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AMC American Motors Company cars.
Featuring Gremlins, Pacers, and others.
AMC was started in 1954. It was a combind merger of other companies - such as the Nash Kelvinator Corporation, Kaiser, Willys Overland, and also the Hudson Motor Car Company.
AMC was later formed into Jeep (Eagle) in 1988, and later was absorbed by Chrysler in 1990.
But AMC is more famous for it's compact cars such as the Gremlin, and later it's futuristic Pacer design. (sometimes referred to as the "fishbowl'.
Tip: The door on the passenger side is 4 inches longer than the driver side door on a Pacer. That was so passengers could more easily get into the back seat!
Other cars such as their Javelin and AMX designs gave AMC a muscle car to call their own.
The Rambler started out as a midsize / compact family car. But soon morphed into the Scramber muscle car version and became quite popular - especially with it's red, white and blue paint scheme. This also happened to the AMC Rebel.
American Motors was famous for using parts off of other cars. Meaning, they often uses a Chrylser transmission. Their engies often used a Ford starter.
Later on with cars like the Matador, including station wagons, the long car company's run was soon over for AMC.
One of the last official AMC cars to roll of the assembly line in 1987 was an AMC Eagle. Their 4wd car - which was an unusual concept for the time - and Eagle owners loved the cars.
But it wasn't enough to save AMC as it used to be.
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