.youtube.com and search for "boris roll with me" it is the second video.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 06, 2009, 10:21:57 PM
Eagle Kammback, isn't that a Maverick? 
in the Comic Book? I'm pretty sure that's a Matador Coupe, the Maverick was about half the size of those cars, there are about 6 of those daily driven here, so I've seen a lot of them
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on February 07, 2009, 09:46:05 AM
Eagle Kammback, isn't that a Maverick? 
  That be a Matador Coupe. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on February 07, 2009, 07:53:31 PM
Sorry it did not really look like a Matador to me.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ramblerman62-87 on February 09, 2009, 01:52:28 AM
here's one did not see an eagle in, but there was plenty of other AMC's getting smashed in it.. I'm talking about gone in 60 sec 2. the creator also made deadline auto. love his movies wish they remade all of his movies but it still would not be as good as his. yes I'm talking about the "car-crash-king" H.B. Halicki. you know whats weird I fell in love with the original gone in 60 sec. before the remake and still believe it was done right the first time. but I did love the gt mustang in the remake, just cried when she gets killed in the end. oh well check out the 3 or so movies by Toby and you will in joy all the old cars that flash before your eyes


RIP. on Aug 20, 1989.. H.B. Toby Halicki
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: pLaYtHiNg on February 09, 2009, 03:28:54 AM
I actually have the original Gone in 60 Seconds movie, remade on DVD, but I've never seen the refilmed movie.  Never really interested me to be honest.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 09, 2009, 09:04:01 AM
The other day I was at my buddy's house about to go to school, and it turned out the class was canceled, so we went back to his house and was watching TV, My Classic Car came on, and they had a nice spot an a 65 Rambler Marlin
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on February 13, 2009, 07:13:37 PM
There were a couple mentions of AMCs in The new Click and Clack automotive book that came out recently.  I got it for Christmas.  They mention both wanting a '65 Rebel MAchine.  And they mention AMC two other times about having unique and ugly cars unfortunately.  Oh well, press time is press time in my book. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: abqcarl (RIP) on February 13, 2009, 10:05:06 PM
Well even in wanting a '65 Rebel Machine, they discredit themselves. The Machine was not produced until 1970 (?) Maybe Mick should take them for a Terror Ride in his wagon, or maybe Joshpit in his SX/4...


CaptCarl
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on February 14, 2009, 10:06:34 AM
I believe Rebels were still Classics in '65.  I had one, a '65 Classic that is.
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Post by: pLaYtHiNg on February 14, 2009, 02:31:57 PM
 :rotfl:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 15, 2009, 11:56:04 PM
in 67 there was a Rebel Machine concept, flat black, and perfectly raked
but that is the closest they were to
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on February 16, 2009, 12:21:52 AM
Well let me look it up again.  Maybe they said Ambassador.  I finished that book quite some time ago, and I have finished 3 others since. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 19, 2009, 08:31:31 AM
I got Corvette Summer on DVD (just before I found out I was laid off, I've got bad timiing with money)
and it was very hard to watch the beginnig, it features a Rambler Classic going to (and through) the crusher
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: pLaYtHiNg on February 19, 2009, 01:00:23 PM
::Gasp:: The Horror!!!  :'(   ::)

Although Corvette Summer is a pretty cool name for a movie!   ;)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Jurjen on February 20, 2009, 04:33:22 PM
Quote
These days we have some short advertisement from Coca Cola where you can see yellow Gremlin. (Altough I don´t think how many people know what are they looking at). But it´s quit nice to see AMC.

I saw it too and here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p41SaeSZGgI
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 24, 2009, 11:50:03 AM
I was waching the season finale of Psyche the other day, and I think I saw a Rambler
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on February 24, 2009, 04:23:18 PM
Black Pacer in MIB II.  Never noticed it before it is shown at the very first and then again later on.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on February 26, 2009, 01:34:16 AM
I was waching the season finale of Psyche the other day, and I think I saw a Rambler

I watched that, and I did not see any AMCs.  I'll have to watch for it to be played again, and pay attention to the background. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 27, 2009, 10:21:40 AM
I'm not 100% sure though

I remember a character in Monk (that guy he's always competing with) was driving a Gremlin in one episode
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on February 27, 2009, 02:49:43 PM
Have we ever linked here before.   These are Eagles, apparently you can search for others.  http://imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=AMC&model=Eagle&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=on

If you do the pacer the MIB II sighting I mentioned previously is in the first row of pictures.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 27, 2009, 08:23:50 PM
yeah, but that doesn't always list everything, like the Gremlin in Supernatural, I've been asking them to put it up, and they still haven't
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 27, 2009, 10:39:34 PM
Just Watched
What About Bob
hillarious movie,
well, the main car throughout the movie is an AMC Jeep Wagoneer, you could even see the AMC Jeep emblem on the front
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 04, 2009, 11:45:37 AM
I rented Beer For My Horses on Monday, there is a cool lifted CJ in that in one scene
hillarious movie, with some sweet trucks, plus Ted Nugent is in it
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 04, 2009, 11:40:43 PM
I'll have to get that movie.  I have not seen it.  When in the Psych finale did you see the Rambler Eagle Kammback?  Just curious.  Watched it 2.5 times now, and don't remember a Rambler.  I could be crazy though.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 05, 2009, 01:44:08 PM
when they pan over the drive in
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 06, 2009, 11:53:15 PM
I'm watching 70s Tech on Modern Marvels, and they had a thing on the Trans Am, but druing thatm, they showed a Hornet AMX, Pacer, Gremlin, then Pacer again
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 09, 2009, 12:41:11 AM
I'll have to pay more attention when that Episode of Psych is repeated again.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landlubber on March 10, 2009, 04:38:05 PM
AMC Pacer in a Top Gear event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh3UYaq7R6s

it got last place, but anyways, still on there.

and i was watching The Office somewhere in season 3 on DVD and I thought i saw an SX/4 but i couldn't find the scene again after i watched it. (i watched all of season 3 again) anyone watch the office and have noticed?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ramblerman62-87 on March 11, 2009, 03:37:33 AM
in the movie the goonies, the first couple of min chunk says "ORV"? what did that mean off road v. I guess I have never heard of it. or just to young. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 11, 2009, 10:40:45 AM
I was watching hte movie Gator (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEyvYnUXD4M) (Jerry Reed's Best Acting in my opinion) and fo a while, Burt Reynolds is driving a Matador Wagon
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: DAVE on March 11, 2009, 04:03:00 PM
just saw death race in the last scene they are working on a rambler wagon looks like early 60's model
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 11, 2009, 11:13:38 PM
I turned on the TV to watch Life on MArs, and at the end, there was a cool old CJ Jeep
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mojobean on March 12, 2009, 01:31:40 AM
oddly, of all the people i would be shocked to see driving a Matador wagon... Burt Reynolds isn't one of them.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle II on March 17, 2009, 04:08:25 PM
Lastnight we were watching the 1989 movie "Driving Miss Daisy" starring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Akroyd. There are allot of beautiful old cars in this movie.

In this movie Dan Akroyd's mother played by Jessica Tandy is aging and no longer able to drive for herself. Dan Akroyd hires Morgan Freeman to be a personal chauffeur for her. The first new car Morgan Freeman drives as her personal chauffeur is a beautiful maroon colored Hudson.

The movie covers several decades, beginning in about 1947 or 1948 starting with the maroon colored Hudson. That Hudson is gorgeous.

Later on in 1966/1967 Morgan Freeman is chauffeuring Jessica Tandy home after the temple bombing scene in a new Cadillac. As they drive through a neighborhood I noticed what I am almost sure is a copper colored AMC Eagle wagon. It is parked in a garage with the garage door open at a fairly nice home. There is a white gooseneck enclosed trailer parked sideways in front of the Eagle wagon and a blue 1967 Chevrolet pickup parked in front of the house.

Then the scene repeats itself as they are driving and talking in the Cadillac and shows the copper colored AMC Eagle at a closer view. We rewound it several times and zoomed in to get a closer look. It's fun to find little errors like this in movies, but especially when we can find AMC cars that were not yet manufactured at the time the movie takes place.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on March 17, 2009, 07:11:27 PM
Yes, it is fun to see those goofs now and then.  The best they could do time wise would be 1971 since the Sportabout was so similar.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 17, 2009, 11:51:38 PM
Yeah it is fun to see little goofs like that in movies.  It drives my wife crazy, but I am really good at spotting them. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MetalBird on March 18, 2009, 12:10:53 AM
A fun site to waste time on ... http://www.moviemistakes.com/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 18, 2009, 02:14:52 PM
A fun site to waste time on ... http://www.moviemistakes.com/
I got extra credit by using that site once, we watched Amadeus in music class and I pointed out all the errors
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 25, 2009, 02:46:49 AM
A fun site to waste time on ... http://www.moviemistakes.com/
I got extra credit by using that site once, we watched Amadeus in music class and I pointed out all the errors

That's awesome.  That is something I would have done in High School or college.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 25, 2009, 01:53:21 PM
in the song "More Than A Woman" by the Bee Gees, it sounds like they are saying
"We can take the Rambler just to make it anytime"
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 26, 2009, 10:24:03 PM
Saw a Red Pacer on a new episode of My Name Is Earl today
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mojobean on March 26, 2009, 11:31:09 PM
Saw a Red Pacer on a new episode of My Name Is Earl today
me too. you beat me to it. but then again.. you get to see it well before we do over here. :P
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 27, 2009, 09:33:43 PM
I just watched Back to the Future II
I noticed a Hornet(maybe a Concord?) with a wrecked front end
and a Green Javelin in front of the principles house in the alt 85
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 28, 2009, 01:58:00 AM
I just watched Back to the Future II
I noticed a Hornet(maybe a Concord?) with a wrecked front end
and a Green Javelin in front of the principles house in the alt 85

It's a wrecked Hornet Sportabout.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 70supernova on April 08, 2009, 03:55:20 PM
In the movie Adventure land there is a Pacer.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Obscurity on April 08, 2009, 11:38:20 PM
Haven't exactly had a sighting in a movie or TV, but I found a site that lists movie cars (its searchable!), figure it fits here....
Here is the link to the page that lists Eagles (of course I think WAY more have been listed here, but its still neat).
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=AMC&model=Eagle
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on April 13, 2009, 11:34:51 PM
Last Saturday there was an article in the Motor News Section of the local paper that featured a guy who has restored one Hudson and was in the process of restoring another one to race.  Too bad I tried to save it and cannot find it now.  :(
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landlubber on April 14, 2009, 11:17:11 PM
watching a commercial for mythbusters a bit ago, and it seems that tomorrow (4/15/09 @ 9pm EST Discovery channel) they are going to feature a eagle wagon on it, looked a lot like it anyways. have to watch it for sure.

i'll report back tomorrow if this is in fact true or not.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: AMCEagle80 on April 14, 2009, 11:39:36 PM
watching a commercial for mythbusters a bit ago, and it seems that tomorrow (4/15/09 @ 9pm EST Discovery channel) they are going to feature a eagle wagon on it, looked a lot like it anyways. have to watch it for sure.

i'll report back tomorrow if this is in fact true or not.
watching a commercial for mythbusters a bit ago, and it seems that tomorrow (4/15/09 @ 9pm EST Discovery channel) they are going to feature a eagle wagon on it, looked a lot like it anyways. have to watch it for sure.

i'll report back tomorrow if this is in fact true or not.
Huh, what are they gonna do with it??
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landlubber on April 14, 2009, 11:53:32 PM
idk, but i caught the commercial again, and i am 100% sure it is an eagle wagon now, and they crash it into something.

i hope they talk about it a little anyways. watching it for sure now anyways.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on April 15, 2009, 12:29:04 AM
I saw the add myself..........  :'(
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MetalBird on April 15, 2009, 12:29:30 AM
I havent seen the commercials but I will watch.  According to tvguide.com...
This Wednesday at 9 pm/ET, Discover Channel's MythBusters — led by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage — returns with a "Demolition Derby Special," in which our stalwart experimenters try to flip a bus (à la Speed), compact a compact car, and mimic a remarkable Lexus commercial.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Obscurity on April 15, 2009, 10:52:07 AM
I just checked the discovery channel page, and supposedly tonights show is in Alaska. They only mention a couple of myths, and the one that involves a car is "can a V shaped snow plow really split a car in two".  [insert noise of despair here] Hopefully I misread and they're doing somthng else to it....
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Independent on April 15, 2009, 11:36:19 AM
I saw this commercial last week and thought that they were smashing an Eagle wagon. :'( I hope it goes out in true Mythbusters style.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on April 15, 2009, 01:33:51 PM
I'm appalled.  They should demolish something replaceable.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 15, 2009, 02:28:27 PM
I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE MYTHBUSTERS!!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landlubber on April 15, 2009, 04:26:03 PM
I just checked the discovery channel page, and supposedly tonights show is in Alaska. They only mention a couple of myths, and the one that involves a car is "can a V shaped snow plow really split a car in two".  [insert noise of despair here] Hopefully I misread and they're doing somthng else to it....

seems pretty accurate to the commercial.

sad ending, but thats the 1st time a eagle has been on a bigtime tv show in a while.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 15, 2009, 04:52:16 PM
I am boycotting mythbusters now
WHO'S WITH ME?!!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on April 15, 2009, 05:51:14 PM
I saw an ad for the show.   They are smashing what appeared to be an Eagle into something.  Could be a Concord or Sportabout --- I only caught a brief glimpse.  It definitely was a small bodied AMC wagon.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landlubber on April 15, 2009, 08:41:29 PM
Its on in like 20 minutes, also a re-run at 12.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: AMCEagle80 on April 15, 2009, 09:13:15 PM
I'm watching it right now.
I guess they are doing the test in Wisconsin.
Go figure, they are pretty :censored:' common in Wisconsin.
I'm %98 sure it's an Eagle.

OH, and the myth is that a car can be split in two by a v-plow.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on April 15, 2009, 09:16:14 PM
They must not realize that Eagle's are not built like "normal" cars.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 15, 2009, 09:22:20 PM
I'm watching it right now.
I guess they are doing the test in Wisconsin.
Go figure, they are pretty :censored:' common in Wisconsin.
I'm %98 sure it's an Eagle.

OH, and the myth is that a car can be split in two by a v-plow.
It doesn't take a smaet guy to know that isn't true
they are destroying our cars in testing myths they know aren't possible
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: AMCEagle80 on April 15, 2009, 09:25:03 PM
another commercial...

they got TWO AMC's!

One wagon(and Eagle Wagon with Concord marker lights) to test for a front engine car.

And one Sedan( appears to be a concord, but the grill could have been swapped) for a rear engine car.
I guess they are gonna put the engine from this car out from under the hood, and into the trunk to make a rear engine car??

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landlubber on April 15, 2009, 09:25:13 PM
and they arent using just one!! they are using friggn two of them. a wagon and a 4dr sedan.

im going to write them a letter or something.

knowing mythbusters they are most likely going to blow them up at the end also.

edit: hard to watch, but the wagon held up nicely, didnt get quite to the windshield, not bad for 55mph dead on into a snowplow.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 15, 2009, 09:41:03 PM
!@#$%^&*
Why couldn't they get a run of the mill VW Beetle :angry4: :angry4: :angry4: :angry4: :angry4: :angry4:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Obscurity on April 15, 2009, 11:53:59 PM
and they arent using just one!! they are using friggn two of them. a wagon and a 4dr sedan.

im going to write them a letter or something.

knowing mythbusters they are most likely going to blow them up at the end also.

edit: hard to watch, but the wagon held up nicely, didnt get quite to the windshield, not bad for 55mph dead on into a snowplow.

Well, i missed the show, I'm kinda glad, it would have made me feel sick.
Yes PLEASE write them a letter. Not only are they destroying an Eagle, but they're obviously messed up about the engine thing AND they aren't even doing good science, taking a unique style of car as a representation of a typical car HUGE mistake......should have used a new car, the myth would have been true and the Eagle wouldn't be busted.....ugh.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 16, 2009, 10:01:32 AM
I did write them a letter
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: landlubber on April 16, 2009, 03:32:25 PM
here is the video if anyone has the guts or interest to watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT6qix4-0Bo


Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 16, 2009, 08:33:45 PM
I was just watching My Name is Earl, and there was one scene wit a guy chasing randy with a car door
right behind them, was a copper Gremlin missing a door with a wimpy sounding horn
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MetalBird on April 16, 2009, 09:32:37 PM
I am not sure if it was mentioned yet, but in the new Adam Sandler movie "Bedtime Stories" (my boys new favorite movie) there is a funny scene with midgets in a Gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 16, 2009, 10:23:43 PM
I am watching Harper's Island
and there was a scene showing a bar, and there was a blue Hornet Sportabout, 73-74 I think
lots of shots of it now, walking around it and everything, not the best shots, but a lot
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: TLC87Eagle on May 17, 2009, 10:32:49 PM
I was watching a Mini Series called Breaking Bad on AMC and there was a tan Eagle wagon in the opening scenes of the show. I thought it was kind of fitting that the show was on AMC. The show will air again this evening 5/17/09 at 11pm. eastern daylight time. Maybe someone will be able to catch it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: truckboy13 on May 17, 2009, 10:39:15 PM
If you watch the music Video called pinch me by the barenaked ladies. there is some Pacers in that throughout the whole video. Its a good song too, at least I think.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on May 18, 2009, 06:29:22 PM
BNL also had another song with some Pacers, I think going through a drive through
It was One Week IIRC
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: truckboy13 on May 18, 2009, 09:22:27 PM
I'll have to watch that cause I've never seen the video for it. I've heard the song 100 times or more i can't believe I've never seen the video. I remember when it came out and when it was #1 on the charts.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on May 18, 2009, 09:39:38 PM
I was wrong, I found the video
just a General Lee 68 Charger and the Gran Torino from Starsky and Hutch
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: truckboy13 on May 18, 2009, 09:47:58 PM
Still cool cars though
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: apes17 on May 23, 2009, 04:24:28 PM
I was watching the old 80s flick Loverboy a few weeks ago and there is an Eagle (or maybe a Concord, I can't remember) in one of the background scenes.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: luggage on June 02, 2009, 08:11:04 PM
And a Grand Wagoneer has a staring role as the Wife's (Skyler?) ride. Good show, by the way. It can be slow at times, but still good.

I was watching a Mini Series called Breaking Bad on AMC and there was a tan Eagle wagon in the opening scenes of the show.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on June 03, 2009, 10:35:24 AM
The movie drag me to heck ( its a comedy beleive it or not ) has an old wagoneer in the car garage scene.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mominkie on June 11, 2009, 11:46:09 AM
I watched Bethoven III yesterday for the first time, and I got a kick out of the 2 guys in the yellow Pacer.  The poor Pacer.  What they did not do to it and what they did not put it through.  I about choked when I saw cement pour all over that beautiful yellow paint job.  I was not sure if Eagle Kammback had written on this movie, or not but it sure was fun to watch the antics with the Pacer. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mavericke on June 11, 2009, 12:22:40 PM
Has anyone seen or mentioned Pineapple Express??

There's a car in there pulling a huge boat... very obvious as it pulls up. Looks kinda like a Pinto... but could be a Gremlin or Spirit? Someone has too look this up that knwos what they're talking about.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on June 11, 2009, 12:38:27 PM
If you can't tell a Gremlin from a Pinto then your eyes are worse than mine.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on June 11, 2009, 12:39:47 PM
I found that scene online about a month ago, and it took me an hour to come to a non amc conclution.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Route 66 Rambler on June 11, 2009, 01:46:21 PM
With the recent passing of David Carradine, it's worth mentioning that the movie "Cannonball" (NOT Cannonball Run) features Rambler after Rambler after AMC.  They are all through it, everywhere in the movie if you pay attention.  In one scene a deputy sheriff is driving a '66 Classic hardtop, chasing a couple of main characters around a highway construction site, and there is a scene near the end where there is a huge pileup on the freeway after Joe Don Baker(I think that's who it is) is shot, and there are AMCs, Nashes and Ramblers in the big pile of burning smashed up cars.  Carradine plays the major part, a guy who rules that race, and his name is "Cannonball".  He drives a pretty nice '73 Formula Firebird.

