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Gonna down a sixer and chop up my Eagle and make me a 4x4 cowboy

I owned a gently used, 5 year old 1993 Grand Prix SE, a graduation gift to me by my grandfather, who was a car guy and worked dealer trades for 20 years after he retired. It wasn't the Turbo, but it had plenty of power, and it stuck to the road like absolute velcro. I drove that car all over the continent, and even into far northern Canada when I moved there. No car I have driven, past or since, has ever induced the same feeling of confidence and stability. I loved that car, and only gave it up after the insurance company finally totaled it... after it's 3rd major crash (it took hitting 3 deer at once to finally end the legend).

I love the Pontiac performance stuff! The APV vans were so cool

Hello new subscriber, love your videos. Since you seem receptive to comments I just thought id mention At 6:19 you mention the Plymouth Volaire. The correct pronunciaton is Voll-are-ray... cuz of that french accent thing over the e

Great video thanks for sharing something I had no idea about and figured I have seen most odd rare cool cars but always something new!

Yes, it's pronounced cur-EE-ur

Is Brian in the video from altoona pa

I wonder what kind of designs Packard would have had if they had stayed in business.?

In 1989 i I bought a new 89 Ford Escort ES. It was around $7500 new. It was basically a Escort Pony with a ground effects package including a rear spoiler and manual glass sunroof. Mine was red with gray cloth interior and automatic transmission and the standard 1.9 4 cylinder. To look at it, it looked close to being a Escort GT. I remember it was done by a company called Trimline of St Louis. I only seen 1 other like it in White around our area where we lived. I sold it in 94 and haven't seen it since. Don't know if anyone else remembers seeing these cars. It was a dealer option package.

Appreciate the vid, didn't know about the trucks, never been an AMC fan but I would drive a Rebel 2dr if I found one maybe.

Back in the day when the AMC Spirit was just coming i ran into a couple AMC engineers I believe out testing the new Spirit and asked them why the Cowboy never got made. They told me AMC lawyers pulled the plug on the idea due to safety concerns for the car based pickup type truck. This not the first time Nash and AMC considered building pickup trucks . There were prototype right after World War 2 from Nash and later in the 1960 era based off the then Rambler American. I have photos of both.

I live in KS and have never seen or heard of that car before. The "BU" on the tag is Butler county. Next to Wichita. That license plate in the back was ran from 2001-2007. The registration sticker is red so that would make it 2006 when that photo was taken. 9:55 timestamp. Will have to keep my eyes/ears open for word of it.

Courier = Mazda, Luv = Isuzu. The smart thing for AMC to have done, was for them to not spend money on developing more Jeep models, drop the J-series pickup, then buy into one of the Japanese manufacturers (which was possible at that time.). If that had happened, AMC would be the dominant American automaker

buying Jeep and introducing Hornet were home runs. This idiots masochistic intro detracts from an otherwise pretty good video.

We had a '76 Lincoln Mark IV. Very comfortable. A leather wrapped living room on wheels with all the bells and whistles. It's my favorite car from the 70s.

the green one has a 75 hornet grill. i don't think you could get a 360 after 74..i had a silver75 hatchback x 304 3 speed stick blue levi's interior

Cool story. That truck wouldn't have sold well. First car was a AMC Concord, good first car, easy to work on

Thank you for this... my primary love has always been Cadillacs, senior Buicks and Lincolns,... but I've also always had a secret crush on AMC because both of my brothers and myself... each had an AMC car as our First Car. I thank you for this because up until now, I had never heard of the Cowboy. 🤯 That green and white version was pretty cool looking and it's a shame AMC had better ideas than they had liquid assets... not only for this, but for other ideas they had that never made it past R&D. 😕 That said, I think they probably made the more practical decision, because hatchbacks did typically outsell coupe utilities across the board. Sadly, the Cowboy probably would have only driven them into receivership sooner than they got there, anyways.

Durango was a modified futura by a private company.

Looks like a pinto wagon cut off to make a pick up

I would have definitely bought one looks great

I think any vehicle from 2018 and newer have become a nightmare to work on. I am not just talking here, I listen to technicians and there opinions.

