Vehicle Description
1968 American Motors Company 'AMC' AMX 390 These cars are Awesome!
2-Seater Sport Coupes with Attitude to Spare. Rare Cars and not
many regularly available Out of 6725 AMXs built in 1968 only 2287
were in Automatic with the 390V8 Only 1418 were with the Tan/Saddle
Interior and that includes all exterior colors. Not very many In
Scarab Gold over Saddle in Automatic with Center Stripes. How many
are intact today with original driveline, body panels, and
interior,,, don't forget under 100k miles. This one is... A very
solid and well kept AMX! True to form and a gentleman's Muscle Car!
Back when Pony and T/A Cars were getting all the attention AMC
creates an Instant Cult Classic with it's Sport Lines and Street
Attitude; The Two Seater AMX is Born! The 'Ol School Hurst Styled
Torque Thrust Wheels are Awesome! Adds to the overall appearance of
this car and Kudos Everywhere. This has been one of my very
favorites all along. We had this car 7 years ago, sold it to a long
time friend and customer and now had the privilege of owning again.
History of the 1968-1970 American Motors AMX American Motors was in
trouble. With the departure of Studebaker to Canada in late 1963,
AMC's Rambler was the only non-Big-Three automobile manufacturer of
any consequence left in the United States. The introduction of a
Chevrolet intermediate in 1964 only exacerbated the company's
problems, and by 1966, it was on the ropes. As the saying goes,
there is nothing like the prospect of being hanged in the morning
to focus one's attention at night, and the small but bright and
dedicated team of engineers and designers forged ahead with plans
for a car to compete with the Mustang. The Javelin and the shorter
wheelbase two-door car based on the Javelin, known as the AMX, were
introduced in 1968 to huge acclaim. The Javelin sold 55,124 cars,
while the AMX added 6,725 to the AMC sales ledger that year. AMC's
nearly brand new 290 and 343 cubic inch "mid-block" lightweight
engines were on deck and could be had with as much as 280 hp, which
provided for more than sparkling performance in the lightweight AMX
and Javelin lines. If the AMX proved anything, it was that AMC
could adapt to the marketplace. It was intended to be a rolling
statement saying just that to the motoring public, and in that
sense, it succeeded admirably. AMC survived until 1987 before being
absorbed into, and many say, saving, Chrysler Corporation to live
on to fight another day. Nothing like it had ever come out of
Kenosha before, and nothing like it would ever come out of there
again. While AMC was no slouch in its ability to offer
high-performance V-8-powered cars, most car buyers in the 1960s saw
the company as being focused on economy and thriftiness, not on
flashy displays of power. But on the heels of the Mustang's
stunning success, AMC, like every other American manufacturer at
the time, was forced to recognize that small, sporty cars had a
place on dealer lots, not just on the showroom turntables. Sure,
doctors and lawyers could buy Corvettes and Thunderbirds all day
long, but now college students and secretaries could look forward
to driving something with a little more guts than the average
family sedan. So, for a brief span of about five years, AMC totally
devoted itself to capturing the youth market. AMC first responded
in September 1967 with the Javelin. Given the pony car-mad public,
they knew it would sell, but with Dick Teague's urging, the company
decided to go one step further with the AMX in February 1968, the
only mass-produced American two-seat sports coupe aside from the
Corvette, and at $3,245, more than $1,000 less expensive than its
honored competitor. A lot of people saw the AMX as a 12-inch
shorter derivative of the Javelin, given the shared body panels and
chassis. Yet AMC engineers and stylists designed both the AMX and
the Javelin on separate tracks at the same time. By February 1968,
with concept versions of both vehicles running the show circu
