So long, AMC
 

Former headquarters being razed.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/amcs-h...ms4Mh0fxYoq-VQ

Sad!

I wish they would have included a picture of what the place looked like in its prime.

Sorry its a link. my computer is a PITA for pics.

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...MygCegUIARDIAQ

Here it is.

https://storage.googleapis.com/histo...ar_amcmain.JPG

I don’t remember them being there, musta been the second home, it’s still there, you can see it off 696 freeway.

I miss those crazy guys...what a time for the auto industry

Me neither.

I'm a little embarrassed to not know about the building in the original post.

K

That was a handsome building. I always thought their headquarters was in Kenosha, WI? Where did I get that idea? AMC did some wacky stuff. Never took themselves too seriously. Still remember the Pacer commercial where the guy had to put the giant sub sandwich in the Pacer through the passenger door because it was 4 inches longer than the driver's door. Funny quirky stuff like that. The Rebel Machine sort of a caricature of a muscle car. The AMX though, was no joke. I miss them too.

That's hilarious...

My SX/4 Sport was crazy. They put the floor heater vents at your shin instead of yer feet so yer feet were always freezing in the winter...

Still...the best winter beater I ever had

If T/A's didn't exist I would have a Javelin rfn...

https://historicdetroit.org/buildings/amc-headquarters

Tom V.

The Original Building was build for the Kelvinator Corporation, IN DETROIT.
AMC moved in some years later. The building is NORTH of the I-94 Freeway
and east of the Southfield freeway on Plymouth Road. Been there a couple of times.
A Engineer named Mike Royce, SCCA Tech Inspector, was located there in his earlier
Engineering career.

Thanks for the photo Stuart.

I had several Wagoneer's and J10's with Quadra track

They were about as Good as it got in the winter driving back then.

Someday going to fix up my Black Honcho and then there is the wife's 74 AMX Black on Black, Go Pack, with desert air. to fix up.

Jeep almost saved them, Renault really buried them instead of saving them. Chrysler got a great deal with the
nearly fully redesigned Grand Cherokee and a bunch of talented engineers.

Pacer Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRUNs6SfR5U

The company I worked for had the Chrysler account, the day they took over AMC, they decided to re model the lobby of the AMC HQ, a buddy went there, they cleaned out all the cases and replace them with Chrysler stuff, my buddy went on the job, people were coming down with their stuff in boxes because they were let go, he remembers talking to people that were pissed and complaining. Lol
One thing you don’t see is nOS AMC parts , I found this seal kit working for a lady one day doing a job. Only AMC part I’ve ever seen so I kept it.

Keith, do you remember Ed Bailey AMC? Main St Royal Oak, ( look at the bottom most letter opener) I don’t remember that. Was it the Bill Grieg Buick dealer or the Fresard Pontiac before Royal took it over? I can’t find the address of the Fresard/ Royal dealership.
These were free mail stuffers, my sister used to get like .25¢ for each one mailed, these were left over. Stayed around my moms house all these years lmao

Nice AMX. I want the jackets, too!

I don't recall Ed Baily.

Royal, and then Fresard, were at 400 N Main in Royal Oak.

K

I was in that building several times when Chrysler Truck and Jeep engineering were located there. It was an absolutely great old building. There were still some Kelvinator logos built into the building. Too bad it had to be demolished.

Saw this at the beach on a recent trip to Florida.

Boy with that rear bumper removed and no vinyl roof, the car looks much better. But it would be totaled in a 2 MPH accident. AMC, all the way back to the early Rambler/Nash days had some weird looking cars. We had a bunch of AMC cars in my family growing up. My father more or less hated cars. So he naturally gravitated to the cheapest transportation available. Often it was AMC. We had a stable of Ambassador sedans and station wagons. A couple Rebels, A few Americans. Only one standout. My mother, who liked cars, insisted on a sporty model. One day she came home in a red Javelin with a white interior. 390 4-speed. My dad was not happy. I loved it.