Taken from my dash cam, this afternoon.
Hideous picture quality, but can anyone identify the car, right of picture?
I’ve only ever seen these in motor museums, never actually being driven, so brought a smile.
DeLorean?
Sure looks like a DeLorean to me.
I understand! I have added an emoticon to the post. I saved you emotional shock by not showing you the fire department filling the interior of the Ferrari with foam! The owner might have reason the be thankful it was a roadster, with the top down! So might the outfit who has to warranty the restoration!
Designed by Chuck Mashigan and Richard Teague for American Motors, the design was turned over to Vignale in Italy who built this running prototype in 78 days. This is the original AMX. Several pushmobiles preceded this one, and they did the car show circuit. People loved it, so AMC built this prototype, finished in 1966. It is a “one off”, currently in the Phillips Collection, in Calgary which can be seen on line. Results of the public enthusiasm inspired AMC to introduce a much simplified AMX, in 1968, followed by the Javelin. The “Ramble Seat”, notice the hinged rear window and seats, hooded headlights, hidden windshield wipers, and many other features included on the prototype, did not make it to production.
I’ll pass your comments on to our local television and newspaper media. Seems they were on site taking the pictures, and they called it a Ferrari. I’ll forward their reply to you!
I'm sure the rumble seat would have never passed muster with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration here in the U.S., either then or certainly not now.
No guts, no glory. Was a clever idea. I confess to loving the car's styling.
There were some AMX's and Javelins that were pretty fire breathing in the late 1960s and early 1970s, especially if they were equipped with the 390 or 401 C.I.D V8s. The factory claimed less than 12 second quarter miles out of some of them.
No guts, no glory. Was a clever idea. I confess to loving the car's styling.
The last ones had all rubber bumpers, at least in the states. I have owned two and miss them both, really fun little cars
