Author Topic: Illustrated #2615 - Proposal sketch by Miller Johnson for an AMC Rebel, ca 1967 (Read 939 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **on:** February 15, 2015, 05:41:42 AM »

For one point: who created this illustration, and what was it meant to portend?

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Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2015, 04:00:33 AM »

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2015, 07:34:49 AM »

A quick point coming...

oko94 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 01, 2015, 09:00:04 AM »

Any relation with Oldsmobile Toronado ?

datsone · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2015, 03:29:12 PM »

1967 Pontiac Grand Prix and the introduction of hidden headlights?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2015, 03:54:18 PM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 01, 2015, 09:00:04 AM

Any relation with Oldsmobile Toronado ?

I can see the resmblance, but no.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #6 on:** March 01, 2015, 03:55:58 PM »

Quote from: datsone on March 01, 2015, 03:29:12 PM

1967 Pontiac Grand Prix and the introduction of hidden headlights?

Also a good guess, but no

oko94 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 01, 2015, 04:34:20 PM »

General Motors related ?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #8 on:** March 02, 2015, 03:16:29 AM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 01, 2015, 04:34:20 PM

General Motors related ?

No

oko94 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 02, 2015, 03:25:19 AM »

Related to an American car brand ?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #10 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:11:35 PM »

oko94 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:15:59 PM »

Fomoco related ?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #12 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:24:01 PM »

Not a Ford brand or subsidiary.

datsone · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:33:41 PM »

Is this advertising or editorial artwork intended to be generic rather than brand specific?

oko94 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:35:22 PM »

Was it meant to be the revival of a defunct carmaker, like Cord ?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:42:43 PM »

Quote from: datsone on March 02, 2015, 01:33:41 PM

Is this advertising or editorial artwork intended to be generic rather than brand specific?

It was a proposal for a specific make and model of car (which looked nothing like the illustration).

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #16 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:42:59 PM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 02, 2015, 01:35:22 PM

Was it meant to be the revival of a defunct carmaker, like Cord ?

Not a revival.

oko94 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2015, 01:43:21 PM »

Chrysler group related ?

fyreline · « **Reply #18 on:** March 02, 2015, 02:08:22 PM »

This is one of the many excellent illustrations in Pat Foster's 2013 book American Motors Corporation - The Rise and Fall of America's Last Independent Automaker. If you don't yet have it in your library, it's worth looking for. The illustration is by AMC stylist Miller Johnson, and depicts a proposal for a 1967 AMC Rebel which never even came close to production.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2015, 03:35:30 AM »

Mine is going back on the shelf.

There was a production '67 Rebel, a nice-enough car (bottom pic), but nothing like this picture. I'm pretty sure Miller did this illustration in 1967, after seeing a Toronado.

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Author Topic: Illustrated #2615 - Proposal sketch by Miller Johnson for an AMC Rebel, ca 1967 (Read 939 times)