What's it worth?
What to look for?
What to offer?
How bad an idea?
What's it worth?
What to look for?
What to offer?
How bad an idea?
From some one that has one, 1500 tp 2000 would not be bad to offer at all. Check rear springs, rear perch points,the leaf springs. Front fenders rot from the ttp down that era. Floor boards, brake lines, gas lines all are 30+ years old. Front frame rails behind the bumper. Rocker panels rust quite a bit, also rear quarters also. Parts are a little harder to find for them. But if it runs and drives good, grab it. Have to go back and cjeck engine again, but amc would 390, 401, 360 I think. If nothing else, you will be the lone amc at any cars show or cruise night justabout since we are a rare breed. I have a 81 spirit dl with a str 6, auto
That AMX looks nice from the other side of the country on Craigs List...
Buy it. Buy it right now. You'll not likely find another. Make sure to get it for less than 2k. Bring to Challenge.
We parted one out to save a spirit with a ford 5.0/t5 swap.
These cars rust in unlikely places, so look everywhere.
They have an isoclamp system on the rear axle, which I've never seen a good example of so expext tge rear to feel loose.
Interior is horrible by this point. They used paper mache or something.
Could be a straight six or 304. Stick or auto.
Prothane makes good bushings in a full kit. Kyb shocks actually work. One gull coil and blocks replacing the isoclamp get the stance right. Addco makes giod sway bars. Dodge diplomat 15x7 bolt right on, and 235/60/15 fill the wheel wells with no rubbing. Makes a fun little rocket. Fab chassis reinforcment pafts cause theyre flexy.
For a non rusty v8 stick amx with mostly intact interior, youd be looking to spend between 2-3k.
Now that I looked at the add, go over there with 2k and buy it RIGHT NOW. That's the best example I've seen in a long time.
That one looks really, really solid. The 304 V8 Spirit AMX's were actually pretty rare (most were 258 I-6's), and a 4-Speed to boot! I'd pay $3K for that without hesitation. The big thing is just rust. It has all the hard to find AMX parts intact. Interior is easy, most of it is shared with all the other AMC small body cars (Hornet, Concord, Eagle, etc).
Do it!
That's looks to be a $2500-3000 piece all day.
That looks really cool. I'm glad it's on the other side of the country. 
Be sure to post a follow-up after calling him about it. It'll be interesting to hear if the $3K predictions here jive with the seller's thoughts.
I have one and it is clean with original paint on the outside.Pull the battery and check for rust.I need to replace all the metal the battery was hiding.Also pull the carpet in the back above where the rear leaf attachment point is.They are really prone to rust there.From my research,and my car, even clean original paint versions are more often then not hiding rust in these areas.Low mile v8 manual versions with all the AMX flares and spoilers are hard to find.If you've never driven one they are a blast.I would give $2500-$3000 without hesitation if I had time for another project,and it was closer.
seller changed the price to $13,500?
Wow, there sure is a lot of love going on here for what is mostly a Gremlin.
In reply to jstein77:
Agreed but they do have a certain GRM quality about them right? Just checked the weight and only came in at 2521lbs which is pretty swanky.
In reply to jstein77:
You said Gremlin like it was a bad thing.
Just gonna leave this right here...
Light car that'll hold as big a V8 as you want to put in it.What's not to love.Of course for $13,500 I hope he has 3 more like that one included in the price.
How much difference is there between that and a Concord? Here's a Concord trying out the Ultimate Street Car qualifier at the Power Tour ...
... and competing in the 140 MPH Class at the Big Bend Open Road Race.
I believe it's the same platform,not positive.I've seen that same concord on a rolling dyno online.It made some pretty big numbers.
Concord/Hornet are the same car just a name change and front and rear trim are different. Same suspension design as the Javelin/Gremlin/AMX, etc. so many parts will interchange.
This should be moved to the delusional Craigslist thread...
Indeed, anything more than 5k is impressively delusional.
Concord is longer wheelbase (108") vs 97" for Spirit/Gremlin. Most everything swaps.
The stock 304 in that car was rated at a mighty 150 hp.
jstein77 wrote: The stock 304 in that car was rated at a mighty 150 hp.
A stock Ford 302 or Chevy 305 from that era are no different.
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