Re: [gremlintime] Re: "Kammback" Spirit sedan....it's all in the concept...

[Brien Tourville <HH-7X@xxxx>]

As these cars are such a rarity - I collect any photo of a Kammback - two
wheel or four wheel drive . I am very lucky to have an Eagle version
with Select - Drive 4 wheel drive . I belong to the Kammback Club on
Yahoo - there are only four registered including myself. If anyone does
run across an Eagle Kammback - give it a thought toward saving the
vehicle - list it . I just left a large county craft fair grounds
gathering today - I can honestly say that this Kammback was the coolest
looking car there ! Save the Bald Eagle !
- 7X - .



On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 00:40:02 EDT Gremlingts@xxxx writes:
> << Not to nit pick, but that's a picture of a Spirit sedan, not a 
> Kammback. >>
> 
> Actually, the design of both the Gremlin, Spirit Sedan, and 
> Eagle 
> Kammback bodies ARE considered to be Kammback engineering designs. 
> The Eagle 
> was just the only model using the actual name of the German 
> engineer, though, 
> who created the concept. Just no one really remembers it, for the 
> most part 
> anymore. I've even found literature on the Chevy Vega referring to 
> it's " 
> Kammback " styling, so the Gremlin isn't the only car in that 
> company....bet 
> you never heard of the Vega referred to that way, either! But I've 
> collected 
> enough Sales ads to read all that old literature, and find out all 
> the neat 
> tidbits of sales minutiae that was around before most of us were 
> aware of 
> them. I even found a 1967 Javelin ad, the White Hunter ad, that 
> refers to the 
> AMX show car legacy of the Javelin, that leads you to believe the 
> new '68 
> Javelin is an AMX, this is another case of early advertising that 
> leads 
> people to remember things that aren't true ( the Javelin isn't an 
> AMX in this 
> case ). So, nitpicking aside, yes, that was a Spirit sedan, but 
> most people 
> might think of the fastback Spirit, not the much rarer 
> Gremlin-inspired line, 
> so I used the Kammback designation to grab the attention. And 
> technically 
> speaking, it IS a Kammback. :) No offense taken or given...
> 
> Jerry
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