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Puzzle #56 - Solved! AMC Rambler Tarpon
« on: October 21, 2006, 07:52:53 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2006, 12:18:08 PM »
Well, the body says AMC Marlin, but the name on the flanks looks to be something else, so maybe an AMC sold in South America under a different name............

BTW, I've gotten what, 2 right in the past? Am I too qualified for the Rookie ranks?  Cause I sure feel like a rookie when I see the puzzles others like Sea Lion and Porridgehead have solved!
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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2006, 12:20:40 PM »
Quote from: Jagman on October 21, 2006, 12:18:08 PM
Well, the body says AMC Marlin, but the name on the flanks looks to be something else, so maybe an AMC sold in South America under a different name............

BTW, I've gotten what, 2 right in the past? Am I too qualified for the Rookie ranks?  Cause I sure feel like a rookie when I see the puzzles others like Sea Lion and Porridgehead have solved!

You have been designated a pro.

I thought I had the forum rigged so Pros could not post here in the Rookie forum.  Now it is rigged that way.

If you would rather be designated a rookie with two solves, that is your call.  Out of deference and respect to all of the puzzles you had solved in the past, I designated you a pro.  Just send me a PM and let me know which designation you prefer.

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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2006, 07:22:54 PM »
Pretty close, Jagman....I thought it looked a bit like a cross b/w the Marlin and the first gen Barracuda...then I was able to decipher the flank script:  Rambler. (!).  Still...that's as close as I come....

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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2006, 06:10:12 AM »
You are on the right track - it even has a fishy name!
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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2006, 01:48:35 PM »
Jagman, your designation has been changed to rookie.

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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2006, 05:18:21 PM »
Damn! My superanuated synapses were SURE that was a Marlin. So......Rambler Bonito, perhaps?    ;D
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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2006, 10:30:00 PM »
AMC Tarpon, concept car for the Marlin
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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2006, 03:54:06 AM »
Quote from: shoveldog on October 22, 2006, 10:30:00 PM
AMC Tarpon, concept car for the Marlin

Welcome, shoveldog!  :D

Tarpon is correct. A Marlin prototype it was not. More of a predecessor. From the AMXFiles.com site:

Derived from the American, the Tarpon was the car that AMC could have, should have, but didn't make in response to the Mustang. Instead AMC built the Marlin, which, on the larger Classic chassis, was too big to be a pony car, too slow to be a muscle car, and cursed with ungainly proportions due to the Classic's stubby hood. The Tarpon wasn't perfect, either, but its awkward side window treatment (which prefigured the Marlin's) could have been fixed easily, along with some tweaks to the stock American front end, to create a convincing sporty car. First shown in January 1964, the Tarpon was well-received, but the project was moved to the Classic platform because AMC lacked a small V-8 to fit in the smaller car. By 1966 AMC had fit the new 290 into a slightly elongated American, but by then the Marlin was in the second year of its unsuccessful run.
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Re: Puzzle #56
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2006, 09:28:18 AM »
Now where have I seen that rear end treatment recently?

Coincidence? I think not!

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Re: Puzzle #56 - Solved! AMC Tarpon
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2016, 07:02:52 AM »
Puzzle pic restored; here's another look. 
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Re: Puzzle #56 - Solved! AMC Rambler Tarpon
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2016, 08:40:42 AM »
A couple of 'under construction' shots.
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