AMC = Mopar?

I love AMC's, and I like the fact that they are included in the MoPar family in car shows, and such. Chrysler purchased what was AMC some time back in the 70's (I think), or early 80's.

Another thing, if you don't consider acquisitions made by Chrysler to be MoPars, than how do you explain "Dodge"? Walter P. purchased the brand, once called "Dodge Brothers".

Here is a little history and a great read about the acquisition of Dodge by Walter P. from our good friends at Allpar... Enjoy.

http://www.allpar.com/history/dodge.html

A excerpt from the above link....

"...Into this fray stepped Walter Chrysler with the announcement of three new makes of vehicles. The first Plymouth (or "Chrysler Plymouth" as it was originally billed) was a continuation of the old Chrysler Four, which was itself a continuation of the final Maxwell. But Dillon, Reed was likely far more unnerved by the other two introductions; a new lightweight six-cylinder car, the DeSoto, which initially sold right below Dodge in price, and the Fargo line of trucks, aimed straight at the Dodge truck line. In his excellent biography of Walter P. Chrysler, Vincent Curcio states that DeSoto and Fargo were created for the primary purpose of intimidating Dillon, Reed into selling Dodge... which they did later in 1928 for $170 million, perhaps short of their asking price but still at a profit".

The Dodge brand was not a WP Chrysler brand, until he purchased it, just as his company did with AMC some 60 or so years later.