1969 AMC AMX - BIG MUSCLE

that is a sweet sounding LS3!

Oh, and yes, the International Sports Car Club, or whatever their acual name is, declared back in '68 or '69, that the AMX WAS a sports car. AND American Motors built the AMX with competion against the Corvette in mind.

So I legitimately watched the video right now, and although I thought AMX's were cool rides... Now I just want one!

O, and the mountain pass he took it through (Glendora Mountain Road) isn't too far from my house. When I get the Dart's suspension upgraded and set, you know where I'll be going. And I plan on having a GoPro by then too.

I also have a '68 AMX that needs everything. I'd like to get one of the aftermarket front suspensions, k-member, etc., like he has on his car, but I don't have the $5,000 to get one, plus installation costs.

Sweet ride!

Here are a couple more I've been watching with curiosity!.....
http://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?84756-American-Motors-Xperimental-full-frame

http://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?89431-Pro-Touring-AMC

That car has DSE first gen Camaro suspension under it. It was here for the SORC this year, got to see it in person. It's one of those cars you REALLY wish you could drive when you look at it.

On the other hand he did his car the way he wanted, with what he wanted to use for the reasons he stated. It's great that it does so good.

I did my car with stock parts, other than the anti-sway bars and heavier & shorter coil springs up front, it can't beat his, but I have fun with my car too. Yes my car has new but stock spring rate Go Pack rear springs.

I just scored a 69 AMX a month ago off Craigslist. It is a 390 4 speed car too. It is missing the engine. I would like to locate a 390 for it. If I cannot locate one I have a 360 Magnum I was thinking of putting in it. Are people ok with putting Mopar engines in AMC cars or is it as bad as putting a Chevy engine in it?

It's ok to put a Mopar engine in anything, even tho it's a waste of engine in a chevy or ford, but no good to put any other engine in a Mopar, unless it's an AMC engine.

There can be found AMC 390s or 401s in most any area of the country. Look on the AMC web sites/classifieds.

Check in your area for an AMC club.

http://theamcforum.com/forum/forums.html

http://www.bulltear.com/forums/forum.php

http://amccars.net/

stuff;

info;

http://www.amx-perience.com/amx-enterprises/amx_enterprises.htm
http://www.amcforums.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl

http://www.amxfiles.com/amx/index.html

http://amxfiles.com/guestbook/guestbook.html

http://www.amx-perience.com/

http://www.amonational.com/

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/amc-engines.html

http://www.amcrc.com/tech/tech.html

buy stuff;
http://www.amx-perience.com/amx-enterprises/amx_enterprises.htm

http://www.amx-perience.com/california_classic_amc.htm

http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~afleming/home.html

http://www.matadorcoupe.com/vendor.htm

http://www.oldcarparts.com/

http://autopedia.com/html/HotLinks_AMC.html

http://www.kennedyamerican.com/

Charlie at American Motor Haven, tell him Tim sent you. 408-569-3070

I kinda look at it like this, DSE is thriving because the stock GM suspension is garbage. So they are basically the Bill Reilly of the GM world and that is their Alter-K-tion bolt in kit. Its only GM in application not from any of its components. Its a bolt in rack and pinion,coilover suspension with its own engineered pickup points. Plus its a complete front subframe as well.They also just released their 66-70 Mustang setup that is also bolt-in and cast from aluminum in house. I talked with Tom Farrington and his wife last August and they said he just got an E body roller that was his next project.

Great video Mike!

I've drooled over that car since its debut last year, and after seeing this video it makes me want go wild on my boringly stock AMX.

The AMC crowd are complete, burn you at the stake, purists when it comes to swapping in ANY non AMC motor.

With all due respect to Bill, I wouldn't put RMS and DSE in the same league. C6 Corvette vs. Mustang II. Sorry.

I just ordered there Ford stuff. Should be here in a week or so.

The AMCs also share the same bolt large pattern as Mopars, so swapping wheels is conveniant (such as to mount my current 16x10 rims... say, with some super-soft Hoosier A6 autocross rires). I've always liked the Javelins and AMX cars (have many pictures of the Mark Donahue TRANSAM cars racing Vintage up at Elkhart Lake Road America)... both short and long wheel base models. The "short wheel base" cars are the real sleeper/secret cars out there for autocrossing, although a bit heavy % in the front, but light in overall weight, and with a small turning radius ... 97" wheel base?. The longer wheel base cars are super on the road courses (110" wheel base ... just like the 110" e-body Challengers). The Hornet models are also sleeper/secrets. I'm good friends with some of the AMC crowd of autocrossers and road course racers here around Chicago/Milwaukee. There's a 72 AMX 401 with some mods (similar to my car/class) that has set and held road course SOLO track records at most of the local tracks (he's a fantastic driver!); there's a ~78 Hornet 401 that is heavily modified in an allout race class (where they could technically place my car, yet w/o as many mods as the Hornet has) that holds the various SOLO track records; there's an awesome 2-seat C/Prepared SCCA "70 AMX that used to dominate the class, as well as his long wheel base 71 AMX also in C/Prepaed. The biggest issue I hear about the AMC cars is their difficulty getting parts.. but I'd imagine that, just like us, if you're seriously into a certain car/model, etc, you can find just about anything, and at reasonable costs. I'd like to someday get an AMX , preferably a "70 2-seater, and set it up for national competition E/SP SCCA Solo racing... its a sleeper/secret that I've seen run and win... and properly setup with a good driver can be just about unbeatable... and "different" than all the other identical cars in the class.. they always look at the older cars with envy wishing they could own one!

Yes, the '68, '69, and '70 AMXs had a 97" wheelbase, same as the vetts of the day. The Javelins had a 110", I believe it was, wheelbase for those years.

When my mom and my stepdad met in the early 70s, she was driving a '68 Road Runner, he had a '68 AMX. Never clocked them, but that AMX sure felt a whole lot faster than the Road Runner. Handled great too.

Javelin;

The wheelbase of the 1968 and 1969 models was 109 inches, and then stretched an inch in 1970. Pre-1970 models had a curbside weight of about 2,836 pounds, with later models weighing about 3,250 pounds. The 1970 Javelin and later Javelins had measurements similar to the early versions at 191.8 inches long, 75.2 inches wide and 50.9 inches tall. The frame cleared the ground by 5.5 inches. Its front track measured 59.7 inches and the rear track was 60 inches. The fuel tank held 15.9 gallons.




http://www.ehow.com/list_7390352_specifications-amc-javelin.html


http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG...&fr2=rs-top

AMC ??? What is that? Lol... Seriously, I live in Kenosha, so I get to see everything AMC all summer long... SC/Ramblers and Rebel Machines are more common than Camaros...really....

Jimmy's car is one that never ceases to amaze. We are really glade we get to work with him on his AMX along with many of the events he coordinates.