Land yachts rule! Had a '70 Chrysler Newport that had a backseat big enough for a threesome and a boot large enough to smuggle four buddies into a drive-in. I'd routinely cruise at 110mph, but that wallowy suspension earned it the nickname "Vomit Comet" We didn't need no lame third row seat to pile eight people in. If you're on the road and no motel, no problem. Those hoods were so long that it took two minutes to feel the impact when you rear ended somebody. Epic rides.

The door and tailgate latches look like a blend of those on my '70 Rebel and '74 Matador.

Im surprised at no mention of the S-10 Xtreme, even if it was mostly a cosmetic package.

Thanks this is informative

The Durangey (sorry I can't take a company that produces names such as "Mavi GT" seriously) was a straightforward modification of the Fairmont and therefore made a lot of sense, but you have to MARKET automobiles. A very nice idea. Just look at that production Fairmont -- it was practically designed to become an integrated pick-up/car! The factory could have done it cheaper.

Never heard of this one (Pat Foster where are you!) --- thank you for the video!

AMC WAS THE BADDEST

Matador coupe and Pacer were AMCs mistake...

Actually Jeep was the one in financial problems, I believe 🤔 AMC needed a truck/SUV And no AMC made the right decision here, those types of trucks were never very popular

Same here man, one of my dream cars is an Eagle Wagon

Interesting to say the least.

Given the relatively low sales on the El Camino and Ranchero, AMC really couldn't afford to produce this smallish niche product.

Hey, been watching your videos for awhile now. Great work as always. I have one small correction(just so happened I own a V50 T5), it’s a 2.5L 5-pot (that’s why the “5”), same engine as the Focus ST. Keep up the progress 👍🏽

I had an78 or 79 Eagle Coupe that my brother gave me. It was... well, it was very AMC, Reasonably rugged, you either liked the look or hated it. Interior was dull as dishwater, but functional. I think of it as an American Subaru, with a crappy engine, crappy transmission, and crappy transfer case. Looked kinda cool, drove like a dog. I sold it for a 1982 Black Nissan 280ZX that ran like new, had a 5 speed and was reasonably fast for the era. My brother was mad. I was happy. The end.

I don't believe any of this. According to what I read from American Motors the Hornet and Gremlin were such good sellers there was no room in assembly to allow for the Cowboy.

The El Camino was discontinued due to the platform being dropped, along with the other old school g body GMs. Not to mention the S-10/15s joining into the mini truck craze.

Wow that’s AWESOME!!!!

My Grandfather used to buy AMCs. Didn't live far from the Milwaukee factory. My first car was a Gremlin, it did great brake stands😂

American version of the aussie ute,v8 is a must have ,surprised it did not sell.

I like it better than the old Ford Ranchero

I miss my 1972 Plymouth Fury. 19 1/2 feet long, 6 1/2 feet wide. Cavernous cabin. 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis was a huge, sweet ride, too!

No .... i have one of 2nd Gen dodge challenger still in very good condition After many years i am start restoration but as we listen this model have rust issue which is wrong and i am not agree with documentry its a best model of 1980s and even 4 cylinder engine and fact is its 2nd gen dodge challenger

I saw a number of Rampage trucks, both at the dealership and in the wild. I had a ‘56 Plymouth Savoy at the time, and being a Chrysler nut, I thought the Rampage was beautiful! The front end looked very much like the Charger/Challenger which I also thought was awesome.

Grand National has one of the cheapest and ugliest dashboards ever. The seats were like cardboard and uncomfortable.

We had an Eagle. Perfect for Canadian winters. Best car we ever had!

The AMC Hornet would have been a hit with the export market. There was a certain kind of prestige of having a American Car overseas like in europe. The main thing that the truck bed would have benefited from is Tax cuts in many different European countries especially Finland. The Amc Rambler American was selling good numbers in Finland since it was American & Cheap. If they would have introduced a truck version later that would have lowered the price even more. Toyota realized this and made the Timangi for this reason and it did sell in high numbers. The Elcamino also did sell good as well.

Oh, that was a beautiful car.I miss when pontiac apples around and doing a good job

For extra visual impact, the video screen format has been stretched laterally, that makes the cars look even longer, the wheels more oval and people's faces wider...lol