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Puzzle #82 - AMX II
« on: November 09, 2006, 02:40:45 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2006, 02:41:40 PM »
Definitely looks L-M Cougar to me; concept car maybe?

Other than that, probably an Alfa....
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2006, 02:47:31 PM »
Not Alfa nor Cougar.
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2006, 04:25:54 PM »
Gawd I suck at this.


Uhhh....Riviera prototype?  (front end....)
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2006, 04:34:43 PM »
No you don't. There is much time for you to improve. One day, perhaps you shall be the master, and I the student.

I see the Riviera resemblance, but not a Riviera of any kind. However, it does share it's name with a different, departed GM model.
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2006, 04:45:42 PM »
If I squint, after banging my head fiercly against my desk, the above-beltline profile sorta has a mid-series Malibu look to it....

Howforth, since Malibus ("Malibi"?) are currently being made (aren't they?), I'll guess Chevelle....or Cutlass.....or........
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2006, 03:13:37 AM »
Not a Chevelle....or Cutlass.
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2006, 09:23:19 AM »
Well, the front end sure LOOKS like an early Riviera.  But the back reminds me of my father's '65 Grand Prix.

So I'm guessing a Pontiac variant on the Riv, possibly named LeMans.


Or not..... ::)
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2006, 10:41:56 AM »
Not a Pontiac.
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2006, 01:11:45 AM »
But it is GM?


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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2006, 02:54:26 AM »
Not a GM design or product.
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2006, 06:39:07 PM »
It is the AMX II prototype from 1966.
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2006, 06:59:37 PM »
DAMMIT.  I knew that, BION.  Must be an age thing....but as soon as I read SL's response, a door opened.

Oh Well....back to the old electronic brain....


AARRRGGGH.

Wish I knew a good shrink..... :o
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2006, 03:45:36 AM »
Quote from: KarnUtz on November 09, 2006, 04:34:43 PM


I see the Riviera resemblance, but not a Riviera of any kind. However, it does share it's name with a different, departed GM model.

How could it be the AMX ll, then?  I Googled AMX ll[actually AMX 2] and sho'nuff, there it was, but what about the GM model with the same name?  I thought it might have been the AMC Cavalier, but it was a 4 door, and it was red...

There must be something I'm forgetting...



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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2006, 03:51:38 AM »
Quote from: SeaLion on November 15, 2006, 06:39:07 PM
It is the AMX II prototype from 1966.

Correct!
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Re: Puzzle #82
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2006, 03:58:27 AM »
Quote from: Tifosi on November 16, 2006, 03:45:36 AM
Quote from: KarnUtz on November 09, 2006, 04:34:43 PM

I see the Riviera resemblance, but not a Riviera of any kind. However, it does share it's name with a different, departed GM model.

How could it be the AMX ll, then?  I Googled AMX ll[actually AMX 2] and sho'nuff, there it was, but what about the GM model with the same name?  I thought it might have been the AMC Cavalier, but it was a 4 door, and it was red...

There must be something I'm forgetting...

Dan

You are not missing anything. The reference material I was using had the pictures of the AMX II and Cavalier swapped, and I didn't catch the error until you mentioned it. Oddly, I had posted the Cavalier in another site some time ago, and should have immediately known better. A tip of the KarnUtz tam to you, and to all of our readers, who are ever-vigilant and extremely knowledgeable.     
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Re: Puzzle #82 - AMX II
« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2014, 04:38:34 AM »
A pair of nice, big period pics:


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Re: Puzzle #82 - AMX II
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2014, 07:16:39 PM »
There will always be confusion and discussion about what the actual AMX II is. I suppose this car could be called the AMX/2 which at least looks different on paper...



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Re: Puzzle #82 - AMX II
« Reply #18 on: April 11, 2014, 05:18:50 AM »
And don't get me started on the AMX III vs. AMX/3  :D

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Re: Puzzle #82 - AMX II
« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2014, 06:59:42 AM »
Pic re-added to original post, to support index.
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