You gotta hand it to American Motors (Rambler), they REALLY tried! Wanting to jump into the emerging pony car market, AMC came out with the Javelin in 1968. It was a “nice” pony car, but needed something more. So AMC shortened the chassis, restyled the body and unleashed the AMX. What was so cool about the AMX was that it didn’t look like ANYTHING else on the road, it was completely unique. And it was a true “sports car” in the sense that it did not have a back seat, it was a 2-seater only!

Weighing in at 200 pounds less than a Javelin, AMC packed all the hot hardware they could think of. The car handled well and had a very under-rated 390 engine that responded very well to hot rod tricks such as headers, a larger carb, hot ignition, and taller gearing. Hurst Performance of Warminster, Pennsylvania. actually offered a heavily modified version of the AMX that was as close as you could get to an all-out Super Stock car for the street. All it really needed was a set of slicks and it’s mufflers uncapped! It was an 11-second, ready made drag racer.