AMCs in the media

[maddog]

there's a wagoneer in the movie meet dave with eddie murphy.

[shaggimo]

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.

[maddog]

was watching black dynamite yesterday and saw a pacer in it.

[jim]

Enemy of the State had a really nice GW in several scenes.

[jim]

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.

[IowaEagle]

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.

[jim]

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.

[allend]

There's a pizza comerical out now with a Gremlin in it

[Eagle Kammback]

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

[JayRamb]

Was just watching an older episode of 'Without a Trace'.  There was a 75 Pacer, Red in the show. 

[Eagle Kammback]

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

[IowaEagle]

Heard on the radio today (that's media isn't it?) That George HW Bush owned a purple Levis Gremlin.

[Eagle Kammback]

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

[Eagle Kammback]

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

[apes17]

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.