American Motors Corporation Old Footage #2

Old footage of the American Motors Corporation’s cars, factories, and facilities. This video is a detailed tour of the factory and different testing centers for the cars. American Motors Corporation was the last independent automaker besides the Big Three.

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

Notice: I’ve been having issues with videos not uploading to my channel. I will sort it out soon. It may take awhile, but there’re more videos to come. Have a great day.

[@ronaldblackburn2483]

AMX 68 69 70 amazing . And the Javelin 👏🏻

[@joeschlotthauer840]

The Rebel Machine was legendary.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

I miss AMC and feel in the end they got a raw deal. But in the face of everything going on, they at least lasted as long as they did. I rarely see any of their cars anymore, except for Jeeps, and it's kind of sad. The deal with Renault which I figure they felt would save them didn't work out, and I haven't seen an Alliance model anywhere since the late 90's. I guess their real golden age was the 60's and especially the 70's.

[@1983jblack]

I know they needed the capital but going with Renault was a mistake. Renault's own cars caused AMC to slip even deeper into debt

[@mikes-wv3em]

they got to build Diplomats for a bit though!

[@mikeholland1031]

Still technically around. Bought by mopar.

[@kennethsouthard6042]

They were essentially building old cars in an old plant.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

@@kennethsouthard6042 Like Studebaker, their most modern cars ran on chassis that were mostly pre and post war.

[@nathanmoak1515]

amc made such great cars they went out of business! i worked in an auto parts store back in 1975 and there was no telling what parts were on their cars! sometimes ford and sometimes chevy.

[@petejohnson8397]

A.ll M.ake C.ar

[@mikeweizer3149]

.....And Chrysler here and there!!!.

[@mikeholland1031]

Never went under. Bought by mopar.

[@mikeweizer3149]

@@mikeholland1031 Cuz of Jeep most likely

[@mikeholland1031]

@@mikeweizer3149 oh for sure. They didn't wanna resurrect the pacer.

[@benjaminkamben4908]

I miss AMC I am young, but my Dad had an AMC pacer, and an Eagle Scout. Both of the cars he loved. Thanks for putting this collection together Mr Junk Guru Channel .

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

Glad you enjoyed it.🙏

[@dueljet]

Fantastic video, thank you for preserving and uploading this!

[@francoisbedard7394]

I have a 70' Javelin 304 , still new never drive in winter, i'm from Québec Canada 🇨🇦 i love my car 💗

[@jamesguitarshields]

Somebody in the planning meeting said "and we'll need some music that sounds like Giorgio Moroder, except with all the sexiness and energy removed"

[@davesnothereman7250]

One factory fresh 77 Concord AMX with 4 speed, 304 V8 and the optional hatch camping tent please. Ill be over to pick it up on Friday. Cash in hand!

[@stockamx]

I drove my AMX on the proving grounds way back when. It was awesome! nice to see most AMC cars really going up in value!

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

They sure are!

[@edwardhalpin7503]

If AMC was still around cranking out the old beauty 2dr Rambler ('63-'69) with a flathead 6 ('65 was the last year, yes I know) & 3 on the tree... Oh baby

[@getoffenit7827]

I had no idea AMC were still using flatties that long!

[@flatheadV8]

Drove my newly bought second hand 1969 Rambler from Toronto to Vancouver via south of the Great Lakes in 1975 on a student holiday. Vacuum wipers were a surprise, but had great respect for the car by the end of my trip. Took about 2.5 months to do and was a great way to see Canada and part of the USA as visitor from the UK.

[@7flag]

Amc was a good car and company

[@mikebrown4429]

i have a 77 hornet amx that im working on

[@rickprusak9326]

If you did the research, AMC bought all the coiled steel from the Ford Rouge Plant in Dearborn Michigan. Ford Steel Division sold metal and steel to all the automotive companies, including the transplant foreign car makers. AMC did not have its own steel mill manufacturing operations. My AMC Javlin has a Ford engine installed at the factory. As this video clearly shows from the assembly plant pit crew view, the only AMC manufactured engine part is the engine exhaust system. But the engine is Ford Blue all the way.

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

That is an interesting bit of info there. Thanks for sharing.

