Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: the "X" (was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet 1)

["William Renshaw" <lionwren@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I would have to look up some part numbers to see which one the 
N.O.S. one I got is. Thanks for the info and comeback....



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: "mike" <Rmns10910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: the "X" (was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet 1)
>Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 16:34:23 -0400
>
>Bill
>  The X on a late 73-74 is different from the X on a 75-76...
>mike
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: William Renshaw
>   To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:47 PM
>   Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: the "X" (was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet 1)
>
>
>   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
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