AMT Corporation (Arizona)

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AMT Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1965
resolution 1969
Seat Phoenix , Arizona , USA
management Gene Winfield
Branch Automobiles

The AMT Corporation from Arizona was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Phoenix , Arizona in 1965 . Egene Winfield ran it. It was a division of the AMT Corporation of Troy , Michigan that made plastic toy cars. Automobile production began with the acquisition of a prototype from Marbon Chemical Division of Borg Warner . The brand name was AMT . Production ended in 1968. A total of five or six vehicles were built. In 1969 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

The only model was the piranha . The chassis and body were made of plastic. The vehicle was 3988 mm long with a wheelbase of 2413 mm . The gullwing doors were a striking feature of the coupé . A six - cylinder boxer engine from the Chevrolet Corvair powered the street and racing versions. It delivered either 140 hp or 180 hp with the help of a turbocharger . A version as a dragster had a V8 engine with 7000 cm³ displacement from Chrysler .

Sportsland Unlimited , a division of Allied Industries International , later made replicas .

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 56. (English)
  • Ron Kowalke: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 1997, ISBN 0-87341-521-3 , p. 855. (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 56. (English)
  2. ↑ a b Fiberclassics (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  3. ↑ a b website about the AMT Piranha (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  4. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  5. ^ A b c Ron Kowalke: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 1997, ISBN 0-87341-521-3 , p. 855. (English)