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What it is 11?...SOLVED>>> American Motors AMX/3
« on: February 21, 2007, 01:40:05 PM »
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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2007, 01:44:48 PM »
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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2007, 01:52:17 PM »
Is that your guess? If so, no.
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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2007, 01:59:57 PM »
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 21, 2007, 01:52:17 PM
Is that your guess? If so, no.



As my link said, the AMC AMX III in Rome.  I found a more specific pic this time.

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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2007, 03:35:57 PM »
I didn't follow the link...the first pic is a different car.

You are OH so close...the answer can be found in the link provided.

I thought you weren't allowed to answer rookie puzzles after you have answered 5...
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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2007, 01:01:11 PM »
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 21, 2007, 03:35:57 PM
I thought you weren't allowed to answer rookie puzzles after you have answered 5...

My solved puzzle count is a remnant of my karma score.   However, I will be glad to forego answering this puzzle further as I feel my link was part of my answer and that I already solved it.


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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2007, 12:22:24 PM »
A car dealer in Lancaster Pennsylvania had one of these mounted on a pole outside the showroom, as a sign.  I always hoped it was just a copy.  It has been gone for 20 years now.
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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2007, 09:45:19 PM »
They named it after the builder.
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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2007, 03:35:05 AM »
amc amx vignale 1964
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Re: What it is 11?
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2012, 01:16:42 PM »
Dragging another back from the dead...


Quote from: Ultra on February 21, 2007, 01:59:57 PM
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on February 21, 2007, 01:52:17 PM
Is that your guess? If so, no.

 AMC AMX III in Rome.

 



This is the correct answer. The car is from 1970 and is called the AMX/3. Nothing I can find suggests the car was built by Vignale. AMC hired Giotto Bizzarrini to build the car as he had previous experience with suspension and drivetrains in a mid-engined application (the Bizzarrni P538). The information I have found suggests the bodies were built at Bizzarrini's production facilities in Italy. Only 6 AMX/3 cars were built.

The AMX/1 prototype was built by Vignale in 1966 and is generally called the Vignale AMX.

AMX/2 was the car mounted on a pole outside a car dealership for many years. It was only a pushmobile.

AMX/1 (the steel-bodied Vignale running and driving prototype) and AMX/2 are both in the same collection in Alberta Canada. A collection I'm fortunate enough to work with...

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Re: What it is 11?...SOLVED>>>AMX Vignale
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2012, 04:41:06 AM »
Agreed - title changed.

There is a lot of conflicting information about these cars floating about. A very belated point for Ultra
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