Re: 79 AMX or not?RE: 77 AMX white interior

["walt" <amc4me@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all HAPPY NEW YEAR. I myself know of a 77 Hornet AMX, 304,Firecracker
Red,with a white interior,well white door panels,and buckets,but i do have a
soft spot for white interiors also.
     ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guynn" <amx69@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <farna@xxxxxxx>; <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: 79 AMX or not?


> I have certainly seen Maroon real Spirit AMXs. Have seen very dark blue
> as well. Most seemed to be Black. I think the Maroon ones were fewer in
> number. The dark blue ones I originally thought of as a repaint until I
> saw the 2nd one painted that color. You know, many ''used'' car lots
> repaint everthing they carry because they bought it wrecked and fixed it.
>
> Had a 1977 Hornet AMX with White interior. The book[dealer brochure]
> claims the AMX had only Tan, or Black interior available.And all the
> Hornet AMXs I have seen have Tan or Black. Anyone else ever see White
> interior in a 77?? This 77 was White with white interior.
>
> Not an expert on these late AMXs but I know what I have owned and I know
> what I have seen.  Flaire come off, they aree installed with double
> stick tape in most places. some may use the holes in the lip of the
> fender were the chrome stips are.
>
> all the Hornet, Concorde, and Spirit Flares are different. You might be
> able to swap whole assemblies from one to another, but just swaping one
> piece will not work. SX/$ flares will fit on the spirit as well but it
> is not really AMC part.
>
> since for the most part the Spirit AMC was a stripe package, why would
> anyone really want to fake one?? It is not like it is going to have some
> grand performance over a regular Spirit just because it carries AMC
> package.My 77 was just a plain old 6 cylinder Hornet with painted
> bumpers and stripes. Nothing more.
>
> Regards,
>
> Randy Guynn
>
>