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Nash and Hudson form AMC

It became clear in the burgeoning formative period of the automobile industry that a brisk and exciting era of personal transportation had dawned. There were leaders and future hopefuls amid the blend of notable personages. Soon, the 1890s bowed to inevitable progress in the cradle years of the 20th century. By that time, those youthful hopefuls had learned much of the new industry’s formation as they watched history unroll.

Two names in those early years spring forth: Roy D. Chap-in and Charles Nash. As events unfolded decades

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