Re: Graft & G'read - early AMX to Spirit Kammback - Ghost of AMX GT revisited -

[farna@xxxxxxx]

I totally agree Wayne! Brien must be thinking along the lines of the AMX/GT prototype, which looked very much like a Gremlin with AMX nose. That would have been easy for AMC to have built! I wonder why Teague didn't proto one of those for the AMC execs instead of putting a 71 hump fender nose on his two seater? Would have been a bit more work to put the 71 nose on a Gremlin, but nothing a good shop couldn't do in a week. Except for the hood and grille width issues I could do it in a few days with the parts on hand. Prototype quality work is all I'd gurantee for 2-3 days work though -- not something that would hold up in the long run. That would take a couple more days, and possibly time to wait on parts or special fab work. The hood and grille alone would take a lot of time though. 

A modified 73-76 Hornet front clip might be a better candidate, then graft the 70 hood blister to it. Might be able to moify a 68-69 AMX/Javelin grille to fit, or something similar. In any case, a new grille and hood skin, drop it on a Gremlin, make a new rear roof spoiler, 304/2V V-8 stock, 304/4V and/or 360/2V and 4V options, and AMC would have had an AMX/GT! Cheap and easy. Could have kept the Hornet grille, but a new one reminescent of the AMX would have been preferred. 


On January 23, 2006 Wayne E LaMothe wrote:

> It was John Rosa who has the Spirit hood with the AMX skin.  Looks ok and
> I would think the Spirit hatchback and not the Kammback would be the best
> one to graft the nose onto.
> 
> YMMV
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:20:54 -0500 "Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> writes:
> > ++I'd seen that '68 AMX 'Blisterd' hood grafted up for the
> > Spirit / Gremlin / Hornet > someone here purchased it &
> > posted Photos > .
> >
> > Opinion is that without yanking the front frame clip forward
> > to add the length to the nose, it won't look 'balanced'.
> >
> > I haven't gotten to Photoshop prowess as yet - perhaps someone
> > with the requisite skills & time could knock out some mix 'n match
> > between the Spirit Kammback & the AMX nose.
> >


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