Author Topic: OP's #1488 - AMC Ambassador Dual Cowl Phaeton by Brooks Stevens  (Read 1049 times)

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Re: OP's Puzzle #1488
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2010, 03:51:15 AM »
There's a time a for joy
A time for tears
A time we'll treasure through the years
We'll remember always
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Re: OP's Puzzle #1488
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2010, 10:38:09 PM »
I saw this at Hershey about 8 years ago.  Called the AMC Ambassador Dual Cowl, as far as I know, restyled by Brooks Stevens.


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Re: OP's Puzzle #1488
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 04:00:22 AM »
Yep - that's the car, and Stevens was the culprit. Among other independents, Brooks Stevens did some special project work for AMC. He pitched to AMC brass the idea of a limited run of parade limos, with a retro, dual-cowl theme. AMC styling boss Dick Teague was dead-set against it, and wouldn't approve the project. Stevens went ahead and built this resin-bodied mock-up anyway. Why he did so, and what Teague's reaction was, are unknown, and both are not around to ask.

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