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My NOS 74 one is pn# 3672346 if that
helps...
mike
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 4:54
PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: the
"X" (was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet 1)
I guess I would have to look up some part numbers to see which
one the
N.O.S. one I got is. Thanks for the info and
comeback....
Bill Renshaw Lewiston Idaho
AKA Brother
B.
AMC'S RULE.....the rest just drool like the dogs they are.
1973
Gremlin X "clone" (project)
1970 Original Hornet "plain jane"
1974
Matador Coupe "Parts car"
>From: "mike" <Rmns10910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>To:
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>Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins]
Re: the "X" (was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet 1)
>Date: Thu, 18 May 2006
16:34:23 -0400
>
>Bill
> The X on a late 73-74 is
different from the X on a 75-76...
>mike
> -----
Original Message -----
> From: William
Renshaw
> To:
BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, May 18,
2006 12:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: the "X"
(was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet 1)
>
>
> Speaking of
"X"'s and I am not talking about the x wife! I got a box
of
> "goodies" last week for the cost of shipping and one of
the little
>surprises
> that I got was a grille "X"
that is in need of restoration but a good
> drivers "X".
Strange how it is it is different then the N.O.S. that I
>have.
> It is larger then the N.O.S. one and has a
different backing on it also.
> They both have different
part numbers on them also. So....whats with
>that?
>
Why would they change the size of a grille "X"? Is one for the
first
> generation grille and the other for the second
generation grille? No
>biggie!
> Just a wondering as
usuall! Keep on a....Ramblin'!
>
>
>
>
Bill Renshaw Lewiston Idaho
> AKA Brother
B.
> AMC'S RULE.....the rest just drool like the dogs they
are.
> 1973 Gremlin X "clone" (project)
>
1970 Original Hornet "plain jane"
> 1974 Matador Coupe
"Parts car"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>From: "Eddie Stakes"
<eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To:
BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To:
<BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject:
[BaadAssGremlins] Re: the "X" (was Fwd: Emailing: Hornet
1)
> >Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:15:48
-0500
> >
> >On the little "X" for
glovebox doors on Gremlin and Hornet this was a
>
>little
> >decal AMC shoved in the far right of the
slot. This was done easily by
>the
> >bean
counters at AMC to make 'one item' morph into many items. In
other
> >words, take one stamping and use it for a
variety of applications, they
> >were
>
>the kings of that.
> >
> >Want
another example? Playing Mantis in a conversation with them in the
>90s
> >when the 1:64th AMX was being developed,
wanted a number of photos from
>me,
> >which they
got. So armed with that one initial die to make the little
>
>SS/AMXs....then they could make dozens of others including solid
>colored
> >cars, different paint schemes
ect.
> >
> >I have included here two
photos, both of my 71 SC/360 glovebox door
>which
>
>is
> >off the car as I do the interior. Yes, the
"SC360" is ALSO a decal,
> >metallic
>
>one just like the Gremlin, Hornet, X, and everything else AMC stuck
>with
> >glue in the slot...later even used for 77
AMX. AMC part number of the
> >cover/bezel is
3616376.
> >
> >What I want you to
notice isseveral things. One is this original 71
>SC/360
> >cover started it's life out as 'chrome'
see the behind shot. Many parts
>on
> >AMCs
started their lives out as different colors then matched by
paint.
> >Another example would have been that 71 Matador
with 14,000 miles I
>just
> >had, the interior was
green, but you pull off some of the unmolested
>
>interior parts that had never been moved since Kenosha installed them
>and
> >they were black, or
tan!
> >
> >So here is three photos,
the back of the original SC/360 cover, a NOS
>"X"
>
>dropped in if this was a X Gremlin or Hornet and the SC/360 insert
>also. I
> >may add that the "X" and "SC/360"
inserts are embossed, that is you can
>run
> >your
finger over them and they are raised.
>
>
> >PS: NO!!! AMC continued to use "old style"
American Motors logos on
>their
> >shit well after
1970. Some people believe it stopped in 1970 with new
>
>design. Wrong, AMC old style logo continued into the late 1970s, as
>they
> >emptied parts bins and used parts, note
the "old style" American Motors
> >Corporation logo
stamped on back of the SC/360 glovebox door.
>
>
> >And yes.......that is FACTORY BLUE OVERSPRAY on
the back of the
>glovebox
>
>door.
> >Eddie Stakes'
> >Planet
Houston AMX
> >713.464.8825
>
>eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>www.planethoustonamx.com
>
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