1970 AMC AMX

Coupe

390

Automatic

A0C397X300200

Clear

Gasoline

HERE IS A 1970 AMC AMX THAT RUNS AND DRIVES GREAT. THE EXTERIOR WILL NEED SOME GOING OVER BUT IS STILL VERY PRESENTABLE. THE BLACK PAINT IS IN OK CONDITION AND THE TIRES ARE ABOUT 70%. THE TRUNK AREA HAS SOME NORMAL RUSTING NEXT TO THE BACK WINDOW. THESE CARS ARE KNOWN FOR THAT. THE UNDERSIDE IS IN GOOD SHAPE. IF YOU PUT A LITTLE TIME IN YOU'LL HAVE A SWEET LOW PRODUCTION CAR THAT IS FUN TO DRIVE. AS FAR AS NUMBER MATCHING I BELIEVE IT TO BE. IT HAS A 390 MOTOR AND 3 SPD AUTO TRANNY WHICH IS WHAT THE CAR CAME FROM. I'M NOT LOOKING TO GET 30K FOR THE CAR SO IM NOT GOING TO TEAR IT ALL APART. IF I HAD TO GUESS BASED ON THE WAY THE CAR SITS I WOULD SAY IT WAS NUMBER MATCHING AND I WOULD DEFINITLY SAY IT WAS PERIOD CORRECT IN THE VERY LEAST. AMX IS A COOL CAR TO HAVE BEING THAT THEY DID NOT PRODUCE A HIGH NUMBER OF THEM. WE ARE SELLING THE CAR WITH NO RESERVE SO HIGH BID WINS. VEH. IS ALSO FOR SALE LOCALLY SO WE DO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO END AUCTION EARLY. ANY QUESTIONS CALL ME AT 267-475-4000. HERE IS SOME HISTORY ON THE 1970 AMX, American Motors 1970 AMX advertising headlined, "We made the AMX look tougher this year because it's tougher this year".[57] They were mildly facelifted resembling the first two model years, but the changes were different enough to be a separate design for 1970. Featured was a new front end design with a longer hood that had a “power blister” with two large openings. These were a functional cold ram-air induction system with the popular "Go Package" available with the 360 and 390 engines. The new grille was flush and full-width incorporating the headlamps. The revised rear end also featured full-width taillamps and a single center mounted backup light. Side marker lights were now shared with several other AMC models. Riding on the same wheelbase 97-inch (2,464 mm) as before, the changes increased the AMX's overall body length by about two inches (51 millimeters) to 179 in (4,547 mm). American Motors also changed the AMX's engine lineup for 1970 with the introduction of a new 360 cu in (5.9 L) four-barrel (290 hp (220 kW), P-code) to replace the 343 V8. The smallest 290 was dropped and AMC could claim 65 more base horsepower than the AMXs had previously. The 390 V8 engine continued, but upgraded to new heads with 51 cc combustion chambers that increased power to 325 hp (242 kW). The code remained "X" for the engine on the vehicle identification number (VIN). The "Go package" was available with the 360 engine (including power front disc brakes, F70x14 raised white letter tires, handling package, and the ram-air induction system) for $298.85, or including the 390 engine for $383.90.[58] Also new, the double-wishbone front suspension had ball joints, upper and lower control arms, coil springs and shock absorbers above the upper control arms; as well as trailing struts on the lower control arms. The "Magnum 500" road wheels were now standard, but the new "Machine" 15x7 inch slot-styled wheels were optional. The interiors of the AMX were also redesigned. The broad wood-grained dashboard, center console, and two-spoke "Rim Blow" steering wheel were new. Tall bucket seats now featured a "clamshell" design integrating the headrests. Leather upholstery was $34 extra.[58] The exterior rear view mirror featured a new design and in some cases matched the car's body color. The three "Big Bad" exterior paints continued to be optional on the 1970 AMXs, but they now came with regular chrome bumpers. A new "shadow mask" exterior finish applied over any available AMX color was a $52 option,[58] which included a satin black-painted hood, engine compartment, front fender tops, and side window surrounds offset by thin silver striping. The optional "C-stripe" was $32.[58] The manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) for the base model was US$3,395 (US$20,617 in 2014 dollars[14]) as AMC promoted the 1970 AMX as, "A sports car for the price of a sporty car."