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AMC sure was a strange company. I had fun designing and building all the different versions. There is a regular sedan, patrol car, wagon, wagon with wood paneling, and two sporty coupes. I hope y'all enjoy making these as much as I did!
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Hidden in the darkest recesses of the garage at Leuze, with its nose angled threateningly downwards, it looks like a big cat ready to pounce. A young American lion, surrounded by the carcasses of dozens of pre-war pussy-cats. Ghislain Mahy was not a fan of this kind of youthful potency. But son Ivan and grandson Michel both had a weak spot for this excess of horsepower on four oversized wheels. The Javelin has since become an American icon for lovers of young-timers. However, acquiring this status was by no means self-evident. In 1954, the American Motors Corporation combined Hudson and Nash in the largest merger that the automobile industry in Detroit had ever seen. AMC specialised in cheap models aimed at the average American consumer, but it could not compete with the Big Three: General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. It was thought that the trend towards ‘muscle cars’ at the end of the 1960s would do little to change this. A coupé with an exaggerated rear end and a powerful engine was not really AMC’s style. Or at least it wasn’t until veteran Richard ‘Dick’ Teague came up with a design for a first model of the Javelin. True, it was still a tame version, but it offered potential for the future. That future arrived in 1971, with the second generation of Javelins. With this car, AMC was looking ahead to the 1980s, with daring lines that risked scaring off its traditionally cautious customers. Under its concave bonnet there now roared a powerful eight-cylinder engine, good for 177 horsepower and resulting in two successive victories in the Trans-Am Series for muscle cars. From 1973 onwards, the modified version got even more power, as well as a black vinyl roof and a body in various shades of brown and green, complete with racing stripes. The matching interior, with its angled dashboard, looked like the cockpit of a jet fighter. The real daredevils opted for the limited edition with upholstery by fashion designer Pierre Cardin. In 1974 alone, AMC sold almost 30,000 of this poor man’s version of the Corvette. The company’s Buyer Protection pledge was a cool added bonus: if the Javelin broke down more than 100 miles from home and you had to stay the night in a motel, AMC would pick up the bill. Of course, this mint-green version from the last year of production is now many thousands of miles from home and AMC has long since ceased to exit. Sic transit gloria mundi.
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220 hp
Mahy - a Family of Cars
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AMC Gremlin
The AMC Gremlin is usually a subcompact car or truck launched within 1970 in addition to created in addition to sold within a, two-door human body type in the states in addition to Canada (1970-1978) by simply Us Power generators Firm (AMC) — and also within South america (1974-1978) ...
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28e Salon Champenois du Véhicule de Collection 2015
Les Belles Champenoises d'époque
Parc Des Expositions de Reims
Every time I do an AMC, I check to see if it has an "American" color option, because they usually do. This one is my favorite livery so far. Check out the red, white, and blue stripes in the grill! That's awesome. So is the hood tach that's built into the hood scoop. It's pure silly excess and I love it.
I've been pushing myself a bit with my builds lately, and this one isn't as complex as a lot of recent stuff I've tackled, but I still had to come up with a new technique or two to pull it off. It's a great feeling when it all comes together.
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The AMC Gremlin is an American subcompact automobile introduced in 1970 engineered and manufactured and marketed in a single, two-door body style in America (1970-1978) by American Motors Corporation (AMC).
The idea for the Gremlin began in 1966 when design chief at American Motors, Richard A. Teague, and stylist Bob Nixon discussed the possibility of a shortened version of AMC's compact car. On an airline flight, Teague's solution, which he said he sketched on an air sickness bag, was to truncate the tail of a Javelin (a car named after a heavy spear).
Why AMC product planners decided to name the Gremlin after a mythical creature that sabotages machinery remains a mystery to this day.
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Sarphatistraat 88, Amsterdam
1979 AMC spirit, with the optional AMX package and badging. 60sec exposure + light painting with pink-gelled strobe pops and pink-gelled LED flashlight. nikon D7000 + nikkor 10-24mm.
fall 2012 paul's junkyard night photography workshop hosted by troy paiva and joe reifer. location not disclosed at the request of the owner.
Hot Wheels Racing Muscle
1971 AMC Javelin
2017 Race Daze Car Show
Atlantic Walk
Mystic Beach
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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I have to confess to not knowing what this was unti looking it up. I'd possibly have had a better idea if I'd seen the front. Quite an unusual one anyway.
The AMC Gremlin (also American Motors Gremlin) is an American subcompact automobile introduced in 1970, manufactured and marketed in a single, two-door body style in America (1970-1978) by American Motors Corporation (AMC) — as well as in Mexico (1974-1978) by AMC's Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos (VAM) subsidiary.
When life hands you lemons, make a really cool custom Gremlemin out of it. Complete with totally chromed out engine, clear firewall to see all the dazzle and gleam from inside the cabin and scissor doors, this lemony themed AMC Gremlin has it all! A lemonade maker in the back makes this yellow dud the coolest car on the block! Built for theFools Rush In challenge, denoting 15 diverse, foolish and totally rock stupid automotive categories.
It took some doing but I finally located another "Gremlin" photo that I had taken a few years ago. My buddy likes to say: "But I didn't buy a Gremlin!" yeah, yeah, but he's looking.
(another footnote: my wife claims to have had a Gremlin during her younger days....if only I had known....)