It's a terrible B movie about the West Coast to East Coast running of the Cannonball.

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on June 11, 2009, 02:02:43 PM
I will have to remember to watch that again some time.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on June 11, 2009, 02:24:21 PM
I'll give you a little sneak peak, and let you know a nest member (not me) Is going to play a killer in a crime show on one of the discovery channels, and he talked them out of using a late 70's Mercury in Lu of his 87 wagon..... I'll have him post the details.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on June 11, 2009, 03:14:00 PM
Great!  Will we get some respect??? Or do the bad guys drive the Eagle???
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on June 11, 2009, 03:34:47 PM
Great!  Will we get some respect??? Or do the bad guys drive the Eagle???

The killer drives it.   :o
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on June 11, 2009, 03:37:09 PM
Either he/she does not want to outrun the police or its an off road chase scene -- that would be interesting.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on June 11, 2009, 06:47:30 PM
I would LOVE to see a chase scene with an Eagle
I can't wait to see it


If you pick up the most recent issue of Hot Rod, there is a whole section on 3 AMC Hot Rods, 2 Gremlins and a Spirit GT
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on June 12, 2009, 01:32:13 AM
That chase scene should be interesting. 

Eagle Kammback, thanks for the heads up.  I'll have to get that issue.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on June 13, 2009, 11:59:01 PM
I can't guarantee a chase, but at least its in the episode.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Route 66 Rambler on June 14, 2009, 01:47:26 AM
My son informs me that HBO has a series coming out called True Blood that will have a red Gremlin in it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: truckboy13 on June 15, 2009, 11:58:05 PM
IDK if some has mentioned this yet but if you ever watch the movie The persuit of happiness, which I thought was a good movie, There are a lot of AMC's in it. He drives a concord 2 door.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on June 16, 2009, 09:37:27 PM
There is an AWESOME movie from 1989 On Demand for free right now called Catch Me If You Can, in the beginning there is an Eagle SX/4 or Spirit Fastback at aboput 7:40 in
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Catch-me-if-you-can-Part_153980.htm
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: truckboy13 on June 16, 2009, 11:34:54 PM
There is an AWESOME movie from 1989 On Demand for free right now called Catch Me If You Can, in the beginning there is an Eagle SX/4 or Spirit Fastback at aboput 7:40 in
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Catch-me-if-you-can-Part_153980.htm
I think its a spirit fastback
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mavericke on June 25, 2009, 12:27:57 AM
Yup Spirit for sure, cool sighting!!!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Route 66 Rambler on June 25, 2009, 01:34:53 AM
In the latest Coleman camping products commercial, it's done with a lot of old home movie footage.  One brief shot towards the end of the commercial features a Rambler Cross Country wagon, a black one, about a '59 or '60 model.

The last episode of Harper's Island that my wife was watching, they finally decided to drive away in the Hornet Sportabout that's usually sitting in front of the lodge, it gets shot up pretty good though, along with one of the people in the car...

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on June 25, 2009, 07:45:25 PM
I guess I won't be watching that show anymore then
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on July 07, 2009, 07:41:22 AM
the only Time Magazine I ever purchased, and ever will purchase has a small section on some cars from the 70s
one Gremlin, and one Pacer, called the Pacer a car only the Jetzons could love, and the Gremlin was apparently named after a creature that disliked mechanical stuff (I never saw the movie Gremlins, was that what they were talking about) 12.00 magazine, I got it for 9.80 because of my employee discount, most expensive magazine I ever purchased ever
Celebrate the 70s, I wish I was my age back in 1973
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on July 07, 2009, 08:48:54 AM
grem·lin (grmln)
n.
1. An imaginary gnomelike creature to whom mechanical problems, especially in aircraft, are attributed.
2. A maker of mischief.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Perhaps blend of Irish gruaimín, bad-tempered little fellow (from Middle Irish gruaim, gloom, surliness) and goblin.]
Word History: Elves, goblins, and trolls seem to be timeless creations of the distant past, but gremlins were born in the 20th century. In fact, gremlin is first recorded only in the 1920s, as a Royal Air Force term for a low-ranking officer or enlisted man saddled with oppressive assignments. Said to have been invented by members of the Royal Naval Air Service in World War I, gremlin is used in works written in the 1940s for "an imaginary gnomelike creature who causes difficulties in aircraft." The word seems likely to have been influenced by goblin, but accounts of its origin are various and none are certain. One source calls in Fremlin beer bottles to explain the word; another, the Irish Gaelic word gruaimín, "ill-humored little fellow." Whatever the word's origin, it is certain that gremlins have taken on a life of their own.


I like the second definition.   Gremlins sure did cause mischief to Ford and Chevy.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on July 10, 2009, 08:32:01 PM
anybody remember the television show Titus?
Season 2 Episode 15 "NASCAR'
there is a flashback, and in the background is a rep Pacer with people putting groceries in it
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: eagleone on July 18, 2009, 12:12:57 PM
On this anniversary of the first moon landing, I would like to remind everyone that the first vehicle on the moon was an Eagle.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mojobean on August 01, 2009, 03:29:18 AM
theres a new Swiffer sweeper commercial..at the tail end you see the tail end of a Gremlin.. very dirty, with "I'm sorry i got so dirty" (something like that) written on the dirty glass.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: truckboy13 on August 01, 2009, 11:45:29 AM
theres a new Swiffer sweeper commercial..at the tail end you see the tail end of a Gremlin.. very dirty, with "I'm sorry i got so dirty" (something like that) written on the dirty glass.
I saw that too. kind of funny comercial.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Joy67 on August 02, 2009, 08:50:47 PM
There's another Swiffer commercial where the mop is driving past the house in the Gremlin.  There's also an interior shot of the car.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Route 66 Rambler on August 23, 2009, 03:12:47 AM
I was just watching my favorite educational program on PBS, the Red Green Show, and Red made an announcement to the members of the Possum Lodge that you can't jump start a '78 Gremlin with a kitchen stove...
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on August 23, 2009, 09:42:57 AM
I watched the movie Across the Universe, and in one scene, you can see the distinct roofline of an old Rambler Wagon in the background
that movie will most be my movie of the month for next month
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on August 23, 2009, 10:13:38 AM
Latest Swiffer commercial features a yellow Gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mojobean on August 23, 2009, 04:03:13 PM
The Virgin Suicides .. a reporter lady shows up in a Gremlin to get the scoop on a young girls suicide.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on August 24, 2009, 03:05:42 AM
The Virgin Suicides .. a reporter lady shows up in a Gremlin to get the scoop on a young girls suicide.

I forgot about that. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on August 27, 2009, 11:16:32 PM
I was in the lcampus diner, and as I walked in, I was thinking "this song sounds familiar"

Beep Beep  :)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on October 30, 2009, 09:31:35 PM
i'm not sure this qualifies as "the media" as its an online link, and its a cartoon Gremlin, but for those of you with a "different" sense of humor, I think you'll like this homestarrunner halloween cartoon

http://www.homestarrunner.com/homestarloween.html
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on November 02, 2009, 12:53:21 PM
Here's a couple.

National lampoons vacation, the first one, when Chevy Chase is trying to find the gas cap to the family truckster, he pears around the gas pump to see a little girl flipping the license plate down for her mom to reveal the gas cap on (from what I remember) an eagle wagon. He tries it and rips his license plate off and launches over to where the eagle is. lol.

The opening credits to Gremlins, when the father is narrating in china town, right before he enters the pawn shop, the camera pans by a Gremlin  ::)(go figure, lol). I never noticed it until I watched the movie (for probably about the 100th time) the other day.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Route 66 Rambler on November 02, 2009, 01:07:14 PM
I saw a movie called "10 Items or Less" the other day, a touchy-feely independent flick with Morgan Freeman, he befriends this cashier chick in L.A. that drives a Gremlin.  It's kind of strange, they show a lot of the Gremlin, it even gets a wash and detail.  The car is a '74-75 body style with a '73 interior transplant.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on November 30, 2009, 06:17:08 PM
Well, I was looking up George Burns movies, and watched the trailer for Oh God, there is a Pacer in it!
Looks good, I'll have to watch it sometime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3vRgnsUtY
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on November 30, 2009, 07:29:14 PM
Yes, the Pacer is seen throughout the movie as it is John Denver's transportation in the movie.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: guitar eagle on November 30, 2009, 09:20:58 PM
you know what i would like to see, is an eagle or other amc get overhauled on the tv show overhauling.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on November 30, 2009, 10:54:05 PM
I would love to have them do my Kammback, unfortunately, Overhaulin is only West Coast
Fortunately, so is Pimp my Ride
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: guitar eagle on November 30, 2009, 10:59:16 PM
ya one can only dream though. lol :occasion14:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on December 01, 2009, 02:18:55 AM
Overhaulin is cancelled.  It has been for a season or so.  It has been a long time since I have heard of a new episode of "Pimp my Ride" or "Trick my Truck" for that matter.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 01, 2009, 01:07:46 PM
Pimp my ride is now on Speed, at least it was last time I checked
Also, isn't Pimp my ride the opposite of speed?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: eagle87 on December 03, 2009, 11:59:26 PM
LOL I love Back To The Future, only here it's, "Look, it's pLaYtHiNg, only NEW!!"  LOL I don't think that Eagle had the power bulge hood, though, if I remember correctly.   8)

In the back to the future movies, the eagle in the 1st one doesnt have the power bulge hood but in either the 2nd or 3rd one it does, a bit of a mistake in the movies accuracy considering its supposed to be the same car, lol
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mavericke on December 21, 2009, 12:13:44 AM
Not sure if we've hit this one...

I was doing a toy drive for the radio station this past weekend and watched Home Alone 2 about seven times... anyways, theres a part where the scenes change for a second from Kevin in NY to their family in the crappy hotel in Florida.... its raining and you see a glimpse of the parking lot... there's a green pacer or gremlin sitting there.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mavericke on December 21, 2009, 08:25:27 PM
LOL I love Back To The Future, only here it's, "Look, it's pLaYtHiNg, only NEW!!"  LOL I don't think that Eagle had the power bulge hood, though, if I remember correctly.   8)

In the back to the future movies, the eagle in the 1st one doesnt have the power bulge hood but in either the 2nd or 3rd one it does, a bit of a mistake in the movies accuracy considering its supposed to be the same car, lol
Good eye! I never noticed that!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on December 21, 2009, 08:27:45 PM
IIRC the wrecked version is actually a Concord
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mavericke on December 21, 2009, 08:35:24 PM
IIRC the wrecked version is actually a Concord

I forgot about that... never noticed it. That must have been in the "alternate" present day 1985, huh?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on December 21, 2009, 09:44:39 PM
IIRC the wrecked version is actually a Concord

I forgot about that... never noticed it. That must have been in the "alternate" present day 1985, huh?

I think so. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on December 22, 2009, 01:10:45 AM
IIRC the wrecked version is actually a Concord

I forgot about that... never noticed it. That must have been in the "alternate" present day 1985, huh?

I think so. 

The wrecked AMC in the alternate 1985 scene at Jennifer's house in Back to the Future II is a Hornet Sportabout not a Concord.  It is a mid-70's Hornet Sportabout.  You can tell because it has the single round headlights on either side not the square.

I have seen those movies too many times.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on December 24, 2009, 10:01:58 AM
Flipping through the channels the other night I saw an AMX and paused. It ended up being an  episode of spike TV's "Manswers". The segment was dealing with if women could was a car with  certain parts of their body. They can. That's all I have to say about that.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Jurjen on December 24, 2009, 10:35:20 AM
I know it is possible, if the carwash is closed, you can always wash it by hand ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on December 24, 2009, 07:09:45 PM
I know it is possible, if the carwash is closed, you can always wash it by hand ;D
Now that's FUNNY, even here in America
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ScottD961 on December 24, 2009, 11:01:38 PM
IIRC the wrecked version is actually a Concord

I forgot about that... never noticed it. That must have been in the "alternate" present day 1985, huh?
  I never could figure out why, when Marty went from 1955 to 1888 to rescue Doc from being shot they had trouble fixing the Delorean. When Marty went back to 1888 an Indian arrow punctures the gas line right? So Marty leaves it in a cave & goes off to find Doc. They then try to run the Deloren, that Marty came to 1888 in from 1955, on Moon shine right ? & the car supposedly blows the intake manifold or fuel injection unit. At that point of the movie there are now 2 Delorean's in 1888 ! The car that  Doc got sent back in time to 1955  in when lightning struck him flying around above Marty , as well as the car Marty went back to get Doc in. Just like in the second movie you had two Doc's & two Marty's.  So the question is why didn't they get parts off of the Delorean Doc had hidden in the mine & THEN go back to the future (1985)? Because the movie just would have ended there , that's why! LOL
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 25, 2009, 08:02:17 AM
Never think about time travel too much, you will go mad, then your head will implode
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: eaglefreek on December 25, 2009, 11:19:21 AM
Back in 74 my dad was a construction superintendent for a swimming pool company and had a 74 Hornet as a company vehicle. I just found out yesterday that his boss bought a few AMC Hornets for the fleet right after seeing "The Man with the Golden Gun". He told my dad he could go from job to job like James Bond. I guess movie marketing does work.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ScottD961 on December 25, 2009, 02:37:16 PM
Never think about time travel too much, you will go mad, then your head will implode
RIGHT !  My head has already imploded, so I'm off to clean up the mess.BTW I didn't mean to hi Jack the thread but all this talk about the mistake with that car & being switched because of the dif hoods in the movie got me to thinking about that again.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on December 25, 2009, 09:35:04 PM
If you go back in time and kill an ancestor how could you have been born to go back in time etc.
What happens if you go back in time and meet yourself?
Sorry 'bout that.  I read a lot of science fiction.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on December 26, 2009, 08:18:34 PM
If you go back in time to specifically do something, and you do it, that means you never would have had to go back and do that, which means you won't do it........
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: truckboy13 on December 26, 2009, 09:29:10 PM
If you go back in time to specifically do something, and you do it, that means you never would have had to go back and do that, which means you won't do it........
very good point dude.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on December 28, 2009, 02:52:10 AM
If you go back in time and kill an ancestor how could you have been born to go back in time etc.
What happens if you go back in time and meet yourself?
Sorry 'bout that.  I read a lot of science fiction.

According to the BAck to the Future idea, you could go back in time and meet yourself as long as you are able to handle the stress of the meeting (i.e. Jennifer just fainted). 

However, using the "logic" of another time travel movie, Time policeman, the same matter cannot occupy the same space at the same time (which doesn't really make sense when you think about the statement).  In that movie the villain travels in time to meet with his future self, and the two versions of him are pushed together.  Then they cease to exist.  So you could meet yourself if time trael was possible as long as you didn't shake hands or have any contact. 

Man that is a freaky thought.  If I met myself we'd either get a long great or absolutely hate each other.  That would be interesting to find out.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Smitch on January 09, 2010, 03:16:00 PM
I saw either a Concord or a Hornet on a 2000 made for TV movie called...Meat Loaf: To HeII and Back.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 10, 2010, 05:28:54 PM
I got Woodstock on dvd (OK, that movie blew my mind, especially Ten Years After - I'm Going Home) there is some great footage of cars, and I think I saw a Rambler Classic in one scene (or should I say half of one scene, watch it and you'll find out why)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 06, 2010, 10:44:07 PM
Watching The French Connection, there was a scene with people auctioning on cars, a Rambler 4 Door Sedan sells for $25
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on February 19, 2010, 03:13:34 PM
Dante's Peak, near the beginning of the movie, when Linda Hamilton and pierce brosnan are First heading up to Her ex-grandmother's place (whoever) they have a shot of the yard when Linda and Pierce first pull in, and in the yard, I could have sworn I saw an Eagle Wagon.  It's in the right corner of the movie.

I just saw it on tv (On AMC Network) and I can't rewind to check it.  Anyone got this movie, and can verify it?


I also remember The first Terminator movie, when that Gremlin was stolen from the police station, and then they ran outta gas, then it was smashed by Arnold in the tanker truck.  I also remember 'The Man With The Golden Gun' and Roger Moore stole that Hornet outta the dealership, and did that jump across that stream (or whatever it was)

And the commericals for the swiffer duster...

And the Garth Mobile - A Pacer on Wayne's World. 

Kinda cool catching those old AMC's on movies.  You guys are much better at spotting them, then I am.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on February 19, 2010, 03:28:35 PM
The Sandra Bullock movie....About Steve ??? something like that, she hitches a ride a in the back of a Gremlin, lol.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on February 19, 2010, 05:21:10 PM
Was watching  the 1974 movie Earthquake and there is a 1969 Rebel, sandy brown color, driving in to a parking ramp ahead of Charleton Heston.  Also, later in the movie, there is a 1974 Sportabout, white Hornet, that is down in the parking ramp where people are trapped and they are rescued.  The people climb on top of the Hornet's hood to get out. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on February 19, 2010, 07:10:35 PM
Let me try again. Seems like every time I try to do this I mess something up & then can't find it again. Don't remember if this was already posted by somebody else or not. If so, I apologize. Married with Children there's a couple episodes. One is when they decide to go on vacation & get stuck in traffic. What looks to me to be an Eagle sedan is behind him ( dark brown ) . Shown a couple times. Then another episode ( I think, been a few weeks since I watched it ) the one where Buck ( the dog ) gets a girl friend & she gets him kicked out. Same car passing by the alley.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on February 20, 2010, 09:45:17 PM
I think its a Spirit, but hard to tell for sure.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on February 20, 2010, 09:50:19 PM
In the opening credits of Good Luck Chuck there's a Gremlin on he street in the 1985 scene.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on February 20, 2010, 10:10:29 PM
Just saw a radio shack ad for cell phones. Two Eagles ( Bald Eagles, that is ) sitting in trees talking to each other on their phones.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on February 23, 2010, 02:21:22 PM
I can't believe I forgot about this 80's spoof of a movie called "Munchies". :rotfl: Little creatures steal a Gremlin and go out terrorizing the general public :laughing1: .
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: hemlokk on February 23, 2010, 05:58:32 PM
In the opening scene of Lethal Weapon 2 there's a 4-door Eagle sedan in traffic

Outside the drive-in restaurant in The Great Outdoors there's an Eagle wagon parked in the opposite lot.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 24, 2010, 02:19:24 PM
Anybody ever seen The Wall? WEIRD movie, it weirded me out, creeped me out, freaked me out, and I love it
well there are some Matador Police Cars in one scene
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: truckboy13 on February 26, 2010, 05:53:23 AM
Are you talking about the pink floyd movie? i've wanted to watch it cuz like u and everybody i know that has seen it says its a little odd.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on February 26, 2010, 07:54:46 AM
Waaayyyyy back, when it came out ,it showed on fri./sat. nights at midnight near a local college here.Of course I had to go see it, how else to get in the girls dorm. : ) LOL,it was good, if your a Pink Floyd fan, wich I am.The movie that wierded me out was "A Clockwork Orange",I actually had to leave the theatre on my dorm date.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on February 26, 2010, 08:20:23 AM
Anybody ever seen The Wall? WEIRD movie, it weirded me out, creeped me out, freaked me out, and I love it
well there are some Matador Police Cars in one scene

I've got that movie, watched it like 40 times or more and I don't remember the cars.  Is it during the part when the cartoon hammer smashes the glass, and those guys are robbing the store, then the policemen come and take them away, and you see the old ladies start stealing as soon as the policemen back's are turned?

