"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
05/15/2018 at 16:37 • Filed to: None
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"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
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But so many others were so close.
A third-generation AMX concept car, the AMX/3, debuted at the 1970 Chicago Auto Show. Engine-less and fashioned in fiberglass, the original AMX/3 prototype was a show car only.
American Motors placed an order for 30 operational cars. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! The AMX/3 body mold was sent to Italian !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! maker Giotto !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , whose !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! facility hand made drivable mid-engined, steel bodied cars. Built on a 105.3-inch (2,675 mm) wheelbase, the Bizzarrini prototypes used the AMC 390 cu in (6.4 L) V8 and an Italian OTO Melara four-speed transaxle. The AMX/3 is considered one of Bizzarrini’s car-masterpieces. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
The steel Italian cars differed from the original AMC design in having fewer but functional rear !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! louvers, louvered hoods, and, in some cases, hood scoops to direct fresh air into the heating-A/C system. Further engineering improvements and road testing was done by !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which declared the AMX/3's !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! one of the stiffest having a 50% higher stiffness compared to a benchmark Mercedes-Benz model. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! The car’s steel semi-monocoque chassis design with its welded on steel body provided a strong overall structure while the top speed was verified to 160 mph (257 km/h), with reports indicating the AMX/3 could go faster if it was not for the tendency for the font end to lift at those speeds, but BMW found the car to be most neutral handling they had ever tested. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! The BMW engineers also refined numerous components of the AMX/3 into “a world-class contender among the mid-engined super car elite of its time.” !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! One of the cars became “known as the Monza after it achieved a top speed of 170 mph in testing at the famed !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .” !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Five completed cars were produced before the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! 2,000,000 program was cancelled. The original projection by AMC called for building 5,000 AMX/3s per year, but the estimated retail price kept increasing. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! The AMX/3 was “beautiful and sleek, the kind of car that would have made hearts race in the day” and was to be a “ !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ” to lure customers to AMC dealerships, “where they often end up other, more practical models.” !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! However, escalating costs and pending bumper regulations put a stop to the mid-engined AMX/3. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Some remaining parts from the canceled, second group of five cars were used by erstwhile Bizzarini collaborator !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to assemble a sixth car, named and marketed as Sciabola. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Additionally, an open two-seat !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! featuring no weather protection was built in the 1990s using an unfinished AMX/3 modified chassis and the 7th AMX/3, on display at the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in Belgium, were both finished by Giorgio Giordanengo. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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> mkbruin, Atlas VP
05/15/2018 at 16:43 |
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After being at the lane I’ve got some pretty good ones I could pull out of nowhere.
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> mkbruin, Atlas VP
05/15/2018 at 17:03 |
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I was thinking AMX... even saw some concepts, but not THAT specific version of the concept.
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> mkbruin, Atlas VP
05/15/2018 at 17:14 |
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Never would have gotten there. Javelin was a lucky shot.