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

["William Renshaw" <lionwren@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have 2 grille "X's". 1 is larger then the other. The larger one has a part 
number of...
3689368...the smaller one is part number...3672346. gots me all messed up in 
the head. AMC stuff..go figure. As always...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: "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 21:30:37 -0400
>
>Davis , I tried the NOS one I have here on my 76 grill(e?!) and it dosen't 
>fit It does fit my 74 grille.. I believe I saw a differnt pn for a 76 one 
>on ebay about a mont ago.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Davis Martin
>   To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:46 PM
>   Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: the "X" (was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet 1)
>
>
>
>   All the gremlin ones I have ever seen from 73 up have been the same. 
>Pacer was slightly different.
>    Davis
>   mike <Rmns10910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>     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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