Comments on: From The Archives -- American Motors General Survives Hummer Sale To China http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/06/06/from-the-archives-american-motors-general-survives-hummer-sale-to-china/ Reality-based political commentary Sun, 10 May 2026 01:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/06/06/from-the-archives-american-motors-general-survives-hummer-sale-to-china/#comment-136762 Balthasar Fri, 07 Jun 2019 16:47:25 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16932#comment-136762 So, by 1975 I was tooling about in Green Bay, Wisconsin in an old Green Rambler with push button gears on the dashboard (it was an automatic). What I liked was that one could fold the front seat all the way down to make the car one long bed - how handy for a college freshman!! So, by 1975 I was tooling about in Green Bay, Wisconsin in an old Green Rambler with push button gears on the dashboard (it was an automatic). What I liked was that one could fold the front seat all the way down to make the car one long bed - how handy for a college freshman!!

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2019/06/06/from-the-archives-american-motors-general-survives-hummer-sale-to-china/#comment-136752 Michale Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:24:48 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=16932#comment-136752 <I>Not only does technology advance in wartime, what almost always follows is a migration of such military advancements to civilian life in the peacetime after the guns are silenced. These can be complex (every time you check your phone for directions, you are using the global positioning satellite system originally designed and deployed by the military) right on down to the most mundane. Ever eat M&M candies? Then you've consumed a product designed to military specifications. The problem was soldiers' hands tended to get covered in melting chocolate, so they came up with the idea of mess-free chocolate and the candy-coated M&M was the result. Look it up. During World War II, in fact, the only customer for M&Ms was the military.</I> For another great example of this, one needs look no further than the US Interstate Highway system.. Commissioned by President Eisenhower as a way to quickly move military assets from place to place... https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DHH9XK/eisenhower-interstate-system-of-north-carolina-of-i-95-super-highway-DHH9XK.jpg <I>Jeeps were the first of what later became known as the "sport-utility vehicle." </I> JEEPs also refer to new troops in the US military... <B>J</B>ust <B>E</B>ntered <B>E</B>ducational <B>P</B>rocessing <I>In other words, as a hand-me down from the parents, we managed to have fun with the car, even if the "cool kids" laughed at us from their TransAms and Mustangs. Which bred a lifelong soft spot for all things AMC. Yes, even the Pacer (sigh).</I> Ahh, the original Moon Buggie... :D Of course, let's not forget the AMC Gremlin.. There is a scene from one of THE SIMPSON's first Halloween episodes where Bart screams at Otto that there is a gremlin outside of the bus... Otto looks and sees Moleman driving an AMC Gremlin.. Heh Love the trips down memory lane.. :D Not only does technology advance in wartime, what almost always follows is a migration of such military advancements to civilian life in the peacetime after the guns are silenced. These can be complex (every time you check your phone for directions, you are using the global positioning satellite system originally designed and deployed by the military) right on down to the most mundane. Ever eat M&M candies? Then you've consumed a product designed to military specifications. The problem was soldiers' hands tended to get covered in melting chocolate, so they came up with the idea of mess-free chocolate and the candy-coated M&M was the result. Look it up. During World War II, in fact, the only customer for M&Ms was the military.

For another great example of this, one needs look no further than the US Interstate Highway system..

Commissioned by President Eisenhower as a way to quickly move military assets from place to place...

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DHH9XK/eisenhower-interstate-system-of-north-carolina-of-i-95-super-highway-DHH9XK.jpg

Jeeps were the first of what later became known as the "sport-utility vehicle."

JEEPs also refer to new troops in the US military...

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In other words, as a hand-me down from the parents, we managed to have fun with the car, even if the "cool kids" laughed at us from their TransAms and Mustangs. Which bred a lifelong soft spot for all things AMC. Yes, even the Pacer (sigh).

Ahh, the original Moon Buggie... :D

Of course, let's not forget the AMC Gremlin.. There is a scene from one of THE SIMPSON's first Halloween episodes where Bart screams at Otto that there is a gremlin outside of the bus... Otto looks and sees Moleman driving an AMC Gremlin.. Heh

Love the trips down memory lane.. :D

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