Re: AMX/3 at Los Angeles area car show

["Steven F. Brueggeman" <amcer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow! Very cool!

-Steve-


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From: "Mark" <sixtynineamx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: AMX/3 at Los Angeles area car show


> http://www.artcenter.edu/carclassic/
> Yesterday I had the honor of displaying my 1969 AMX at the 2005 Art Center
Car Classic show in
> Pasadena, CA. The Art Center College of Design is known for having a large
percentage of the
> world's car designers go through its doors each year. So when the school
goes about hosting its
> car show each year, it doesn't take too much arm bending of the owners of
some of the most rare
> and most beautifully designed cars in the world to line up for a chance to
display their cars at
> this particular show.
>
> For example, at the show yesterday on display were a 1930 Hispano Suiza
Boattail Body, a 1927
> Bentley 6 1/2 Litre SC Arrow Coupe, a 1928 Auburn 8-90 Boat Tail
Speedster, a 1929 Cord, a 1931
> Duesenburg, a 1930 Packard, a 1914 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. Included in
the mix were Ferraris,
> Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Porsches, and more! There were a whole lot of
cars I had not seen or ever
> heard of, all beautifully designed cars.
>
> The reason I was displaying my 1969 AMX at this show was because Richard
Teague, who designed the
> AMX, was a graduate of the Art School of Design, and the event organizer
wanted an AMX on display
> as an example of an alumnus' designs.
>
> As it turned out Richard Teague's son, Jeff Teague, a graduate of the same
art school, and has
> ownership of his father's 1970 AMX/3, was able to pull the AMX/3 out of
the Peterson Car Museum in
> Los Angeles and bring it to the car show and park next to my AMX.
>
> It was a honor to meet Jeff Teague and talk to him for a few minutes. He
mentioned something about
> an AMX/4 in the future but we'll have to wait and see!
>
> I took a whole lot of pictures at the show but went through them and
eliminated some duplicate and
> boring pictures. Still there are around 150 pictures to click through.
Those pictures are located
> here at:
>
> http://socalamx.net/photos/thumbnails.php?album=24
>
>
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