Today, Doby made these interesting comments ...

> Very good Verner but it is a bit backward.
>
> Here is their history
>
> The answer to the Car quiz re American Motors.
>
> The American Motor Car Company of Indianapolis was the
> maker of the 'underslung setup in 1907 placing the frame
> rails UNDER the front and rear axles moving the engine
> and transmission mass closer to the ground and thus lowering
> the center of gravity. They then used massive wheels to
> keep the necessary ground clearance. They had several models
> but this one was called the "American Underslung".

I've heard of the American Underslung but didn't know that the
name of the company was American Motors.

> In early 1911 they re-organized as the American Motors
> company and dropped all modles except the underslungs
> in 1913. New models were introduced for 1914 but the company
> went into receivership in November 1913.
>
> This is in no way connected to the American Motors most of
> you were probably thinking about. Remember I said.
> "This is tricky"
>
> Notice the CAR in the orginal company name and missing in the
> re-organization.
>
> Doby
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:07:36 GMT, Verner Johnsen
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:55:28 -0600, guest
> wrote:
>>
>>>Verner Johnsen > wrote
>>>> The American Motors Company was founded in 1906 and based
>>>> in Indianapolis, Indiana.
>>>
>>>
>>>Did it actually build a car,
>>
>>Yes, they build a car falled American, and later models were
>>known as American Underslung.
>>
>>
>>>and should we have been calling the company that produced
>>>the AMX II the AMC II ?
>>
>>I thought that was 'American Motors Corporation', founded 1st
>>of May 1954 by George Mason when he merged Nash and Hudson.
>



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