AMX GT - was -"I'm Back"

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Date sent:      	Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:33:19 -0800
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Subject:        "I'm Back" - AC/DC-

> 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. =

> 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.
> 
> And AMC also built "muscular" Gremlins: as in "X," "GT," and "5
> Litre."
> 
> http://www.wps.com/AMC/Gremlin-graphics/5litre-v8.JPG



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Having the AMX GT as a screensaver keeps me pondering what cuts where 
will deliver the desired form. 

I'd like to hear from  anyone involved in this creation or know of 
existing blue-print rendering notes as to the actual slice & splice.

So, just guessing until my eyesight improves, I've found:

The Javelin nose was 'channeled' - [was it narrowed???] -  my guess, 
some  inches - s'inking' the upper belt line portion into the lower 
panels.

One fabrication give away is the position of the door handle in 
conjunction to the body crease line highlight.  

Teague took the metal out mostly above the door handle area -
with just a taste from the panel below - creating a 'high-pocket'
profile in a low profile medium.

They may have moved the door handle position as well to accomplish
the right amount of removal - but just a t'aste'.

The height of the glass appears to have been narrowed as well.

I suspect that a few degree  cant of the nose came during
the channelling -  sinking ' the hood nose downward into the form
while making the lengthwise cuts to remove excess - not much,
but again - a t'aste'.

The Gremlin back quarter was widened - [if the nose weren't narrowed[
, - & angled forward & kicked in some inch toward the wheel wells.

Windshield "A"  pillars were laid back , but as a production car - I 
frequently hit the headliner in my Kammback, so this roof height 
would be a non-production item.

If I lowered the seat height - you wouldn't be able to drive very 
well.

To understand what it takes for driveability , look at the GT-40 
cabin / windshields relationship to the nose height.

Given the Kammback or Gremlin roof height, one could remove
at best one inch, maybe two before the first bump in the road
snapped your neck.

Like most others - I'd build one of these AMX GT congloms in a 
heartbeat.

Who knows the factual' what it takes to build one of these ?


             Brien.
         NEW YORK
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