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Cara is a 69 AMX AMC Rebel. It's 1959 Ambassador. It's a 1983 Eagle made here in
Kenosha. Kenosha Iron, that's what we appreciate.
I am here to celebrate the homecoming of American Motors and that's something
that we hold very dearly around here. Every three years people converge on
Kenosha, Wisconsin. We host the world's largest AMC car show. We have cars come
from almost every state in America. This week is really more of a family reunion.
It's Kenosha, the homecoming.
Car manufacturing started in Kenosha in 1902. It was the second mass producer in all of America.
You had the big three in Detroit and AMC was the fourth.
Now today we stand at Hallowed Ground. A place where steel once roared were
thousands of hard-working men and women rolled up their sleeves and built more
than just cars. You built the city. It's very exciting to welcome all of these
folks home where all these cars were built and rekindle that spirit and fire
that really drove this community for over a hundred years.
I started in 1969 on the Hornet line. My dad worked for AMC. My grandpa started in 1935
as a millwright so we a lot of history in our family. This is where it all happened.
Everybody is drawn to AMC for different reasons. Siling, uniqueness.
I had it ground when I was a teenager and I wanted another one and I found this one and
we spent seven and a half years restoring it. They just tried to build a better car because
they were underdogs. Just got power windows and power steering, power brakes, push button
transmission. This was their luxury car at that time. But the ambassador, that was their
most expensive car back of the day. The first SUV made the United States
slide though. Before we'll drive, they're way ahead of their time on this.
They were either ahead of their time, maybe a little bit behind at times. They were never
really in their time. They never really hit the mark on what people were looking for.
They're tougher than ever before. In the late 80s, a lot of car companies were going through
trouble. That's when Chrysler came in with an offer spelled the end of AMC.
That are times changed and what goes and what don't.
It's sad that they're not around no more but got the history at least.
There's a lot of pride for the cars and the quality of those cars as well.
That's my life story with AMC's. I'm still hooked.
And I love it because no one else has got one.
It's gone but it's not forgotten.