Understood, but the concept of a car being assembled from disparate parts from other suppliers, that is, having a Ford engine and a C4 transmission clearly identified as such, for example, but it not being in a Ford, was a concept alien to me at the time. Certainly I knew there were kit cars, but manufacturing on the scale of AMC with that approach was something I had never considered, that’s all.
That and having been raised in an all General Motors household, too. At least until Dad left GMAC in 1969 and immediately bought a Dodge Monaco. -D On Apr 26, 2018, at 4:37 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Many of the component parts used by the "Big 3" were outsourced and > supplied by component manufacturers.... Those same outsource suppliers sold > parts to other car companies, including foreign car companies, routinely. > > No big surprises there. > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:08 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> With a father who was a former GM VP, I knew nothing about AMC vehicles >> until my buddy’s family got them. I remember being amazed that they were >> made up of components from the Big Three in some cases. I had no ideal >> that the Big Three would sell component parts or that another company would >> assemble a car made out of other people’s stuff. >> >> -D >> >>> On Apr 26, 2018, at 4:03 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> My in-laws had 2 different Gremlins and a Pacer. One of the Gremlins was >> green. The other, and the Pacer were that sort of caramel colour. >>> I don't think any of them were really bad cars. Just cheap >> transportation. >>> >>> RB >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
