Re: tarpon pics

[Gwendolyn Ann Smith <gwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wayne E LaMothe <superglider@xxxxxxxx>, you said...

>Someone on the list was looking for pics of the Tarpon.  I am just
>curious what you found and are you willing to share your info?  Anyone
>actually know what happened to the car?  I seem to remember reading
>somewhere that a person in Kentucky or Tennessee bought it from a
>dealership in 66 or so.  Don't know if it is true.  I also thought they
>built more than one prototype so it would be a fun piece of trivia to
>determine where they went.

I knwo that there's quite a few images out there on the web, most of 
which can probably be found via Google's image search.

http://images.google.com/images?q=1964+tarpon

I've heard rumours about that one prototype, though they often end in the 
demise of the car in question.  I do wish it was around, and if it is, 
that it comes up for air one of these days.  

I know there was also a "mock up" done that was only the passenger side 
of the car, but I sincerely doubt that lasted beyond the '64 auto show 
circuit.  That one was also, I suspect, not metal, but clay.  Further, 
the July 1964 Popular Mechanics does talk of an American Motors fastback 
concept called the Sceptre, "possibly designed along the lines of AM's 
Tarpon.  No idea whatever happened to that vehicle, either, and I've 
never seen a shot of 'er.

I seem to recall that the folks looking for pix (to whom I sent a few) 
are working on recreating the Tarpon from a donor '64 American and '65 
Marlin.  Here's some of what I sent 'em, though somewhat reduced.  The 
first two are from American Motors News Illustrated, the third from Car 
Craft.  I'll have to dig up April 64 Popular Mechanics shot which 
actually shows some of the front end for a change.

http://www.gwensmith.com/interests/rambler/images/amnews_tarpon1.jpg

http://www.gwensmith.com/interests/rambler/images/amnews_tarpon2.jpg

http://www.gwensmith.com/interests/rambler/images/carcraft_tarpon.jpg

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

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