That's the only place I can think of in the movie where policemen show up...
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on February 26, 2010, 08:24:35 AM
Waaayyyyy back, when it came out ,it showed on fri./sat. nights at midnight near a local college here.Of course I had to go see it, how else to get in the girls dorm. : ) LOL,it was good, if your a Pink Floyd fan, wich I am.The movie that wierded me out was "A Clockwork Orange",I actually had to leave the theatre on my dorm date.

That movie (A Clowork Orange) was rather disturbing....
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on February 26, 2010, 09:44:52 PM
in the movie without a paddle 2 natures calling one of the main characters is dropped of at school in a blue eagle wagon at the beginning of the movie.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mavericke on March 11, 2010, 10:08:42 PM
I think he does...

And not sure if this one was mentioned, but the HBO series about vampires living in a modern society amongst us in the open... it's called "Trueblood". I do not recomend this series for any youngins as it shows EVERYthing... it's HBO.. but anyways, there's a chick that drives a SUPER nice Gremlin throughout at least the first season.

I tried finding a picture of it, but no luck. :/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 11, 2010, 11:06:24 PM
Maybe someone with better eyes than me can spot some. Have been watching Dragnet on hula hoop or whatever it's called. Lots of FORDS, Mopars, & garbage. No AMCs in my eyes.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 16, 2010, 02:50:04 PM
Maybe somebody with better eyesight & more AMC knowledge can check me. I've finished Dragnet & started Adam 12. On the very first episode ( season 1 - Episode 1 ) I thought I saw a Rambler in the very first call they answered. Dark brown 4 door sedan. Saw it again in Season 1 - Episode 4 where the guy stops them to tell them he thought he heard a fight ( think they called him T.J. ). Interesting side note, it's parked behind a crapilac & then later in the same show when they go somewhere else, there's the crapilac & Rambler again parked the same way.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on March 16, 2010, 03:58:34 PM
Later Adam 12's are AMC heavy as AMC was the provider of vehicles for the show.  This occurred when the LAPD switched to Matadors for their fleet.  Malloy has in at least one episode, as his private car, a Matador Barcelona.  I forget what Reed drives, but since he is a family man, in the show, I bet its a big wagon.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 16, 2010, 05:04:04 PM
That's cool. Just wasn't sure what I saw, thought it was some type of Rambler, didn't look like an American. Seen also in episodes 5 & 6. Looks like the only one they had then. Plenty of other stuff.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mechanic on March 16, 2010, 11:31:01 PM
I actually just spotted a Pacer in a Music video, thought I would post a link to the emusic video through You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5dX7ssTTU8

Please ignore the horrible music :P I just was watching the pacer. lol
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 17, 2010, 01:35:47 AM
that music video is for the "disney channel original movie" starstruck the car makes it about halfway through the movie before they sink it in quicksand. seeing them do that made me want to throw up.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 18, 2010, 07:27:01 PM
Just saw the Adam 12 Rambler again. Season 2 episode 25. Got a good ( or at least a lot better ) shot this time. My eyes, still not sure, think it said Ambassador on the hood. Left ( driver's ) front.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 20, 2010, 02:58:25 AM
was watching some music videos and spotted a pacer in the alien ant farm video for their remake of smooth criminal.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mojobean on March 20, 2010, 01:28:05 PM
television series "freaks and geeks" one of the prominent characters drives a gremlin. in one episode.. her mother was going to sell it even though it belongs to the daughter whose aunt gave it to her.. boy did the daughter freak out!! She was SOOOOOOO upset.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 20, 2010, 01:55:59 PM
Just spotted another Rambler ( trunk says Rambler ). Adam 12 ( still not finished ), season 3, episode 22. Almost the end between 23:15 - 23:30 mark. Looks a little used, not quite as nice as the first Rambler I spotted. Not sure which one it is, I'd guess around a '65 somewhere. Looks to me to be similar to Studebaker Lark / Mopar Dart / Valiant in shape & size. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on March 20, 2010, 04:07:05 PM
Classic or American, probably.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Smitch on March 22, 2010, 01:11:37 PM
I've been looking through old copies of Popular Mechanics and found a couple interesting things. I googled the titles and here are the articles!

This one is just for the picture. No credit was given. (Page 72)
http://books.google.ca/books?id=_OMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=how+to+pick+the+right+winter+tires+by+Rich+Taylor&source=bl&ots=6RdhN1-zpA&sig=oMm-F4EAalxcJOUUddoKQZEd_lQ&hl=en&ei=AqOnS-CwO820tgfZ2YWMAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

I thought this was extremely interesting. (Page 14, also, see page 115).
http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZOQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=amc+moosehead+to+mardi+gras&source=bl&ots=5ZrSAy__Gt&sig=vxnfnjyC-zUIj74Uz7pOyZJ5Yao&hl=en&ei=XaKnS7ebKZS0tgfZsMX_Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false


Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 22, 2010, 01:31:13 PM
Well, I got a cheap video game recently, fun if you have nothing else to do, Driver: Parallel Lines, takes place in New York in the 70s (good soundtrack too) and you can drive a Pacer
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on March 22, 2010, 07:25:04 PM
EGGcellent work Smitch.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on March 22, 2010, 07:36:32 PM
Love the AMC ad in the second link!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on March 23, 2010, 11:18:03 PM
Watching that new FX Show Justified today, and some bad guys stole a Gremlin
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on March 24, 2010, 07:09:30 PM
Investigation doscovery channel tonight at 10 pm
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: El Matador on March 24, 2010, 07:45:55 PM
Two words: Knight Rider  8)

I watched this show religiously as a kid, and thought it was totally awesome back then.  Well, 25 years later I still think it's totally awesome but for entirely different reasons.  I never realized just how jam-packed it is with AMC sightings.

Last Christmas my wife finally gave in and got me the entire box set (thanks, honey).  The only stipulation was that I had to watch it while she wasn't around, so she didn't have to "suffer through it" as she put it.  I finally got an opportunity to watch awhile ago, threw in the first disc, and just five minutes into the first episode is a light blue Eagle sedan in the background of a parking lot scene.  :o

The sightings just keep rolling from there.  Unfortunately an early Gremlin gets wrecked during one episode about a stunt show, but mostly the AMCs are just background dressing.  In another episode, a parkade scene features at least four Hornets and Concords.  In that same episode, our hero David Hasselhoff valiantly scoops a damsel in distress from the path of a speeding car and they tumble onto the hood of a Concord.  ::)  There's one red '73 Gremlin that shows up in about five different episodes.  ;D

I'm on Season 2, Episode 3 now, and still racking up the AMC visuals.  Ah, guilty pleasures...  :P
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 24, 2010, 08:21:33 PM
Investigation doscovery channel tonight at 10 pm
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What's on?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 26, 2010, 03:33:05 AM
was watching pass time on speed channel and a guy used an 86 jeep cherokee that ran a 9.66 in the quarter mile after doing a wheel stance on takeoff.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on March 26, 2010, 07:22:23 AM
Was that the black one?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 26, 2010, 07:35:07 PM
no it was white.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on April 12, 2010, 11:23:29 PM
Check out the video for Weezer's "Beverly Hills."  The band gets invited over to the Playboy Mansion to perform the song, and some of their friends pull up to the mansion in a Gremlin!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_WvOly7mY
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MetalBird on April 13, 2010, 11:21:05 AM
Watching the show Fringe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series)) the other night, great show by the way!, they had a flashback episode to 1985 in an parallel universe and in one scene they placed what I am going to guess are TWO AMC cars in...
I am thinking 1970 AMX and a Spirit
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa172/MetalBirdMedia/FringeAMC1.jpg?t=1271171379)

A front shot of the AMX.  The marquee identifies the parallel universe.  Maybe in that universe AMC survived and is the #1 automaker today! ;)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa172/MetalBirdMedia/FringeAMC2.jpg?t=1271171425)

Whaddaya Think?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on April 13, 2010, 12:55:49 PM
Kojak Seas. 1 Ep. 1, Ambassador early in the show. Then ( I think ) Ep.7? I believe it was a Hornet somewhere around ( I think ) around 7½ - 8 minute mark. Memory has been known to lie to me before, so I'm not sure about the details on the second one.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on April 13, 2010, 02:01:04 PM
Maybe Terry Gale or the So Cal AMC club provided the cars.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on April 13, 2010, 02:06:27 PM
Investigation doscovery channel tonight at 10 pm

What's on?


Eaglenest member Biller played the killer in an episode of prison wives.  He talked them into  using his Eagle instead of an old Mercury for the killers car. He nor I have gotten to see the episode.  


Watching the show Fringe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series)) the other night, great show by the way!, they had a flashback episode to 1985 in an parallel universe and in one scene they placed what I am going to guess are TWO AMC cars in...
I am thinking 1970 AMX and a Spirit
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa172/MetalBirdMedia/FringeAMC1.jpg?t=1271171379)

A front shot of the AMX.  The marquee identifies the parallel universe.  Maybe in that universe AMC survived and is the #1 automaker today! ;)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa172/MetalBirdMedia/FringeAMC2.jpg?t=1271171425)

Whaddaya Think?

Are those cups accurate for that time period.... Not car related, but I can help it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on April 13, 2010, 02:08:21 PM
For 1985?  They might be, early use of them?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 14, 2010, 01:09:16 AM
I love Fringe, just haven't been able to watch it in quite a while
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on April 14, 2010, 06:00:22 AM
WHAT EPISODE WAS IT?  WHAT DATE DID IT AIR? 

Investigation doscovery channel tonight at 10 pm
[/quote

What's on?


Eaglenest member Biller played the killer in an episode of prison wives.  He talked them into  using his Eagle instead of an old Mercury for the killers car. He nor I have gotten to see the episode.  


Watching the show Fringe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series)) the other night, great show by the way!, they had a flashback episode to 1985 in an parallel universe and in one scene they placed what I am going to guess are TWO AMC cars in...
I am thinking 1970 AMX and a Spirit
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa172/MetalBirdMedia/FringeAMC1.jpg?t=1271171379)

A front shot of the AMX.  The marquee identifies the parallel universe.  Maybe in that universe AMC survived and is the #1 automaker today! ;)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa172/MetalBirdMedia/FringeAMC2.jpg?t=1271171425)

Whaddaya Think?

Are those cups accurate for that time period.... Not car related, but I can help it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MetalBird on April 14, 2010, 09:32:13 PM
WHAT EPISODE WAS IT?  WHAT DATE DID IT AIR? 

FRINGE - Series Episode #36 - Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired: April 1, 2010 - Title: "Peter"
You can watch it at Hulu.com (http://www.hulu.com/fringe) - that is actually where I went to get those screen grabs.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on April 16, 2010, 09:18:33 PM
JayRamb, no I don't think those cups are appropriate for 1985.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on April 17, 2010, 12:16:15 AM
Just was looking through a couple magazines while waiting for the Eagle to get inspected ( forget name, Good Guys? Good Buddies? Good something is all I remember ). 2 issues, Dec. '09 & Jan. ( I think ) '10. Dec. had a nice shot of an AMX painted with the Red, White, & Blue color scheme. Not many AMCs in them. Mainly older stuff ( more like my memories of Rod & Custom ), what I call " Street Rods ". '40s, & '50s mainly with a little bit of stuff going either direction. Some back in the '30s ( maybe even '20s ) & up into the '60s with a few even in the '70s. I forget which issue, they had what they dubbed a ....  :censored: I forget now. Anyway it was a cross between a Rambler & a Ferrari ( I think ), maybe a Rabarini ( Cross between a Rambler & Lamborghini ). AAADD & CRS still. I actually thought the nose resembled a '70s camaro.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on April 17, 2010, 10:35:20 AM
Some nice AMC reading in the latest issue of Hemmings Classic Cars.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on April 17, 2010, 04:15:23 PM
I was just reading that, the one of Humpster Javelins and AMXs right?
A guy my dad works with gives him his magazines when he is finished reading them, Hemmings is always great for AMC content
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on April 17, 2010, 04:59:34 PM
Just played with Google & found it's called Goodguys magazine. Don't remember the names of the articles in it with the Ramblers / AMCs.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on April 19, 2010, 10:49:25 PM
This comic appeared several years back....

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/brilliantd/cartoon.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on April 20, 2010, 04:11:13 AM
that was to good.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on April 20, 2010, 06:39:35 AM
Heck a pristine '72 Gremlin might actually bring that much.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ericarmstrong on April 20, 2010, 11:18:23 AM
Heck a pristine '72 Gremlin might actually bring that much.

I agree, possibly a bit more.... Good cartoon though.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on April 20, 2010, 01:15:33 PM
I remember reading that a long time ago in the paper, but I didn't get the joke back then, ::) (always been a Gremlin fan).
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on May 08, 2010, 09:42:52 AM
So the car reviewer for the Denver Post did a "look back" in his column a couple months ago.  The look back was of his comparison of four sub-compacts in 1980, including the Spirit.  He chose the picture of the Spirit to include in the column which was pretty cool.  Now remember, this is the West, "where seldom is heard, a discouraging word" and this reviewer rarely has anything bad to say about any of the cars he tests out.  Which comes through in this article, as he finds good things to say about the Pinto, the Chevette, and the Dodge Omni!  Of course, the nice things he has to say about the Spirit were totally accurate lol.  Enjoy!

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/brilliantd/kammback/spiritreviewcr1.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on May 08, 2010, 10:08:13 AM
He actually said good things about a shoveit & ominus? Poor guy.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on May 09, 2010, 06:49:01 PM
not sure if I posted this before, but back in the 90s, my favorite game, Interstate '76, had some AMCs in it,an AMX, a Gremlin, somebody told me the sequel, Interstate '82 had a Pacer, but I never played that one

then there is Vigilante 8, which is the, not as fun, playstation equivalent, the sequel had an Eagle Wagon
(http://www.igcd.net/images/006/514.jpg)
and in one of my favorite console games, Driver: Parallel Lines, there is a Pacer, and a car that vaguely resembles everything, and partly a Javelin, this one takes place in 78, which is why I love it
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on May 10, 2010, 10:56:18 PM
Found this today, fits me perfectly too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMSewqmyH8
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: iAMCheap on May 13, 2010, 09:10:26 PM
On Modern Marvels, I just saw a Gremlin rear-end a Spirit Sedan - I think. (exploding gas tank)
And also footage of  a Gremlin going head-on into something that looked Matador-like.
The episode is called "Breaking Points".
Possibly at the AMC proving grounds?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on May 14, 2010, 06:22:54 AM
Check out the latest issue of Hemmings Classic Cars it is full of AMC and AMC related goodies:  VAM Gremlins; Jeepsters, Hudson and Patrick Foster's usual AMC themed column.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on May 14, 2010, 09:53:35 AM
I really need to subscribe to Hemmings.  I didn't realize that Patrick Foster had a column.  I think I have a couple of his books.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on May 14, 2010, 02:42:37 PM
Newest Motor Trend ( NEW 302 Mustang on the cover ) has an article about Edsel names. Turns out they actually had one called Spacer before AMC came out with theirs. AMC pictured by the name.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on May 15, 2010, 04:23:48 PM
was it this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESXIHhTC90
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on May 16, 2010, 12:55:33 AM
you know it looked like the gremlin did better in it's crash than than all of the others did.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: DAVE on May 30, 2010, 05:14:00 PM
The new Steve Austin movie The Stranger has an Eagle in it:

(http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq305/AAPRRILL/stranger.jpg?t=1275253875)

(http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq305/AAPRRILL/stranger2.jpg?t=1275254006)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mojobean on May 31, 2010, 03:03:02 AM
looks a bit too nice to actually have parts sitting on it, not sure what that part is.. but still.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on May 31, 2010, 08:08:33 AM
I bet the part is carefully placed on the Eagle.  Who ever loaned them the car was probably adamant about that.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on June 02, 2010, 03:34:12 PM
Don't know whether this one has been mentioned, last night while watching the tube, what I believe was an auto insurance ad, normally I don't pay attention to comercials so I don't remember exactly what company it was for. Reguadless, what caught my eye was the guy stewing/sobbing over his wrecked AMC era XJ cherokee/wagoneer, toatled from behind, the commercial continued with the insurance agent driving down a dusk two lane, pulling off the side to take a picture of a "For Sale" FSJ Grand Wagoneer and sending it to the customer, this goes without saying but the guy was happy.
Even Insurance Companies "get it".
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on June 02, 2010, 07:14:39 PM
I saw that yesterday too.  Great commercial!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on June 21, 2010, 10:57:13 PM
I was reading the latest issue of Popular Hot Rodding at work yesterday (BTW, my friend Scott's '65 Impala Daily Driver is in there) and come across a full page on a GOOOOOORGEOUS Black 67 Rebel, that is one of the best looking cars of all time IMO
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on July 17, 2010, 01:34:24 PM
Eagles start on page 3; which should be the page the link goes to:  http://imcdb.org/vehicles.php?resultsStyle=asImages&yearFrom=&yearTo=&makeMatch=2&make=AMC&modelMatch=1&model=&modelInclModel=on&modelInclChassis=on&origin=&page=3
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on July 17, 2010, 02:01:08 PM
Can't believe nobody's mentioned Police Academy ( the first one ). Mahoney parks on top of an American(? some type of small Rambler ) & they use AMCs for police cars. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on July 17, 2010, 02:38:58 PM
In police Academy they were using Ambassadors (almost sure) as they were used as real police cars in the states.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on July 17, 2010, 02:42:11 PM
In police Academy they were using Ambassadors (almost sure) as they were used as real police cars in the states.


Nope, they were Matadors.   LAPD bought a bunch of them back in the day.  AMC's exposure on show's like Adam 12 really gave AMC a boost.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on July 26, 2010, 09:43:25 PM
there's a wagoneer in the movie meet dave with eddie murphy.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on July 27, 2010, 07:33:15 AM
I happened to turn on the tv the other day, and National Lampoons Vacation was on. I didn't notice it before but as Chevy Chase is running out after robbing the hotel at the grand canyon, a white Eagle wagon passes by, lol.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on July 30, 2010, 02:45:20 AM
was watching black dynamite yesterday and saw a pacer in it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on July 30, 2010, 01:28:22 PM
Enemy of the State had a really nice GW in several scenes.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on July 30, 2010, 09:51:42 PM
Do books count?
I have the complete series of Matt Helm books by Donald Hamilton.
"The Infiltrators" was copyrighted in 1984.
Our hero was madly in love with his Mazda RX7, with which he had been out-driving all the bad guys.
However, when he took a crew up into the mountains to waylay the crooks, he left his Mazda in town
and caught a ride with another agent in a "floosy four-wheel-drive station wagon called Eagle, distantly
related to the old utilitarian jeep."
Later he had go off road to save the girl, so he, with difficulty, persuaded the agent to trade vehicles
and let him use the Eagle.  He was soon rolling down the four-lane highway in the "fancy FWD Eagle".
The Eagle promptly stuck itself in the first sand arroyo.
He got out to lock the hubs and couldn't find any to lock.  He also couldn't find a lever to engage the front wheels.
All else had failed so he read the directions and discovered all he had to do was flip a simple little switch - - -
With all four pulling she came right out, and the next arroyo was no problem.

