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amc Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 880 – Kenosha Cadillac?
Posted on November 7, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/10/2012) I became really interested in AMC in the late ’90s, due in large part to my purchase of Pat Foster’s American Motors: The Last Independent. I […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Sport – America’s Audi Quattro
Posted on October 22, 2021 | 28 CommentsAs CC’s resident biggest fan of the Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe of the early 1980s, I had a chunk of alternate reality hit me on a recent trip to the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Ambassador SST – The Patriarch of Kenosha
Posted on October 13, 2021 | 97 Comments(first posted 10/13/2015) It recently occurred to me that my frequent picture taking of cars and pickups is answering the hunter-gatherer element within my DNA. All men have it to […] -
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1963 Rambler Classic Six 770 Cross Country Wagon
Posted on August 16, 2021 | 45 CommentsI recently came across a small trove of junkyard Ramblers in a short period of time and have become completely smitten with them, especially in wagon format and even more […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 AMC Pacer X – The Spacer
Posted on August 15, 2021 | 81 Comments(originally posted 4/26/2011) The Pacer is the poster child of how questionable ideas and good intentions go awry. -
Curbside Classic: 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Orvis Edition – Explorer Eddie Bauers Are Just So Ordinary
Posted on August 13, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted 8/13/2015) Since its introduction, the Jeep Grand Cherokee has been an immensely successful vehicle and arguably Chrysler’s most valuable current nameplate in terms of prestige, brand equity, and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1956 Hudson Hornet – Waiting For Death In A Borrowed Four-Tone Suit
Posted on August 13, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/23/2011) A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to […] -
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […] -
CC Photo Album: Random Pictures From 2019 and 2020
Posted on January 14, 2021 | 19 CommentsTime flies. A reminder of that came along recently when Jim Klein posted some onesies and twosies of cars he had captured in 2020. Since imitation is the sincerest form […] -
CC Outtake: Home Of The Brown AMCs
Posted on February 5, 2020 | 22 CommentsDon’t think those with delightfully eclectic automotive tastes live only in urban or suburban environments. Such traits are universal, evidenced by these two AMC Eagles found in rural Missouri. -
Auto-Biography: Kid Freedom In A Rambler
Posted on January 31, 2020 | 50 Comments(first posted 1/21/2014) For many blue collar kids, Rambler wagons were the minivans of working class suburbia. These were perfect as a family vehicle or as a second car since […] -
Curbside Classics: AMC Eagle Wagon And Sedan – “What The Hell Is This?”
Posted on January 30, 2020 | 108 Comments(first posted 1/24/2014) The Pacer and Matador Coupe were AMC’s Hail Mary passes. We all know how those turned out. So now what? AMC’s passenger car business was kaput, the […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: AMC Gremlin
Posted on November 27, 2019 | 38 CommentsThank you to nifty43 (nifiticus)
![Curbside Classic: 1978 AMC Matador Barcelona – The Bullfighter Dies in Full Costume (First published 6/27/2012) The nine years from 1970 to 1978 may have been the golden age of the “mid sized” sedan in America. In those days, “mid sized” was a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1978AMCMatador05.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 880 – Kenosha Cadillac? (first posted 10/10/2012) I became really interested in AMC in the late ’90s, due in large part to my purchase of Pat Foster’s American Motors: The Last Independent. I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fkjl.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Sport – America’s Audi Quattro As CC’s resident biggest fan of the Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe of the early 1980s, I had a chunk of alternate reality hit me on a recent trip to the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_6300.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Ambassador SST – The Patriarch of Kenosha (first posted 10/13/2015) It recently occurred to me that my frequent picture taking of cars and pickups is answering the hunter-gatherer element within my DNA. All men have it to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/amby.jpg)
![Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1963 Rambler Classic Six 770 Cross Country Wagon I recently came across a small trove of junkyard Ramblers in a short period of time and have become completely smitten with them, especially in wagon format and even more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_4993.jpg)

![Curbside Classic: 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Orvis Edition – Explorer Eddie Bauers Are Just So Ordinary (first posted 8/13/2015) Since its introduction, the Jeep Grand Cherokee has been an immensely successful vehicle and arguably Chrysler’s most valuable current nameplate in terms of prestige, brand equity, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1995_GrandCherokee_9783.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1956 Hudson Hornet – Waiting For Death In A Borrowed Four-Tone Suit (first posted 3/23/2011) A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hudson-1956-hornet.jpg)
![CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri Since its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0063-1.jpeg)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption (first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMC-1966-amby-conv.jpg)
![CC Photo Album: Random Pictures From 2019 and 2020 Time flies. A reminder of that came along recently when Jim Klein posted some onesies and twosies of cars he had captured in 2020. Since imitation is the sincerest form […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0150.jpg)
![Auto-Biography: Kid Freedom In A Rambler (first posted 1/21/2014) For many blue collar kids, Rambler wagons were the minivans of working class suburbia. These were perfect as a family vehicle or as a second car since […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AMC-Rambler-wagon-thrid-seat-hemmings.jpg)
![Curbside Classics: AMC Eagle Wagon And Sedan – “What The Hell Is This?” (first posted 1/24/2014) The Pacer and Matador Coupe were AMC’s Hail Mary passes. We all know how those turned out. So now what? AMC’s passenger car business was kaput, the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-33-004-800.jpg)



