4 Door Plymouth Barracuda

[JB400]

I don't think it's possible.  Not with the way the process works.

Are you going to write me a check?   One that won't break or bounce if I drop it

[chargerjy9]

"Was it possibly for an Automobile Manufacturer to have things going on within a "Styling Studio" or Design Department where even the Head Designer did not have ANY knowledge of a particular Concept/Prototype Car being built?  To take it even one step further, would it be possible that even the TOP BRASS of that Automobile Company would not have known that a particular Concept car had been built?"

"Thanks for your reply.  If such a situation did exist with one of the "Big 3" Automobile Manufacturers, wouldn't that prove that there COULD have been Concept Cars built that may have slipped through the cracks and never exposed to the masses?  Many of these Concept Cars were suppose to be confidential so you wouldn't expect that they were highly publicized or talked about.  Isn't it a possibility that there might be a few Concept/Prototype cars that were built but even the Design Studio Guys didn't know anything about them?"

NO, NO NO listen to me, PLEASE. NOT going to happen. Concept cars were and are being done by Design studios that the public never sees. But the corporation, only, thru Design Office, gives the go ahead for such projects. the corp would not sanction or put their name and reputation on a project that they knew nothing about. there is nothing done off site that they would back unless they had control.
OBTW
the AMC photo on this forum topic is NOT a 4 door Javelin, but rather a senior car that never made it past fiberglas prototype stage.
The Barracuda SX that is mentioned here, the photo is an artist rendering. I found photos on line of that property from an old Auto Show. that car was strictly a fiberglas mock up, never went anywhere.
The 4 door Corvette photo listed here is a private car that was done by some guy so he could put his 3 grandkids in the car all at once. I saw the car 10 years ago. look at the license plate. It is of modern design.

[ws23rt]

Hey ECS---The questions you are asking are clearly rhetorical. And it seems clear that what you want is some sort of submission to your position on this issue.

Is it your position that you will continue with this until there is submission?  I am just a bystander and am amused by all this but from where I sit you are backing yourself into a corner

[TUFCAT]

Hey ECS---The questions you are asking are clearly rhetorical. And it seems clear that what you want is some sort of submission to your position on this issue.

Is it your position that you will continue with this until there is submission?  I am just a bystander and am amused by all this but from where I sit you are backing yourself into a corner

[ECS]

NO, NO NO listen to me, PLEASE. NOT going to happen. Concept cars were and are being done by Design studios that the public never sees. But the corporation, only, thru Design Office, gives the go ahead for such projects. the corp would not sanction or put their name and reputation on a project that they knew nothing about. there is nothing done off site that they would back unless they had control.

Everyone always talks about how bad the Assembly Plants were (not just Chrysler) with their quality control so I thought that it MIGHT be possible that a running, driving Concept/Prototype COULD have been slipped out the back with no one knowing about it.  

[ECS]

.......from where I sit you are backing yourself into a corner

Ya think?     

[TUFCAT]

Everyone always talks about how bad the Assembly Plants were (not just Chrysler) with their quality control so I thought that it MIGHT be possible that a running, driving Concept/Prototype COULD have been slipped out the back with no one knowing about it. 

SHIRLEY you can't be serious....

[ws23rt]

.......from where I sit you are backing yourself into a corner

Ya think?     

BTW---I am very impressed with what you are doing with your project --Craftsmanship it tops

[ECS]

SHIRLEY you can't be serious....

Come on Tufcat!  You don't think that maybe.....just MAYBE a Concept/Prototype could have been built without just a couple of people knowing about it?

[moparstuart]

Everyone always talks about how bad the Assembly Plant was with their quality control so I thought that it MIGHT be possible that a running, driving Concept/Prototype COULD have been slipped out the back with no one knowing about it.  

SHIRLEY you can't be serious....

I am and please dont call me Shirley

[ECS]

BTW---I am very impressed with what you are doing with your project --Craftsmanship it tops

Thank you very much!    

[TUFCAT]

Come on Tufcat!  You don't think that maybe.....just MAYBE a Concept/Prototype could have been built without just a couple of people knowing about it?

Where are you going with this?  I was happy yesterday when we sang Kumbaya by the fire, roasted marshmallows, fist bumped, and went to bed like happy campers.

[resq302]

Dave,

I have just one question.  Are you going to be building this as badly as what Chrysler would have?  Lets face it, our GTX was missing the upper fender stud and nut on the driver side and my charger was missing the wire harness holders on the firewall.   Quality control at its best!   

