Copper Coronet

["Mahoney, John" <jmahoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Until Ralph restored the lost week, we couldn't read that Brien was trunked
in Jersey, Siggi was revved in Deutschland and Spirit was [Astro] Spiraling
in Illinois (sans James Bond) --- and when list power came back on, we
didn't know what anyone was talking about.  Thanks for jogging our memories.
If "state-of-the-art" technology means missed satellites, flu shots and car
talk, 2004 America can be proud.      

>>
great car to clone an SC/360 on (if that's the
extent of your imagination)....but I'd rather
just paint the SC stripe on, marking it 'SC/258',
then add nice mags and a 4-speed shift knob on
the 3-speed's shifter, and make it a great local
runabout.
<<

...or keep it --- as a PRESERVATION car --- as it was manufactured.

Isn't it almost too nice to alter?

>>
I have always wondered where the 68-9 AMX hood design
came from, and it looks as though they were trying to
copy the old gassers from the 60s. Just my 2 cents.
<<

Here's a fine time for fifty AMC fans to turn that into an even dollar.

Post what you've read/heard/imagined about the AMX hood source.

It won't cost you a penny for your time and effort.

Here's a hood scoop quote to start you thinking:

"You put those things there when the basics aren't working."

- Larry Erickson, chief designer of the 2005 Mustang  

("No comment!" on the option list for the 2005 GTO.)

Now here's a 2001 AMC-content [edited] transcript. 

(And I won't charge you a penny for your laughs...)   


"How are you?

Fine, thank you.

I read in my notes today that we met? I'm usually good at these things. 

You may not remember. You were very, very kind to me early in my career.  

I was?

Um hum. You're so kind, probably all the time, you just don't remember. I
was new to LA, and I was driving what can be best described as a Pacer. 

An AMC Pacer. A fine collector automobile. 

Yeah, except mine had come from Chicago, for no reason, and it had areas of
it that were just kind of rusted out. So I used to get a lot of guff. Guff,
for driving this car. 

Guff? There's an LA word. A lot of guff. 

I did that for the sailors? Umm, so I was driving with my boyfriend, at the
time, and he said "Role [sic] down your window, there's a man who wants to
say something to you." And I thought I was going to get mocked. And I role
[sic] down the window and a very nice, distinguished man said "Excuse me, I
just wanted to let you know that you had a tail light out." And I said
"Thank you!" And it was you. 

Well that's lovely. OK.

So then I thought, that you know, this is my big shot, here at the red
light. I thought I would make my career.  And I was eating a bagel, and I
said "Do you want some bagel?" ...Isn't that good? Aren't you surprised I
haven't been here earlier? 

Yeah, yeah. I think I remember burning rubber, and taking off. 

I was like "Wait, wait." .... So isn't that funny?  

Yes, that's a fascinating story. Well, I hope you got the tail light fixed. 

I did. In fact I just junked the whole car. 

What was I in?  Do you remember? 

You were driving.....aaa..... surprisingly.....you were driving a Ford
Taurus. 

I wasn't driving a.....I didn't have a Ford Taurus. I wasn't driving a
Taurus. What color was it? 

It was green.  

No. Green, no that was a '66 Hemi Coronet. That was not a stupid....Ford
Taurus!  

Ummm.... 

Did you really think that of me? Get out! A Taurus? 

I just thought that, cause you know you like your cars and..... 

Duh..... 

And I thought maybe....I love that you're so insulted by a Ford Taurus. 

I am insulted by that.

Cause the Taurus people are gonna be very happy about that. But I ummm.... 

Well screw them, it was a '66 Coronet. Thank you very much.
  
I thought it was very nice, it gave you very sensible, well rounded, kind of
edge. 

Well thank you very much, that's what I am, I'm too edgy."


Since I'm both edgy and.out of time, I'm out of words also.  Save one.
Ciao!