How about a Javelin station wagon? The AMX III demonstrates that American Motors at least considered the idea, if only for a moment.

Introduced at the Chicago Auto Show in February of 1967, the AMX III was essentially a production AMC Javelin with four doors instead of two and a sporty station wagon roofline. Which is sort of interesting in itself, as the Javelin wouldn’t be introduced to the general public until September. (See our feature on the American Motors pony car here.) Knowingly or not, showgoers were getting a preview of the upcoming AMC Mustang competitor, although it was disguised as a station wagon.

We also take note of the name: AMX III. Later, as the number of AMX concept vehicles proliferated, American Motors employed some fancy punctuation to differentiate its stunning mid-engined sports car, which was named the AMX/3. While the two cars could never be confused, the names AMX III and AMX/3 have an odd similarity. And of course the AMX name, which originally stood for American Motors Experimental, was eventually attached to AMC’s two-place production sports car.

Even though their actual utility might be limited, the idea of a pony car-based sport wagon seems to have wide appeal. Along with American Motors, Ford, Chevrolet, and Pontiac all experimented with pony car wagon concepts, but none of them ever graduated to the production phase. However, an approximation of the AMX III’s greenhouse would appear on the Sportabout, a sport-wagon model of the AMC Hornet four-door that was introduced in 1971 and continued on in Concord and Eagle form all the way through 1988.