American Motors documentary UPDATE! - How and When to Watch...

[@thisoldbelair]

Still here and still excited!! 🇺🇸 thanks the update!!!

[@AutoMoments]

Great!

[@don66hotrod94]

This Mopar guy is really looking forward to this documentary.

[@benscovil]

Sweet, you can see what Chrysler shouldn't have destroyed!

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks! Be sure to tell your friends!

[@alexanderblack2869]

Thanks to all involved with this passion project 👍🎯⭐️ I live in Australia and have a 1971 AMC Javelin SST, 304, converted to right-hand drive.

[@AutoMoments]

Oh, that's cool!

[@seiph80]

I've been a fan of AMC since I first saw Wayne's World back in 1992... I'm so stoked about this documentary!

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks! Be sure to tell your friends!

[@qmopar]

I can't wait Joe!!! Looking forward to it and all your team's hard work

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks!

[@markw208]

Thanks to you and your team for their efforts. The history of American Motors is interesting, frustrating and heartbreaking. I hope many people will watch

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you! Be sure to tell your friends!

[@dansmusic5749]

Brilliant! It’s about time AM has gotten their due. Thank you for this.

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you for watching!

[@yeapea]

Thank you!

[@just_delightful]

Nice video Josh, I'm looking forward to watching the movie.

[@IanWhite-l2n]

I'm very pleased that with the documentary being on KZbin, I can watch here in The UK. Thank you Joe for all that you are doing.

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

SO READY FOR THIS!!

[@fhwolthuis]

Looking forward to this, greetings from the Netherlands 😄

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you!

[@BLAB-it5un]

I love that there is so much love still out there for AMC and that you in particular are leading the charge to both preserve the history but to also organize it into this coming documentary. One regret of my life is loving this underdog but never having any contact with an actual car. I never owned one. Nobody I knew ever owned one. I had just one ten minute ride in a Concord and that's been it. I wanted an Eagle SX4 when I was twelve with no idea how impractical that was. And then a four door sedan Eagle and should have bought a used AMC in the late 80s or early 90s but didn't have the wherewithal to do so. So big cheers to you and your partners for celebrating AMC for those of us brave enough to admire this ultimate underdog.

[@AutoMoments]

Hey, there's still time to buy an AMC! And thanks for being a fan of our project!

[@BLAB-it5un]

@@AutoMoments I am glad there are many AMCs still out there and I would buy one if I knew how to care for one but I don't. So I am glad there are so many others that can keep these cars alive. I look forward to the documentary. The preview is an amazing tease. Wishing you all well as you hit the home stretch.

[@blautens]

I've been looking forward to this for years. I'm also a fan of your work on Motorweek.

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you!

[@luisandresnunez1368]

I've been waiting for two years to see this documentary. Thanks for the update Joe. Greetings from Mexico and from a VAM owner and fan!!!!

[@latashafreeman563]

Welcome Back!

[@ErikDB6]

Brilliant! I’m gonna check under the couch pillows. Get my $50 together. Thanks for doing this, Joe.

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you so much!

[@joec1774]

Awesome, so excited. Cheers - it's going to be excellent!

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks!

[@hawaiifiles]

Wow.. Sounds exciting. I am glad the doc series will also be shown on KZbin.

[@AutoMoments]

Yes, we're happy to make sure everyone can watch it!

[@Sedan57Chevy]

It's so good to see you and the ambassador again. You and this channel were such a bright spot on KZbin! Glad to see this project reaching fruition. Now excuse me as I go back and watch some of my favorite auto moments episodes from yesteryear... Think I'll have to start with your video on the 72 eldorado!

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you so much! And we're glad you still enjoy our older video, too!

[@GreyTheFloydianSergal]

I'm glad you'll be uploading it on youtube too so even I can watch it in the UK. I find AMC fascinating as it seems to mirror what how Rootes group declined. I also believe there was an importer in the UK back in the day doing Right Hand Drive conversions on Pacers & such. They didn't do well but it's still an interesting part of history

[@Doctor_Robert]

I'm so glad you still have that Ambassador and the documentary is still coming!! ^_^

[@AutoMoments]

Yes! It's been a long time coming but we're almost there!

[@Mike-ig4kj]

That's cool! Can't wait to see it. I thought the last independent auto maker was excalibur in milwaukee wi?

[@AutoMoments]

It depends how you categorize "independent" car companies. I generally see Excalibur as a "specialty" or "boutique" automaker, as it wasn't a mainstream high-volume company. Still, Excalibur is a fascinating part of automotive history!

[@MrJayrock620]

One of our retiree drivers worked at the AMC assembly line making the Concord and Eagles right before the buyout. He said by the end they were slapped together with all the love of a lunch lady bologna sandwich. The stamping dies were so worn out for the wagons they had to make a new piece of trim to hide a 3/8in gap around the rear windows.

