The AMC AMX-GT is a concept car that was developed by

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(AMC) for the 1968 show car circuit. The design of the grand touring-type rear-wheel-drive pillarless coupe of monocoque construction with two doors and a truncated rear end treatment was influenced by AMC stylist Dick Teague.

Design development

The AMX GT was built by shortening the 4-seat

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coupé to a wheelbase (the same as the production 2-seat

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s), lowering, or "chopping", the roof and cutting off the tail. The one-off AMX-GT body used a fiberglass rear and featured side-mounted "macho external exhaust pipes." It appeared in two versions. At the New York International Auto Show in April 1968 it was red with a white stripe on the sides that ran across the roof. It also had plain, flush wheel covers, generic all-black tires, a side-mounted exhaust, a ram-air intake hood, integrated roof spoiler and fixed rear side windows ( quarter glass) with no support (or " B") pillar. The wheels were soon replaced by an alloy five-spoke design with Goodyear white-letter tires. The hood and roof were repainted a contrasting dark blue. This color scheme, which followed the major character lines of the car, was applied to some of the early factory-sponsored race cars before AMC changed to bands of red, white, and blue.

Legacy

The AMX GT provided several clues to future production models and options. The most immediately available were the optional side exhaust pipes for 1969 Javelins and AMXs. A slightly modified version of the show car's hood scoop became part of the factory production " Go package" option on Javelins and AMXs for the 1970 model year. The flat black "shadow mask" paint treatment also became available on the 1970 AMXs. 1968 AMC Board of Directors

The AMX GT's truncated tail treatment reappeared in 1970 on the Gremlin subcompact. The show car provided the general shape for the small Gremlin. The design, an example of Teague's approach to maximizing AMC's limited resources, resulted in a new version from an existing platform.

Stage prop

In AMC's 1969

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to shareholders, various AMX GT design drawings and proposals served as the background for pictures of top AMC executives. For the official photograph of the

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, the members posed with the second version of the concept car, this time with its hood and roof painted black.

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