This could almost have been a commercial for AMC.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on July 31, 2010, 08:42:04 AM
Someone did their homework when they wrote that.  I like Clive Cussler books and in almost every one at least one if not more classic cars are used by the hero.  He is partial to Jeeps, usually XJ's, in the Dirk Pitt novels, now to ask him to feature an Eagle or anything AMC would be nice.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on July 31, 2010, 09:58:58 AM
Donald Hamilton always did his homework regarding firearms and vehicles.
I plan to remember the phrase about the "floosy" Eagle.
I like the Dirk Pitt books, too.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: allend on July 31, 2010, 03:35:33 PM
There's a pizza comerical out now with a Gremlin in it
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on August 01, 2010, 03:04:21 AM
I guess I'm going to have to buy that book now



and I watched The Gumball Rally again last night, lots of AMCs in that
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on August 04, 2010, 07:46:44 PM
Was just watching an older episode of 'Without a Trace'.  There was a 75 Pacer, Red in the show. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on August 09, 2010, 01:08:06 PM
I remember that episode when it came out, I was watching it in one room, my brother and parents were watching it in another
I saw the Pacer, just yelled "PACER!! really loud
my brother said my dad said "Wait for it....." hust before I yelled it
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on August 09, 2010, 06:28:43 PM
Heard on the radio today (that's media isn't it?) That George HW Bush owned a purple Levis Gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on August 09, 2010, 11:50:06 PM
Wonder how much that would be worth now, if it is even still around

looks what popped up on the side of facebook for me just now
(http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss258/LastEagler/Picture3-4.png)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on August 12, 2010, 10:39:57 AM
Pick up the NASCAR mag that has the old 21 Purolator Mercury in that
some great old Hudson and Nash pictures from NASCARs early days, and of course, the Penske Matadors
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: apes17 on August 12, 2010, 04:22:49 PM
In Hot Tub Time Machine there's a glimpse of a Pacer when they're first in town back in the 80's. It was a fast shot but I'm sure of it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on August 12, 2010, 05:01:03 PM
First in town would be '75 -- they stopped making them in 1980.  They were a good car that was terribly maligned for being different.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on August 16, 2010, 02:41:04 AM
First in town would be '75 -- they stopped making them in 1980.  They were a good car that was terribly maligned for being different.

I have not seen the movie but I think "first in town" might refer to one of the time changes or a scene in the movie.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on August 29, 2010, 03:11:18 PM
Anyone post anything about the movie 'Weird Science'?  in the scene when Gary is driving the blonde girl home in the red Ferrari, and they evade the policemen, and then he passes his parents... Well, they are driving a 4 door Eagle.  Just saw that scene.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mojobean on September 01, 2010, 10:12:39 PM
I've been watching the first season of a show called 'The Riches' on my snazzy Roku box through Netflix.. so i couldn't tell you if it was on regular TV or on cable somewhere.. but its a good show, and episode 6 or 7 i think, they are in a 'gypsy' camp of sorts, attending a funeral/arranged wedding.. and theres a pretty little yellow and black Gremlin parked behind them.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on September 17, 2010, 11:59:48 AM
Car quiz for 8 yr olds



(http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/37532/2404694440049688093S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2404694440049688093MaVixH)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: DAVE on October 02, 2010, 11:47:52 PM
on the 4th season, opener of "chuck" there is a yellow pacer wagon
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on October 04, 2010, 08:04:29 PM
in the song four wheel drive by C.W. McCall he sings about running from the police in a CJ5 with racing stripes. there are also some AMC in the dukes of hazard tv series.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on October 22, 2010, 03:39:49 PM
in the song four wheel drive by C.W. McCall he sings about running from the police in a CJ5 with racing stripes. there are also some AMC in the dukes of hazard tv series.
You know I have to post this, you know, with this being MY car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUE2DTvltLI
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on October 22, 2010, 05:00:39 PM
Friday the 13th A New Beginning made in 1985:
2 guys are trying to get a 70's Javelin started (assume a 72).  Of course they get slaughtered.  I could tell becuz of the power steering pump and radiator. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on October 24, 2010, 07:47:47 PM
was watching powerblock on spiketv this morning and the featured car was a red 1971 AMC AMX.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Booko on October 25, 2010, 05:21:29 AM
On the Mentalist, the episode about a jockey a suspect is working on a beat up Gremlin on a lift.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on October 25, 2010, 06:59:27 PM
On the Mentalist, the episode about a jockey a suspect is working on a beat up Gremlin on a lift.

I thought I saw a Gremlin in that episode. 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 81sx4 on November 15, 2010, 12:47:10 PM
dunno if its been mentioned yet, in the beginning of somethign about mary, ben stillers highschool freinds are sitting on a blue hornet.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: BenM on November 17, 2010, 06:36:16 PM
Car quiz for 8 yr olds



(http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/37532/2404694440049688093S600x600Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2404694440049688093MaVixH)


An old Metropolitan! Who would have thunk! I want to buy my wife one. (Well, that's my story...)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: thereverendbill on November 17, 2010, 07:03:36 PM
It probly has been posted before but there was a pacer on that show Pinks all out ....... won the final round against a blue camaro
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on December 24, 2010, 07:28:12 PM
on bill engvall's show for 15° Off Cool he has a red Gremlin with the white stripe on it on the stage behind him. and then on a episode of phineas and ferb in one of dr.doofenshmirtz's flashbacks he has a Gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on December 24, 2010, 08:19:35 PM
I was LMAO, just watched "Pinks" all out, and a Pacer, complete with the woodgrain and a wagon to beat, just took the $10,000 , allthough it did have a 2010 vette motor in it , and a woman driveing. woot woot !
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Petr on January 10, 2011, 09:09:34 AM
I saw now F/X 1. Escape from police parking place, pair of people is running before explosion of other cars in brown Eagle sedan.  ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on January 10, 2011, 12:09:08 PM
I don't know if this is posted (and I'm not gonna look thru all these pages)

On the first 'Back to the Future' movie, when Michael J Fox is sitting on the park bench with 'jenny' and they are about to kiss, and that woman hands them a 'Save the Clock' flyer, and her dad pulls up, well he pulls up in an Eagle Wagon.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: thereverendbill on January 10, 2011, 02:55:05 PM
I don't know if this is posted (and I'm not gonna look thru all these pages)

On the first 'Back to the Future' movie, when Michael J Fox is sitting on the park bench with 'jenny' and they are about to kiss, and that woman hands them a 'Save the Clock' flyer, and her dad pulls up, well he pulls up in an Eagle Wagon.
yup, pages 2 and 3 posts 29-31 ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ynwa on January 10, 2011, 10:09:28 PM
Cars 2. This will be a hoot for us AMC'ers.
The EVIL car mastermind is a Pacer and the sidekick is a Gremlin. Hehe...
Check out the trailer;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFTfAdauCOo
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on January 14, 2011, 08:20:04 PM
in superman 3 Lana Lang one of Clark Kent's (aka superman) old high school classmates has a yellow matador wagon.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on January 29, 2011, 08:59:07 PM
In the movie Boogie Nights, when Mark Walbergh's character runs off from home, you can see a Pacer wagon in the driveway (
Great movie by the way)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on January 29, 2011, 10:54:46 PM
In the TV movie "Pirates of Silicone Valley" about the rivalry between Apple and Microsoft from the early 70's into the 90's there is a Spirit in the scene when Steve Jobs goes to visit his daughter when she is 6 or 7.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on January 31, 2011, 12:38:43 AM
Mike Damone on Fast Times at Ridgemont High had a green Gremlin. And another one that comes is the Waynes world Pacer. In The Great Outdoors John Candy had a wagoneer..the movie was made in 88 though  so there is a possibility it may have been a chrysler model.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on January 31, 2011, 11:07:54 AM
In one of Michael Moore's films (I think it's 9-11) where it shows a very young George W going to work, he's driving a blue, I think one of those denim, Levis Gremlins.

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: LaGuardia on January 31, 2011, 11:46:08 AM
I don't know if these candies are somehow sold outside of Italy, but here's a spot, and I can definitely see a red Pacer there !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Twsmo6tIo
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: iAMCheap on February 05, 2011, 08:29:42 PM
On Victorious, the girls are trashing the janitor's AMC wagon.
It could be a Concord or Hornet. Not an Eagle.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on February 07, 2011, 08:12:51 AM
I don't know if this one was mentioned yet, in the movie Gung Ho, first car shown, was a Pacer wagon  ;D.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: El Matador on March 10, 2011, 06:27:36 PM
Here's a trailer for the 1989 movie "The Wizard".  Watch closely (or pause it) at the 0:10 mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMt1TzU1y9I
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 10, 2011, 06:38:23 PM
Here's a trailer for the 1989 movie "The Wizard".  Watch closely (or pause it) at the 0:10 mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMt1TzU1y9I

Nice find.

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 10, 2011, 06:40:45 PM
My daughter has been watching the movie MegaMind daily for the past few days.  I have not really paid much attention to it, but today I had to pause it and back up the movie frame by frame.  I noticed a Rambler AMerican on the side of the road in one shot. 

Then right after that shot they show a parking lot in the background with what looks like a woodgrain Concord.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on March 10, 2011, 07:33:31 PM
Here's a trailer for the 1989 movie "The Wizard".  Watch closely (or pause it) at the 0:10 mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMt1TzU1y9I
Ooooh, good eye!  I notice it doesn't have bumper guards. hehehe
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on March 10, 2011, 07:41:15 PM
Ouick eye!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 18, 2011, 02:27:20 AM
rockstar video games has not forgotten amc. in their game "grand theft auto the lost and :water reservoir:" there is a car called rhapsody which from the rear and sides looks just like a pacer the front however looks more like a vw golf. :-\ it even has the right style of door handles. i will try to get some pics of it tomorrow when i play the game.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on March 19, 2011, 12:13:34 AM
Wow..Great eye!! I went and saw that movie at the theatre...Never noticed that Eagle though....I was a typical ten year Nintendo junkie and I had the biggest crush on that red head girl....I saw that movie like six times in a row!!...LOL I wonder where shes at now??...the Eagle not the red head ;D...The red head, (Jenny Lewis) is a musician now...FYI ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 23, 2011, 03:29:39 AM
in Darius Rucker's music video "this" there is a red nice looking pacer. and i finally had time to get some pics of the pacer (a.k.a. rhapsody) from the grand theft auto game "the lost and dammed"
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/14/94/93/40/pict0211.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=143&u=14949340)
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/14/94/93/40/pict0212.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=144&u=14949340)
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/14/94/93/40/pict0213.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=145&u=14949340)
this is the front of this car but as you can see it is a vw golf front end. :-\
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/14/94/93/40/pict0214.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=146&u=14949340)
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/14/94/93/40/pict0215.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=147&u=14949340)
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/14/94/93/40/pict0216.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=148&u=14949340)
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/14/94/93/40/pict0217.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=149&u=14949340)
(http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/14/94/93/40/pict0218.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=150&u=14949340)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on March 23, 2011, 06:19:56 AM
Very Pacer like.  There are some differences though.  Someone's idea of what they thought a Pacer should look like?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on March 23, 2011, 01:57:41 PM
I'm no expert, and without looking up pics of the pacer, it looks like the got the front end/grille wrong.  The back looks close, but I can't place it, but when I look at the hood near the front, it don't look right.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on March 23, 2011, 03:37:16 PM
Front is really wrong, back has some issues.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on March 23, 2011, 05:43:23 PM
Actually, it's not a bad look for the car, it's just not accurate.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: amc78concord on March 23, 2011, 06:22:47 PM
Sometimes, that's the best a videogame can do...Depends on how much eye for detail they had or what the graphics and available space allowed them to do.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 23, 2011, 09:26:15 PM
as i said before the grill, headlights and the rest of the front end are from a Volkswagen golf.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: thereverendbill on March 23, 2011, 10:06:12 PM
it's all copy right garbage, they make it look exact dodge can sue because they own the AMC name and what not.  If you ever pay real close attention to tv shows they may have products that look like something (for example a pringles can) and it says something like "chips" on it so that they cannot be taken to court for using a name and not paying for it
 
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on March 23, 2011, 11:14:20 PM
Front end does look kind of like a VW golf.  But it kind of looks to me like a Hornet front end.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on March 23, 2011, 11:40:29 PM
Looks to me like an early 80's VW rabbit in front...the back looks pretty close minus the one piece tail light. it doesnt have those  frog eye headlights the real pacers had.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on March 24, 2011, 08:45:09 AM
One of the guys I work with brought in a recent (last Sunday) newspaper ad for me to look at. One of our local Chevy dealers has been absorbed into a mega dealer, and they ran an ad with some old photos to show a little history....

On top Glenn Burdick Kaiser/Frazer, below Glenn Burdick Rambler
(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/shaggimo/ONCE/RAMBLER1.jpg)

A birds eye view of Glenn Burdick Rambler.
(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/shaggimo/ONCE/RAMBLER2.jpg)


Burdick is the mega dealer btw, lol.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Hawk258 on April 07, 2011, 06:13:21 AM
in the song four wheel drive by C.W. McCall he sings about running from the police in a CJ5 with racing stripes. there are also some AMC in the dukes of hazard TV series.


actually there are SEVERAL AMC'S in dukes, In the first series alone I see 4 not counting the police cars, or The Dixie Jeep. There were some Spirits and wagoneers as well as others (usually in the back ground) and even the credits gave a salute stating "Vehicles provided by Chrysler corp and American Motors Company" My 3 favorite shows involve 2 cars, 1 helicopter and allot of "OMG WTF DID THEY JUST DO!?" (Especially the poor general lee...  :'( ) In fact I believe in one episode kit was put into an old protable stereo/TV combo and Michael knight Commendered an old Nash in one episode of knight rider (Need to double check that BUT I believe it was "Pre-AMC" but I think it counts.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: thereverendbill on April 07, 2011, 06:22:32 PM
I was watching the discovery channel last night and this show had what is technically an AMC  on it.http://www.tedvernon.com/Gremalibur/1977-Gremlin-Custom-2-door-726TV.asp (http://www.tedvernon.com/Gremalibur/1977-Gremlin-Custom-2-door-726TV.asp) personally I like it, but I am not going to give away what it is (think kammback) ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on April 07, 2011, 11:06:03 PM
hey bill i was watching the same show last night and that green thing was hideous.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on April 07, 2011, 11:19:29 PM
Its ugly but i would soooo drive it!!!.....just to spite my wife  >:D ...she hates my eagle with a passion...Ill bet she would just love that thing in the driveway next to my bird  ;D  >:D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on April 07, 2011, 11:31:11 PM
sadly shanebo i would drive it to just to see all the wierd looks i'd get from people.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Hawk258 on April 08, 2011, 03:00:27 AM
maddog... that is a sure sign of an AMC addict :P I hope your eagle is proud. (You can't get those looks driving a Subaru)  :rotfl:
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Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on April 08, 2011, 06:56:25 AM
off topic _ I'll have to give you an egg Hawk, just for haveing the twin to the Money Pit II ( my SX/4 ) in your profile pic. !! Is that yours ??
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Hawk258 on April 08, 2011, 07:31:27 AM
No but a very close sister. Identical in color and body style, but no... that one is in "Slightly" better shape.
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Post by: thereverendbill on April 08, 2011, 07:00:16 PM
hey bill i was watching the same show last night and that green thing was hideous.
To me it's a thing of beauti ..... now to find another kammback so I can make my own, only 4wd :P
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on April 19, 2011, 08:59:53 PM
well i saw a hornet wagon on an episode of victorious but the sad part is they beat it up with some golf clubs.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on May 17, 2011, 08:09:43 PM
if you go to the third and fourth ones on the link listed below you will see a gremlin and a pacer.
http://autos.aol.com/gallery/odd-looking-cars/
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Post by: shanebo on May 18, 2011, 01:00:50 AM
Ill tell ya one thing for sure....that nissan cube and Honda Element make the gremlin and pacer look like a ferrari!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on May 18, 2011, 02:10:11 AM
 :rotfl: now there is a comment i never expected to hear.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on May 18, 2011, 02:37:30 AM
Nissans and Hondas are good cars in theyer own respect. People seem to forgive those automakes for theyre questionable designs.....People never got over the pacer and gremlin and harbored an eternal grudge against AMC there after.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on May 18, 2011, 12:52:45 PM
I'll agree with that!  The 'Cube' is one of the ugliest cars (what the heck is it??) vans, crossovers I've ever seen, and people got the nerve to continue on about how ugly the Gremmie or Pacer is? 

I won't mention any names here, but a member's wife drives a 'cube' and she hates our member's Eagle.  I rather been seen broken down on the side of the road with an eagle, then driving around in a cube.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on May 18, 2011, 01:13:50 PM
Ill tell ya one thing for sure....that nissan cube and Honda Element make the gremlin and pacer look like a ferrari!
Shane, when I saw that site was "odd looking cars", I had exactly the same thought about the same vehicles.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: El Matador on May 18, 2011, 04:45:32 PM
I won't mention any names here, but a member's wife drives a 'cube' and she hates our member's Eagle.

Man, it must suck to be him...

I rather been seen broken down on the side of the road with an eagle, then driving around in a cube.

Me too!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on May 18, 2011, 05:49:57 PM
I won't mention any names here, but a member's wife drives a 'cube' and she hates our member's Eagle.

Man, it must suck to be him...

I rather been seen broken down on the side of the road with an eagle, then driving around in a cube.

Me too!

LOLOL, yu-sir is a very funny person.  And thanks for coming ta git me... car works great now.  Pat and I swapped carbs.  I have the one from his SX/4.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on May 18, 2011, 09:53:11 PM
i'd own and drive a gremlin or a pacer anyday without someone having to pay me the same cannot be said for the rest of the cars in that list.
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Post by: shanebo on May 19, 2011, 12:11:06 AM
In my opinion AMC never made an ugly car...they were unique.
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Post by: Eagle Kammback on June 16, 2011, 01:53:42 PM
Saw Super 8 the other day (GREAT MOVIE!) but there is one scene where a Pacer gets wrecked and I embarrassed myself in the theater yelling
"NOOO! THE PACER!!!"
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on June 17, 2011, 12:45:03 AM
Saw Super 8 the other day (GREAT MOVIE!) but there is one scene where a Pacer gets wrecked and I embarrassed myself in the theater yelling
"NOOO! THE PACER!!!"
:rotfl:

That is funny.  I actually laughed out loud reading that.  thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Shin-X on June 29, 2011, 09:48:41 PM
Dont know if this has been mentioned but theres a Pacer in the TV show Raising Hope a lot. Its the car that the protagonists mom drives for the housekeeping service she works for.

(http://www.imcdb.org/i340222.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on June 30, 2011, 12:08:28 AM
Pacers and Gremlins have always kinda been punch line cars ...In films they always seem to be driven by a laughable or nerdy character. They are cars that make ya smile. That questionable styling has made them somewhat of a comedic icon.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on June 30, 2011, 01:15:51 AM
Dont know if this has been mentioned but theres a Pacer in the TV show Raising Hope a lot. Its the car that the protagonists mom drives for the housekeeping service she works for.

(http://www.imcdb.org/i340222.jpg)

God I love that show!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on July 05, 2011, 11:32:05 AM
Cars 2, soooooo many Gremlins and Pacers
without giving too much away, they call them all Lemons at one point in it
I yell out the window, "We're not lemons" and give a slight toot of my horn"
I love the Drive In
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: amc78concord on July 11, 2011, 11:54:31 AM
Cars 2, soooooo many Gremlins and Pacers
without giving too much away, they call them all Lemons at one point in it
I yell out the window, "We're not lemons" and give a slight toot of my horn"
I love the Drive In
It was an okay movie, wasn't too happy about the "lemons" part of it...  :-\
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on July 15, 2011, 02:43:52 AM
X2 on that!!  They were never lemons.  The bloody things still run.  I've always hated that propaganda crap, from the 'Big Three'. 

I'd drive any AMC over a Chev Monza (lemon),  Pontiac fiero (another big-time issue car), a Cube (who the bloody heck makes those ugly things?), and lots other cars that were actually real lemons (from too many big issues) compared to a car that ran great, but some didn't like.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on July 16, 2011, 12:03:51 AM
Id take my trusty old 258 cross country over any big three car produced back then. It all boiled down to who was pumping the most cash into the pockets of the media back then....Chrysler was well on its way to failure in the 80's and 90's too...people seem to overlook all of their Mitsubishi induced flops...In my opinion their acqiring of the Jeep brand was the only thing that saved them.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on July 16, 2011, 12:48:54 PM
...........In my opinion their acqiring of the Jeep brand was the only thing that saved them.
I share that opinion.  I think it was planned in advance just the way it happened.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: amc78concord on July 17, 2011, 01:58:34 PM
Cube (who the bloody heck makes those ugly things?)

