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

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Are there any relics of brick-and-mortar in the American Motors Museum?   In
the WHAT???

New Wranglers may still be at Liberty in North Toledo, newer Grand Cherokees
may be shining on every Jeep dealer's 2004 showroom floor and the newest new
models may be glowing ideas in DaimlerChrysler engineering labs and design
studios, but the American Bicycle of 1900, the "big bad green" 50-hp Pope of
1911,

http://www.ohioconcours.com/1999/99-115.jpg

the silent Knight of the silent film era,

http://www.yesterdaypaper.com/adv_2/4018.jpg

the answer to a question Rambler posed, 

http://www.carroantigo.com/imagens/propagandas/prop-aero.jpg

and the American adventure that keeps

http://www.off-road.com/jeepster/history/jeep-ad68.jpg

Jeep-ing on and on into our world's history

http://www.thekick.nl/500-history/507/507.htm

may be all that remain to remind us what AMC both built up and brought down
--- 25 years ago.

If Nash was hoisted on its own petard by its success in the promotion of
Buddism, perhaps Willys-Overland became the victim of its own savior in the
success of AMC Jeep.  One symbol stood for over 60 years; one stood for more
than 10 (and then stood differently for almost 20 more...)  AMC demolished
Willys' monument, but Jeep outlives AMC's silver skyscraper in 2004.

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Anyone ever heard or read of the AMX III in conjunction with the name
SCIABILA??

Also, I have seen 3 of the cars, but never a blue one, only heard of
that one. I understand the blue car is the one that supossidly has
chickens roosting in it.
<<

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't AMC do a lot of the AMX III work
over in Italy, including production of body parts?  In any case, this is
not a word, nor is it a place in Italy, so it's probably a last name.
<<

#1 - "basement" car; #2 - "coop" car; #3 - "Teague" car; #4 - "Prisma" car;
#5 "BMW" car; #6 "Diomante" car; #7 "Giordanengo" car (completed in '95 as a
spyder) are well-known.  #6 was shown as a Bizzarrini after his AMC contract
period; #5 mule was tested in Germany and was painted blue.

Since Larry didn't note them, hidden wipers appeared on later examples.  

The only AMX/3(s) still missing may be in pieces - if any exist at all.

In 1990, when Giuseppe Bizzarrini (Giotto's son, an engineer who speaks
English much better than I speak Italian) owned his Forme e Technologia firm
in Milan, he, along with his father, designed (by CAD) the first all-new
Bizzarrini since AMX/3 days, saw a full-size clay modeled (by a former
manager of Metalcrafters' Dodge Viper program) in 1991, showed a pushmobile
at B-J's Expo in 1992 and unveiled a completed prototype at Long Beach in
1993.  (Both Bizzarrinis came from Italy and were treated to a taping of the
"Tonight Show," a Big Dog garage invite, three SoCal design studio
[Japanese] tours, and entrée to some of the finest private car collections
around LA.  Mere mortals can die from such experiences.)

I won't write any more on Bizzarrini history here, but I'll leave it at,
"It, like any AMX/3, should still officially be termed a 'prototipo' car

http://www.italiaspeed.com/proto_brizzarrinibz_01.jpg

as should the official website of its namesake (but that's Italy...)

http://www.bizzarrini.it/

Seen any Firebirds or Fieros lately?

(There's no Biz like old Biz, though...)

http://www.go-fast.org/adventure/images/bizzarrini.jpg

>From funny to funnier.  It must be time to stop and go.

John

PS - Italian cars die in Italian.  Often, expensively and loud.