Author Topic: AME GTO, a Porsche 944 based Ferrari Replica (Read 2230 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** November 12, 2013, 01:58:58 PM »

Who knows this car?

iani · « **Reply #1 on:** December 01, 2013, 05:51:56 PM »

250 gto replica!

grobmotorix · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2013, 05:55:22 PM »

Right. That was the obvious part

But designed/built by whom?

What was the basis car?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #3 on:** January 04, 2014, 07:20:04 AM »

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WayneB · « **Reply #4 on:** January 04, 2014, 05:04:57 PM »

Better get the ball rolling, its obviously not Nick Masons 250 GTO.

Datsun Z based?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #5 on:** January 04, 2014, 06:12:08 PM »

To my best knowlegde the basis car is not a Datsun / Nissan Z.

WayneB · « **Reply #6 on:** January 04, 2014, 06:40:49 PM »

Porsche 944 based?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #7 on:** January 04, 2014, 06:43:21 PM »

Yes. That was the easy part...

Majeko · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2014, 02:21:35 PM »

Roy Kelly?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #9 on:** January 06, 2014, 02:36:25 PM »

grobmotorix · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2014, 11:53:23 AM »

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Paul Jaray · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2014, 12:41:33 PM »

Alpha-1 by AME?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2014, 12:56:10 PM »

We have a winner!

It is indeed a Porsche 944 based Ferrari replica.

This very car might be something special, as there might be a link to Colani.

I´ve scanned dozens of original private photos of a Colani employee, I know.

He didn´t recall this car, but was quite sure there was a Colani involvement.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2014, 01:01:24 PM »

Porsche engine was quite a clue!

WayneB · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2014, 05:16:22 PM »

Grob, are you 100% sure this car is by Alpha-1?

When I was tackling the puzzle I found Alpha-1 made kits for the 260/280 Z Datsuns , but never any mention of a Porsche 944.

Where were the photos taken?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2014, 08:55:27 AM »

Well maybe it is just the AME GTO, but it was definitly based on the 924/944 and what I wanted to hear was the company name "AME".

So I´d stay to my decision...

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2014, 09:10:34 AM »

Here's what I have:
(from a '85 magazine)

WayneB · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2014, 11:16:28 AM »

I accept its an AME from Germany based on Grobs photo, but the car photographed in Paul's magazine article is obviously very different and Datsun based.

Maybe Alpha-1 in America marketed the AME kit in North America under their name who knows?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #18 on:** January 13, 2014, 12:30:17 PM »

I´ll change the puzzle title into AME GTO...

grobmotorix · « **Reply #19 on:** January 13, 2014, 12:32:48 PM »

Here´s a rear view of the unfinished project with the old Porsche 924/944 mags:

Arunas · « **Reply #20 on:** January 18, 2014, 10:33:03 AM »

Quote from: WayneB on January 11, 2014, 11:16:28 AM

I accept its an AME from Germany based on Grobs photo, but the car photographed in Paul's magazine article is obviously very different and Datsun based.

Maybe Alpha-1 in America marketed the AME kit in North America under their name who knows?

Let's clear some facts:

Alpha-1 in the USA existed earlier than the AME (Auto Motorrad Entwicklung CP GmbH). Joe Alphabet of Alpha-1 took the design from Eagle Manufacturing (Campbell, California, USA) in 1983. Eagle Manufacturing GT was Datsun-based while their Dino replica used Porsche 914 as a donor.

Previously I knew only about the German AME Evolution 4.2 - a Jaguar E-Type replica - made in collaboration with a British company Challenger (company name must have been "Triple C" at that time).

What I think happened here is that the German AME imported Alpha-1 from the USA, adopted Porsche base and this was their version. Perhaps no more than a single example has been made.

Hope this helps.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #21 on:** January 18, 2014, 08:52:01 PM »

THank you very much for your research - let´s see if someone will know exactly about the history about this car one day...

WayneB · « **Reply #22 on:** January 21, 2014, 03:35:27 PM »

Quote from: Arunas on January 18, 2014, 10:33:03 AM

Quote from: WayneB on January 11, 2014, 11:16:28 AM
I accept its an AME from Germany based on Grobs photo, but the car photographed in Paul's magazine article is obviously very different and Datsun based.

Maybe Alpha-1 in America marketed the AME kit in North America under their name who knows?

Let's clear some facts:

What I think happened here is that the German AME imported Alpha-1 from the USA, adopted Porsche base and this was their version. Perhaps no more than a single example has been made.

I don't see it your way, the mystery AME car is clearly modelled in clay , epoxy or plaster on to a Porsche base, the forms of the AME and Alpha 1 versions although similar (in a broad Ferrari 250 GTO way) are very different in size and contour.

If AME imported an Alpha 1 260Z kit , they would have had to alter its proportions so much to get it to fit the Porsche that they would have been better off starting from new with a complete model job on a Porsche base (as shown in grobs photos)

grobmotorix · « **Reply #23 on:** January 21, 2014, 05:02:50 PM »

Agreed...

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Author Topic: AME GTO, a Porsche 944 based Ferrari Replica (Read 2230 times)