Hemmings Muscle Machines

American Influence

“All of this piqued my interest in the cars of America’s last independent automaker.”

he first car I was ever able to get my hands on to really tinker with — on my own, with no one else looking over my shoulder — was an AMC product. It was a Gremlin of all things — a ’71, I think — and it was essentially abandoned in a neighbor’s backyard. It had belonged to one of the sons

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