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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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