WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:27.740 is a 00:27.740 --> 00:40.640 Cara is a 69 AMX AMC Rebel. It's 1959 Ambassador. It's a 1983 Eagle made here in 00:40.640 --> 00:45.980 Kenosha. Kenosha Iron, that's what we appreciate. 00:46.540 --> 00:52.180 I am here to celebrate the homecoming of American Motors and that's something 00:52.180 --> 00:56.220 that we hold very dearly around here. Every three years people converge on 00:56.300 --> 01:01.580 Kenosha, Wisconsin. We host the world's largest AMC car show. We have cars come 01:01.580 --> 01:06.580 from almost every state in America. This week is really more of a family reunion. 01:06.580 --> 01:08.100 It's Kenosha, the homecoming. 01:13.100 --> 01:19.340 Car manufacturing started in Kenosha in 1902. It was the second mass producer in all of America. 01:19.340 --> 01:22.860 You had the big three in Detroit and AMC was the fourth. 01:22.860 --> 01:28.220 Now today we stand at Hallowed Ground. A place where steel once roared were 01:28.220 --> 01:31.660 thousands of hard-working men and women rolled up their sleeves and built more 01:31.660 --> 01:37.500 than just cars. You built the city. It's very exciting to welcome all of these 01:37.500 --> 01:43.020 folks home where all these cars were built and rekindle that spirit and fire 01:43.020 --> 01:47.340 that really drove this community for over a hundred years. 01:48.220 --> 01:58.700 I started in 1969 on the Hornet line. My dad worked for AMC. My grandpa started in 1935 01:58.700 --> 02:03.900 as a millwright so we a lot of history in our family. This is where it all happened. 02:05.420 --> 02:10.460 Everybody is drawn to AMC for different reasons. Siling, uniqueness. 02:11.900 --> 02:15.500 I had it ground when I was a teenager and I wanted another one and I found this one and 02:16.460 --> 02:21.740 we spent seven and a half years restoring it. They just tried to build a better car because 02:21.740 --> 02:28.300 they were underdogs. Just got power windows and power steering, power brakes, push button 02:28.300 --> 02:34.940 transmission. This was their luxury car at that time. But the ambassador, that was their 02:35.500 --> 02:39.980 most expensive car back of the day. The first SUV made the United States 02:39.980 --> 02:45.260 slide though. Before we'll drive, they're way ahead of their time on this. 02:46.220 --> 02:50.300 They were either ahead of their time, maybe a little bit behind at times. They were never 02:50.300 --> 02:55.500 really in their time. They never really hit the mark on what people were looking for. 02:55.500 --> 03:01.900 They're tougher than ever before. In the late 80s, a lot of car companies were going through 03:01.900 --> 03:07.100 trouble. That's when Chrysler came in with an offer spelled the end of AMC. 03:07.580 --> 03:13.740 That are times changed and what goes and what don't. 03:13.740 --> 03:16.620 It's sad that they're not around no more but got the history at least. 03:18.060 --> 03:24.140 There's a lot of pride for the cars and the quality of those cars as well. 03:28.620 --> 03:30.940 That's my life story with AMC's. I'm still hooked. 03:32.460 --> 03:34.380 And I love it because no one else has got one. 03:37.100 --> 03:43.260 It's gone but it's not forgotten.