Nissan :eyepopping:   :P

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on July 18, 2011, 01:31:32 AM
The jeep name is probably one of the most well known sought after auto brands on the planet....Chrysler had their eyes on Jeep way before the buy out. They were waiting like vultures for their opportunity to swoop in and snatch it up from AMC. I too think the buy out in 87' was in the works several years before it actually went public.

I was thinking to myself the other day, Jeep is kind of like the Hope Diamond, in that it is highly coveted, but it has brought every company that has acquired  it failure...Willys, Kaiser, Amc...And just look at Chrysler these days...first Daimler-Benz..now Fiat...Even though the "Chrysler" nameplate still exists...The company itself has been basically bought out twice in the last decade.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: ammachine390 on July 18, 2011, 02:21:22 AM
I too think the buy out in 87' was in the works several years before it actually went public.

It's hard to say on that one. It's pretty safe to assume Chrysler was waiting for the perfect time to get AMC. However, Georges Besse, the head of Renault at the time, wanted to keep AMC, when everyone wanted him to sell it off. And just when AMC/Jeep/Renault was starting to become profitable again, he was was assassinated.  The people that took over then sold AMC. I truly believe that with his death, AMC died. If only AMC had been around longer into having the 4.0L on the market, they probably could have survived. Especially since they made a ton of Cherokees and Grand Cherokees.

However, as for Jeep, I believe that the new Jeeps don't live up to their name at all. I think the last true Jeeps were the Cherokee and TJ Wrangler.
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Post by: shaggimo on July 18, 2011, 08:27:29 AM
^^ Which happens to be when the AMC I6 was put to rest.......The new wrangler rubicons are a rather capable machine in stock form, pretty amazing actually, but I can't get passed the fact that they have a minivan engine  :P (I mean no offense to minvan owners, lol.)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on July 18, 2011, 10:08:37 PM
I was thinking to myself the other day, Jeep is kind of like the Hope Diamond, in that it is highly coveted, but it has brought every company that has acquired  it failure...Willys, Kaiser, Amc...And just look at Chrysler these days...first Daimler-Benz..now Fiat...Even though the "Chrysler" nameplate still exists...The company itself has been basically bought out twice in the last decade.

And declared bankruptcy!  I think you're onto something Shane.
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Post by: shanebo on July 19, 2011, 12:36:45 AM
This is almost starting to sound like a conspiracy...I didnt know about Georges Besse....that puts a whole new twist on this thing.

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Post by: shanebo on July 26, 2011, 12:38:05 AM
If a guy (or gal) had a whole lot of time, money, and ambition Ill bet you could dig up all kinds of dirt on the whole buy out.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on August 03, 2011, 12:49:15 AM
Heres one in the movie Vacation...(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc377/shanebo79/i0729381.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on August 03, 2011, 01:09:31 AM
Heres one in the movie Vacation...(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc377/shanebo79/i0729381.jpg)

I know this is about Eagles, but you gotta love the family truckster model in the picture.  Able to drive itself when the driver falls asleep lol!!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on August 03, 2011, 01:15:22 AM
The Family Truckster was actually up for sale a few years ago.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: LaGuardia on August 03, 2011, 05:51:05 AM
Yesterday I was browsing the website of an online insurance company.
Look at the Flash animation on the homepage...

http://www.zurich-connect.it/

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on August 03, 2011, 04:23:27 PM
WOW! A Zurich company featuring an American car?! That is way cool exposure for AMC!  :amc:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on August 04, 2011, 12:04:01 AM
Who would have guessed a pacer would find its way into an ad all the way over seas in Zurich. Folks over there recognize a good car when they see one.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on August 04, 2011, 05:11:14 PM
Watching the movie MOVING VIOLATION starring Stephen McHattie and Kay Lenz co-starring Eddie Albert from 1976. Several Matador's 1971 and 1972. Hornet Sportabout, 1973?, a Gremlin and a 67 or so Rambler American. A policeman crashed a circa 1973 Oldsmobile equipped with an Airbag. 3 Matadors crunched up. One Matador rolled three times. One of them the top sheered off A, B & C pillars completely by a semi, one Matador flipped. Pretty cool car chase with music much like Smokey and the Bandit.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: twoslowinwyo on August 04, 2011, 06:25:25 PM
saw the movie "splice or spliced" i think it was called. the main character drove a gremlin! orange- red ish color. pretty scary horror flick too. LAZ
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Post by: shaggimo on August 05, 2011, 08:06:21 AM
Yeah that movie was definitely a little twisted......
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Post by: Pat on October 14, 2011, 10:02:05 PM
Don't know if this has been posted yet. Was looking through a Hot Rod magazine couple days ago (not current issue, don't have it in front of me to say when it was), had a SUHWEEET Hornet in it. Will post which one when I find it to see.

**UPDATE**
Found it. Oct. '11 issue
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: blk-majik on October 18, 2011, 11:07:14 PM
I saw this in Breaking Bad. Season 2, Episode 11 'Mandala'

(http://i.imgur.com/tRs29.png)

(http://i.imgur.com/rajCu.png)

I think the sticker on the back says 'Auto Trader Post Inc'. Maybe 'Miami, FL' below that. Gotta love the '4x4' chalked on the windshield :)

Seems like the AMC channel has a nac for giving AMC cars cameos
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 81sx4 on November 12, 2011, 04:39:11 PM
i saw that on breaking bad too!  i think ym gf gets a little upset, anytime we're watching anything and i see an amc i hafta blurt it out...its like finding waldo.  did antone sy anything about the green amx in the beginning of "play misty for me"?  its in the parking lot when he pulls into the radio station
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on November 13, 2011, 05:01:08 AM
How the heck did I miss that one....Breaking bad is my all time #1 favorite show!! Ya know, if I had a bit higher resolution screen I could almost make out the dealer badge on the trunk lid.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on December 18, 2011, 09:48:21 PM
on this weeks powerblock episode of muscle car the featured car was a Big Bad Blue 69 AMX with a 390 man was it gorgeous.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carguy87 on December 28, 2011, 11:03:54 PM
Eagle Wagon in the opening of Waterboy.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shaggimo on January 03, 2012, 02:38:06 PM
I was watching American Pickers last night with the miss, they were heading to a guys museum type collection. As soon as they exit the van, the camera pans over to where the guy was standing, there was a pacer, I pointed it out of course  :-[ , then I noticed the un mistakable quarter window of a gremlin sitting behind the pacer, I pointed that out too, lol. Girlfriend then gives me a blank stare, out of nowhere came the comment "well duh, if there is one amc you can bet they have another not far away......"  :rotfl:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on January 04, 2012, 12:12:11 AM
Your wife does have a point...AMC's are like wild dogs...They are pack animals that dont do well all by themselves...they need to be among their own kind  ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Hawk258 on January 04, 2012, 04:38:13 AM
 :rotfl: I just wish we could get every AMC we could get our hands that ran into one area, now THAT would be awesome, the logistics would be a PITA though.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on January 09, 2012, 09:05:18 PM
Girlfriend then gives me a blank stare, out of nowhere came the comment "well duh, if there is one amc you can bet they have another not far away......"  :rotfl:
I wish I could catch my wife saying something like that. Unfortunately she knows better.She wasn't very happy when I brought home the AMC Used Cars sign
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on January 09, 2012, 10:47:30 PM

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I wish I could catch my wife saying something like that. Unfortunately she knows better.She wasn't very happy when I brought home the AMC Used Cars sign
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I can about imagine what the expression was and possibly the choice of words from her! More power to you man!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on January 10, 2012, 07:14:33 PM
Not really any yelling.  Just that look that says either, "What the heck are you going to do with that?" OR "What the heck is wrong with you?"  OR "Oh great more AMC stuff."  At least it wasn't another AMC vehicle.  Been tempted recently, but being broke keeps that from happening.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on January 11, 2012, 12:40:15 AM
Lately ive been watching alot of 80's movies I have on tape and DVD analizing every frame to see if there is an eagle or other AMC that I hadnt noticed before, other than the occational jeep I havent found anything....as of tonight I can definitivly say Ferris Bueller's day off has a wagoneer in one scene and thats it....more reviews to come  ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on January 11, 2012, 07:55:03 AM
Lately ive been watching alot of 80's movies I have on tape and DVD analizing every frame to see if there is an eagle or other AMC that I hadnt noticed before

Two thumbs up for Shanebo!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on January 11, 2012, 08:15:29 PM
Its too cold to work on my real life eagle so I figure why not watch hours of old movies looking for someone elses  :rotfl:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Booko on January 14, 2012, 08:14:06 PM
We were watching Bones the other day, Booths Boss was driving a yellow Gremlin. The next show called the finder had a VW commercial, it also had a yellow Gremlin driving away while they were playing a Ted Nugent song.
Booko
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on January 24, 2012, 03:07:36 AM
in the opening of good luck chuck there is a blue Gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on January 24, 2012, 03:18:50 AM
He does drive a gremlin I believe....Marge simpson also had one in her high school years.......also yesterday on Mecum auto auction they had a pretty nice Marlin (http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc377/shanebo79/124319.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on January 24, 2012, 08:47:59 AM
okay , nice Marlin.what's with the guy in the second row ?is he smileing?lol- seems someone is bent over in his lap.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: El Matador on January 24, 2012, 10:00:40 AM
what's with the guy in the second row ?is he smileing?lol- seems someone is bent over in his lap.

Shanebo said this was Mecum, not BJ... and by that I mean Barrett Jackson of course.  ;)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on January 24, 2012, 10:47:12 AM
Booth also gets into an accident with her Gremlin.   She was really, really mad.  I hope no real AMC's were harmed during filming.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on January 24, 2012, 04:14:46 PM
 :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: GOOD STUFF!!  :laughing4:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on January 24, 2012, 04:34:34 PM
I was watching Weird Science on Netflix streaming the other day and the main kids grandparents were driving what I believe was a Concord. At first glance I thought it was an Eagle, but I rewound and I'm pretty sure it was just a Concord.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Hawk258 on January 25, 2012, 03:56:22 AM
I need to sit down and catch up with some of my movies and shows, I am considering making a mockumentory of a day in the life of an AMC Eagle owner... I would love to use the "Cone of Confusion" thread as some of the better scenes. I would LOVE to see that. Call it "Rise of the Eagle" or something silly.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on January 25, 2012, 08:28:35 AM
I need to sit down and catch up with some of my movies and shows, I am considering making a mockumentory of a day in the life of an AMC Eagle owner... I would love to use the "Cone of Confusion" thread as some of the better scenes. I would LOVE to see that. Call it "Rise of the Eagle" or something silly.

That would be a cool concept! Only Eagle/AMC owners would get it! :)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on January 28, 2012, 04:24:09 AM
There was at one time a fair amount of these and other AMC's on the road...Im actually suprised theres not more of them that appear in 80's shows and movies. Just finished Ghost Busters and Fast Times at ridgemot High. A jeep or 2 in Ghost busters otherwise nothing....Fast Times had a Gremlin which had a descent role but it was the only AMC I could find.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on February 06, 2012, 01:29:34 AM
i was going through an old book i have called "Why Did They Name It...?" (printed in 1964) and i found something quite interesting in it pertaining to Nash and Rambler and here is what it says:
The Rambler automobile is a mere sixty years old, but the name itself is one of the oldest in transportation. Thomas B. Jeffery, the English-born inventor of the Rambler automobile, was for many years a very successful manufacturer of bicycles which he sold under the Rambler name. Though he built his fortune in the bicycle and automobile business, he is best known for his invention and manufacturer of the clincher tire in the 1880's.
Jeffery sold his bicycle business, and at America's first automobile race in 1895 he saw the new mode of transportation for the first time. With the proceeds from the sale of his prosperous bicycle company, he bout a vacant plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and happily began experimenting with the new "horseless carriage." By the fall of 1900, Jeffery had developed two new "gasoline vehicles" a  "runabout" (completely open) and a "stanhope" (with top). These first experimental cars were "radical" in design, with the engine mounted in the front and a steering wheel mechanism on the left. However, in a shrewd gauge of public opinion, when Jeffery introduced the car for sale two years later, the engine was rearmounted and the car steered by a tiller from the right-hand side.
These Rambler "carriages" (Jeffery had retained the trade name) were one-cylinder, 12-horsepower cars. The runabout sold for $750, and the stanhope for $825. They were an instant success. In 1902, when only 23,000 motor cars were registered in the United States, Jeffery turned out 1,500 vehicles to become the world's second mass-producer of automobiles. (A year after Oldsmobile and a year ahead of Ford.)
"Customer relations" might also be said to have been in its infancy as evidence by a priceless 1902 Rambler Instruction Manual which bluntly states:
The easiest way of avoiding trouble is to learn the carriage (automobile) thoroughly and understandingly; it is an incontrovertible fact that fully nine-tenths of the troubles experienced by the operator of motor cars are caused by the ignorance of the former, and not by the defects of the latter.
Early owners were also charged with heavy maintenance responsibilities for keeping their "carriages" in good operating condition: Every point of lubrication should be carefully gone over each morning before commencing the day's work."
Mysteries of the carburetor were explained in detail, and step-by-step instructions provided for adjusting the poppet valve if the one-cylinder engine should begin to smoke or misfire. No claims for gasoline economy were made. In fact, the manufacturer frankly admitted that "ordinarily a great waste occurs."
Nevertheless, most '02 Rambler owners were pleased with their vehicles, but one dissenting voice from Elmira, New York: "It seems to us that this machine is geared to run at too high a speed for our roads. In fact, we know this is the case, unless there is some way of making it run slower than we have yet to found out." (Top speed of the 12-horsepower engine was 25 m.p.h.)
Jeffery's success was due not only to sound engineering, but also to imaginative promotion. His advertising manager, Ned Jordan, covered the countryside with more than 5,000 road signs which indicated the distance to the nearest town or city, and in which direction it lay. this was a master stroke, since the only way to get from one town to another was by asking the nearest farmer for directions. Each sign was, of course, prominently inscribed with the word, Rambler.
Thomas B. Jeffery died in 1910, and the purchaser of his company was Charles W. Nash, who had resigned as president of General Motors to found a new company, and build a car under his own name. In 1918 the first Nash car, powered by a six-cylinder valve-in-head engine, made its bow.
In 1937, Nash merged with the Kelvinator Corporation under the leadership of George Mason who had been Chrysler's works manager at the age of 30. He promptly put Nash engineers to work on a new, economical, lightweight car which appeared in 1940 as the Nash "600" so named because it could go 600 miles on a 20-gallon tank of gasoline. In March, 1050, the Nash company introduced the first modern compact car, and the nostalgic name of Rambler was revived for the new line.
the convenience and thrift of the little car was its own best publicity. It appealed to the "common sense" of the American people. Big cars were being assailed as "gas-guzzling dinosaurs," and cartoonists, newspaper editorial writers, university economists, and even songwriters joined in ridiculing the useless fins and ostentation of the big cars.
One famous humorist toasted the Rambler as "the greatest invention since the ice cube."
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 68AMXGOPAC on February 06, 2012, 10:38:29 AM
Watching Car Crazy last night. they were in Puerto Rico. A guy had a 79 AMX - totally sweet.I saw it in the background several times, and was happy when they finally did show it up close and talk to the guy.Not sure if it was an old episode or not.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on February 06, 2012, 12:16:05 PM
Don't know if this counts or not, but while playing around on You Tube the other day, I found a song with video called Nash Rambler. Shows several pictures of them. Not sure if it's okay to post it here or not, so I'll skip posting it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on February 07, 2012, 12:08:42 AM
This is not really in the media, but I am student teaching this semester.  We are working on multi-digit multiplication problems in my fifth grade math class.  I wrote 10 story problems for a review station I am doing tomorrow.  I foresee an AMC Education session in the very near future.  I included the Eagle in one problem.  The students have to calculate the mileage per tank of my saturn and my Eagle and let me know which vehicle can go further on a single tank of gas. 

Answer: The Saturn has the Eagle beat by 68 miles per tank (using EPA estimates).  Of course the Eagle has a larger tank than the eagle by 6 or 7 gallons.  But I am liking I found a way to work the Eagle into a lesson.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: amc78concord on February 07, 2012, 11:18:16 AM
This is not really in the media, but I am student teaching this semester.  We are working on multi-digit multiplication problems in my fifth grade math class.  I wrote 10 story problems for a review station I am doing tomorrow.  I foresee an AMC Education session in the very near future.  I included the Eagle in one problem.  The students have to calculate the mileage per tank of my saturn and my Eagle and let me know which vehicle can go further on a single tank of gas. 

Answer: The Saturn has the Eagle beat by 68 miles per tank (using EPA estimates).  Of course the Eagle has a larger tank than the eagle by 6 or 7 gallons.  But I am liking I found a way to work the Eagle into a lesson.
That's awesome.  ;D 

Gotta teach the new generation somehow!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rohnk on February 07, 2012, 04:10:33 PM
How about the Bond classic "The Man with the Golden Gun". Roger Moore drove a Hornet and there are other AMC vehicles in the movie. One of the biggest scenes is where the Hornet was sent spiraling into the water during a car chase.

Look up "AMC Hornet" on Google and look for the link to Wikipedia. It tells all about Hornet's place in the movie and where the actual car he drove is stored.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on February 07, 2012, 04:32:08 PM
If you are ever curious about any vehicles seen on TV or in Movies there is a really cool site that is the IMDB of cars...coincidentally it is called IMCDB :)

http://www.imcdb.org/

You can look up any car and see what movies it's been in.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on February 08, 2012, 12:52:13 AM
Hey, thats a really cool sight...Looks like a concord sundancer even made it onto the big screen.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 11, 2012, 09:14:46 PM
Probably been posted already, but I just finished watching Convoy. Arizona was using AMCs (Matadors?) in the movie.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 11, 2012, 09:48:14 PM
Not sure if this counts as "the Media". Just saw this on "You Tube". Maybe somebody here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUE2DTvltLI&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXf6RgoEEMCGjsmOpAotQhIP&lf=list_related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUE2DTvltLI&feature=BFa&list=AVGxdCwVVULXf6RgoEEMCGjsmOpAotQhIP&lf=list_related)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 11, 2012, 11:18:52 PM
yeah that car belongs to Eagle Kammback, one of our members.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: EagleJoe93 on March 18, 2012, 09:44:39 PM
I watched the movie Playing For Keeps and I noticed a 1980 Wagon on a dirt road and a Concord or Eagle coupe parked on a street. A few frames after the coupe was an AMC Spirit or SX4 in a parking lot. I was really thrilled over this!  ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on March 19, 2012, 01:08:50 AM
Don't know if this counts or not, but while playing around on You Tube the other day, I found a song with video called Nash Rambler. Shows several pictures of them. Not sure if it's okay to post it here or not, so I'll skip posting it.

posting You tube videos and direct links here it totally cool.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 19, 2012, 08:20:57 PM
Don't know if this counts or not, but while playing around on You Tube the other day, I found a song with video called Nash Rambler. Shows several pictures of them. Not sure if it's okay to post it here or not, so I'll skip posting it.

posting You tube videos and direct links here it totally cool.

Thanks for the info. Whuntmore!! Still consider myself more or less a  :newbie: here. Trying to keep my nose clean & not upset "The Powers That Be". I'll go back & find it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMErG-idop4

Here's the one I watched. They have different versions. One has some shots of a NICE old Rambler.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carguy87 on March 20, 2012, 10:59:38 AM
Watching "The Walking Dead" Sunday night, I believe I seen an old AMC Eagle Wagon in the background.  Kind of hard to tell because it was soo dark, I'll try to get a ss :)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on March 20, 2012, 11:16:02 AM
During the season finale? I was watching that too. I thought I saw an Eagle wagon, but after a hare look...or another angle or something I decided it wasn't.