[@audieconrad8995]

No. Your Javelin DOES NOT have a Ford factory installed engine. AMC built ALL of their motors. Most definitely, they installed other manufacturers PARTS, i.e. Motorcraft carburetors on V8's such as the 390 which was AMC's engine - had NOTHING to do with a Ford 390. All these years later and people STILL can't get it right...

[@martywheat9726]

I had a 69 javelin sst best car i ever owned !

[@rogerbennett2025]

i have a 1969 javelin with the 390 and im resto modding it ....know wonder it was hard getting all that undercoating off LOL --

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

Best wishes with your restoration.👌

[@bladder1010]

This is very true. I inherited 2 AMCs from my parrents. '73 Hornet and '78 Concorde wagon. Very boring cars, but so easy to service and repair. Very basic and strong. Even an idiot like me could figure it out.

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

😂

[@Scott-sb1xi]

First new car was an 81 Eagle SX4.

[@andrewfeltz9445]

12 months or 12.000 miles, no wonder AMC is out of business 😮

[@johnfartura5498]

They must have skipped the zebart on there jeep cjs😅

[@johannesherrmann2676]

Galvanized steel for AMC brought to You by a Ford Truck🙃

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

Wow, you noticed well.👏

[@clearviewtechnical]

Ford F series are now aluminum!

[@will7its]

No respirators.....lol I wonder if anyone survived long after this. Short answer, Nope

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

Yes, I wondered about that too.

[@garyschiffli1043]

All that rust protection and the floors still go first.

[@Progrocker70]

Yep everything in the underbody rusted out quickly back then. I remember patching holes in the floors and trans tunnel with sheet metal.

[@garyschiffli1043]

@@Progrocker70 Sheet metal,license plates or whatever else you could find. And don’t forget the roofing tar for that extra waterproofing!

[@Progrocker70]

@@garyschiffli1043 Lol, yep I remember my dad smearing tar around the back window and bottom of the windshield!

[@garyschiffli1043]

@@Progrocker70 That’s a smell you don’t get anymore,hot air oil and hot tar in the summer.

[@mikeholland1031]

Top of fenders usually went first

[@cmdrdarwin3682]

If their rust proofing was so good, why is my Texas AMC rusted out on the trunk lid & rear quarters?

[@petejohnson8397]

40+yrs

[@petejohnson8397]

My 83 spirit gt was rust free when i sold it in 05. spent its life in humid road salt wet ohio that is more than great for this area for a 22yr old car. maybe you got a bad one and i had a good one.

[@will7its]

You got a salt bath test car....lol

[@ralphabreu5022]

American Motors A mix mosh of part's.

[@joedude9954]

Like your mom.

[@mrbritishleyland1986]

@@joedude9954😂

[@RedArwBus]

AMC -american made crap-I sold auto parts for many years and you had to know if it had a ford starter/alternator,delco starter/alternator,chrysler alternator/starter or prestolite starter/alternator just to supply the customer the correct part but with some you had to special order the correct part because after certain years the common parts became hard to obtain or mid year changes made it hard to get parts because they changed something and you had to go to the dealer to obtain parts

[@petejohnson8397]

All Make Car AMC

[@jjtrucker5950]

BS

[@robertlays9079]

All American car companies bought different accessories from other companies. They still do.

[@mikeholland1031]

AMC always used other American parts. Not news

[@joedude9954]

You guys are clowns.

[@nathanmoak1515]

the amc pacer had a straight 6 engine with the back 2 cylinders in the firewall! how were you supposed to change those plugs? the gremlins were just plain junk!

[@robertlays9079]

The pacer was originally supposed to have front wheel drive and a GM made rotary engine. GM canceled production of the engine about 6 months before the Pacer was supposed to be produced. Thanks GM. They had to come up with a way to make their own straight six fit and change the car to rear wheel drive The "junkie" gremlin lasted more years than the crappy Vega and pinto. The gremlin was cheap but showed that it was a better car than those two.

[@mikeholland1031]

​@@robertlays9079 never heard fwd but you are correct about the rotary engine. Was supposed to have a digital dash too.

[@joedude9954]

Grow up Nathan.

[@mikeholland1031]

You could get a V8 too

[@mikes-wv3em]

trucoat is applied at the factory- cant take it off the bill!

[@itjustlookslikethis]

LOL! "trucoat" reminds me of the scene in "Fargo" William Macy trying to convince that couple they needed the "special" undercoat that was already on the car.