[TUFCAT]

Dave,

I have just one question.  Are you going to be building this as badly as what Chrysler would have?  Lets face it, our GTX was missing the upper fender stud and nut on the driver side and my charger was missing the wire harness holders on the firewall.   Quality control at its best!  

Resq302, just tend to the rabbits and leave George alone....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1ntut34Yc

[ws23rt]

Come on Tufcat!  You don't think that maybe.....just MAYBE a Concept/Prototype could have been built without just a couple of people knowing about it?

Where are you going with this?  I was happy yesterday when we sang Kumbaya by the fire, roasted marshmallows, fist bumped, and went to bed like happy campers.

He didn't answer my question about needing submission    His demand requires that a submission not be granted as a matter of principal INMO.

[DAY CLONA]

The 4 door Corvette photo listed here is a private car that was done by some guy so he could put his 3 grandkids in the car all at once. I saw the car 10 years ago. look at the license plate. It is of modern design.
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The 4 dr Vettes (5 built in 1978) were sanctioned by GM, and outsourced to a private coach builder for "market testing" the viability of a 4dr Vette, 2 cars were used to produce each example, a handful were also produced in 1980....as well as a lot of independent builds by shops and individuals over the years


1978 vintage debut photo below....no grandkids in sight

[ECS]

Where are you going with this?  I was happy yesterday when we sang Kumbaya by the fire, roasted marshmallows, fist bumped, and went to bed like happy campers.

We're still good Brother Tufcat!  I'm just trying to find ANYONE who will agree with me.  I feel like the Maytag repair Man on this one!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXJ0rAyE_mQ

[moparstuart]

Dave,

I have just one question.  Are you going to be building this as badly as what Chrysler would have?  Lets face it, our GTX was missing the upper fender stud and nut on the driver side and my charger was missing the wire harness holders on the firewall.   Quality control at its best!  

Resq302, just tend to the rabbits and leave George alone....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1ntut34Yc

i prefer this version          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlVqfC8-UI

[TUFCAT]

Where are you going with this?  I was happy yesterday when we sang Kumbaya by the fire, roasted marshmallows, fist bumped, and went to bed like happy campers.

We're still good Brother Tufcat!  I'm just trying to find ANYONE who will agree with me.  I feel like the Maytag repair Man on this one!  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXJ0rAyE_mQ

[TUFCAT]

i prefer this version          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlVqfC8-UI

You may have been late to the party, but you brought one HELL of a bottle of wine!  LMAO  

[resq302]

Dave,

I have just one question.  Are you going to be building this as badly as what Chrysler would have?  Lets face it, our GTX was missing the upper fender stud and nut on the driver side and my charger was missing the wire harness holders on the firewall.   Quality control at its best!  

Resq302, just tend to the rabbits and leave George alone....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1ntut34Yc

i prefer this version          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlVqfC8-UI

You may have been late to the party, but you brought one HELL of a bottle of wine!  LMAO 

Careful, I might just be as gentle as Lenny, too!   

[resq302]

i prefer this version          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlVqfC8-UI

You may have been late to the party, but you brought one HELL of a bottle of wine!  LMAO  

And here I thought you didn't drink.   

[ECS]

Where are you going with this?

I believe in poker (I don't actually play) you ask everyone if they are "all in" before you show your cards!  Isn't that how it works? 

[ECS]

The 4 dr Vettes (5 built in 1978) were sanctioned by GM, and outsourced to a private coach builder for "market testing" the viability of a 4dr Vette, 2 cars were used to produce each example, a handful were also produced in 1980....as well as a lot of independent builds by shops and individuals over the years
1978 vintage debut photo below....no grandkids in sight

Hi Mike!  It doesn't matter what you show, it means nothing!  Some of these guys remind me of a 1960's Sheriff I heard about who lived in a small bigoted town in Mississippi.  He received a call about a Body they had pulled from the river.  When he got to the scene they told him the Person was a Black Man.  His hands were tied behind his back, his legs were shacked and he was duct taped from head to toe.  When the Coroner asked the bigot Sheriff what he wanted him to list as the cause of death he said, "This has to be the clearest case of suicide I've ever seen!"

[JB400]

Where are you going with this?

I believe in poker (I don't actually play) you ask everyone if they are "all in" before you show your cards!  Isn't that how it works? 

Maybe, you should stick with old maid