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NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
10/25/16 8:34 p.m.

Combining the best of both worlds... https://bham.craigslist.org/cto/5846438116.html

edit: I've stared at this for a few minutes now and it's starting to look kinda awesome

Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non Dork
10/25/16 9:04 p.m.

That is AWESOME. Price...not so much.

dculberson
dculberson PowerDork
10/25/16 9:08 p.m.

Uhhh that's the second amc body mounted on a z3 chassis I've seen. Weird.

Unless the lemons team that built the first one ripped the cage out in the last few weeks, but I seriously doubt it. Plus that was an amx.

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/25/16 9:11 p.m.

Part of me likes it. The perverted side.

patgizz
patgizz GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/25/16 9:12 p.m.

That guy is winning

pres589
pres589 UberDork
10/25/16 11:05 p.m.

I really really like the look of those Hornets. This takes things to a higher level. Kind of hard to call out the price, really, if things were done well.

NickD
NickD Dork
10/26/16 5:28 a.m.

Now I want to see the Z3 body on the Hornet chassis and driveline.

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/26/16 5:40 a.m.
NickD wrote: Now I want to see the Z3 body on the Hornet chassis and driveline.

I bet one of those Z3/Miata kits would fit...ish.

Wall-e
Wall-e GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/26/16 5:53 a.m.

Just needs paint

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/26/16 6:23 a.m.
Wall-e wrote: Just needs paint

I'm seeing some resemblance here:

Tyler H
Tyler H GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/26/16 7:19 a.m.

That thing is awesome. I would love to see some detail shots. If it is well done, that price is fair.

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson MegaDork
10/26/16 7:23 a.m.

If it's been well done that's not a bad price. Would love to see more pics. But if you're going to all that effort, why choose a car from a manufacturer known for never having made a good looking vehicle? Seriously, was there ever a non ugly AMC?

Tyler H
Tyler H GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/26/16 7:25 a.m.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: If it's been well done that's not a bad price. Would love to see more pics. But if you're going to all that effort, why choose a car from a manufacturer known for never having made a good looking vehicle? Seriously, was there ever a non ugly AMC?

Can't see all that ugly from behind the wheel. A ///M X

spitfirebill
spitfirebill UltimaDork
10/26/16 7:26 a.m.

Just shows what you can accomplish with a lot of beer.

FSP_ZX2
FSP_ZX2 Dork
10/26/16 7:38 a.m.
Wall-e wrote: Just needs paint

The CL car is located in Birmingham, AL. The stock car is Bobby Allison's...from suburban Birmingham, AL. Coincidence?

HappyAndy
HappyAndy PowerDork
10/26/16 7:51 a.m.

In reply to Adrian_Thompson:

Adrian, you are just plain wrong. There were plenty of good looking AMC cars, including this one.

pres589
pres589 UberDork
10/26/16 7:52 a.m.

In reply to Adrian_Thompson:

Yeah, there were a few good looking AMCen. For instance, the mid-70's AMC Hornet, which you may have seen recently in a Craigslist advert. Here's some others off the top of my head;

1st gen Javelin

1st gen AMX

80ish Sprint GT / AMX

69ish Rambler

There are some hotter cars from AMC but I don't think they're pretty, per se, like the 71 Javelin or the Rebel Machine.

penultimeta
penultimeta Reader
10/26/16 8:00 a.m.

Hornet's probably my favorite malaise-era vehicle. It's a decent price for what looks like a good job, just not particularly GRM friendly.

Huckleberry
Huckleberry MegaDork
10/26/16 8:14 a.m.

In reply to HappyAndy:

AMC always seemed like the shoes you get from Payless or a precursor to Chinese knockoffs (Happy'O Breakfast! It's artificary dericious!"). They had a car that looked like a Nova, a Charger, a Mustang... but not as good looking. Nothing really standout of their own except for being weird like the Pacer or Gremlin. Even the AMX and Javelin... like the Cubs, they are really losers who won once. For their fans - they will always have that one moment to cherish or immortalize in a "Calvin pees on something" static cling label but otherwise it was just a weak brand that went out of business because of ugly.

That said, I'd love to take a Gremlin and do this type of thing to it. I have always wanted to pro-street one. Because there is something deeply wrong with me. It's even shaped a little like a retarded M Coupe.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
10/26/16 8:14 a.m.

What are you talking about? The dude only wants $125.

HappyAndy
HappyAndy PowerDork
10/26/16 9:34 a.m.

In reply to Huckleberry:

AMC gave you a head start on that pro-street project with the gremlin-X, available with V8 power.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt PowerDork
10/26/16 10:21 a.m.

I can't be the only one who thought the Z3 coupe looks like a new Gremlin.

HappyAndy
HappyAndy PowerDork
10/26/16 10:36 a.m.

I wish they had built this version.

OldGray320i
OldGray320i HalfDork
10/26/16 1:44 p.m.

Gremlin? Did somebody say Gremlin? Take your pick:

NickD
NickD Dork
10/26/16 3:46 p.m.

Don't forget the AMX/3. They count, I mean, they did produce 6.

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