AMC fans on fabo??

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Always lusted for a 71 Mark Donahue 401 4 speed in the crazy mustard color.
 
I have an AMC Jeep J-20 pickup, does that count? No car, but would love to have a Gremlin with a 360...
 
I've always like AMC the ramblers and rebels are my favorite they look so moparie! Lol I like the amx to it has always looked like a hybrid between a mustang and barracuda to me! I'd love to have one of the old 4x4 eagles too. I almost bought one one time I always regretted not buying it.
 
From Kenosha wisconsin so yeah I'm a fan, my dad and brother had cj-5s and7s. My dad has a cj-7 with a 401/727 4.10 gears.
 
thesiren74 said:
From Kenosha wisconsin so yeah I'm a fan, my dad and brother had cj-5s and7s. My dad has a cj-7 with a 401/727 4.10 gears.
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I bet that cj-7 is fun. Mine is a full size pickup with a 360 th400 trans and 3.73 gears. That beast will get with it...
 
dartfreak75 said:
I've always like AMC the ramblers and rebels are my favorite they look so moparie! Lol I like the amx to it has always looked like a hybrid between a mustang and barracuda to me! I'd love to have one of the old 4x4 eagles too. I almost bought one one time I always regretted not buying it.
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The 4x4 eagles are probably one of the coolest cars ever created. Talk about a car company being ahead of the curve. Go home Subaru, you didn't come up anything new. AMC already been there, done that, got the T shirt.
 
dartfreak75 said:
I've always like AMC the ramblers and rebels are my favorite they look so moparie! Lol I like the amx to it has always looked like a hybrid between a mustang and barracuda to me! I'd love to have one of the old 4x4 eagles too. I almost bought one one time I always regretted not buying it.
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I made a mistake it's the javelin that reminds me of a a hybrid of the barracuda and mustangs!! Not the amx. The amx and javelin are very similar too.
 
Rainy Day Auto said:
The 4x4 eagles are probably one of the coolest cars ever created. Talk about a car company being ahead of the curve. Go home Subaru, you didn't come up anything new. AMC already been there, done that, got the T shirt.
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I agree! They are really cool and they ran very well too! I'm not 100% sure on the options available as far as engines and transmissions go but that would be aawesom with a small v8 and a manual transmission. I think the one I drove and thought about buying was a four cylinder. I remember test driving it. It was very clean, 1 owner (old woman) traded it in on a new jeep. It was at the dodge jeep dealership. IIRC it was a 85 model.
 
AMC built good motors, just was a hassle figuring out what they bolted on. Everything external was from somewhere else. Like my 360, had a Ford carb, Chevy/delco distributor, Chevy transmission... Dana axles, but Chevy brakes on the front
 
401 AMC police cars. Los Angeles had a bunch. Alabama Troopers had the Javelin.

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kgip2k said:
AMC built good motors, just was a hassle figuring out what they bolted on. Everything external was from somewhere else. Like my 360, had a Ford carb, Chevy/delco distributor, Chevy transmission... Dana axles, but Chevy brakes on the front
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It was nice having one block for pretty much everything. Rarely heard at an AMC convention: "That got a big block?" Hey, I got a Gen 3!
 
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fratzog lover said:
It was nice having one block for pretty much everything. Rarely heard at an AMC convention: "That got a big block?"
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I was thinking that, 304,360,390,& 401 were all the same I believe block wise... I wasn't sure if I am remembering right, so I didn't say it
 
kgip2k said:
I was thinking that, 304,360,390,& 401 were all the same I believe block wise... I wasn't sure if I am remembering right, so I didn't say it
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66-70 were Gen 2. 70-91 were tall deck Gen 3. Other than the deck, the block was the same size. Of the 56-66 Gen 1 engines the first was a piddly 250 cubes.
 
I have 4 jeeps, but only one is from the AMC era, a CJ-5.
I have had so many jeeps, love all of them.
 
I'm a fan, not an owner. Pa ran Rambler wagons, have memories of riding in the back having fun talking over washboard roads. Family friend had a AMX that gave my brothers 69 RT Charger a hard time. One of my other brothers had a '71 Javelin, that was a fun car. Another brother had a Matador squad.. sleeper if there ever was one.
Damn things were all built like tanks.
 
I grew up just north of Kenosha in Racine, so many rides home in a renault alliance, fuego, eagle, but I got my first real ride in a '68 AMX with a 3 speed, His pops had a hurst s/c rambler.
 
I believe they have their own stuff. A friend of mine is heavy into AMC and owns three of them, I can inquire of him for some contacts if you want. Let me know.
 
clementine said:
I grew up just north of Kenosha in Racine, so many rides home in a renault alliance, fuego, eagle, but I got my first real ride in a '68 AMX with a 3 speed, His pops had a hurst s/c rambler.
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Cool i know a couple guys with pretty bad *** amcs, a couple 10second Rebel machines, amx's, Sc/ramblers and hornets.
 
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