[59] Motor Trend summed up a road test of a 1970 AMX with the 390 engine as "one of better constructed cars around."[60] Described as “the best version yet of this blend of muscle car and sports car”, the 1970 model was also the last “true AMX”.[61]Performance figures[edit] Original road test of a 390 AMX by Car and Driver (1968)0 to 60 mph = 6.6 seconds0-100 mph = 16.3 secondsDragstrip quarter-mile acceleration = 14.8 seconds @ 95 mph (153 km/h)Top speed = 122 mph (196 km/h) Original road test of a 390 AMX by Motor Trend (December 1969)[60]0 to 60 mph = 6.56 secondsDragstrip quarter-mile acceleration = 14.68 seconds @ 92 mph (148 km/h) AMX dragracing burnout Two AMX dragsters taking off In 1969, the TV show Car and Track posted the following times[citation needed] with an AMX 390 cu in (6.4 L) running a standard 4-barrel carburetor and 10.2:1 compression ratio:0 to 60 mph acceleration = 6.5 secondsDragstrip quarter-mile acceleration = 14.1 secondsRacing[edit] The AMC AMX, while not a Corvette, was a high-performance car with few equals.[62] The cars were regular performers on dragstrips around the country. Drivers included Shirley Shahan, better known as the "Drag-On Lady", and Lou Downy. National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) champion Wally Booth raced AMXs in the both the Super Stock and the Pro Stock classes.[2] Herman Lewis, often described "as 'the Godfather of AMC Racing' ... won 200 events in his hellacious red, white, and blue AMX."[2] The 1968 and 1969 AMXs with AMC's 390 cu in (6.4 L) engines compete in contemporary Nostalgia Super Stock drag racing.[63] Owners have also modified AMXs to compete in modern Pro Touring car racing.[64] The AMX was campaigned in amateur Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) competition. An AMX was in second place in the 1969 SCCA national championship.[7] Dwight Knupp drove his AMX just 1 minute and 14 seconds behind a Corvette's winning average of 102.385 mph (165 km/h) on 30 November 1969, at the Daytona International Speedway with 16 cars in the B production class, and placed sixth overall out of the total of 28 A and B class cars competing in the race.[65][66] A 1969 AMX was entered in the 1971 and 1972 Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an unofficial automobile race from New York City and Darien, CT, on the US Atlantic (east) coast, to Redondo Beach, a Los Angeles suburb on the Pacific (west) coast. This was during the time of the newly imposed 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limit set by the National Maximum Speed Law. A team of enthusiastic brothers, Tom and Ed Bruerton, finished the 1971 competition in fifth place.[67] They drove 2,897 miles (4,662 km) in 37 hours and 48 minutes at an average of 77.3 mph (124 km/h), with no speeding tickets.[68] Their AMX already had 90,000 miles (144,841 km) on the odometer and the brothers had previously taken it on numerous endurance rides, including "a rocky ride the entire length of the Baja California peninsula."[69] They again entered "their battlescarred AMX one more time" in the 1972 run.[70] The brothers finished in eighth place, making the coast-to-coast outlaw race in 39 hours and 42 minutes at an average of 72.3 mph (116 km/h).[71]Production[edit] 1969 AMX in "Big Bad Orange" with 390 Go-Package at the AACA Museum 1969 AMC AMX after a drag strip run The two-seat AMX was built for three model years following its debut as a mid-year model on February 15, 1968.[72] The first 1968 model year cars were scheduled to appear in dealer showrooms on March 19, 1968.[73] AMC AMX model year production totals in the U.S., by engine and transmission:196819691970Total290 manual525619n.a.1,144290 automatic484299n.a.783343 manual415843n.a.1,258343 automatic902729n.a.1,631360 manualn.a.n.a.836836360 automaticn.a.n.a.747747390 manual2,1123,6901,6327,364390 automatic2,2872,1839015,371Model year and grand totals6,7258,2934,11619,134