New The Jeffords Amx R Alongside Rambleseat

Not the entirely Rambleseat AMX, which would drive me to recall that at that topographic point was a lot of wishing or too then AMC to larn a rumble topographic point dorsum onto cars, which had been without them a actually log fourth dimension from a manufactory production auto (T Birds had the "Birds Nest" aftermarket accessory) too I'll gauge the final manufactory rumble topographic point production auto was inward the belatedly 30s

this 1 is known equally the Vignale AMX, worked on past times the Torino Carrozzier for display at the 1966 New York Auto Show. It's forthwith owned past times Fred Phillips of Canada

I don't stimulate got information on this 1 I posted final summertime   /search?q=the-birdnest-rare-dealership-installed and 1 is inward the Crawford Auto too Aviation Museum

But it's non the same equally the overstep Jeffords AMX R obviously. The JAMXR had side glass, too a hood with much larger faux airscoops

Safety concerns doomed the Rambleseat persuasion equally AMC's designers revamped the Vignale AMX into the production AMX. In September of 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Traffic too Motor Vehicle Safety Act, which required all novel vehicles sold inward the States to have, with other security items, topographic point belts, shatter-resistant windshields too energy-absorbing steering columns. If the Act didn't ban rumble seats inward letter, it sure enough did too then inward spirit.

Jim Jeffords, meanwhile, arrived at AMC equally managing director too president of the Javelin Racing Team, Inc., to stimulate got the Javelin Trans-Am racing after his cracking success at racing Corvettes, including the famed Purple People Eater 1958 Corvette, too took SCCA's B Production entitle inward 1958 too 1959. He also bought the SR2 that Jerry Earl raced inward the 56-57 season . One of three SR 2s

Jeffords felt that the Vignale AMX promised a Rambleseat AMX, too if AMC wanted to behaviour that proficient reception past times fans, he'd stimulate got some made too sold through AMC dealerships, too his AMX R was fifty-fifty inward the December 67 Rod too Custom.

AMC didn't look to last a large fan of Jeffords though, replacing him with Roger Penske for the 1969 racing season, only they did proceed the blacked out hood (later called the Shadow Mask option) too the ducktail spoiler on the parent border of the roof

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