JohnRosa@JavelinAMX.com
The following are the pictures I've collected recently, trying to detail the differences between the 6 or 7 existing AMX/3s. Your opinions and observations are welcome and invited.
Comments from John Mahoney:
#3 was Teague's favorite AMX/3 and likely should be considered a benchmark of the breed. It has always worn Campagnolo wheels (with both RWL and BSW tires over the years), has consistently had "correct" badging (some large variations and several small details identify the six completed cars but medallion placement on #3 is as intended for production...), and underwent a major restoration by Teague himself in the early-to-mid 1980s. It appears in Rosa's 23 penultimate photos (some taken on Teague's Fallbrook driveway) and was documented by AMC Javelin designer Guy Hadsall and by Jerry Garns in a fully-authentic fresh state of restoration late in '89 and early in 1990. #3 was donated by Marian Teague to the San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park at 2080 Pan American Plaza SD CA 92101 (619 231-2886) where what is without doubt the world's finest AMX/3 can be studied today. I believe #3 was also the 1971 "Assault" car, and it may have been the car beside which Mark Donohue was photographed twice (front breather trim could be a clue).
This appears to be the '#3' car under construction.
On the day of it's debut before the press in Rome, Italy.
Same day, near the Colliseum in Rome.
With AMC's TransAm Championship driver, Mark Donohue.
Note the car has lateral louvres in the hood and no centered scoop.
It also has no brake scoops or 'AMX/3' markings on it's sides in the pics above, BUT.....
...in these, it wears the lower side stripes that read 'AMX/3'.
The following 22 pics seem to show the same car, after a refurbish during it's ownership by
the car's designer, the late Dick Teague (seen in one of the pics below).
In these, the side stripe is replaced by larger, simple 'AMX/3' decals.
JohnRosa@JavelinAMX.com