Vehicle Description
The AMX was designed to appeal to both muscle car and sports car
enthusiasts and was successful in both worlds. Tire melting
acceleration made them frequent fliers at drag strips around the
country and in SCCA road racing they competed in the B-Production
class against cars like the Shelby GT350. This car is stock and
appears to be an all original, survivor type of car.
While many of the AMXs were painted in wild colors and festooned
with sponsor decals, this one is presented in a nice Regatta Blue
that may help you avoid attracting unwanted attention while you are
out for a cruise. 1969 was the last year with the headlights
mounted separately from the grill of horizontal bars with AMX off
to one side. The chrome and the stainless isn't new and freshly
replaced, it does look great for its age. Rocker trim dresses out
the lower edge of the body and a style line trails off the top of
the rear wheel wells with AMX and 390 V8 emblems appearing on the
rear fenders too. The rear end is sweet with the slope of the rear
end descending smoothly between the sail panels to the super clean
arrangement of full width taillamps. That is underlined by a sharp
looking bumper with a couple of chrome exhaust tips peeking out
from underneath.
Open the door and you will find a Charcoal interior with nice wood
tone accents. Like the outside of the car, it is kind of
understated given its performance orientation. The door panel is
simple with a brushed metal line across the top and a wood tone
insert behind the window crank. One thing that makes this car
unique is that it was the only two seat, steel bodied, American car
built since the '57 T-bird. And those two seats look great, and are
comfortable, having been nicely recovered in charcoal cloth with
black piping. A three-spoke steering wheel sits in front of a stock
dash panel that has the tach on the left, the speedo in the center
and gauges on the right. Ventilation controls are on the lower left
and there is an Aiwa AM/FM/CD player in the center for your
listening pleasure just in front of the shifter for the automatic
transmission that rises from a wood tone console.
Open the hood and you will find a stock 390 cubic inch engine
sitting down in a snug engine bay with a new aluminum radiator
keeping things running cool. The air filter housing it topped with
a red, white and blue, AMX 390 decal which sits on top of a
4-barrel carburetor and both the motor and engine bay appear to be
true to the survivor character of this car. There has been some
regular maintenance done as evidenced by new ignition components as
well as newer belts and hoses, probably all handled when the
radiator was installed. Because it was designed as a two-seat
sports car as well as a drag racer, it has a short wheel base for
good handling, and multi leaf springs in the rear with coil springs
on control arms along with a sway bar in the front that was tuned
for tearing up the backroads as well as the road racing circuits of
the day.
Rare, unique, and potent. This car is a fun to drive collectible.
Call or come on down and check it out.