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Here's
our 1970 AMX. |
Take a
look around... |
Here's
what most people will see... |
Notice
the powerful lines... |
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Beauty
from any angle... |
You
can tell this car
means business... |
Here's
the beast
within the beauty. |
Come
on in and
take it for a spin! |
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Here's
what it will look
like when fully restored. |
The
AMX at Donohue's
to Daytona 2000 |
Picture
of driver's
side 1/4 panel rot |
Picture
of passenger
side 1/4 panel rot |
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Here's
the AMX as it's leaving American Performance. Shown posing with the AMX is Tony Pinto. |
Here's
the AMX following the paint and body work done in Florida. |
Front
end parts as received in San Antonio. |
Misc.
parts as received in San Antonio. |
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360 V8
following its rebuild in Grayson, Georgia. |
Current
interior condition (San Antonio). |
Left
rear 3/4 view (San Antonio). |
Left
front 3/4 view (San Antonio). |
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Right
front 3/4 view (San Antonio). |
The
Charity AMX awaiting new brake and fuel lines. |
Brian
Schneider, Brett Schneider, and Mike Strawbridge are installing brake lines. Also a good
shot of the redone rear brakes and driver's door. The replacement rear quarter panel can
be seen standing in the box in the background, and the gas tank is in the box in the
foreground. |
Here's
the 'Fine Lines' kit laid out on the floor prior to installation. |
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Gas
tank after it's trip to Moyer Fuel Tank Renu. |
Home
after a trip to the exhaust shop. The hood is still off to facilitate further carburetor
adjustment. |
Left
rear with new exhaust visible. |
Interior
shot with empty radio bay, "new" steering wheel, and other details. |
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The
Charity AMX making it's debut performance (under it's own power) at the Southwest AMC
Regional. |
A rear
view of the Charity AMX at the Southwest AMC Regional. |
Here's
the front of the Charity AMX in Kenosha showing the restored grille and rechromed front
bumper. |
Here's
the back of the Charity AMX in Kenosha showing the rechromed rear bumper. |
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A
picture of the Charity AMX as it's preparing to leave San Antonio, TX for Kenosha, WI. |
Another
picture of the Charity AMX as it's preparing to leave San Antonio, TX for Kenosha, WI |
The
Charity AMX at the 2002 Transportation Homecoming in Kenosha, WI. |
Zion
Auto Body in Zion IL. The Charity AMX is getting body repairs and paint here. |
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The
front windshield has been removed. |
Here's
the replacement quarter panel for the driver's side all prepped and ready to be installed. |
Here's
the AMX with it's bad quarter panel removed. |
Another
picture of the AMX with it's bad quarter panel removed. |
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The
windshield has also been removed. |
Here's
Steve Mow (the body man at Zion Auto Body), posing with the AMX after he removed the bad
quarter panel. |
Here's
a picture of the seam where the quarter panel meets the roof. |
Here's
the damaged wheel well. If you look close, you can see where it's wrinkled. |
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Here's a picture of the AMX with the replacement
quarter panel installed. |
Here's another picture showing the replacement
quarter. The door gap is now much better than when we started. |
Here's the roof after it was straightened and
smoothed out. |
Here's a passenger side view of the car with the
replacement quarter panel installed. |
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Here's the passenger side quarter panel in it's
almost ready for primer state. |
Here's a view of the fixed driver's side quarter
panel. |
A little more work was done to the hood. |
Here's another shot of the driver's side quarter
panel. |
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Here's the driver's side door, ready for primer. |
A view of the grille showing the car waiting for block sanding. |
The trunk lid. |
Some repair work around the back window. |
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The passenger side quarter panel |
A view of the interior. |
A good view of the passenger side. |
A nice shot of the grille. |
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Another view of the grille. |
No doubt, they're talking about how cool this car is. |
Another interior view. |
Some repair work around the driver's side quarter window. |
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Here's the car loaded up for the start of it's final move before completion.
Photo credit: Richard Corsello |
Another picture of the car ready to be moved. Photo credit: Richard Corsello |
Pulling into the Greenmeade show. Photo Credit: Richard Corsello |
Pulling into the Greenmeade show. Photo Credit: Richard Corsello |
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At the Greenmeade show. Photo Credit: Richard Corsello |
At the Greenmeade show. Photo Credit: Richard Corsello |
Tom Benvie's daughter Erin, posing next to the AMX. Erin was Tom's
inspiration for donating the car. |
Tom's daughters posing with the AMX. Older sister Lauren also had some
health issues. |
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The AMX at a local (Boston, MA) car show. |
Here's is the AMX arriving at Tom's house. |
Here is Joe Roberts unloading the car. |
The AMX turning into Tom's driveway. |
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Another one of the AMX in Tom's driveway. |
Here's Joe turning the AMX over to Tom. |
Here is the AMX in Tom's garage. |
Here is Hanna at a show on September 5, 2008. |
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Here's another picture of Hanna at the same show. These are the last two
pictures of the car before it was stripped down to complete the project |
Here's Hanna stripped to a bare shell. Hanna is loaded up and being hauled
off to a car show. |
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