Despite the American Motors Corporation being dead for more than 35 years, the remains of its last dealership, Collier Motors AMC, still stand in North Carolina, with hundreds of cars left on the lot.

Having survived the fall of American Motor Corporation, Collier Motors AMC—which we’ve deemed America’s last AMC dealership—has since soldiered on in the quiet community of Pikeville, North Carolina.

Writer’s note: Respecting the “stay-at-home” order this weekend, I turn my mind to a drive from the past. Almost 40 years ago in latesummer 1980, I spent time aboard the ’81 American Motors Corp.

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Though no one knew it when the car made its debut in the fall of 1979, AMC’s oddball Eagle crossover would go on to influence the look of millions of vehicles built decades later. But it’s only now ...