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Dave U. Random

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Jan 29, 2010, 9:54:14 PM1/29/10
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(CAR LUST) - Remember the Marlin, AMC's answer to the
Mustang?

Don't be embarrassed if you don't. It's not exactly at the
forefront of modern collector-car consciousness.

Truth be told, the Marlin didn't get a whole lot of
attention even back when it was in production. There were
17,419 Marlins built in the three years it was on the
market--contrasted with production of well over 1.6 million
Mustangs in the same period. We call cars in this market
segment "pony cars" (and not "fishmobiles") for a good
reason.

While it could never match the Mustang in terms of sales,
or visibility, or performance, or (let's not mince words
here) good looks, the Marlin is a perfect Car Lust car,
with the sort of endearing quirkiness we love around these
parts. The story of the Marlin also has some surprising
ties to professional baseball and national politics...

Continued: http://tr.im/AMCMartin

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