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Curbside Classics Archives
American Motors Archive
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Design Analysis: 1974 AMC Matador Coupe and X – Please Go All the Way
Posted on December 11, 2023 | 50 CommentsIt was July, 1972 when the Raspberries released their hit song about a girl asking her guy to, well… you know. -
![It wasn’t the kind of call I usually get, but one that I was very glad to receive. Hey Ric, I need a place to store my ailing AMX for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_1244.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Home Delivery: 1968 AMC AMX – The Two Seat Pony Car Pays A Visit")
CC Home Delivery: 1968 AMC AMX – The Two Seat Pony Car Pays A Visit
Posted on July 10, 2023 | 41 CommentsIt wasn’t the kind of call I usually get, but one that I was very glad to receive. Hey Ric, I need a place to store my ailing AMX for […] -
![(first posted 4/30/2013) The 1970s was the decade of pop psychology. How could anyone alive during that time forget the phenomena of I’m OK, You’re OK and Jonathan Livingston Seagull? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1970AMCHornet04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Hornet – Today Is The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life")
Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Hornet – Today Is The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 121 Comments(first posted 4/30/2013) The 1970s was the decade of pop psychology. How could anyone alive during that time forget the phenomena of I’m OK, You’re OK and Jonathan Livingston Seagull? […] -
![(first posted 9/17/2015) Whether or not the benefits truly outweigh a good set of snow tires is debatable, but there’s no denying that all-wheel drive has surged in popularity within […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_4669.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 AMC Eagle Sedan – Back From The Future")
Curbside Classic: 1984 AMC Eagle Sedan – Back From The Future
Posted on March 13, 2022 | 61 Comments(first posted 9/17/2015) Whether or not the benefits truly outweigh a good set of snow tires is debatable, but there’s no denying that all-wheel drive has surged in popularity within […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fkjl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 880 – Kenosha Cadillac?")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_6300.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Sport – America’s Audi Quattro")
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 […] -
![An AMC Hornet that was pricier and more exclusive than a equivalently-specified Ford, GM or Chrysler product, sold in a market where what would be an American compact was the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/rambler-hornet-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1972-75 Rambler Hornet – A Swarm Didn’t Exactly Descend")
CC Capsule: 1972-75 Rambler Hornet – A Swarm Didn’t Exactly Descend
Posted on July 21, 2021 | 34 CommentsAn AMC Hornet that was pricier and more exclusive than a equivalently-specified Ford, GM or Chrysler product, sold in a market where what would be an American compact was the […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMC-1966-amby-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption")
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 […] -
![(first posted 1/20/2014) American Motors Corporation, like Studebaker, like Packard, like so many other long-gone automobile companies, breaks your heart. Sometimes I drive myself crazy with what-ifs: What if Roy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1974-Matador-a03-e1388353201683.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 AMC Oleg Cassini Matador Brougham – That’s A Matador?!")
Curbside Classic: 1974 AMC Oleg Cassini Matador Brougham – That’s A Matador?!
Posted on January 29, 2020 | 133 Comments(first posted 1/20/2014) American Motors Corporation, like Studebaker, like Packard, like so many other long-gone automobile companies, breaks your heart. Sometimes I drive myself crazy with what-ifs: What if Roy […] -
![(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/aa-4-07-2013-005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?
Posted on October 16, 2018 | 79 Comments(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […] -
![We here at CC simply don’t do things part way. Maybe we have all been schooled by the Teutonic discipline of our founder, but we just can’t stand to see a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1972AMCJavelin04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1972 AMC Javelin Pierre Cardin – No, Really…")
Car Show Classic: 1972 AMC Javelin Pierre Cardin – No, Really…
Posted on July 31, 2014 | 106 CommentsWe here at CC simply don’t do things part way. Maybe we have all been schooled by the Teutonic discipline of our founder, but we just can’t stand to see a […] -
![I have a real love for the 1965 Ambassadors. Part of that may be due to my chance encounter with a lilac 1965 880 sedan back in the late ’90s, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/aa-6-28-13-252.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 990 Convertible – Green and White Is Good!")
Car Show Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 990 Convertible – Green and White Is Good!
Posted on January 27, 2014 | 40 CommentsI have a real love for the 1965 Ambassadors. Part of that may be due to my chance encounter with a lilac 1965 880 sedan back in the late ’90s, […] -
![“Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can” So sang the Allman Brothers in 1973, and although the song was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/R.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Ramblin’ in the Southern Hemisphere")
Automotive History: Ramblin’ in the Southern Hemisphere
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 62 Comments“Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can” So sang the Allman Brothers in 1973, and although the song was […] -
![(first posted 1/25/2014) Certain makes and models take a lot of flak from armchair enthusiasts when they are perceived to be plain or boring. Corolla, Camry, Accord, Malibu–it goes on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1968-AMC-Full-Line-22-23-800x481-e1388529237300.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Rambler American 220 – Plain White Wrapper")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Rambler American 220 – Plain White Wrapper
Posted on January 25, 2014 | 55 Comments(first posted 1/25/2014) Certain makes and models take a lot of flak from armchair enthusiasts when they are perceived to be plain or boring. Corolla, Camry, Accord, Malibu–it goes on […] -
CC Outtake: I’m Guessing His Horn Went Beep Beep Beep…
Posted on December 12, 2013 | 21 CommentsWhile driving in my Lincoln, what to my surprise! A little Rambler was following me, roughly half my size.
