Re: EBAY AMX clone....http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V
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Re: EBAY AMX clone....http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4594763730&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT



The first thing I saw is that it's an AMX clone without an AMX grill. 

Ken 
Quoting Mark Holmes <mholmes1@xxxxxxxxx>:

> OK Guys and Gals...Where's Waldo? What wrong with this car? 
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4594763730&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT
> It seems fishy...what do you see?
> Thanks
> Mark
> '73 AMC AMX 304
> '72 Dodge Charger 440
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <farna@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Land Speed Records
> 
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> > The thing is unless it's an unlimited record there's NO info available on 
> > the Internet except for the current records. I tried searching too --  
> > there's no mention of "American Spirit" anywhere, but many mentions of 
> > "Spirit of America" and the "Speed Spectacular" runs. The press release 
> > and Shell ad (or Champion -- I'd have to dig for the ad now!) are the only
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> > info I've been able to find. I suppose a book on LSR records published 
> > sometime in 1969 might have it, if the records stood for long. I imagine 
> > the class records were broken a lot by people trying for the unlimited 
> > record. According to FIA rules you can make a class and unlimited run at 
> > the same time. Basically they record your speed and car type (just engine 
> > size back then) and see what record you set, if any.
> >
> > That's the difficulty of the Internet -- lots of info, but only for things
> 
> > someone is interested in. When you search for "AMC Speed Records" you'll 
> > find that a lot of the info is the same on many of the sites too. 
> > Something rather obscure like the "American Spirit" just doesn't show up. 
> > I may e-mail FIA and see if there is a way to get a list of records from a
> 
> > certain time period or run.
> >
> > On December 3, 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> Frank, my bad, I'll take your word regarding the American Spirit record, 
> >> I just haven't been unable to find anything regarding a record run. The 
> >> article about the Javelin Speed Spectacular said that the stream liner 
> >> never ran, but it must of ran some time after that article was originally
> 
> >> printed.
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