Richard Meredith Browne

An illustrator and print maker of mechanical things. --- Well, mostly.

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AMC AMX/3:  It was to be American Motors answer to Ford’s Pantera and the anticipated mid-engine Corvette. Richard Teague led the design team that included Bob Nixon, Vince Geraci, and Chuck Mashigan to style the car. Giotto Bizzarrini’s operation located in Turin, Italy would hand build them using AMC’s 390 cu in (6.4 L) V8 engine mated to an Italian OTO Melara four-speed transaxle.

An order for thirty cars was placed, but only five were built before American Motors had to shut the project down for lack of funds.  A sixth car was later completed from remaining parts.

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FORD MODEL 9N: Light, small, less expensive than most of its competition and it had a revolutionary new feature, Harry Ferguson’s three-point hitch. The hitch allowed implements to be attached quickly and prevented the tractor from flipping over backward.

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ALLIS-CHALMERS MODEL G: The novel Model G with its rear mounted Continental 4-cylinder engine was designed for small market farmers, nurseries, and gardeners. Produced from 1948 to 1955 in Gadsden, Alabama it sold new for less than $1,000. Fewer than 30,000 were sold falling short of company expectations. 

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Happy New Year !

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“If you’ve got everything under control, you’re going too slow.”

- Mario Andretti