The AMX and the Scrambler were cool AMC cars. And, AMC cars did rather well racing in the late 60's/early 70's. Wally Booth was successful in Pro Stock with both Gremlins and Hornets, Mark Donahue Javelin's in Trans Am and Matadors (along with Bobby Allison) in Stock Car racing. Shirley Shahan was also a popular female drag racer with her Super Stock AMX.
Smartest thing AMC ever did was purchase Jeep. Worse thing that ever happened to AMC was Renault taking over. Unlike Studebaker (cars) that just died, AMC/Jeep melded into Chrysler of which they tried to keep a subdivision with the Eagle brand. Maybe that was a requirement to the remaining contracts with existing AMC dealers??? BTW, I looked and, yes, there are Eagle car clubs out there.
Smartest thing AMC ever did was purchase Jeep. Worse thing that ever happened to AMC was Renault taking over. Unlike Studebaker (cars) that just died, AMC/Jeep melded into Chrysler of which they tried to keep a subdivision with the Eagle brand. Maybe that was a requirement to the remaining contracts with existing AMC dealers??? BTW, I looked and, yes, there are Eagle car clubs out there.
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