Re: Re: AMX/3 at Los Angeles area car show

["Retro Ralph" <retroralph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

More from out of the distant past (from AMC-List Archives CD) March 1999...
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From: "Rob Clutter" <rclutter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: eagle springs
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 07:41:12 -0600
>Thanks
>Ian Dawkins

Hey Ian

Tell us a little more about Dads AMX/3, there must be a good story there!!!
Talk about rare, howd he get one of those?? I,ve never even seen one exept
in pictures. Wasnt even one at Kenosha homecomming. Will he show it
anywhere??
Thanks
Rob Clutter  Milton, TN
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From: "Ian Dawkins" <iedawkin@xxxxxxx>
Subject: AMX/3
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 12:34:37 -0500

Ok Here it goes.  Not in Hemmings.  Not for sale. Not restored(yet).
It is the #1 car.  Came from Italy stripped.  As in, no motor, transaxle,
brake system, wheels, and some other miscellaneaus interior
stuff (gauges..hint hint).

Car was an ugly pee soup green.  When my Dad got it back in the early 70's(I
don't know exact dates, but my dad might....maybe) he painted it yellow as
it still is.  My Dad got a blueprinted 1970 390/315hp from AMC engine
buildup.  The motor was originally built for some exec, who had a car with
the 390 and a  history of grenading motors(my dad knows who the guy is).
The project was promptly halted as their was no transaxle, and none to be
found.

So it sat, and then in 1981 when my family moved to Alaska from Lansing, Mi
my Dad made arrangements with Gilmores car museum to store the car. And they
had permission to restore it cosmetically so they could display it.  This
never happened, so the car sat for another 18 or so years in the bottom of a
barn.  This christmas
break while I was out of college.  My Dad and  I went to Kalamazoo, Mi with
the 85 Eagle and flatbed trailer and hauled the car back.

While the car was at Gilmores we heard rumors that Dick Teague(good friend
of my dad) had donated a transaxle and bellhousing.  We had called the
museum in previous years and they denied receiving any pieces.  Well when we
went
to pick the car up we where informed that the museum had a transaxle and
bellhousing that they weren't going to use.  (gee, how nice..can we have
them?)

Best part of this deal is that the bellhousing that was included was one
that my Dad had broken in previous years on another '3 of Teagues and it had
been professionaly welded. Kind of neat that Teague had such a sense of
humor.

Well when we got the car back the motor was missing the oilpan and 3
pushrods.  All of which misterously disappeared( and they took 2 Machine
wheels holding the back of the car up also....those silly AMC fans will go
to all means for parts I guess).  The motor has never been
run, and now after all of those years never will.  Since the oilpan was
missing I was able to see the wonderful IronOxide that has formed on the
cylinder walls.  But everything else looks good(including the white camlube
goop).

The underbody of the car has surface rust.  And it is in dire need of a
respray.  But this car is going to get the red carpet treatment(don't expect
to see it in any show for many years. As this is going to be another father
son project.  Have I told you how long the other ones took?).

The main problem that we are going to run into on the restoration is the
braking system as that is completely not there.  And the people who made it
disapear didn't leave part #'s or descriptions.  That and the fact that it
was a custom system built be ATE, who then became Teves, who is now a part
of Continental.  The problem is going to be in the record keeping, if there
is any from back in the day of this project.

At the Detroit SAE show this year we talked with a rep from Continental, who
just happens to be an Alumni from my school(Michigan Technological
University), and explained our situation.  He asked for more info on the
brake system and gave me his card.  I did and sent him an email.....it is
far to soon to be able to tell if he has progressed on this search.  And I
haven't had a reply back.  But I expect the best. And if that doesn't work
out I believe it is acceptable to upgrade the braking system on collectible
cars.  Espeacially if the originals are unobtainable(I am asking for a
response here.  Nothing too negative I hope).

Well that's the story as to right now.  Also over X-mas break my Dad and I
flew to San Diego, Ca to look at Teagues AMX/3 in the San Diego auto museum.
I was surprised to see that the car looked like it had actually been used as
almost a daily driver... but I can't imagine a better ride either.

Any other questions you may have I can run by my Dad to see if he knows the
answer as he is fairly knowledged on this car.

Ian Dawkins - 85 Eagle(Sportified) - 88 Cherokee(Mom's)- 70 AMX/3 (Dad's)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Tomason" <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AMC List" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: AMX/3 at Los Angeles area car show


> Jock,
>
> Here's the last I heard about the AMX/3.  Is this the same car?
>
> Todd
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: Re: AMX/3 at Los Angeles area car show
> Date: Monday 18 July 2005 23:41
> From: Mark <sixtynineamx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> http://www.artcenter.edu/carclassic/
>
> 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

> M@rk
> markmel77@xxxxxxxxx
> fax:(626)608-2049
> aka mightypilot
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