re: Back III

[farna@xxxxxxx]

John, you're forgetting what the AMX/GT prototype looked like? It looked very much like a Gremlin! Built in fiberglass in 1968. The caption in "The American Motors Family Album" says it was a two seater, but the rasied roof in the back is begging for a small back seat. That almost had to be the idea, though there is more luggage space. The AMX already had a big enough trunk for two on a long weekend though, much more than the Corvette! 


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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. =

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He didn't because a) Gremlin [ostensibly] had four seats, b) Javelin's =
front clip was not cheaply narrowed, and c) AMX needed fast departure: =
from its rear roof angle --- as well as from performance off-the-line.

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