My question of why had to do with my own bad memories of AMC from that era. There was a Hornet as a driver’s ed car. Only one that kept breaking down. This was among such American automotive luminaries as a Chevrolet Vega and Dodge Aspen. The mid-1970’s was not our finest era for cars.
Found a Concord ad to replace the Spirit above.
My favorite car was this one:
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I had a rare one with a 5-speed and cloth seats. Only way I could afford it at the time. Big car for the era, but the smoothest manual made.
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