[burd]

I hated those cars, your rite, no back bumper it was pretty cool. It was an X too.
My mom had a ambassador wagon, it was a strange monstrosity
I still have a front set of turn sig lens from it. Lol
I had a 73 Gremlin, saved my ta from 3-4 winters. Those Motorola alternators on the amc’s would over charge not under when they’d go, fried the whole dash out one day on the way home from work. Radio, gas gauge all the light bulbs, gone.

[kingbuzzo]

[QUOTE=455dan;6393792]I had several Wagoneer's and J10's with Quadra track

They were about as Good as it got in the winter driving back then.

Oh I would like to see yer AMX build thread if you get that going...those are so kewl

[besserspat]

My first car I purchased myself at 15 with my own money was a 1977 Jeep Cj-7 bright red lifted with 33" Bfs , Chrome "modular" wheels and more importantly a 360 AMC 3 speed stick. The thing had glass packs and about 4 ft long exhausts.

I was riding my bicycle far from my home that day when I saw the Jeep parked next to a garage in an open field.

Must had been there a long time ... looked like it. So I left a note for the owner on the jeep's windsheild that I wanted to buy it , it was love at first sight!

After the owner called me , we finally came to an agreement that Id get the thing for 3500$ which was A LOT for a 15 yo kid who mowed lawns, helping a plumbing co, and in a bakery once in a while for pocket money.

I paid in several installments and once paid , I remember going with a highschool friend of mine picking the thing with his dads F-350 dually and the flat bed he'd normally used for his heavy machinery, My friend was 16 so he had a drivers license, which I didn't !

So for almost a full year I've cleaned, fixed, polished and very fine tuned, the Jeep ...starting it every day , driving and doing burn outs in our driveway because I didnt have my license yet ...it was driving my neighbors absolutely nuts... and this thing could lay rubber at will so it did it often!

But more importantly,,, I had the year to learn everything about AMC , mostly from various old performance magazines since internet didnt existed, on how to tune and hop up AMC engines , I went from knowing nothing about AMCs to become THE AMC reference in my small town a year later lol!

I hoard cars and motorcycles, but AMC will always have a soft spot for the excentricities of the AMC engineers... I had Javelins, etc... and still own a bunch of Jeeps some are projects and a 68 AMX v8 4 speed, 75 Gremlin X V8 4 speed and 1976 Pacer...

I like weird stuff from my childhood

[mgarblik]

The color combinations of the AMC cars were incredible too! (Bad) One summer my dad came to pick me up at YMCA summer camp after a 4 week stay. He was proud of his new Ambassador station wagon. 1970. It was Grape Jelly purple with a dark green vinyl interior. You just can;t make this stuff up.

[mgarblik]

Found the combination.

[besserspat]

Originally Posted by mgarblik

Found the combination.

Thats pretty much an eggplant...nice "Gotti" like wheels

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by mgarblik

Found the combination.

1-Adam 12, we just side swiped a jelly truck, over?

Hehehe

[455dan]

[QUOTE=kingbuzzo;6394156]

Originally Posted by 455dan

I had several Wagoneer's and J10's with Quadra track

They were about as Good as it got in the winter driving back then.

Oh I would like to see yer AMX build thread if you get that going...those are so kewl

Here is a pic of it, Runs good needs a repaint and some interior work pretty neat it is a Black on Black and a go pack car

360 4 barrel 727 PO dinged the right fender and replaced the AMX grille with one from a Javelin.

74 AMX grilles are getting pricey and hard to find.

[besserspat]

my 68 AMX patiently waiting in my "projects" barn...

[59safaricat]

Originally Posted by mgarblik

My father more or less hated cars. My mother, who liked cars, insisted on a sporty model. One day she came home in a red Javelin with a white interior. 390 4-speed. My dad was not happy.

Wow, talk about a role reversal!

[400 4spd.]

If I was shopping for an AMC, this white/red '70 would be at the top of my list.

[mgarblik]

That 70 AMX is beautiful. Allot of people prefer the more "pure" styling of the 68-69 styling. I love the 70 hood and the interior upgrades.

[burd]

A few years back, there was a PT AMX at eyes on design here in the D. Cool car

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by 59safaricat

Wow, talk about a role reversal!

Yea, my mother had that Javelin and one other neat car I remember growing up. She had a 63 Impala SS convertible. It was light metallic blue, white interior and top. 327 auto on floor with console. That was about it. No Pontiacs, unfortunately. My father was still effected by the depression most of his life. He was pretty frugal most of the time. AMC cars fit him pretty well. Basic transportation, low on frills, pretty much all business. That purple Ambassador wagon had cruise control. I remember him always being annoyed with that option as it never worked well. Seems I have a vague recollection of him complaining what a waste of money it was.

[kingbuzzo]

she looks real solid 455dan...

Besser's projects barn! My word I can barely keep one on the road...

My buddy had a '74 javelin with the pierre cardin interior/purple-purple - so 70's....wasn't an amx tho

[kingbuzzo]

one of these days I'll find her again...with the snow we get now it could only be fate

(stock photo, too lazy to find...)



Mine was also triple black with cherokee wheels...loaded

Those louvers are a nice touch