Re: Graft & G'read - early AMX to Spirit Kammback - Ghost of AMX GT revisited -

[Wayne E LaMothe <superglider@xxxxxxxx>]

It was John Rosa who has the Spirit hood with the AMX skin.  Looks ok and
I would think the Spirit hatchback and not the Kammback would be the best
one to graft the nose onto.

YMMV

Wayne

Wayne & Lisa (Skeezix), Bolton Landing, NY,
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On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:20:54 -0500 "Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:54:11 -0500
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> I don't have to tell you that the AMX can all but be recreated 
> using
> a Spirit body. 
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> I'd love to see a 68-69 AMX nose grafted onto a Spirit --
> via
> fiberglass fenders would be easy enough. Why 68-69? Grilles are
> available.
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> Maybe a 70 with a fiberglass replica grille would be the way to go
> though
> -- those grilles are pretty hard to find. 
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> Not much can be easily done
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> the rear, but maybe some window inserts to change the look a bit 
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> nice. 
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> ++I'd seen that '68 AMX 'Blisterd' hood grafted up for the
> Spirit / Gremlin / Hornet > someone here purchased it &
> posted Photos > .
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> Opinion is that without yanking the front frame clip forward
> to add the length to the nose, it won't look 'balanced'.
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> I haven't gotten to Photoshop prowess as yet - perhaps someone
> with the requisite skills & time could knock out some mix 'n match
> between the Spirit Kammback & the AMX nose.
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> A '74 Matador nose scaled down to the Spirit Kammback would
> be very interesting !  "...... Tubular........."
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> Also, I'd like to see a Spirit Kammback with the later '72 AMX
> cowl induction nose Kpl. for the sake of comparison.
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> *Other* would be an 'Aero' style nose ala Dodge Daytona or 
> Chrysler Conquest > flip up headlights and all.
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> The problem with the Spirit Kammback / Gremlins were 
> that they were Aerodynamically 'Dirty' - so anything
> to aid it's piercing the wall of air is the right direction
> to persue.
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> The AMX-Turbo ppg appears to have a number of salvage yard
> available parts in its' design - 
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> I've really got to get the Photoshop functioning this  Spring !
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>              Brien.
>          NEW YORK
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