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Cara is a 69 AMX AMC Rebel. It's 1959 Ambassador. It's a 1983 Eagle made here in

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Kenosha. Kenosha Iron, that's what we appreciate.

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I am here to celebrate the homecoming of American Motors and that's something

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that we hold very dearly around here. Every three years people converge on

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Kenosha, Wisconsin. We host the world's largest AMC car show. We have cars come

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from almost every state in America. This week is really more of a family reunion.

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It's Kenosha, the homecoming.

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Car manufacturing started in Kenosha in 1902. It was the second mass producer in all of America.

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You had the big three in Detroit and AMC was the fourth.

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Now today we stand at Hallowed Ground. A place where steel once roared were

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thousands of hard-working men and women rolled up their sleeves and built more

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than just cars. You built the city. It's very exciting to welcome all of these

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folks home where all these cars were built and rekindle that spirit and fire

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that really drove this community for over a hundred years.

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I started in 1969 on the Hornet line. My dad worked for AMC. My grandpa started in 1935

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as a millwright so we a lot of history in our family. This is where it all happened.

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Everybody is drawn to AMC for different reasons. Siling, uniqueness.

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I had it ground when I was a teenager and I wanted another one and I found this one and

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we spent seven and a half years restoring it. They just tried to build a better car because

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they were underdogs. Just got power windows and power steering, power brakes, push button

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transmission. This was their luxury car at that time. But the ambassador, that was their

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most expensive car back of the day. The first SUV made the United States

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slide though. Before we'll drive, they're way ahead of their time on this.

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They were either ahead of their time, maybe a little bit behind at times. They were never

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really in their time. They never really hit the mark on what people were looking for.

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They're tougher than ever before. In the late 80s, a lot of car companies were going through

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trouble. That's when Chrysler came in with an offer spelled the end of AMC.

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That are times changed and what goes and what don't.

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It's sad that they're not around no more but got the history at least.

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There's a lot of pride for the cars and the quality of those cars as well.

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That's my life story with AMC's. I'm still hooked.

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And I love it because no one else has got one.

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It's gone but it's not forgotten.