Car of the Week: 1979 AMC AMX prototype

[mongooz]

(304 V8 with 4 Speed Trans)

Mike Smith knows his 1979 AMC AMX is the only survivor of its type. It’s not a special color or option combination that makes his car unique, it’s the fact that his car is a prototype built in late 1977 for the forthcoming 1979 AMC AMX. As a prototype, it looks nothing like the Hornet-based AMX production model that was offered at dealerships in 1977; his car is a modified Gremlin that became the new-for-1979 Spirit model with the AMX package.

Smith can be confident in his car’s pedigree not just because he has the paperwork to prove it, but because he was an AMC employee who drove the car for business after its development days ended, sometimes with famous people at his side.

read more:https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/features/car-of-the-week-1979-amc-amx-prototype

 

[Knox in Box]

Odd, rare, probably fun, not hot.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

SaaaaWeet!

 

[Lerxst]

I had a couple friends w/ an AMX and Jav back in high school days. Man, what piles of crap they were.
Everytime I rode in one, I wondered what part would fall off next.


Another guy I knew had an Eagle. Talk about a car w/ zero appeal.

 

[tiger roach]

Interesting, but like all AMCs, just not quite right.

 

[DinoMikeSr]

Sounded good but smog rules sucked power.

 

[bsman]

Looks like a Pinto GT!

 

[mongooz]

Looks like a Pinto GT!

without the exploding gas tank

 

[B Valley]

More in keeping with the original AMX. That is Super Badass.

 

[Flatspotter]

I like AMXs, but that's hideous. I was expecting something like this:

 

[LeftyTom]

I had a couple friends w/ an AMX and Jav back in high school days. Man, what piles of crap they were.
Everytime I rode in one, I wondered what part would fall off next.


Another guy I knew had an Eagle. Talk about a car w/ zero appeal.

Well, all cars cannot be a Pacer.

 

[Bob411]

Growing up on a farm, our mailman had an Eagle.