A Picture Review of American Motors
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pickup trucks from the first one to the present day. I thought , what a nice idea. I thought that I might try something similar with some of the car pictures I have collected. I have been collecting pictures of Studebakers, Packards Nash, Hudson and Jeeps for some time now and I first wrote a web page on the Studebaker. Then one on Jeeps and Packard followed. Now I thought I would try a web page on the Nash and Hudson. I have since added a page on old Pickup Trucks , Hudson. Essex and Terrplanes of Australia , Volkswagen , Kaiser and Henry J and now I with the help of one of my visitors have written on the Crosley These pictures came for a number of sources including web pages of the manufacture, news groups and my own. Since most of these pictures came from news groups there may be a chance that your car is shown here. I would like to invite any one
that has a favorite
John MacDonald
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I want to give a special to Magister
Max who has posted many of these pictures
to alt.binaries.pictures.autos
A Brief History of American Motors
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Motors was in the beginning stages back in 1878 when Thomas B. Jeffrey
built and sold Rambler bicycles in Chicago. He was the first of the three
key players of the companies that created American Motors in 1954.
The other two were Charles Nash and Joseph L. Hudson. Charles Nash started Nash Motors
in 1916
Thomas B. Jeffrey built and sold Rambler bicycles in Chicago from 1878 to 1900. He was one of America's first men interested in automobiles in the late 19th century, and in 1897, he built himself a motorcar. In 1900 Jeffrey bought a plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he planned to manufacture automobiles on a large scale. This plant is where the Rambler started its live. Jeffrey died in 1910, and his son Charles took over. Jeffrey had brought out a four-wheel-drive "Quad" truck in 1911, and this proved very popular with foreign governments for military use During World War I. The Hudson Motor Car Company,
founded in 1909 and building its first cars in 1910, when Joseph L. Hudson
and seven business associates began producing a motorcar called the Hudson.
J.L. Hudson died in 1912 and Roy D. Chapin headed the firm. He stayed with
Hudson until his death in 1936.
During the Second World War both
Nash and Hudson were busy in the nation's defense effort. It wasn't until
1948 and 1949 that Hudson and Nash brought out new designs. Hudson's famous
"step-down" unibody and big-bore Six made their appearance in 1948. Nash
brought out its "Airflyte" models the next year.
The names Hudson and Nash finally
disappeared in 1957.
In the very early sixties, AMC
started having its cars assembled in foreign plants - New Zealand and Australia,
the Middle East,
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This page was last updated on Dec 31, 2012
American Motors was born in 1954
The Nash and Hudson names were
still used until 1957
The Hudson's produced after
1954 were just a fancy Nash
or as they were called the Hash
This page shows these cars and
the American Motors Cars up to 1959
And
to make this site more interesting
we
have now included many old cars and trucks
including
The American Motors Car's that are being offered for sale
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Cars of American Motors from 1960 to 1987 |
from 1900 to 1957 |
from 1909 to 1957 |
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| Many families were faithful supporters of the Rambler.
This was true Lempert family. In the late fifty's
they had five Ramblers in the family. Three of them are shown here. They are from left to right: 1959 AMC Rambler Ambassador 4 Door Custom Country Club Hardtop, a 1957 Nash Rambler Custom Cross Country Station Wagon and a 1958 Rambler Super 6 |
| This picture was submitted by Mike Lempert |

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1954 Hudson Hornet Hollywood 2 Door Hardtop
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the first American Sports Car |
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1955 Hudson Wasp |
This picture was sent in by
Richard G. Boyd 568 W. Friedrich Street Rogers City, Michigan 49779 "In case anyone is wonder what is sitting on the little trailer; it is a case of Strohs beer. I have never been a beer drinker,but at the time Strohs had an ad on TV that was similar. One was a MG and another was a vette which had a case of Strohs on the luggage rack and a beautiful blond in the drivers seat. There were several different ads and they were attention getters. At least that is where I got the idea. A Strohs beer distributor talked to me about making an ad but we found out they had ended that ad promotion. Are you old enough to remember those ads? The little trailer was neat. In the front
of the
I bought the car in San Bernardino, CA in 1977
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Richard also mentioned that he has two other
Metropolitans for sale for parts. That is also a variety of other parts and books. |
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This car is one of seven Nash / American Motors cars that were |
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| The following 1958 (AMC) Metropolitan were submitted
by Mark and Rhonda Gelstein
PO Box 343 Union Lake, MI 48387-0343 U.S.A. |
These pictures were taken at the 50th
anniversary
International Meet for the Met that was held in Auburn Hills, MI in 2003. Rhonda was the chair for the event. |
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| This car is owned by Anna Lopez of Chicago, Il, USA | |
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| This car was owned by Mike Martin | |
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Country Club Hardtop |
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Custom Cross Country Station Wagon. |
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| These pictures were submitted by Paul Black, Tampa, Florida |
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Custom Country Club Hardtop Station Wagon |
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It is his Rambler American when new. It was taken in the Rocky Mountains. |
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Tom has a web page that shows a lot more details of this car. You can use the like below to view it. http://www.sdka.com/1959_nash_rambler.htm |
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Many people have fallen in love
with the Metropolitan and
some have gone to extra lengths
to show that love.
The following pictures show
a few of what can be done if you
just have to let your imagination
run wild for a bit.
These pictures were posted on
alt.binaries.pictures.autos by the name mentioned
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| Posted by Phil Asay | Posted by Phil Asay |
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| Posted by Phil Asay | Posted by Phil Asay |
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| Posted by Roadsign | Posted by Phil Asay |
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There were however RHD Met police cars painted black and white, not for catching bad guys, but for meter maids/tire marking. The police cars were 1957 and up. |
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| The above pictures were submitted by Rich McGarty of Port Washington, Wisconsin USA |
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| This is Rich McGarty's Met |
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