Watching the first couple episodes of Heroes on Netflix the other day one of the main characters drives a Gremlin!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on March 26, 2012, 05:42:26 PM
Not an Eagle. This (Apr. '12) issue of Car & Driver has an article about wheelstanders, Gremlin pictured in it. Not many details (drivetrain, etc.), some pictures & a little info.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 81sx4 on May 20, 2012, 08:37:40 PM
between breaking bad and walking dead, did anyone point out the coincidence of both those shows being on AMC?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on June 02, 2012, 11:21:25 AM
Just borrowed Eddie Murphy - Golden Child from the library. Opening scene in L.A. (when they start all the people starring in the movie), looked like a Hornet/Concord (brown sedan) going by.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 83Eagle! on June 03, 2012, 11:01:51 AM
Not an Eagle. This (Apr. '12) issue of Car & Driver has an article about wheelstanders, Gremlin pictured in it. Not many details (drivetrain, etc.), some pictures & a little info.

Was it a bright orange Gremlin?  That one wins the wheel stand competitions in Car Craft a lot.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rohnk on June 03, 2012, 06:50:19 PM
Watching Power Block this morning and the promo for next week showed that they will be building an AMC 360.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on June 04, 2012, 12:16:45 AM
Not an Eagle. This (Apr. '12) issue of Car & Driver has an article about wheelstanders, Gremlin pictured in it. Not many details (drivetrain, etc.), some pictures & a little info.

Was it a bright orange Gremlin?  That one wins the wheel stand competitions in Car Craft a lot.

Forget what color (it's been more than 2 hours). I THINK it was red.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on June 05, 2012, 12:31:50 AM
There was an on demand movie I watched last night called Crunch. It was a class b 80's high school football flick. One of the main character's drove a concord....if you got Comcast cable and a few hours to kill check it out....its under the free movies section under comedies...it was cheesy but entertaining.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on July 07, 2012, 08:42:34 AM
Been watching a lot of stuff on www.hulu.com (http://www.hulu.com) (FREE TV). Saw a Barret Jackson episode with a few shots of the Mark Donahue Javelin, Not for sale, just during the interviews. Season 2, Episode 7 - called Pony Car wars or Pony Cars?? Something like that. Then on Hunter, like what he does with 5h1trolet, it either explodes, catches fire, rolls over & over , or crashes into something if not a combination of the above. Anyway, Season 2, episode 2, he drives a Hornet - WITHOUT destroying it!!! As much as I like AMC, I just don't see Hornet as a policeman car. Rebel, yes. Matador, yes. Ambassador, yes. Hornet, no. Sorry but Hornet just doesn't cut it to me. Too small.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Euphonical on July 07, 2012, 11:31:35 AM
between breaking bad and walking dead, did anyone point out the coincidence of both those shows being on AMC?
Oh funny, I watch Breaking Bad online and Walking Dead on DVR...so the television station they originate from isn't as prominent to me. Funny, funny - I bet that was someone in the background snickering.

I saw the Eagle on breaking bad, but didn't notice an AMC on Walking Dead...
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on July 07, 2012, 02:27:54 PM
The AMC on walking dead is an old cherokee. I don't think I remember an Eagle in breaking bad though. There was a gremlin in heroes for a few episodes.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: thereverendbill on July 07, 2012, 06:02:12 PM
The AMC on walking dead is an old cherokee. I don't think I remember an Eagle in breaking bad though. There was a gremlin in heroes for a few episodes.
season 1 episode 12 for the breaking bad eagle (wagon) ...... there is a FSJ that is one of the main character's cars as well
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Euphonical on July 09, 2012, 12:10:49 PM
The AMC on walking dead is an old cherokee. I don't think I remember an Eagle in breaking bad though. There was a gremlin in heroes for a few episodes.
Ahhh yes! I never do think of Jeeps as AMC...so I'd miss that one even if I was looking LOL. <must change mind set...AMC made more than just Eagles  :-[>
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Pat on July 11, 2012, 10:36:16 AM
Hunter on Hulu again. Season 3, episode 11. 3 Jeeps used in that one.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on July 18, 2012, 03:04:13 AM
i was watching the movie Bad Boys today and there is a gold gremlin in it. it unfortunately is used in a crash scene and gets beat up pretty bad after getting hit by the bad guys who are driving a ford bronco it is then struck a second time by a large four door.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on July 21, 2012, 02:57:17 PM
i was watching the movie Bad Boys today and there is a gold gremlin in it.

Which Bad Boys?   as there's three movies called bad boys (one's from finland, so I doubt it's that one).

There's Bad Boys (1995) with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112442/)

Or there's Bad Boys (1983) With Sean Penn and Clancy Brown and Ally Sheedy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085210/)


When you guys post these, I usually try to look them up on You tube, or Hulu, or where ever I can find them.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on July 22, 2012, 02:56:16 AM
ok i had no idea the other two movies even existed but the one i was talking about was the one with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. sorry for the confusion.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on July 23, 2012, 10:23:23 AM
ahhh, here I thought it would be the Sean Penn movie since it was made in the 80's.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Baskinator on September 28, 2012, 10:34:43 PM
I'm watching Breaking Bad on Netflix right now, and it's actually Season 2, Episode 11 right at the beginning where the brown Eagle wagon is shown. The guy walks up to the car and does a drug deal, then they flash to the rear of the car and there is no license plate. It's a pretty good looking wagon. Wonder if that one bounces  :blob1: :rotfl:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on September 28, 2012, 10:45:04 PM
in the 2008 movie Dog Gone the bad guys drive a pink and white Nash Metropolitan rental car that smokes really bad.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on November 07, 2012, 04:56:41 PM
anyone notice (or have posted) the Waterboy with Adam Sandler...  when he first gets fired, and he's driving home, a concord passes him honking at him.

(http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu84/whuntmore/Other%20pics/waterboyeagle.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on November 07, 2012, 10:29:36 PM
in the movie mystery men on of the main characters (the shoveller) drives a 1959 Rambler Rebel Custom wagon. there is also a 54 Hudson.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Zoro on December 12, 2012, 12:51:01 PM
Way back from 1985, probably a brand new Eagle or Concord. Star Tribune from Cheyenne, Wyoming

(http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/trib.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/4d/14d19f4e-ec91-5325-89b1-db753e8fa69b/4c5490a7ca8cd.preview-300.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on December 18, 2012, 11:30:03 PM
Ill bet that photo is of the August 1, 1985 flood in Cheyenne, which was the most destructive flood in Wyoming's history. Cheyenne received around 7" of rainfall within 3 hours which caused Dry Creek to swell to the size of a river submerging cars and property. It racked up a total of $65 million in damages (about $120 million in today's market) and resulted in 70 injuries and 12 deaths.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Zoro on December 19, 2012, 10:18:06 AM
Ill bet that photo is of the August 1, 1985 flood in Cheyenne, which was the most destructive flood in Wyoming's history. Cheyenne received around 7" of rainfall within 3 hours which caused Dry Creek to swell to the size of a river submerging cars and property. It racked up a total of $65 million in damages (about $120 million in today's market) and resulted in 70 injuries and 12 deaths.

That be the one!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on December 19, 2012, 11:38:00 PM
Cheyenne received around 7" of rainfall within 3 hours

7" would be about a half a year's worth of rain in Cheyenne, all packed into 3 hours!  Holy deluge!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on December 28, 2012, 08:57:47 PM
just got the game Driver San Fransisco and it has a Hudson Hornet, AMC Pacer, and what appears to be an 80's CJ5. i'm not all the way through the game yet so there may be more but that's all i've seen so far. oh and i should add that they actually used the real names for the cars in this game.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on December 31, 2012, 12:56:09 AM
Dude, I played that game at my buddies house for the first time last night! The details are amazing, even the dash board was dead on! it was like driving the real thing....Someone did their homework when they developed that game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqWSYjGsaXU
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on January 04, 2013, 07:09:38 AM
Dude, I played that game at my buddies house for the first time last night! The details are amazing, even the dash board was dead on! it was like driving the real thing....Someone did their homework when they developed that game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqWSYjGsaXU

Cool, I watched that video - Thought it was GTA.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on February 22, 2013, 12:30:28 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KY7jLQGHA0 Javelin through the whole video
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on February 22, 2013, 12:34:05 PM
Dude, I played that game at my buddies house for the first time last night! The details are amazing, even the dash board was dead on! it was like driving the real thing....Someone did their homework when they developed that game.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqWSYjGsaXU

Cool, I noticed the shift lever is still in park. LOL
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on February 23, 2013, 04:30:50 PM
In the upcoming Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy movie, McCarthy's character drives a Rambler.  You can see the trailer now on iTunes and other locations.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 12, 2013, 08:01:42 PM
while watching National Lampoon's Vacation i spotted a second Eagle wagon (a white and bronze) in the scene where clark is running out of the hotel after grabing all of the money out of the register.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Zoro on March 13, 2013, 12:12:50 PM
while watching National Lampoon's Vacation i spotted a second Eagle wagon (a white and bronze) in the scene where clark is running out of the hotel after grabing all of the money out of the register.

There's also one in there when they fill up at the gas station. Clark rips the license plate off his wagon after seeing the fuel fill on the AMC and his license plate ends up hitting the Eagle if I remember right.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: jim on March 13, 2013, 01:08:12 PM
The TV show "JUstified" has some kind of half-goofy policeman that drives a Gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 13, 2013, 10:09:02 PM
while watching National Lampoon's Vacation i spotted a second Eagle wagon (a white and bronze) in the scene where clark is running out of the hotel after grabing all of the money out of the register.

There's also one in there when they fill up at the gas station. Clark rips the license plate off his wagon after seeing the fuel fill on the AMC and his license plate ends up hitting the Eagle if I remember right.
yeah i knew about that one but i had never noticed this one before.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on March 16, 2013, 12:29:11 AM
Good eye maddog! I just fast forwarded through the whole movie (on VHS of course  8) ) and sure enough!!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on March 16, 2013, 02:54:38 AM
Good eye maddog! I just fast forwarded through the whole movie (on VHS of course  8) ) and sure enough!!
thanks i was watching it for the umpteenth time on starz when i spotted it. :rotfl:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on March 23, 2013, 01:06:26 AM
My wife watches this cheesy show called Once Upon a Time...I was suffering through an episode she had recorded with her on the couch last night when I spotted a nice looking Concord sedan...I snatched the remote and paused it as she angrily waited for me to find a camera to take a piclure  ;D

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc377/shanebo79/1205021043_zps918c57fa.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on April 02, 2013, 05:16:39 PM
my mom was watching some stupid lifetime movie that was on the other day called "someone else's baby" or something like that and for some reason i just happend to glance at the screen and it was just in in time to see a cream and dark brown Eagle wagon go by in the background.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: TheWraith on April 03, 2013, 07:06:14 AM
My wife watches this cheesy show called Once Upon a Time...I was suffering through an episode she had recorded with her on the couch last night when I spotted a nice looking Concord sedan...I snatched the remote and paused it as she angrily waited for me to find a camera to take a piclure  ;D

Funny.  Sounds like something that would happen in my house.  I bet the wife accused you of being half crazy too.  I know mine would had.  Good catch.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: TwoEaglesForMe on April 07, 2013, 10:33:37 PM
Lately most of the aamco transmission commercials running in the Jersey area have a yellow pacer on the lift.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Zoro on April 10, 2013, 10:24:38 PM

Funny.  Sounds like something that would happen in my house.  I bet the wife accused you of being half crazy too.  I know mine would had.  Good catch.

Mine would probably beat me to the punch. She's gotten better than I have at spotting AMC's.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Budwisr on May 05, 2013, 09:41:43 AM
 A Javelin is featured in the latest Wallpaper video "Good 4 It"
 And it's featured in a major way, worth a look. :amc:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carnuck on May 06, 2013, 03:03:16 PM
FSJs turn 50! (Hemmings)

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/05/01/jeeps-wagoneer-progenitor-of-the-modern-suv-turns-50/

XJs turn 30 this year.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: twoslowinwyo on May 06, 2013, 09:40:43 PM
I was watching the movie, PAT the other day, it was based on an SNL reoccurring skit. it has been at least 10 years since I have seen it. but not only does pat drive a gremlin, but it is a right hand drive gremlin!  ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Kammback on May 17, 2013, 09:09:19 AM
This is the only site I'm on that you can't embed video
But, here it is, loving classic rock, David Byrne is awesome, and so is the car he drives in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPYKJAnwUo
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Amc1320 on May 17, 2013, 07:40:30 PM
Glad she was skinny enough not to dent the bumper

Saw him at Bonnaroo last year, dudes still got it

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 15, 2013, 07:38:57 PM
Eagles recognized as being ahead of its time:

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/three-cars-were-ahead-time-175953555.html

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on October 09, 2013, 09:28:20 PM
Hagerty Insurance has an article on their web site about their 5 favorite AMC designs, including the Eagle.

http://www.hagerty.com/classic-car-articles-resources/Features/News/All-Articles/2013/09/20/Odd-Cars-Odd-Company?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Hagerty%20Weekly%20News%2010-09-2013
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Whuntmore on October 10, 2013, 06:31:08 PM
Tons of comments on that article.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on October 31, 2013, 03:46:15 PM
To celebrate Halloween, here is an offbeat cartoon featuring a Gremlin.  Warning, if you don't have a weird sense of humor, you probably won't think this is very fun

http://www.homestarrunner.com/homestarloween.html
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on October 31, 2013, 04:57:01 PM
Only 390 Horse Power?  Heck, my Ambo 360 has 320+.  They need to tweak that Gremlin a bit considering all of the mods it has.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 1985amceagle on October 31, 2013, 05:06:55 PM
ive been watching dukes of hazard lately, im through the area where the coffin nose matadors were used as patrol cars already, although a fury will magically morph into a coffin nose, and then morph back into the fury. the earlier body style matador seems to show up more often, and generally seem to get destroyed. there is a few cj7s and a grand wagoneer or two that appear as well after AMMC started supplying new vehicles
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on October 31, 2013, 05:08:13 PM
Those Fury's knew being a Matador was better.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: 1985amceagle on October 31, 2013, 05:25:47 PM
heres a better shot of a matador trying to become a charger. the attachments work now! :blob1:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on December 20, 2013, 08:18:54 PM
on gran turismo 6 they have added the 1948 Hudson that Mario Andretti used to race. they even have a seasonal race dedicated to it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on December 20, 2013, 08:54:30 PM
Hagerty INsurance lists the Eagle as one of the classic cars that does well in the snow

http://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2013/12/11/Winter-Wonders?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Hagerty%20Weekly%20News%2012-18-2013
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on January 09, 2014, 09:14:27 PM
in the movie the heat Melissa McCarthy's character drives a mid sixties four door rambler.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on January 09, 2014, 11:44:15 PM
In the video for Beverly Hills by Weezer, there is a Gremlin that pulls up to the Playboy Mansion as they are performing the song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_WvOly7mY
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on January 10, 2014, 12:23:11 AM
Not cool! It was right when they were saying, "My automobile is a piece of crap."
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on January 10, 2014, 03:43:42 AM
In the video for Beverly Hills by Weezer, there is a Gremlin that pulls up to the Playboy Mansion as they are performing the song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_WvOly7mY
I love that song and I completely spaced there being a gremlin in the video.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Budwisr on January 24, 2014, 06:33:23 PM
In the video for Beverly Hills by Weezer, there is a Gremlin that pulls up to the Playboy Mansion as they are performing the song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_WvOly7mY
I love that song and I completely spaced there being a gremlin in the video.
I remember when Weezer's Buddy Holly video came out, I thought they were actually from Kenosha. ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Budwisr on March 10, 2014, 07:23:06 PM
 Article featuring the eagle Kammback
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/03/10/lost-cars-of-the-1980s-1981-1982-amc-eagle-series-50-kammback/?refer=news
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on March 10, 2014, 08:10:45 PM
Well written.  But, the I-6 had 112 HP, not 100.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on May 16, 2014, 08:59:16 PM
I was watching the movie senseless this morning before work and towards the end of the movie there is a scene where Marlon Wayans's character gets mugged for his cloths and as he is being lead into an alley a dark blue Eagle wagon with red primer spots passes by a few moments later as the guy that took his cloths takes off the same Eagle passes by again going in the same direction as before.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: shanebo on May 23, 2014, 11:43:03 AM
I had a hard time sleeping last night so I decided to watch some old price is rights. I was pleasantly surprised to see a limited coupe as a prize....about 6min 2sec in...
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XWn7bLXCRWE
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Amc1320 on May 23, 2014, 01:53:43 PM
Very cool Shanebo

All for a tad over 11K brand new and loaded up!

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Horse on May 24, 2014, 04:01:21 AM
Too bad she didn't win it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mernsy on May 31, 2014, 08:05:21 PM
Came across this article which has prototypes I've never seen. The Javelin wagon caught my eye.

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-american/curbside-classicautomotive-history-1977-amc-hornet-amx-the-long-slow-decline-of-the-amx/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mernsy on June 05, 2014, 03:59:35 PM
If the Javelin hardtop wagon in the last post didn't pique anyone's interest, maybe this will.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/191138191/1980s-american-motors-amc-eagle-emblem?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_query=AMC+Eagle&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MudPuppy on June 05, 2014, 04:27:25 PM
If the Javelin hardtop wagon in the last post didn't pique anyone's interest, maybe this will.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/191138191/1980s-american-motors-amc-eagle-emblem?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_query=AMC+Eagle&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

That is a very nice painting!
I recognize that little Corgi as Hallie on the Eagle fb groups.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mernsy on June 05, 2014, 04:49:46 PM
I recognize that little Corgi as Hallie on the Eagle fb groups.

I'm not on fb but I love dogs!  ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mental1896 on June 09, 2014, 11:17:57 AM
A friend pointed me to this (http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/06/06/forgotten-170-classics/) today: The SX/4 got a mention.



Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on June 11, 2014, 09:39:10 PM
in the movie F/X there are about four Eagles and either a Pacer or a Gremlin (I only caught a small part of the front end) in the scene where the main character and his assistant are trying to get his special effects truck out of the police impound with out being seen.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carnuck on June 12, 2014, 01:30:21 PM
I watched Splice last night and there was a Gremlin but my eyes were too blurry from the coughing, hacking and sneezing to guess what year! Probably a '78 though.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on June 17, 2014, 10:55:34 PM
in the newest update for gta5 they added 7 new cars to the game well one of them is named the rhapsody but we know better as a pacer with a vw golf front end. oh and it is awesome.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vargatron on June 19, 2014, 02:17:46 PM
https://www.etsy.com/listing/191138191/1980s-american-motors-amc-eagle-emblem?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_query=AMC+Eagle&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

Hey, that's my painting  ;D
I completely forgot that I had registered on the Nest after I bought my wagon.  I'm mostly just a lurker...

I added a 10% off coupon for you AMC folks, if anybody wants it - "84EAGLE"
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carnuck on June 20, 2014, 02:53:57 AM
what part of the world are you in?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on June 23, 2014, 04:49:09 AM
in the movie camp nowhere there is a 1979 caribbean yellow gremlin thru out the entire movie as it is driven by one of the main characters.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mernsy on June 23, 2014, 05:13:30 AM
what part of the world are you in?

Profile says Northeast PA.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on July 19, 2014, 09:25:03 PM
in the movie ruthless people there is a gold and black gremlin in the scene where Danny DeVito's character hands over the money to his wife's kidnappers.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MudPuppy on July 20, 2014, 11:05:01 PM
Pacer gets stomped in the intro by an invisible elephant on The X-Files tv show, episode "Fearful Symmetry".
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Budwisr on July 21, 2014, 04:27:55 PM
The latest episode of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" features a Gremlin and an AMX.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Orithil on July 23, 2014, 09:26:19 AM
Dunno if this is the right place for this, BUT in one of Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, he picked up Jon Stewart in a Gremlin, but then he just couldn't take it so they switched to an AMX. 