[@AutoMoments]

Yikes! Yeah, that body shape had been in production for a looong time by then, so it's no surprise the dies were worn out.

[@byronh60]

I’m so excited for this documentary to air. I love AMC!

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you!

[@bennetfox]

I hope you guys mention the AMC Jeep. That was a big part of AMC to me. Pops had a 1979 CJ5 silver anniversary edition Jeep when I was a kid and that's what made me fall in love with AMC.

[@AutoMoments]

Oh yes, we definitely talk about Jeep!

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Really hope you did not forget to cover the trucks and Wagoneer division just Jeep in general. I really hope there’s an entire episode on that.

[@AutoMoments]

Oh yes, Jeep plays a big role in AMC's history, and we didn't forget it!

[@trash_miner]

Excited for you Joe!

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks!

[@jesus_built_my_hotrod]

Awesome

[@gmlover82]

I CANT WAIT!!!!!! This is gonna be so awesome!

[@AutoMoments]

Be sure to tell your friends! Get the word out!

[@rightlanehog3151]

Welcome back.

[@LimitedTimeRoman]

This is OUTSTANDING news.

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks Nick!

[@cryotasticshitposting]

I am 100% the guy who watches videos at work when I should be working.

[@FJB8646]

Yep!! Me too! If I can’t watch I listen with my single flesh tone ear bud. They told me before that earbuds weren’t allowed so I found one that I disguise as a hearing aid!! 😂😂

[@cryotasticshitposting]

@@FJB8646 Genius!

[@AutoMoments]

Hahaha, me too!

[@ezequielalberto6274]

Wow look who's back

[@dantecasali9821]

Great work! Best wishes!🎉

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you!

[@CodyShell]

I'm so excited for this!

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks!

[@Al-thecarhistorian]

I am excited to see this dicumentary.

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks!

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

Thank god this doc is going to be free to watch.

[@AutoMoments]

You bet! We want everyone to see it!

[@corvettestories4349]

Can't wait! Good job guys :)

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you!

[@solracer66]

Will these documentaries include anything about the history between AMC and VAM and the unique Mexican-market AMC vehicles like the Lerma?

[@AutoMoments]

Sadly, we had to leave out most of AMCs foreign-market ventures, and we just didn't have enough time to squeeze all that into the documentary with everything else. But VAM is certainly a cool story, and perhaps we can cover that in a future video!

[@danielshute1409]

bravo.

[@valdemaar3000]

Really looking forward to this! Sub👍

[@AutoMoments]

Thanks!

[@eddiepetrick6222]

OMG !!!

[@chrisjeffries2322]

Love the Nash! 💋

[@AutoMoments]

You'll see lots of Nash history in the first episode when it debuts!

[@damxgopak457]

Nice work brother

[@AutoMoments]

Thank you!

[@douglasb.1203]

A Joe Ligo update? Very welcomed blue dot.

[@AutoMoments]

You bet!

[@Lensman864]

Hey ... I watch your KZbin videos on my 77" OLED screen not a phone so don't diss YT.

[@AutoMoments]

No problem! We're just happy you're watching!

[@chryslerelectronicleanburn1676]

3:03 was a Honda Civic ad from. 1974

[@AutoMoments]

Good eye! Haha. You're right.

[@ralphabreu5022]

AMC was a mix mosh of parts Ford Autolite Carburetors and ignition system. GM Saginaw power steering and Delco power steering pumps. After 1972 727 torque flight transmission from Chrysler. Before 1972 Borg Warner transmission.

[@AutoMoments]

Yes, it's true that AMC did buy a lot of parts, but they also built a lot of stuff in house, too. It was a mix. What's funny is, AMC and GM could both buy a part from a the same supplier, but mechanics would say, "Oh that's a GM part" because it went into 3 million Impalas but only 600,000 Hornets. Even though, no, it's actually a 3rd party part they both used.

[@drfalcon4102]

The Pink Rambler you showed, was a 1956, NOT a 1957

[@AutoMoments]

Good eye! I missspoke there and didn't realize it until after the video was done.

[@DavidKemp]

Tesla is an independent American automaker

[@AutoMoments]

Yes, you're right! But originally, the name "Independent" was actually an unofficial term from the automotive press that helped differentiate GM, Ford, and Chrysler from the smaller American manufacturers like Studebaker, Packard, Hudson, Nash, etc. Technically, AMC wasn't an "independent" because it was made from the merger of two smaller companies, but the press still referred to it as such. What complicates things is, even smaller car companies like Excalibur and Avanti generally we considered "specialty" or "boutique" automakers, not independents. Of course now with Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid, we have a new crop of independent American automakers. But AMC was the last of the old "independents" from when the term was originally coined, and that's where our title comes from.