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Flush_Gordon337
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I only saw the first picture. Still looks like a Pantera.
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Widely considered as the best AMC design of all time,[citation needed] a third-generation AMX concept car, the AMX/3, debuted at the 1970 Chicago Auto Show. Engine-less and fashioned in fiberglass, the original AMC/3 prototype was a show car only.
American Motors placed an order for 30 operational cars.[83] The AMX/3 body mold was sent to Italian GT maker Giotto Bizzarrini, whose Turin facility hand made drivable mid-engined, steel bodied cars. Built on a 105.3-inch (2,675 mm) wheelbase, the Bizzarrini prototypes used the AMC 390 cu in (6.4 L) V8 and an Italian OTO Melara four-speed transaxle. Road testing was done by BMW, which declared the AMX/3's chassis one of the stiffest and most neutral handling they had ever tested.[citation needed]
The steel Italian cars differed from the original AMC design in having fewer but functional rear decklid louvers, louvered hoods, and, in some cases, hood scoops to direct fresh air into the heating-A/C system.
Five completed cars were produced before the US$2,000,000 program was cancelled. Escalating costs and pending bumper regulations put a stop to the mid-engined AMX/3.[83] The remaining extra parts were used to assemble a sixth car.[83] |
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cdennisg
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^^^ That may very well be the only AMC/AMX body design I have ever found to be appealing. Good looking car!
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AlanInMass54
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| ^^^ That may very well be the only AMC/AMX body design I have ever found to be appealing. Good looking car! |
Surely you forgot about
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hitest
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| ^^^ That may very well be the only AMC/AMX body design I have ever found to be appealing. Good looking car! |
I fully agree. And if I'm not mistaken, that would have beaten Ford's version of the Pantera to market. Could have changed things for AMC as a world playa.
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Scott H
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Scott H
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| I like the soul of an old car to be visible... |
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fabricator john
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p1800 volvo mutation fabricator john
ps the amx-3 is and allways be badass |
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t3kg
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1972super2110
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It looks like it could have been built today! It is such a beautiful shape, it gives you such a visceral feeling looking at it! SO COOL
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Looks like the work of a younger, more agile jackass to me.  |
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Randall
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cdennisg
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I will definitely stick to my initial assessment.
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ho-dad
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Was it really a bad car or just an ugly one (in Time's opinion)? Had a few friends w/ Gremlins who were happy w/ them.
Now, if we're just talking fugly, this AMC takes the cake:
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KTPhil 
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Funny how we criticize domestic automakers for their supposed lack of creativity, then the market punishes them when they try. Corvair, Gremlin, Pacer... from an engineering standpoint these were creative approaches but with non-standard styling. And who are WE as VW owners to criticize "ugly?"
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:51 am Post subject: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| I had a 1973 CJ-5 with an AMC 390 dropped into it. That thing was a beast in every way imaginable. |
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my59
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That was Frua's proposed design for the 1800ES. Volvo decided to go in a different direction... |
Thank god for that. Did AMC hire them instead?
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turboblue
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| ho-dad wrote: |
Was it really a bad car or just an ugly one (in Time's opinion)? Had a few friends w/ Gremlins who were happy w/ them.
Now, if we're just talking fugly, this AMC takes the cake:
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I worked one summer in high school at an AMC dealer receiving and getting new cars ready to go on the lot.
I can truthfully say those were the ugliest POS cars to come out of Detroit.
Most all AMCs were junk off the truck with dash knobs missing, loose trim and other assorted defects.
Only ones that were halfway decent were the Jeep CJs.
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Dubfan
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Found this old bread van trolling my pic's.
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JiI
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Found this old bread van trolling my pic's.
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