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  • P71

    Nov. 28, 2009 6:06 p.m. P71 SuperDork

    OK, the guys at the AMC club found this, well, "thing". It started life as a 69 AMX (that's a 98" wheelbase, 2-seat, AMC sports/muscle car for those of you who don't know) and had a 74 Javelin basically mashed into it (the 68-74 Javelins used an elongated AMX platform and had 4/5 seats). So it has a 74 Javelin front clip with the bubble fenders, bubble fenders added to the short rear 1/4's, and the tail grafted on. Plus the 74 interior.

    Here's where it gets weird. He turned the rear into a hatch (I'm guessing from a 73-77 Hornet as they looked awfully close to the Javelin roofline) ala modern-day Rhys Millen and the rear-engine Genesis Coupe. He also threw an AMC 304 in the BACK with a GM transaxle (auto I'm guessing). The price for this abomination that doesn't even run? $2500 obo... There's way more than a $1250 in parts on that thing that wouldn't be needed at the challenge. Take out the 304 and replace with a 360 or 401, make it pretty (think Mad Max theme here...) and I think, well, I dunno what I think but it's equal parts bizarre and awesome so I had to share.

  • Will

    Nov. 28, 2009 6:13 p.m. Will Reader

    I weep for the AMX buried in there somewhere.

  • M030

    Nov. 28, 2009 6:21 p.m. M030 Reader

    YES!

    Mid-engine = better!

    That thing is, if nothing else, very cool.

  • pres589

    Nov. 28, 2009 6:35 p.m. pres589 Reader

    Who ever did that to an early AMX should be slapped with an early AMX.

  • AngryCorvair

    Nov. 28, 2009 6:37 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork

    mid-engine AMX = cool.

    hanging '74 panels on it = vomitatious.

  • tuna55

    Nov. 28, 2009 6:39 p.m. tuna55 Reader

    Do it! I have been thinking along those same lines, but without all of the bodywork.

  • 924guy

    Nov. 28, 2009 8:23 p.m. 924guy Dork

    I want to say thats really, really cool given the layout and the donor car.. but i cant, so ill have to stick with "unique."

  • Nov. 28, 2009 8:38 p.m. petegossett Dork

    You know, if you lowered the rear, mounted some vintage Campognolo(sp?) wheels & painted it gold, you could almost pass it off as an itallian exotic.

  • Rob_Mopar

    Nov. 28, 2009 8:46 p.m. Rob_Mopar Reader

    OK, I can see where the builder was coming from. Maybe tomorrow that thought will frighten me.

    The mid-engine is inspired by the AMX III, the rear hatch by the original AMX concept. This one might have come off a hatchback Hornet too. And the work doesn't look bad in these pictures. In person could be a whole different story.

    Didn't Dick Teague have an early Javelin or AMX that they installed the pontoon fenders on when they were prototyping them for the '71 cars? I'll have to dig out one of the AMC books here and take a look.

    -Rob

  • Nov. 28, 2009 8:49 p.m. mndsm Reader

    People lamenting the loss of a vintage automobile aside-

    I think it's kinda awesome. It's definitely a unique automobile, and as you said, it would make a great max max type candidate. If nothing else, I'd consider purchasing it as long as all of the heavy mechanical was done.

  • lesabre400

    Nov. 28, 2009 9:32 p.m. lesabre400 New Reader

    I love it. And if you don't drag it home, the poor thing is going to the crusher. If you have any decency, you'll give it a coat of primer, a matching set of cragars for the rear and a new lease on life.

    180 degree headers. You know you want to...

  • aussiesmg

    Nov. 29, 2009 8:23 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork

    That hybrid sort of appeals to the mongrel mechanic in me.....

  • unevolved

    Nov. 29, 2009 8:31 a.m. unevolved New Reader

    That thing needs a Blitz Black paint job.

    But I think you're right, that would make an awesome Challenge car.

  • P71

    Nov. 29, 2009 10:24 a.m. P71 SuperDork

    The Teague car your thinking of Rob was his personal 68 AMX. He was trying to convince AMC corporate that the AMX needed to stay a 2-seater and save money by using his personal vehicle as a styling exercise. They kept the whole nose of that thing as the 71 Javelin but axed the 2-seater AMX, making it a Javelin-based option package (and later a Hornet, Concord, then Spirit).

    There's no way I'm dragging this thing home. I just drug home a Hornet with a Green Vinyl interior fellas, if I drag home anything else ugly I'll have to live in it!

  • DrBoost

    Nov. 29, 2009 11:47 a.m. DrBoost HalfDork

    Wow. If I were closer, had more money, didn't have a wife or kids, had more time and money I'd be all over it! Seriously, that thing is bad a$$ in the making.

  • Billy_Bottle_Caps

    Nov. 29, 2009 11:59 a.m. Billy_Bottle_Caps New Reader

    DrBoost wrote:

    Wow. If I were closer, had more money, didn't have a wife or kids, had more time and money I'd be all over it! Seriously, that thing is bad a$$ in the making.

    I agreee that thing is sweet

  • 4cylndrfury

    Nov. 29, 2009 12:20 p.m. 4cylndrfury Dork

    pres589 wrote:

    Who ever did that to an early AMX should be slapped with an early AMX.

    into the mag fo sho

  • ReverendDexter

    Nov. 29, 2009 12:46 p.m. ReverendDexter Dork

    Hrm... this looks like what a drunken Mopar-fiend would come up with when taunted by their Ford buddies with the DeTomaso Pantera.

  • MrJoshua

    Nov. 29, 2009 3:58 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

    If anyone here gets serious about buying this thing-remember that you have to pay $2010 or less for it to be challenge eligible.

  • P71

    Nov. 29, 2009 4:11 p.m. P71 SuperDork

    I'm sure the guy could be talked down...

  • 2002maniac

    Nov. 29, 2009 5:06 p.m. 2002maniac Reader

    The idea is cool, but those front panels are hideous! The standard AMX bits would work so much better.

  • Rob_Mopar

    Nov. 29, 2009 7:18 p.m. Rob_Mopar Reader

    P71 wrote:

    The Teague car your thinking of Rob was his personal 68 AMX. He was trying to convince AMC corporate that the AMX needed to stay a 2-seater and save money by using his personal vehicle as a styling exercise. They kept the whole nose of that thing as the 71 Javelin but axed the 2-seater AMX, making it a Javelin-based option package (and later a Hornet, Concord, then Spirit).

    There's no way I'm dragging this thing home. I just drug home a Hornet with a Green Vinyl interior fellas, if I drag home anything else ugly I'll have to live in it!

    Cool, I knew I wasn't imagining it. I have a soft spot for AMC's but one hasn't followed me home yet. Won't be this one though.

    -Rob

  • Appleseed

    Nov. 30, 2009 7:36 p.m. Appleseed Dork

    Should this even be a question? Dooo Eitttttttt!

  • tuna55

    Nov. 30, 2009 7:52 p.m. tuna55 Reader

    Is it done yet?

  • pinchvalve

    Nov. 30, 2009 7:55 p.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

    The Hillbilly Pantera. I love it.

 
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