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The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) divides the "muscle" AMC Javelins into two categories: Class 36-e for 1968 and 1969 Javelin base and SST models equipped from the factory with 343 cu in (5.6 L) 4-barrel or larger V8 engines; and Class 36-j for the 1970 through 1974 Javelin, SST, and AMX models equipped from the factory with 360 cu ...
The AMC AMX is a two-seat GT-style muscle car produced by American Motors Corporation from 1968 through 1970. [2] [6] As one of just two American-built two-seaters, the AMX was in direct competition with the one-inch (2.5 cm) longer wheelbase Chevrolet Corvette, [7] for substantially less money.
Javelin with "Go" package Ambassador hardtop wagon Rambler American convertible. American Motors models historically regarded by hobbyists as particularly "collectible" include the Javelin, AMX, and performance specials such as the 1957 Rambler Rebel, 1965–67 Marlin, 1969 Hurst SC/Rambler, 1970 Rebel Machine, and 1971 Hornet SC/360.
1970 AMX window sticker showing the Go Pac listed as "PP390V,TG,DB,HDC,HP,E70/WHT LETTR $371.41" 1973 Javelin AMX Monroney sticker with the Go Pac 401 CID 4-barrel option listed for $476.25 The 1968 model year Javelin was the first to offer AMC's optional "Go package". [ 9 ]
Engine bay of a 1967 AMC Marlin with a 4-barrel 343 Typhoon V8 Engine bay of a 1969 AMC AMX with a bare V8 block. The new-generation AMC V8 was introduced in 1966 [17] It is sometimes referred to as the "Gen-2" AMC V8. The first version was the completely new 290 cu in (4.8 L) Typhoon V8 introduced in a special mid-1966 model year "Rogue" hardtop.
Near the end of the 1960s, AMC refocused on younger buyers with sporty variants of AMC's models. Introduced for the 1968 model year, the pony car Javelin was three years after the Ford Mustang, which originated the sports cars category. [3] [4] The Javelin-derived two-seat AMX received good reception as a muscle car, but sold less than expected ...
258 engine in a 1974 AMC Gremlin Engine bay of a 1980 AMC Spirit AMX with 258 and emissions controls The 258 cu in (4.2 L) was produced from 1971 through 1990. It featured an undersquare 3.75 in (95.3 mm) bore and 3.895 in (98.9 mm) stroke; it was otherwise similar to the 199 and 232 (Note: Starting in the mid-1970s the 258's bore and stroke ...
Front end was from the AMX production car. The AMX GT was built by shortening the 4-seat Javelin coupé to a 97-inch (2,464 mm) wheelbase (the same as the production 2-seat AMXs), lowering, or "chopping", the roof and cutting off the tail. The one-off AMX-GT body used a fiberglass rear and featured side-mounted "macho external exhaust pipes." [1]