RE:Answer to question & Diecast observations

["Larry R. Daum" <mramc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

RE:Answer to question & Diecast observations


>>
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.
<<
And the answer is Supermarine Spitfire World war II fighter plane.
Dick Teague was an aircraft designer before he did cars, but the  AMX was
largely done by Chuck Mashigan, who also did the  2 passenger Ford Thunderbird.
It was copied off the hood or Bonnet bulge from the V- air craft engine on 
the front
of the plane. Mashigan was at an AMO banquet I believe with Dick Teague and 
the
question came up.

On the die cast model from Ertl / Highway 61 . Yes it really just has to be 
the 71/74
Javelin. Pretty much the most popular AMC cars are two passenger AMX and 
the latter
Javelin. You got to be able to do enough models to make it cost effective 
so I agree with
John Rosa 100%. And his idea for doing the 71/72s would be the way to go 
after the 73/74.
The problemwith the Ertl AMXs and I checked into this is the profit margin 
on them was bad. $5 has
about all the original dealers made per model. Ertl sold them too cheap for 
the detail they
put in. The Highway 61 models are there premo line at about $50 a model 
with I believe a
better profit margin. Never mind the 10 cent an hour Chinese factory 
workers.  Thanks, LRDaum

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