>AMC stands for American Motor Cars,
I think that is American Motors Corporation.
>the late '60s and
>early '70s name for RAMBLER.
Yes. The Rambler American became the American Rambler. Sort of.
>I can't remember when
>Rambler bought Willys Jeep, must have been around '69.
Didn't buy it from Willys. It belonged to Kaiser Steel by then.
> Then AMC partnered with Renault, with the Jeep
>division keeping the US operations afloat financially,
>and eventually Chrysler bought a controlling interest
>in AMC (mid eighties?) and the AMC name disappeared.
It esentially became Eagle.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
LOON, MAC
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