The Michelin Man Interior : Part 1

["Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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As I age , I'm finding my AMC  Tastes 
are developing nicely ,  discovering more of
those 'Hidden' styling Coups that Richard Teague
inflicted upon an unsuspecting Automotive Community
so long ago .........

Recently, I ran across a .jpg taken by John Rosa of
a primer Black '70 Gremlin @ a race track some
4 years ago - sporting what has to be one of the
MOST outrageous interiors produced by ANY
car manufacturer :  

The 1979 Concord DL 'Michelin Man' Interior 
in what appears to be 'Pumpkin Orange' :)

You'll find this interior on Arcticboys site under Eagle / Concord
etc. page Two - a scan of the Factory Brochure showing these
'Tombstone' shaped seats sporting no less than 30 pleated rolls per
seat !  

Arcticboy Obviously knew that this interior was 'Whak' - as
it is the only one really 'Featured' there - nice goin' AB:)

How many years did AMC offer this 'Style' upholstery ?

I recently ran across a Totally Wired Example locally
in a junkyard - an 'LSD Zonker Yellow' Concord coupe with
that 'Disco''' Padded half roof & 'Opera' side quarter
windows.....and a 'Z'Yellow interior..... !Yeeow........
last registrant
 was someone named U. Fester @
1313 Mockingbird Lane.....?

I sat in the drivers seat the better part of twenty minutes
just to grasp the statement this Fine Automobile made - 
........ as it is Truly a 'Can you Imagine' color scheme.

Not ONE of the current Manufacturers would Dare send
a car out looking like this !

Cadillacs last 'Yellow / Yellow' "SupahFly" Coupe was
offered in 1976 - just about the time "Shaft" started
working Evening Security at Newark Hospital......

This is the 'Alaska' Special - with 24hrs of Day Quality
 'Sunlight' available......... just add illumination.

Sadly, the drivers door was left adjar & the weather
washed out the drivers door panel & drivers seat.
Car has under 80k on it - bet the Torqueflite cooked.

Just to have an example - I'll be yanking the interior
this spring so as to worship while in the
parts shed.  Probably remove the upholstery from
the seats for patterns if needed........(yes I DO have
a sewing machine..... with LOTS of atTAchments....:)

I like my current stock interior - with the high back
'Gremlin-esq' pointy seats - but the design is not
replresentative of Richard Ts "Inner Sanctum of Psychadelia".....
........ 'Richard....... you Total Freak....'........ so plan 'B' has
me finding the '87 - '88 EAGLE LTD seats - which use the same
framework as the 'Michelin Man' seats..... and finding as *Minty
Fresh* as possible - a '79 Concord Coupe Interior.



             Brien.
         NEW YORK
   eagle registry #501
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