Link if you're interested : http://www.crackle.com/c/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee?utm_source=Acura%20Social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Acura%20CCC%20Facebook%20Promo
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on July 23, 2014, 02:44:26 PM
Budwisr just mentioned that in the post before yours! :)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Orithil on July 23, 2014, 02:47:29 PM
So he did.  Sorry, I've been readjusting my schedule so I'm pretty tired, I just plain missed it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Draekon on July 24, 2014, 09:28:49 AM
In the TV show Halt and Catch Fire, a Gremlin gets in a wreck in one episode, and in another episode, there is a Concord.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MudPuppy on August 07, 2014, 08:47:18 PM
Just seen an '80 Eagle wagon (maroon & looks like it has a lift) on tonight's episode of Defiance on SyFy (episode: "Slouching towards Bethlehem)". Kenya & her kidnapper have a fight scene on and near the Eagle.

Also there's a Pacer wagon a little later behind Nolan. And a little later Amanda drives up in the Pacer to the kidnapper in the Eagle wagon where he has Kenya in the rear.

Must be AMC day on Defiance tonight.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carnuck on August 10, 2014, 01:09:38 AM
I'll check into that and get screen pics. Saved the season on the Hopper.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on August 26, 2014, 03:34:01 PM
Levis Gremlin and Oleg Cassini Matadors included in this list of the Strangest Special Edition Cars

http://jalopnik.com/372171/the-ten-strangest-special-edition-cars
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on September 01, 2014, 08:57:57 PM
the pacer is included in the best worst cars ever made list.
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-best-worst-cars-ever-made-200525722.html
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on December 25, 2014, 02:21:44 PM
I'm watching a 2013 episode of Chasing Classic Cars called "Packards."  The host is drooling over a 1937 Packard that is being sold by an estate. In the same garage as the Packard  is a yellow, either a 1977 or 78 Gremlin. I'm Surprised the host didn't walk right past the Packard and snap up the Gremlin.   :rotfl:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on December 26, 2014, 08:55:35 PM
I don't think they even mentioned the Gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Eagle Groupie on January 28, 2015, 09:33:42 PM
A bit of a thread killer...

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Amc&model=Eagle (http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Amc&model=Eagle)

Enjoy!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Newgenerationamcer on January 28, 2015, 11:13:45 PM
There is a Javelin in the newer Forza racing video games
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on January 29, 2015, 12:17:40 AM
There is also a Javelin SST in the Racing Rivals cellphone app.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on February 18, 2015, 07:21:51 PM
The Wall Street Journal takes notice of a Gremlin collector.  It would have been nice if they had some better shots of the collection.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-amc-gremlins-ride-again-1424185426
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on February 18, 2015, 07:22:24 PM
I don't think they even mentioned the Gremlin.

No they didn't.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on February 18, 2015, 07:28:21 PM
I'm watching a 2013 episode of Chasing Classic Cars called "Packards."  The host is drooling over a 1937 Packard that is being sold by an estate. In the same garage as the Packard  is a yellow, either a 1977 or 78. I'm Surprised the host didn't walk right past the Packard and snap up the Gremlin.   :rotfl:

You can see the Gremlin in the background a few times in this snippet from that show

http://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/chasing-classic-cars/videos/1937-packard-convertable/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IRON HORSE on March 08, 2015, 10:50:43 PM
Hello,  About 2 minutes into season 2 episode 11 of Breaking Bad there is an Eagle ..  check it out .. Regards, Iron Horse  :o
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on March 27, 2015, 12:08:05 PM
Hagerty discusses entry level cars from 5 decades, selects the Gremlin for the 70s

http://www.hagerty.com/Articles-Videos/Articles/2015/03/25/Entry-Level-Cars?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Hagerty%20Weekly%20News%203-25-2015
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: recomer on March 27, 2015, 12:25:32 PM
A bit of a thread killer...

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Amc&model=Eagle (http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Amc&model=Eagle)

Enjoy!

I love that site. But then again, my Eagle is listed there too :)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IowaEagle on March 27, 2015, 12:57:43 PM
Ease of entry into a Gremlin was much better than a Vega or Pinto.  :-)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on March 27, 2015, 03:39:29 PM
Ease of entry into a Gremlin was much better than a Vega or Pinto.  :-)

You know, I don't know that I ever sat in a Vega or a Pinto...been in plenty of Gremlins though
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carnuck on March 29, 2015, 08:34:25 PM
I found a green Gremlin which I got for my ex-wife's mother (She LOVED it) The 1 bbl carb was bad and it didn't charge (alt light controlled the regulator in the early ones) and it had no spark (points were fired). I adapted a 2 bbl from a Chev 283 to fit and that made it pretty reliable.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Newgenerationamcer on May 04, 2015, 09:35:15 PM
In the movie Super 8 some guy rear ends and destroys what looks to be a pacer
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: twoslowinwyo on May 06, 2015, 03:44:43 PM
every week we have "movie night" in our house, last night we watched edward scissorhands and i was suprised by not one, not two, but THREE AMC's in the movie. a pacer, a gremlin and a kamback. i guess tim burton must be a fan of AMC's  ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MudPuppy on June 12, 2015, 10:14:41 PM
Just seen an '80 Eagle wagon (maroon & looks like it has a lift) on tonight's episode of Defiance on SyFy (episode: "Slouching towards Bethlehem)". Kenya & her kidnapper have a fight scene on and near the Eagle.

Also there's a Pacer wagon a little later behind Nolan. And a little later Amanda drives up in the Pacer to the kidnapper in the Eagle wagon where he has Kenya in the rear.

Must be AMC day on Defiance tonight.


This season of Defiance (currently playing) I have been seeing what looks to be the same Eagle wagon in the previews. So looks like it'll show up again in an up-coming episode.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 14, 2015, 11:24:10 PM
In the June 2015 issue of Hemmings Classic Cars, there is an article about a gentleman that owns a 1973 Gremlin.  He bought one new in 1973, which was totaled less than two years after he bought in, then he bought another one in 2004.  Very complimentary of the Gremlin.  If anyone wants a copy of the article let me know and I will scan it and send it via email.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: johnbendik on June 19, 2015, 08:20:05 PM
Just spotted an Eagle wagon in the episode of 'Defiance' showing now (7:00 CST, episode 32) on the SyFy channel.  The episode opens with the lord of the creepy white-haired alien race and his wife making a mad rush into town in a Eagle, bearing the allegedly injured lord for medical care.

'Defiance' is a wierd sort of gritty science-fiction/Western hybrid series.  I don't follow it, but watch an occasional episode.  I just happened to tune in as the two-toned Eagle wagon was hauling *ss through the snow.

JB
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carnuck on June 24, 2015, 10:50:54 AM
Defiance is the grounded version of Firefly. Only with remnants of alien forces instead of Asians interbreeding and living with humans after a colossal war.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MudPuppy on June 24, 2015, 04:38:19 PM
Just seen an '80 Eagle wagon (maroon & looks like it has a lift) on tonight's episode of Defiance on SyFy (episode: "Slouching towards Bethlehem)". Kenya & her kidnapper have a fight scene on and near the Eagle.

Also there's a Pacer wagon a little later behind Nolan. And a little later Amanda drives up in the Pacer to the kidnapper in the Eagle wagon where he has Kenya in the rear.

Must be AMC day on Defiance tonight.


This season of Defiance (currently playing) I have been seeing what looks to be the same Eagle wagon in the previews. So looks like it'll show up again in an up-coming episode.





The Eagle in this season is different than last season's. Last seasons Eagle was maroon with a lift, this season's is a lightish blue woodgrain & looks to have had a lift as well.
The name of the episode(s) so far with this seasons Eagle in it is called: "Broken Bough"
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Newgenerationamcer on June 25, 2015, 11:55:10 PM
Defiance is the grounded version of Firefly. Only with remnants of alien forces instead of Asians interbreeding and living with humans after a colossal war.
I think you ment aliens.... ;D
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carnuck on June 27, 2015, 01:51:57 PM
On Firefly, China took over the world and the languages became mixed with English.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on August 20, 2015, 07:38:32 PM
On the Hagerty Insurance website, they have pictures from last week's Dream Cruise in Detroit.  Included was this picture of an SX/4

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/brilliantd/DC%20SX4_zpsbgrqfbyl.jpg) (http://s62.photobucket.com/user/brilliantd/media/DC%20SX4_zpsbgrqfbyl.jpg.html)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: macdude443 on September 29, 2015, 10:26:38 AM
Last week I had the opportunity to bring my SX/4 onto the MotorWeek 35th anniversary special.  If you tune in you can see it in the studio shots.  Episode 3505, debuts 10/09/15.  Not sure when it airs exactly.  Velocity plays the show as do most PBS stations.

(http://s14.postimg.org/4p52d19fl/IMG_2919.jpg)

(http://s23.postimg.org/5ba3x9tx7/IMG_2931.jpg)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: johnbendik on September 30, 2015, 05:39:08 PM
Tonight on 'Wheeler Dealers', the boys are tackling an AMC Pacer.  VLCTY channel at 8:00 PM in my time zone (Central).

Being British, we can expect these guys to be a lot more respectful of the brand than some of the recent American shows (I'm looking at you, 'Lost in Transmission'). Also, Wheeler Dealers tends to have more useful 'hands-on' content than most car shows, some of which are nothing but continuous 'product placement' for their advertisers.

JB
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: carnuck on October 04, 2015, 01:58:17 AM
If my so-called "friend" hadn't turned into a douchebag, he would probably be driving an SX4 with functioning Mustang 5.0L with World Class T-5.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on October 04, 2015, 11:20:47 AM
On American Pickers, they visited an old AMC dealership in North Carolina.  The owner had 4 Nash Healey's that was the main focus of their visit, I believe they ended up buying one.  The episode is called A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall and is available at the History Channel website.  I believe it is Episode 2 from the 2015 season. 

Terry has a pristine Nash Healey at the Rambler Ranch.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 27, 2016, 05:04:39 PM
Article about 268 Nash automobiles (1929 and 1930) that are at the bottom of Lake Michigan.  The cargo ship carrying them sank  :(

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/senator_shipwreck_nash_motors.html
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mudkicker715 on June 27, 2016, 11:52:29 PM
That is very close to me.....huhhh. i also have a book on great lakes shipping disasters nothing was said in that book about it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: JayRamb on July 07, 2016, 04:26:26 PM
Great article very interesting. Someone said "wonder how the gift shop is doing down there!?"
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Prafeston on July 15, 2016, 05:43:13 PM
On the Hagerty Insurance website, they have pictures from last week's Dream Cruise in Detroit.  Included was this picture of an SX/4

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h109/brilliantd/DC%20SX4_zpsbgrqfbyl.jpg) (http://s62.photobucket.com/user/brilliantd/media/DC%20SX4_zpsbgrqfbyl.jpg.html)


Stole my IDEA! I want to do an Eagle Mural on the hood of my car when I'm done!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on December 19, 2016, 05:28:15 PM
Here is a segment in Hagerty's Barn find series that includes a visit to the Rambler Ranch.  It's too bad they didn't spend more time inside the buildings with the nice cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE74UBfrVa0

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: AMC1 on December 20, 2016, 11:27:51 AM
Nice segments. I  had to laugh at myself saying no way would the town I live in allow me to do that even if had the property.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 09, 2017, 11:37:12 AM
Here is a nice clip on YouTube about an SX/4 Sport and its owner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGwna5ubvEI
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: AMC1 on June 23, 2017, 10:42:18 AM
Nice clip. The original owner added some nice extras. I wonder what year this clip was made. I live in IL. but didn't hear about nat'l. meet in Rockford.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 23, 2017, 02:14:06 PM
I wonder what year this clip was made. I live in IL. but didn't hear about nat'l. meet in Rockford.

Says the clip was filmed on 7/30/16.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on August 01, 2017, 05:52:10 PM
on the hoonigan's YouTube page they have an episode with a 72 hornet wagon doing a burnout. Here is the link.  
https://youtu.be/QWSRMwWSuFs
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on March 15, 2018, 04:58:58 PM
Cool article on Hagerty regarding the AMC Hornet doing the "Astro Spiral Jump" in the James Bond Movie "Man with the Golden Gun" and the work that led up to doing the stunt.

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/03/14/the-greatest-car-stunt-of-all-time-the-astro-spiral?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=18_Mar_14_HagertyNews
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: darjeeling on July 03, 2018, 10:19:15 PM
The Domestics: best thing since Back to the Future!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzd-Z01Fffs

Looks like they picked the right car for a road trip across post-apocalyptic Wisconsin. But what's the deal with that side mirror?

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mudkicker715 on July 03, 2018, 10:32:19 PM
Looks like a concord mirror. Amc anyway?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on July 04, 2018, 08:32:02 PM
Looks like a concord mirror. Amc anyway?

Cool to see the Eagle in there.  Is there a Matador also, looks like the headlights from the later year Matadors.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: DAVE on August 06, 2018, 10:31:25 AM
Saw an eagle wagon in the parking lot of "Diesel Brothers" season 4 episode 1
towards the end of the show when they are throwing the rubber run flat insert around with Bobcats.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: IRON HORSE on August 22, 2018, 02:00:40 PM
Hello  :hello2:

   AMC Hornet Jump - from: Man with the golden Gun  (1974/75 ?)

   File would not attach so the link is provided ... enjoy


   Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzCIbhLUUA0  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzCIbhLUUA0)

                                                                v/r Iron Horse  :o

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on November 23, 2018, 09:26:51 PM
 there's a Carl's jr. Commercial with a Concorde in it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MIPS on May 12, 2019, 10:17:38 PM
British Columbia documentary about a new public transit system in Vanouver has a three second shot of an Eagle at a stoplight. It was filmed at some point in the summer of 1982.
(https://imgur.com/uVh7sFr.jpg)
The documentary is called "Going to Town"
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 22, 2019, 09:24:18 AM
Looks like an interesting video on YouTube about an AMC auction, items which belonged to Neil Curry, a "collector of all things Amc." Posted 6/21/19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhGVes-heTw&feature=push-sd&attr_tag=CkjkREhjU3_9Gr80%3A6
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rmick on June 22, 2019, 10:20:07 AM
Would be cool to have some of the promotional items.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 22, 2019, 10:30:10 AM
Would be cool to have some of the promotional items.

Yes!!  Lot's of cool stuff!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: RallyEagle on June 22, 2019, 06:34:14 PM
Good vlog. Funny. Lots of good stuff.  Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on July 06, 2019, 08:09:29 AM
Some cool clips of Gremlins on the assembly line included in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH7rYz31lLk
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on November 14, 2019, 04:01:16 PM
Nice clip of the history of car making in Kenosha.  I haven't watched the whole thing yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIhCqWtHWrQ&t=873s
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on February 17, 2020, 02:07:00 PM
Not sure if this has been posted here before, but here is a segment from My Classic Car at the Rambler Ranch.  There are some shots of the inside of each of the buildings, and it features two Nash's from the 50's.  Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMa1FaRsndY
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on February 25, 2020, 07:17:45 PM
Came across this on YouTube.  I can't understand what is being said because it's all in Russian (?) but it is well produced.  Maybe some Eagles did make it to Russia!!

https://youtu.be/f4FbyhimvlY
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on March 13, 2020, 11:41:25 AM
From 2018, here is an episode of Diesel Brothers where they put a diesel into an 84 Eagle wagon.  I know many people on the Den have talked about such a conversion in the past.

"Heavy D and Diesel Dave source a 1984 AMC Eagle they want to turn into their next big, diesel-powered build."

Season 4, episode 101

You may need to log in through your cable provider to be able to watch it.

https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/diesel-brothers/full-episodes/fly-like-an-eagle?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on March 14, 2020, 04:38:17 PM
From 2018, here is an episode of Diesel Brothers where they put a diesel into an 84 Eagle wagon.  I know many people on the Den have talked about such a conversion in the past.

"Heavy D and Diesel Dave source a 1984 AMC Eagle they want to turn into their next big, diesel-powered build."

Season 4, episode 101

You may need to log in through your cable provider to be able to watch it.

https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/diesel-brothers/full-episodes/fly-like-an-eagle?

I posted this link before I watched the episode.  Unfortunately, they don't tackle putting a diesel in the Eagle in this episode, they just go buy the Eagle and talk about their ten favorite builds.  I looked through more recent episodes and did not find one where they actually do the diesel engine conversion.  The guy that told me about the conversion showed me a picture of what was supposed to be the Eagle done on the show so maybe he'll be able to find the correct episode.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: DAVE on March 22, 2020, 04:49:59 PM
looks like they are doing something to it now if you look up diesel dave's facebook  page
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on March 23, 2020, 02:30:32 PM
This place lists movies/TV shows with Eagles.:

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=amc&model=eagle
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: AMC1 on April 02, 2020, 04:41:23 PM
Enjoyed the one on the Gremlins. My '76 was my first new car - drove it today. My dad & his friend couldn't understand why AMC was stupid enough to name it the Gremlin. During WWII bad manufactured parts for the war effort were blamed on the Gremlins. Nice video.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mitch on June 07, 2020, 04:39:16 PM
I've been watching episodes of an old TV show, (on YouTube), called Mannix. So far I've seen a Gremlin, a Matador and an old Rambler wagon.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 07, 2020, 07:16:01 PM
I've been watching episodes of an old TV show, (on YouTube), called Mannix. So far I've seen a Gremlin, a Matador and an old Rambler wagon.

Mannix was a great show, I used to watch it as a kid.....wait, does that mean I'm old??
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mitch on June 08, 2020, 04:41:17 AM
The show ran from '67 to '75 so all I've ever seen is reruns. I turned 14 in '70 when we got our first television and the last thing I wanted to do at that age was sit around watching a static filled old black and white TV. In fact, I still don't watch TV although I do like watching the old stuff on YouTube.

In some episodes all the policeman cars are Matadors.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on July 21, 2020, 12:24:56 PM
In a new episode of diesel Brothers last night they started work on an AMC Eagle build to race it against a Subaru brat build.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mitch on August 19, 2020, 02:32:31 PM
While watching "The Saint", (Season 2 Episode 13), I noticed a guy driving a Rambler. The episode starts in Ontario, Canada. It's   first seen just before the five minute mark. I think it was a 1957 Rambler but not 100% sure. "The Saint" was a British show starring Roger Moore before he became James Bond.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Mitch on October 10, 2020, 06:03:15 AM
Interesting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gzq0R1ZI2M&ab_channel=DennisCollins
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on October 12, 2020, 10:58:43 AM
Saw this posted this morning.:


https://silodrome.com/amc-eagle-car/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on October 24, 2020, 09:52:27 PM
In a fairly new Walgreens commercial there is a brown Concord wagon.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rmick on October 25, 2020, 12:09:12 AM
An older episode of My Classic Car http://www.myclassiccar.com/episode/22/23/ My Javelin
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Run-AMC on October 25, 2020, 11:25:10 PM
In a fairly new Walgreens commercial there is a brown Concord wagon.

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/tAwk/walgreens-the-walk-of-life-medicare-song-by-dire-straits (https://www.ispot.tv/ad/tAwk/walgreens-the-walk-of-life-medicare-song-by-dire-straits)

Thanks for the post!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on October 26, 2020, 02:05:33 PM
In this edition of Hagerty's Barn Finds, they spotlight a guy who has a Rambler and a lifted AMC Eagle he is working on. Jump forward to the 8:50 mark if you want to get right to the good stuff lol

https://youtu.be/ZJnf7USLGok
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mudkicker715 on November 19, 2020, 05:40:50 PM
pretty sure I had seen this before. however it appeared in my Google feed today, no time to read it though.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/37632/the-last-amc-dealership-is-still-open-in-north-carolina
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on November 19, 2020, 06:02:43 PM
Collier motors.
The address: F2Q9+Q2 Pikeville, North Carolina
Just in case someone wants to go.
colliermotorsamc.com
The website seems to be focused on American Pickers.
A destination I would like to go, just too see if there is anything I could get😎
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on April 13, 2021, 06:55:50 PM
Great detailed history of AMC and it's predecessors.  Set aside some time (or use the playback speed on Youtube to speed it up) as it's a long one!!

https://youtu.be/TCmHII0Pp9w
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on April 13, 2021, 11:20:13 PM
Crocodile Dundee (the first) has a Gremlin (X even) in it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on April 14, 2021, 07:33:18 PM
Crocodile Dundee (the first) has a Gremlin (X even) in it.

