metal taking longer to tool, but volume would be higher. On January 9, 1967, a contentious AMC board of directors meeting resulted in the firing or "early retirement" of Abernethy, as well as with the "resignation" of Evans as chairman of the board. The two were replaced by William V. Luneburg as president and Roy D. Chapin Jr. as the new chairman of the board. Evans continued as a board member. Retirement During May 1970, Evans sold half of his holdings in AMC (100,000 shares). Evans sold 44,000 of his AMC shares in 1971 while continuing to serve as a director and member of the finance committee. In 1971, Evans purchased the Muskegon Bank and Trust Company in Muskegon, Michigan from the so-called "Parsons Group". He died at his residence in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. He was survived by his two children, Jane Evans Jones and Robert B. Evans, Jr. References American chief executives in the automobile industry American Motors people 1906 births 1998 deaths University of Michigan alumni Michigan Republicans 20th-century American businesspeople People from Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan