AMCs in the media

[MIPS]

"the top of the line for American Motors in 1984"

>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!

[EagleSX4_5Speed]

Anyone catch the Eagle SX4 in Roadkill season 11 episode 130?

[Still Pat]

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.

[vangremlin]

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/

[Taylor]

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

[vangremlin]

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

[maddog]

Yeah they got it running on the varnish gas that was in it.

[atmafox]

Yup, though they're running the Weber at rather higher pressure than it should be run at.  I commented on the video about that.

[vangremlin]

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a35521676/1981-amc-eagle-sx4-sport-by-the-numbers/

[Taylor]

Not sure if this has been posted before, there is a Pacer Wagon in the new version (2017) of Steven Kings IT.

[vangremlin]

Another video about getting an Eagle running again

https://youtu.be/iAtbVVkHHjE

[vangremlin]

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

[djm3452004]

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

[Still Pat]

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.

[Still Pat]

Movie called "Strategic Air Command" w/Jimmy Stuart, opening scene has a Nash wagon in it.