It's the scene where he is talking to the ladies of the night.

https://youtu.be/3o6SNp9Ouu8
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on June 04, 2021, 03:49:50 PM
Very recent estate auction, 84 Eagle wagon with just over 3,000 miles, sells for $28000

https://youtu.be/iLkKOk1exNM

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rmick on June 04, 2021, 04:25:19 PM
WOW!!!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on June 10, 2021, 08:19:34 PM
That's insane.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on August 21, 2021, 10:28:10 AM
In the episode of Expedition Unknown uncovering the Golden City, Josh Gates drives a Matador station wagon for his Josh Gates Tonight segment that's at the end of the episode.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on August 21, 2021, 07:42:00 PM
I don't recall what movie it was now, but they crashed a red Matador. It was on Amazon Prime.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on August 26, 2021, 09:07:22 PM
Movie - Star Kid. Approx. 35 - 40 minutes in. Pizza delivery guy (newer) Gremlin X.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on August 30, 2021, 10:58:39 AM
Just spotted another one this morning. Eddie Murphy - Golden Child, early (in the first 5 minutes?) brown Concord in traffic.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on September 04, 2021, 09:59:57 AM
On the new episode of the Lokar Car Show.
One of the featured cars was a AMX
The engine was a 390
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on September 04, 2021, 03:31:20 PM
I haven't watched it, it was posted on one of the VAM pages on spacebook. Supposed to be a bunch of VAMs in this movie.

https://youtu.be/a28gZf8789c
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on September 06, 2021, 10:02:04 AM
Each year they have the Great Lakes AMC meet on the day after the Woodward Cruise in Livonia MI.  Someone made a very complete video of this year’s meet and posted it on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/Ym_8Cdi6Xn8
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on September 07, 2021, 10:19:50 AM
Mild build of a 258 engine on Powernation.  I’m sure the header they used would never fit on an Eagle lol

https://youtu.be/1KAxA4cUW1s
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on September 12, 2021, 05:29:25 PM
Fun article from Hagerty about cars that were on The Price is Right in the 70s/80s. The first car listed is an 82 Eagle 2 door sedan.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/entertainment/come-on-down-7-cars-that-made-the-price-is-right-showcase-sparkle/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on September 12, 2021, 09:12:27 PM
Powernation usually does some interesting builds. My question would, be the carb, if it is actually reliable and can handle the mandated ethanol.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Canoe on September 24, 2021, 11:43:42 AM
Junkyard Digs
$50 Car VS Off-Road Jeep Park - 24 Hour Build Challenge
Today we take an AMC Eagle to an OHV park and test the first 4x4 cars off road abilities!

Quote: "Managed to convince these guys that we were a special kind of stupid."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu9krKqBUQI
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MIPS on September 25, 2021, 07:59:22 PM
That poor transmission......
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on October 14, 2021, 01:34:57 PM
The last AMC dealership will finally be going away..... :(

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/the-clock-is-ticking-for-america-s-last-amc-dealership/ar-AAPwxdI?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on October 17, 2021, 02:59:16 PM
here is the second eagle from junkyardigs.
https://youtu.be/8FYNPPwBrXM
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on October 23, 2021, 10:20:56 AM
Cheech & Chong - Up in Smoke, CHP (LAPD?) uses Matadors.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: djm3452004 on October 23, 2021, 02:20:58 PM
here is the second eagle from junkyardigs.
https://youtu.be/8FYNPPwBrXM


I shouldn't be annoyed by this video, seeing as Eagle media references are so few and far between, but I am.  It pisses me off to see someone find a motor full of water and just slap oil in it, chug away like nothing ever happened, then be like "this car is so unreliable!". 

No, the car is fine, pal.  You're just a moron who expects to put no work into a 40-year-old car that's been sitting forever and have it drive away into the sunset like it's a 2018 Corolla.

Yet these clowns get sponsors and free $5K brake lathes and become the automotive "authority" in today's idiot-driven media culture.

Sour grapes?  Jealous much?  Yeah, some.  Mostly because I don't get free tools for being one.... :rotfl:
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: TheBirdman on October 25, 2021, 10:41:33 AM
I dunno, I thought it was fine. All the unreliable parts he was talking about were the gimmicky 40 year old emissions system and vacuum controlled drivetrain parts, and im sure we can all agree that those are unreliable crap. That the engine ran at all, let alone so well, after sitting with that much water in it is something you wouldnt see in inferior motors, and a testament to amc engineering.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MIPS on October 25, 2021, 10:52:26 AM
Quote
All the unreliable parts he was talking about were the gimmicky 40 year old emissions system and vacuum controlled drivetrain parts, and I'm sure we can all agree that those are unreliable crap.

I can kinda understand nerfing the AIR system and the vapour system as both are rather tedious to repair when either the lines or the converter have rotted out but what bothers me is when he pulled the vacuum solenoid rack he also pulled the vacuum component for the idle control, so it will never idle right when the lights, AC, defoggers or really any of the high load items are running.
The sheer number of times I've had people complain "the engine runs like crap" and I find out its either because they have unrealistic expectations on what a 258 will do when stock or half the computer is still attached and it's trying in all its might to resolve impossible-to-correct sensor conditions which is making EVERYTHING not work right. Its either/or with the CeC.

Then again, are we expecting any level of (subjective) respect to the car when his first one was "Lift it and drive it until the transmission fries, then launch a rod into space"?
Just another cement head youtuber who can afford to trash cars for a paycheck. He isn't losing sleep over our frustrations, but then again we're better than the Corvette crowd and shouldn't be doing the same, right? ;)
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: TheBirdman on October 25, 2021, 11:10:50 AM
Im not frustrated at all, that first eagle was pretty much only fit for parts scavenging or the scrapyard anyways. That it got once last chance to live and bring enjoyment is more than most eagles that shape ever get. The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long and all that. And its not like they bought two prime condition eagles and heinously ruined them either, I saw the facebook marketplace ad for both of them before he bought them and they were both being practically given away, for good reason.

Actually, hes likely going to sell the second eagle in a bit, so in my eyes he added value to the eagle community by introducing one good running eagle to the market and generating a ton of interest, at the cost of one junk eagle. In a way, its probably more benefit than the eagle Im currently scrapping for axles.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: djm3452004 on October 25, 2021, 12:50:20 PM
Just another cement head youtuber who can afford to trash cars for a paycheck.


I think this is my point exactly.  If you're going to work on a car, or really anything mechanical, do it properly.  If you find a motor full of water that you're not sure about, at least pull the friggin' oil pan.  Obviously on an Eagle that's not the easiest venture with the motor in the car, but it's not like he knew that.  I would feel the same way if it was the hypothetical 2018 Corolla I mentioned initially, not just an Eagle.  The type of car here is irrelevant. 

The knowledge that gets passed on to an untrained/uninformed audience here is:  "mystery motor full of water, drain water, fill with oil, expect everything to be fine".  So many people take YouTube to be "THE" definitive source for lots of things and the uninformed may not know to question our friend's work methods.

I have more of an issue with that than anything else.


The other thing I'd say is this:  Having the Eagle up on the Youtube "big screen" is fine, but not all publicity is good publicity.  Having our cars painted as completely disposable lumps of garbage doesn't do much to forward the hobby.

As always, it's just my opinion.  Bear in mind I am a softie that felt bad back in the day watching/hearing "Cash for Clunkers" engines die with the sodium silicate solution.

Rant over, getting off soapbox...

David

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on November 02, 2021, 12:29:31 AM
About 48 minutes into the movie Big Miracle there is an Eagle wagon sitting in front of a mexican restaurant as Drew Barrymore's character walks out of it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on November 03, 2021, 06:09:39 PM
Found this AMC Gremlin on a you tube channel called mixflip a few minutes ago. Apparently it is a SEMA
https://youtu.be/_AGpckuhbQY
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on November 07, 2021, 08:24:25 PM
In the Auto/Biography episode "The Price of Speed" they are at the Bonneville salt flats and during one of their panning shots a very nice looking Marlin drives by.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rmick on February 07, 2022, 08:38:14 PM
https://youtu.be/YH_V9BQui-A
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on February 08, 2022, 11:29:29 AM
https://youtu.be/_zmUqzFXWLE

4 door sedan project car
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on February 12, 2022, 08:08:05 PM
On the new episode of engine masters one of the hosts (who's also a host on roadkill) said they are going to be building a hemi powered gremlin on roadkill.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on February 12, 2022, 08:59:59 PM
I wonder if it is the same gremlin in the roadkill episode that was towing the prius? I hope so. I will be looking for it on my dvr I record all the new episodes of engine masters.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: TheBirdman on February 13, 2022, 12:12:51 PM
Yep, its the same gremlin, One of the film crew bought it and drove it for a few years, and a couple months ago they got it back on the show and made it into the hemi gremmy. unfortunately they basically had to chop up the gremlin and drop it on top of a purpose built chassis for everything to fit, but its still pretty cool.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/897477356690763806/942467653413507104/unknown.png?width=1016&height=535)
They dont put the episodes up on youtube anymore so you either have to pay for their subscription service or find it on tv to watch it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: TheBirdman on March 28, 2022, 09:09:30 AM
https://youtu.be/N1DcMT3OaGs
surprisingly accurate review by rcr
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on March 28, 2022, 06:26:30 PM
Thanks for the link!

50,000+ views in less than 24 hours, that's more exposure than Eagles have had since Back to the Future came out lol.  And the people are getting accurate info!  All good stuff!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: TheBirdman on March 28, 2022, 08:20:04 PM
Yeah, RCR is wildly popular in the youtube car space, I knew this video was incoming, so I was dreading their usual "factual shortcomings", but the guy who did this one, Roman, is a huge amc fanboy and actually did his research pretty well.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on April 10, 2022, 12:10:02 PM
Cool video about VAM and the sold in Mexico American Motors cars. Unless you’re fluent in Spanish, you’ll want to turn on closed captions and the translate feature. I also put the playback speed at 75% so I could keep up with the subtitles.

https://youtu.be/ELcmXBS7W_A
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on April 25, 2022, 11:48:37 AM
Not sure if this counts or not. Took the Bird to a car show Sat. & a radio station sat up almost right in front of me. They called out the Eagle on the air. Admittedly, they called it a Spacer the first time ;D, but at least they got the AMC part right! They DID get it right later!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on May 01, 2022, 09:37:32 PM
Just finished watching a sci-fi movie called "Short Circuit" about a robot that comes to life. They have a bunch of (military) jeeps & some M-715s (Kaiser Jeep 5/4 pickups).
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on May 16, 2022, 07:02:39 PM
Article by Hagerty Insurance on how prices on AMC's are going up. No mention of Eagles though.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/valuation/amc-values-are-finally-stirring-but-most-remain-big-bad-bargains/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_NA_EML_UN_SaturdayRoadTrip&hashed_email=6e2458b4084774bc1a46950a82b433c1ddedbc0a1f7ab34979d7f2fa6ce401eb
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MIPS on May 17, 2022, 10:53:35 PM
Pacer, AMX, Javelin, Rambler....I'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary here. One's an oddball that has movie recognition, the others more often than not are driven around as muscle cars.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rmick on May 18, 2022, 08:59:59 AM
The latest episode of Better Call Saul has an Eagle wagon in the opening scene.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on May 18, 2022, 09:54:56 PM
On one of the newest episodes of roadkill they started building the hemi gremlin.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: mudkicker715 on May 19, 2022, 08:19:20 PM
dumb thing to add butt maybe pertinent now. please add on what provider has this. I mean utube netflix or you tell us what it is.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on May 20, 2022, 07:49:53 PM
The roadkill stuff is on motor trend.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rmick on May 20, 2022, 09:12:42 PM
https://youtu.be/tOmYKoKQ7XE
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: MIPS on May 21, 2022, 06:28:00 PM
Quote
"the top of the line for American Motors in 1984"
(https://static1.hotcarsimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/used4-crop.jpg)

>no roof rack
>no air conditioning
>no power windows
>no power locks
>no rear defroster
>no rear wiper
>No rear hatch light
>no power seats


>adds a lift kit

What a shyster.
Here I was thinking I had a base model wagon. This guy is so stripped down I'm sure the "Limited" badges are there for a whole different meaning LOL!
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: EagleSX4_5Speed on May 21, 2022, 09:33:59 PM
Anyone catch the Eagle SX4 in Roadkill season 11 episode 130?
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on June 14, 2022, 07:22:41 PM
Saw this the other day & keep forgetting to post (no pic., sorry). An ad for (I THINK) something called 'credit karma'? Guy opens his garage & has a yellow Gremlin sitting there. Newer one with the indents vertical instead of horizontal.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on July 21, 2022, 04:57:14 PM
Story about the AMX/3 prototype

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-amx-3-a-half-century-before-the-c8-corvette-little-amc-made-a-mid-engine-supercar/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on August 08, 2022, 05:45:05 PM
It is a brief mention, but it is at the beginning of the article.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/americans-off-road-style-vehicles-automakers
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on August 24, 2022, 09:26:59 PM
SX/4 saved from a junkyard. Didn’t watch much of it so I don’t know if they got it running

https://youtu.be/sLQL2P5KPC8
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on August 25, 2022, 01:10:58 AM
Yeah they got it running on the varnish gas that was in it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: atmafox on August 25, 2022, 11:18:21 AM
Yup, though they're running the Weber at rather higher pressure than it should be run at.  I commented on the video about that.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on August 28, 2022, 08:42:40 PM
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a35521676/1981-amc-eagle-sx4-sport-by-the-numbers/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on September 10, 2022, 07:51:49 PM
Not sure if this has been posted before, there is a Pacer Wagon in the new version (2017) of Steven Kings IT.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on September 10, 2022, 09:13:31 PM
Another video about getting an Eagle running again

https://youtu.be/iAtbVVkHHjE
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on September 25, 2022, 09:29:39 PM
Not truly an AMC but nice article about the Hudson Hornet. The writer is probably in his 80s but continues to review cars for the Denver Post. He’s been doing it forever!

https://enewspaper.denverpost.com/?publink=1a1e7c76c_1348620
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: djm3452004 on September 26, 2022, 08:54:42 AM
Another good video from the "Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History" YouTube channel.  Kind of a high-level run-through of the Eagle's history, launch and evolution over its brief life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckxmx3DVHaA

I like these factual videos that actually delve into the histories of the decisions that drove these cars into (and out of) production, rather than the "car p0rn" first-start and rag-on videos that are typically all we see of Eagles now.  These latter types of videos negate the fact that there were plenty of people that actually cared about these cars when they were built, and the dumbed-down "oh, AMCs were just piles of other manufacturer's parts" drivel just gets old.  Monday-morning quarterbacking gets real easy with 40+ years of hindsight!


David
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on October 01, 2022, 02:59:24 PM
Watching Brewster's Millions ("newer" version w/Richard Pryor, not the original), early in the movie - just after they cross the bridge from Joisey inta New Yawk, LOOKED LIKE a Hornet (hatchback), reddish goes past.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on October 06, 2022, 09:07:26 PM
Movie called "Strategic Air Command" w/Jimmy Stuart, opening scene has a Nash wagon in it.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: rmick on October 09, 2022, 02:34:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAiRVrUJwhY
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on November 10, 2022, 09:49:06 PM
Bringing an SX/4 back to life. Haven’t watched it all yet but sounds like he installs universal clutch master and slave cylinders

https://youtu.be/t5ke4F-9050
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on November 17, 2022, 08:36:02 PM
On the newest episode of Roadworthy Rescues they are at Collier Motors bringing a Rebel SST that has sat for 43 years back to life.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on January 12, 2023, 05:21:15 PM
Just finished watching a movie called "The Final Countdown". Sci-Fi/Military sorta thing. An aircraft carrier gets sent back in time to Dec. 6, 1941. Almost at the end of the movie when they're on the dock after returning to their own time, 3 sedans pull up to meet them. 1st is a '73 Fury, next is a Matador (not sure year), & a '70s FORD Galaxie behind that.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on February 19, 2023, 11:00:03 PM
Video of an SX/4 driving over Black Bear Pass in Colorado

https://youtu.be/sgxnCDGqapI
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on May 27, 2023, 09:47:25 AM
New video on You Tube - Rescuing a Gremmie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnR6SzCoerU
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on May 30, 2023, 12:22:44 PM
New video on You Tube - Rescuing a Gremmie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnR6SzCoerU

That's a really good one!  He is one of my favorite YouTubers, I learn a lot from him.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on July 06, 2023, 07:25:53 PM
In rockauto's newsletter for this month they have an AMX featured.
https://www.rockauto.com/Newsletter/
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Fred C Dobbs on July 11, 2023, 11:59:03 AM
Those Alaskan BARBARIANS wasted a poor Eagle Wagon during the 4th of July Car Launch in Glacier View. *Trigger Warning*

https://youtu.be/eLmkGI4tMco?t=252

The old bird actually held up pretty well...
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on July 21, 2023, 05:29:31 PM
Documentary on the Hudson Hornet:

https://youtu.be/_XlRbVNantc
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on August 18, 2023, 02:01:47 PM
Just started watching "Men in Black II" (again, I'm bored) ;D & just noticed a Spacer in the beginning of the TV Show they're watching.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Artmodels on August 21, 2023, 02:49:52 PM
Fun that the movies producers equate a pacer with men in black "alien" tech.

Also, noticed there is an eagle in the parking lot of cdowells" burger joimt in the movie "coming to america".  Also noticed an eagle crossing an intersection in the beginming nyc downtown shots of the movie Romancing the Stone.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on September 30, 2023, 12:24:43 PM
How-to for a straight axle swap on an Eagle

https://youtu.be/QKE6fG2W1qo?si=0sPzwcOazfXAvSyv
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: amcfool1 on September 30, 2023, 07:16:31 PM
hi, check out Grace Potter's new song/video "Mother Road"  on You Tube.  :)   gz
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: maddog on October 02, 2023, 02:58:45 PM
hi, check out Grace Potter's new song/video "Mother Road"  on You Tube.  :)   gz
That's a good song.
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on October 02, 2023, 08:36:58 PM
Another video on Collier Motors.
https://colliermotorsamc.com/

https://youtu.be/ytJtc1uCQ08?si=pTbmpQRv917bIxpk
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Still Pat on November 03, 2023, 12:38:21 AM
Just saw this om spaceybook today.

https://fb.watch/o4cvlDwEMD/

Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: Taylor on November 04, 2023, 07:26:30 PM
Another Grace Potter video.
It is just a couple interior shots.

https://youtu.be/pcN0ON3Qg8A?si=OkpFSDZm-7vQaFKb

Different Video with exterior shots.

https://youtu.be/aVrGS9s4sqw?si=M6Yf3b9EqbD4OxNh
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on November 13, 2023, 02:54:52 PM
Nice video about upgrading a 258

https://youtu.be/1KAxA4cUW1s?si=s9Jd5jb7U5Mtzrf7
Title: Re: AMCs in the media
Post by: vangremlin on January 28, 2024, 04:37:06 PM
Nice article on Hagerty, choosing their favorite AMCs, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of AMC.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/lists/celebrate-70-years-of-amc-with-10-of-our-favorite-models/