https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_AMX#Von_Piranha_Edi

 

Growing up in Kenosha more than 1/2 the cars on the road were AMC. True AMXs were the least common. Tons of Javelins, Gremlins and Hornets. The Hornet AMX was a joke like most of 70s and 80s cars.
The gearheads in high school usually shoved a 390 in the Gremlin. In 1980 that would be less than a thousand for the car and couple hundred for the motor.

 

I built 4 v8 Gremlins three 390's and one 401, i also had 6 rebel machine's two 68 rambler rouge https://www.motortrend.com/features/...rouge-sleeper/ my next car was the PT Cruiser 12.7@107 mph then the crossfire started with a model a roadster that had a top speed of 76 mph ( My first car in 1956) I have owned over 1000 cars in my life.

 

I hope you made a profit on most of them. If not you must be single.

 

It's interesting how many AMC fans are around. I had a 68 AMX and 1978 AMX at the same time. Dad had a Jeepster, Rambler wagon, Hornet Sportabout and a couple of Gremlins during my youth. All were good reliable cars. My 78 was totaled after a 16 yr old girl ran a red light and my 68 a year later by another 16 yr old girl running another red light. Beware young female drivers! I would still have the 78 if it wasn't totaled. I loved that car.

Les

 

I had over a thousand Javelin's i used for parts, this started when i had kids the buying and selling paid for ALL my drag racing.

 

yes Les, only the brave went against ford ,chevy and or chry and we won doing it ,

 

i grew up in the south sub-burbs of Chicago (Blue Island, IL). My Moms 3 brothers owned and operated a Rambler dealership in Oak Lawn, IL (Disabato Rambler).
I grew up with and I owned my share of Rambler/AMC cars. Learned to drive in a 73 Ambassador Wagon. Owned: 69 AMX, 63 American, 73 Hornet hatchback, 73 Matador wagon (USAF Surplus vehicle), 77 Cherokee and a few others.

Remember the Big "R" on the steering wheel horn ring and the big "R" on the (some models) hub caps????
My Dads name was Ray. And when I was a little fellow, Dad had me convinced that Uncle Mike had that "R" put on the steering wheel and hubcaps special, just for Ray!
Every summer vacation that I can recall it was a road trip: Northern Jersey to Chicago....all 9 of us in a Rambler Classic Cross Country Station Wagon. 232 - 6 cyd and vacuum operated wiper motor. My Dad could drive the PA and OH turnpikes with his eyes closed. We never stopped to eat, we had a box full of sandwiches and fruit and a big jar of Kool Aid.
Year after year.
then years went by, older siblings went off to college/marriage or work (i was one of the young kids). Less and less luggage to carry/pack in or on top the car, now we got to utilize the 3rd row seating. Spent many years looking out the back window/sitting/facing the rear. It was so cool.

 

I have said it before but here it is again AMX1397 = ,,,AMX = the car 1 = the first amx ever produced 397= the number of AMX;s i have owned.

the only AMX i have never owned was a amx 2 or the AMX 3 I was offered a amx 3 by Dick Teague,, today his son has the parts and the mold for a amx 3 (left over parts to buiks 3 or 4 of them
https://www.google.com/search?q=amx+...hrome&ie=UTF-8