Illustrated #2615 - Proposal sketch by Miller Johnson for an AMC Rebel, ca 1967

[Otto Puzzell]

For one point: who created this illustration, and what was it meant to portend?

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[Otto Puzzell]

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[oko94]

Any relation with Oldsmobile Toronado ?

[datsone]

1967 Pontiac Grand Prix and the introduction of hidden headlights?

[Otto Puzzell]

Any relation with Oldsmobile Toronado ?

I can see the resmblance, but no.

[Otto Puzzell]

1967 Pontiac Grand Prix and the introduction of hidden headlights?

Also a good guess, but no

[oko94]

General Motors related ?

[Otto Puzzell]

General Motors related ?

No

[oko94]

Related to an American car brand ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Yes!

[oko94]

Fomoco related ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not a Ford brand or subsidiary.

[datsone]

Is this advertising or editorial artwork intended to be generic rather than brand specific?

[oko94]

Was it meant to be the revival of a defunct carmaker, like Cord ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Is this advertising or editorial artwork intended to be generic rather than brand specific?

It was a proposal for a specific make and model of car (which looked nothing like the illustration).

[Otto Puzzell]

Was it meant to be the revival of a defunct carmaker, like Cord ?

Not a revival.

[oko94]

Chrysler group related ?

[fyreline]

This is one of the many excellent illustrations in Pat Foster's 2013 book American Motors Corporation - The Rise and Fall of America's Last Independent Automaker.  If you don't yet have it in your library, it's worth looking for. The illustration is by AMC stylist Miller Johnson, and depicts a proposal for a 1967 AMC Rebel which never even came close to production.

[Otto Puzzell]

Mine is going back on the shelf.


There was a production '67 Rebel, a nice-enough car (bottom pic), but nothing like this picture. I'm pretty sure Miller did this illustration in 1967, after seeing a Toronado.