1970 AMX III Show Car
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Wow that AMX/3 is a beauty. Too bad it didn't get into production. It would have brought AMC some accolades I'm sure. I didn't know it was made by Bizzarrini; its design does the name proud, I'd say. What do you think, Lummox? You're a serious Bizzarrini fan, right?
Strange how they still managed to get some of its lines onto the '74 Matador coupe, just not quite with the same sexy proportions of the /3.
AMX II is kind of perfect, too, but I don't think it was ever a running prototype.
The '71 test mule is a little busy for my tastes. I like the front fender chines on the production '71, but not very much on this earlier bodystyle. Still I'm an AMC fan forever; I even like the little Gremlin "Spirits" that ended the line - nicely detailed updates of an almost ancient bodystyle.
Very cool to see Dick Teague's son in there. Gosh, to own an ORIGINAL AMX/3 as designed by your dad, how great would that be?
As far as I know, Dick Teague was the also the chief stylist who updated the senior Packards for '55/'56, and then miraculously translated the same styling themes to the big Studebakers for '57 (they don't look half-bad, really, almost like real Packards, at least trim-wise. The less said about the '58s the better, though.)
I'm diggin' the Hornet pick-up and the Ambassador SST limo flanking the blue prototype. too. Any pix of them?
Strange how they still managed to get some of its lines onto the '74 Matador coupe, just not quite with the same sexy proportions of the /3.
AMX II is kind of perfect, too, but I don't think it was ever a running prototype.
The '71 test mule is a little busy for my tastes. I like the front fender chines on the production '71, but not very much on this earlier bodystyle. Still I'm an AMC fan forever; I even like the little Gremlin "Spirits" that ended the line - nicely detailed updates of an almost ancient bodystyle.
Very cool to see Dick Teague's son in there. Gosh, to own an ORIGINAL AMX/3 as designed by your dad, how great would that be?
As far as I know, Dick Teague was the also the chief stylist who updated the senior Packards for '55/'56, and then miraculously translated the same styling themes to the big Studebakers for '57 (they don't look half-bad, really, almost like real Packards, at least trim-wise. The less said about the '58s the better, though.)
I'm diggin' the Hornet pick-up and the Ambassador SST limo flanking the blue prototype. too. Any pix of them?
You bet I'm a serious Bizzrainni fan! If I had a gun to my head and had to pick just one favorite car, this 5300 Strada would have to win the LMX Award!
I aggree, the AMX III shines as a beautifull Italian car, but maybe more-so, are it's brutish American quallities.
Great point about the Matador, it really does have a similar look. I never noticed that!
Dick Teague's son sure is a lucky duck to own such a legacy of his own father. I would be the proudest kid on the block!!!
The '71 test mule looks strange to me too, but I wonder if a set of fresh eyes that have never seen either car would think so too...probably. It is sort of awkward.
Like you say, AMC sure got a ton of use out of this platform, from the first Javelin, AMX, Hornet, and then ending with the Spirit & Concord in the '80s.
There was even a later Mexican Gremilin around 1980!...YUCK!!!
I noticed that Hornet pu too, but that's the first I've heard of one.
I have however heard of the '69 Ambassador Royale Stretch Limosine by Armbruster/Stageway before. Found a pic on the wik. Somewhere I've read about them in more detail but can't remember how many were made.
These were built in a strange way. The origonal rear doors were welded shut, and a whole new door was made for the new center section.
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Would kill to have one of those ambassadors.......... I believe there was an article in Hemming Classic Cars quite a while back about them. I have it hear somewhere and would need to hunt for it - let me know if you need more details on the article and I can see what I can do....
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