Comments on: Still Life: Forged in Kenosha, Replaced by a Renault http://hooniverse.com/2010/02/22/still-life-forged-in-kenosha-replaced-by-a-renault/ Staking a claim in the automotive fringe Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:09:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Maymar http://hooniverse.com/2010/02/22/still-life-forged-in-kenosha-replaced-by-a-renault/#comment-22343 Maymar Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:25:26 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=10317#comment-22343 On my commute to work, there's some form of Alliance under a tarp, but I've never seen it move. There's also a 240 and 740 in the driveway, so I suspect the owner is one of us, to some degree. But I was also introduced to a local transmission shop that has 3 Fuegos, 2 18i Sportwagons, and 2 Alliances (one garden variety, one husk of a GTA) - if there's a deity, one of those will start running under their own power again. On my commute to work, there's some form of Alliance under a tarp, but I've never seen it move. There's also a 240 and 740 in the driveway, so I suspect the owner is one of us, to some degree.

But I was also introduced to a local transmission shop that has 3 Fuegos, 2 18i Sportwagons, and 2 Alliances (one garden variety, one husk of a GTA) – if there's a deity, one of those will start running under their own power again.

]]> By: Mike_the_Dog http://hooniverse.com/2010/02/22/still-life-forged-in-kenosha-replaced-by-a-renault/#comment-22339 Mike_the_Dog Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:20:04 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=10317#comment-22339 You <i>do</i> know that's a Fiero, right? You do know that's a Fiero, right?

]]> By: Mike_the_Dog http://hooniverse.com/2010/02/22/still-life-forged-in-kenosha-replaced-by-a-renault/#comment-22336 Mike_the_Dog Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:10:59 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=10317#comment-22336 You are correct, but the Eagle (and the Spirit/Concord) are even more closely related to the '64 Rambler American than they are to either the XJ or CJ. The basic mechanical bits were pretty much the same between the CJ, XJ and Eagle, though. The Eagle's IFS was an adapted version of the old Hornet setup used on the Spirit/Concord, and the rest of the parts were right out of the same bins as the Jeep line. You are correct, but the Eagle (and the Spirit/Concord) are even more closely related to the '64 Rambler American than they are to either the XJ or CJ. The basic mechanical bits were pretty much the same between the CJ, XJ and Eagle, though. The Eagle's IFS was an adapted version of the old Hornet setup used on the Spirit/Concord, and the rest of the parts were right out of the same bins as the Jeep line.

]]> By: Mike_the_Dog http://hooniverse.com/2010/02/22/still-life-forged-in-kenosha-replaced-by-a-renault/#comment-22334 Mike_the_Dog Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:02:18 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=10317#comment-22334 Be nice. They were actually pretty good quality cars. Besides, everything rusted like mad back then, AMC was one of the first to make inroads into using galvanized panels on their cars to thwart the tinworm (with limited success, but they tried!). Be nice. They were actually pretty good quality cars. Besides, everything rusted like mad back then, AMC was one of the first to make inroads into using galvanized panels on their cars to thwart the tinworm (with limited success, but they tried!).

]]> By: soo΄pәr-bādd75 http://hooniverse.com/2010/02/22/still-life-forged-in-kenosha-replaced-by-a-renault/#comment-22196 soo΄pәr-bādd75 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:53:47 +0000 http://hooniverse.com/blog/?p=10317#comment-22196 "American Subaru" just brings about some awesome pictures in my mind. And your statement in general makes me wonder where AMC might have been today had they been rescued by a company that actually had plans to keep them around. AMC is an interesting study because we kind of see Chrysler in the same boat today, with a European company taking over their operations in order to, more or less, introduce their own (Euro) products into the American market. If Fiat fails (AGAIN!) in America, and Chrysler's got a lineup of Fiats with a couple of Jeeps and the Ram, does someone else pick up the pieces, or does Chrysler go the way of AMC with maybe Jeep as the only survivor (again)? Ineteresting.... "American Subaru" just brings about some awesome pictures in my mind. And your statement in general makes me wonder where AMC might have been today had they been rescued by a company that actually had plans to keep them around. AMC is an interesting study because we kind of see Chrysler in the same boat today, with a European company taking over their operations in order to, more or less, introduce their own (Euro) products into the American market. If Fiat fails (AGAIN!) in America, and Chrysler's got a lineup of Fiats with a couple of Jeeps and the Ram, does someone else pick up the pieces, or does Chrysler go the way of AMC with maybe Jeep as the only survivor (again)? Ineteresting….

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