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"NinetyQ" (NinetyQ) 01/04/2014 at 21:08 • Filed to: None

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Tonight's drool-worthy car interest: '69 AMC AMX. A car apparently "so wild" (AMC claimed 320 hp, NHRA claimed 420) that it came with no warranty.*

WANT.

*I was referring to the SS here, not the regular AMX (see comments below). But I'd take the regular AMX anyway!

Jarrad E Truog > NinetyQ 01/04/2014 at 21:25

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lucky's pepper > NinetyQ 01/04/2014 at 21:31

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They were great looking little cars, but I believe you are confusing a regular AMX with a 390 (which AMC rated at 315hp in '69) and the AMX Super Stock. The AMX SS was street legal and could be bought by anyone but it was intended to be a race car. It was modified by Hurst for AMC and came with dual four barrel Holleys, 12.3 to 1 compression, headers and slicks from the factory. It didn't come with a heater or a warranty and cost about $1900 more then a regular 390 AMX. AMC rated the SS at 340hp but the NHRA rated it at 420.

banjo cat ghost of oppo past > NinetyQ 01/04/2014 at 21:36

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I worked with an Audi Sales consultant by the name of S. Frost(Frosty) who had one. Looked & acted like an older, balding Steve Carell... also was a gradeschool teacher and you could tell.

I always tried to picture him younger with a golden flowing mane of hair, flooring it to whoknows where with the windows down, flashing his poorly concealed grin-smirk... Kind of like Burt Wonderstone meets Michael Scott in his convertible.

Nicest and most forthright co worker I've ever had the pleasure of sharing an office with.

NinetyQ > lucky's pepper 01/04/2014 at 21:42

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Interesting. Thanks for that correction! I actually had thought I'd probably be corrected since I based that on about 5 minutes of information searching.

lucky's pepper > NinetyQ 01/04/2014 at 22:36

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No worries. I'll take my AMX in '71 vintage though. There's something about their ridiculously exaggerated Coke-bottle shape that's almost erotic. Plus one of the greatest drivers ever drove one in one of the best racing series, Mark Donahue in the '71 Trans Am season.

fhrblig > NinetyQ 01/04/2014 at 22:38

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WANT. That color, too.

NinetyQ > lucky's pepper 01/04/2014 at 22:50

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Isn't that a Javelin though? According to Wikipedia, an AMX was tested but not approved for production in '71.

lucky's pepper > NinetyQ 01/04/2014 at 23:26

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Not clear on your question (I'm deep into a bottle of Makers Mark) but here's an answer: notice the emblem in the grill of Donohue's racecar? It says AMX. Now a '71 AMX Trans Am car was no more an AMX than a '69 Boss 302 Trans Am car was a Boss 302. For 1968-70 the AMX was a short wheel base version of the Javelin; AMC essentially just cut a few feet out of the car, eliminated the back seat and viola, AMX. For '71 the AMX name was used on the regular Javelin body; it just became an option package. So the '71 Javelin bodied racecars used in Trans Am carried AMX badges because the AMX was AMC flag-ship.

Hopefully that made sense.

NinetyQ > lucky's pepper 01/05/2014 at 00:09

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Ah okay, that makes sense. I think I knew that at one time anyway. So the AMX model, as the two-seater, shortened Javelin, ended in 1970, but the "AMX" name lived on as a trim level on the Javelin.

lucky's pepper > NinetyQ 01/05/2014 at 00:11

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In sober speak, yes.

lucky's pepper > NinetyQ 01/05/2014 at 00:21

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In sober speak, yes. Here's a picture of a production 1971 AMX, four seats and all. As you can see it's a Javelin with badges.