AM General: Hummers, Mutts, Buses & Postal Jeeps (Photo Archive) | 
 enlarge | Author: Patrick Foster
Publisher: Iconografix
Category: Book
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Edition: 1st
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Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1583881352
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
EAN: 9781583881354
ASIN: 1583881352
Publication Date: April 15, 2005
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While AM General is almost totally unknown, it makes some of the most recognizable vehicles in the world including the Hummer, Humvee, and postal Jeeps. During its relatively short life AM General has produced a wide range of commercial and military vehicles including postal service Jeeps and vans, military trucks from the 1/4- up to 5-ton models, military trailers, transit buses, motor home chassis, and more. Inside, widely respected author Patrick Foster gives the reader an in-depth look at AM General and its vehicles with spectacular black and white photographs combined with insightful captions. A treat for all enthusiasts!
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What if American Motors was still in business? June 26, 2008
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This book neatly sums up the history of AM GENERAL. One has to wonder what might have been, if the parent company American Motors had managed to hold on a bit longer, would it be a dominant force in the auto market today? Quite possibly, give the fact that the company went out of business just as the SUV craze was taking hold, and AMC did have the iconic JEEP in it's line up. And of course, AM GENERAL produced profits for the company, through it's miliary contracts, more on that a bit later!
As for AM GENERAL, I wonder how many HUMMER owners know that their vehicle began as an offshoot of the JEEP?
One interesting omission in the book. AMC had to divest itself of AM GENERAL in the early 1980s. It seems that the American government was OK with Renault taking over the car end of the business, but did not want AM GENERAL, a miliary contrator, falling into the hands of a Socialist foreign power, that is to say, France !!
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