Re: [AMC-List] Play on Words

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Brien Tourville wrote:

> something off an investment firm commercial >
> Ameriquest maybe - didn't catch that part.

arf arf arf arf ....!


> For their limited amount of time in production,
> I don't believe they faired well in surviving   -  
> Opinions ?

They do get a bad rap. I owned one, it was basically an
upgraded gremlin, but minus most of the weirdness that made
gremlins... gremlins.

Great fun chassis for modding. All the AMC-latest good stuff,
anything bolts into it, light, common parts, and the "AMX"
trim package's rear "fin" is oddly attractive.

I had a black 79 AMX with the screamin chicken on the hood,
the complicated orange decaling and the fender flares. I ended
up stripping all that gunk off -- except the tail which was
inexplicably attractive -- and painting it white. Had 304 and
998. I used to autocross it (I wasn't a goodf autocrosser and
I made a lot of chassis mistakes in the car, none the fault of
the car).

Made my own grille (eh, but I hated that late-70's baroque
pointless complexity) and converted it to single headlamps
(which I think was a big win). kept the fin, bumpers black.

You can judge it here:

http://wps.com/AMC/1979-AMC-AMX/index.html

I kinda wish I had an 83 GT...

In fact I have to stop now, I'm talking myself into thinking
about another one...

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