Speaking of "X"'s and I am not talking about the x wife! I got a box of "goodies" last week for the cost of shipping and one of the little surprises that I got was a grille "X" that is in need of restoration but a good drivers "X". Strange how it is it is different then the N.O.S. that I have. It is larger then the N.O.S. one and has a different backing on it also. They both have different part numbers on them also. So....whats with that? Why would they change the size of a grille "X"? Is one for the first generation grille and the other for the second generation grille? No biggie! Just a wondering as usuall! Keep on a....Ramblin'! Bill Renshaw Lewiston Idaho AKA Brother B. AMC'S RULE.....the rest just drool like the dogs they are. 1973 Gremlin X "clone" (project) 1970 Original Hornet "plain jane" 1974 Matador Coupe "Parts car" >From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: the "X" (was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet 1) >Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:15:48 -0500 > >On the little "X" for glovebox doors on Gremlin and Hornet this was a >little >decal AMC shoved in the far right of the slot. This was done easily by the >bean counters at AMC to make 'one item' morph into many items. In other >words, take one stamping and use it for a variety of applications, they >were >the kings of that. > >Want another example? Playing Mantis in a conversation with them in the 90s >when the 1:64th AMX was being developed, wanted a number of photos from me, >which they got. So armed with that one initial die to make the little >SS/AMXs....then they could make dozens of others including solid colored >cars, different paint schemes ect. > >I have included here two photos, both of my 71 SC/360 glovebox door which >is >off the car as I do the interior. Yes, the "SC360" is ALSO a decal, >metallic >one just like the Gremlin, Hornet, X, and everything else AMC stuck with >glue in the slot...later even used for 77 AMX. AMC part number of the >cover/bezel is 3616376. > >What I want you to notice isseveral things. One is this original 71 SC/360 >cover started it's life out as 'chrome' see the behind shot. Many parts on >AMCs started their lives out as different colors then matched by paint. >Another example would have been that 71 Matador with 14,000 miles I just >had, the interior was green, but you pull off some of the unmolested >interior parts that had never been moved since Kenosha installed them and >they were black, or tan! > >So here is three photos, the back of the original SC/360 cover, a NOS "X" >dropped in if this was a X Gremlin or Hornet and the SC/360 insert also. I >may add that the "X" and "SC/360" inserts are embossed, that is you can run >your finger over them and they are raised. > >PS: NO!!! AMC continued to use "old style" American Motors logos on their >shit well after 1970. Some people believe it stopped in 1970 with new >design. Wrong, AMC old style logo continued into the late 1970s, as they >emptied parts bins and used parts, note the "old style" American Motors >Corporation logo stamped on back of the SC/360 glovebox door. > >And yes.......that is FACTORY BLUE OVERSPRAY on the back of the glovebox >door. >Eddie Stakes' >Planet Houston AMX >713.464.8825 >eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >www.planethoustonamx.com ><< bigwheephotos512.jpg >> ><< bigwheephotos513.jpg >> ><< bigwheephotos514.jpg >> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/YtqqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/