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Tech Info, 'New Car' Road Tests/Impressions, Featured 'Classic Car' Articles, Racing, Advertising, Rarities, Personalities, General Automotive

Technical Information:

'AMVINDEC' (beta)
MS-DOS VIN DECODER FOR AMCs, 1968-88.
USER AGREEMENT: This program and subsequent revisions remain the property of the creators and may not be sold or traded for any form of profit. Also, you may not modify it or post it available to the general public via a Website, FTP site or any other mass-distribution method. Emailing a copy to a pal is allowed provided that person agrees to these terms as well. By downloading this EXE file, you are agreeing to these terms.

SERIAL NUMBER DECODER FOR AMCs, 1968-74
MicroSoft Excel v2.1 spreadsheet (XLS) stored as ZIP.

SERIAL NUMBER DECODER FOR AMCs, 1968-74
regular text version (TXT).

AMC engines chart, by Horsepower rating, 1967-74
MicroSoft Excel v2.1 spreadsheet (XLS) stored as ZIP.

AMC engines chart, by Horsepower rating, 1967-74
regular text version (TXT).

August 1972 Super Stock and Drag Illus., 'Parts and Pieces from AMC'
EXCELLENT crash-course on AMC drivetrains.
Long article on Drivetrain mods and interchanges.

July 1990 Muscle Car Review, 'Group 19'
"AMC high-performance parts were second to none."

June 1998 Hot Rod, 'Alternative Engine Series; AMC 401'
"500HP On Pump Gas for Four Grand ... Plenty to Ramble With!" hr0698-1.jpg, hr0698-2.jpg, hr0698-3.jpg, hr0698-4.jpg, hr0698-5.jpg.

June 1998 Car Craft, '904 versus The World'
"Is Chrysler's A904 The Best Go-Fast Automatic?" The AMC A904 is featured in an Ultra-Hi-Perf Build-Up.cc0698-1.jpg, cc0698-2.jpg, cc0698-3.jpg, cc0698-4.jpg.

1980-1988 AMC Eagle specifications chart

Need the chrome hood trim for a 68-69 Javelin or AMX?
Here's a quick, easy fix for that bad or missing trim.

Steering Column Swap, On Target newsletter, 1986
Short article on tilt column mod and interchanges.

'New Car' Road Tests/Impressions:

June 1980, Car & driver magazine, 'Alter Eagle'
We build Boss Wagon 4x4 to handle any road in any weather.

April 1968, Car Life 'The AMX'
Text file (TXT) of three page road test on '68 AMX. Images:68xroad1.jpg, 68xroad2.jpg, 68xroad3.jpg, 68xroad4.jpg

March 1969, Motor Trend magazine, 'Five Car Stud'
...fame hasn't changed their spirit; action is still the name of the game with the
Camaro RS/SS 350, Firebird 350, Cougar XR-7 351, Mustang Mach 1 351, Javelin SST 343

Late 1970, Popular Mechanics, 'American Motors Mounts Its Assault!'
The 'upcoming' 1971 AMC line-up reviewed..including AMX/3! assault1.jpg assault2.jpg assault3.jpg

December 1970, Hot Rod magazine, 'Hornet SC/360'
AMC builds a real stinger for it's battle with the "big three"

September 1971 Hot Rod '72 Performers', Page 1 of 1
Review of the AMC sport coupe line up and 'best buy' choice (3 pics).

August 1972 Super Stock and Drag Illus., 'AMC's BIG THREE'
Gremlin, Hornet, and Javelin reviewed amcbig3a.jpg amcbig3b.jpg amcbig3c.jpg amcbig3d.jpg amcbig3e.jpg amcbig3f.jpg

April 1973 Hot Rod 'Hornet 6000mile Radar Detector Test'
Two Hornets, 1 stock, 1 not, race coast to coast and back! mildwild.jpg

March 1974, Road & Track magazine, 'Road Test: American Motors Matador X'
"Sleek & fast but oversize & thirsty"

'Classic Car' Feature Articles/Impressions:
October 1987, Collectible Automobile magazine, '1968-74 Javelin: AMC's Thrust Into the Ponycar Arena'
"Although American Motors jumped into the ponycar arena a bit late, it was right on the mark with the Javelin
- keenly priced, nicely styled, amply powered. Then the target moved."
Over 60 photos....expect a long download, but WORTH IT!

February 1989, Muscle Car Review magazine, 'One For The Road': American Motors went racing with the 1970 Trans-Am Javelin.
color (5 pics).

October 1991 MuscleCar Review 'America's Other Sports Car'
Feature of White 68 AMX with 343 68whtax1.jpg 68whtax2.jpg

August 8, 1996 The Times-Transcript 'Rambler Classic was honest, practical car'
Article looks back at 1963 Rambler Classic and it's meaning. classic1.jpg

March 13, 1997, The Times Transcript, 'AMC's slim budget led to subcompact Gremlin'
Book excerpt from Bill Vance's 'Reflections on Automotive History' A 1971 Gremlin

June 1998 Car & Driver 'Short Take: 1999 Subaru Legacy SUS Limited'
"The world's first sport-utility sedan. Again." Article looks back with fond memories and proper credit for AMC's Eagle 4x4's.

Racing Features and Results:
January 1969 Drag Strip, 'AMC: A Quick Change Artist'
Article on AMCs change from Anti-Racing to Performance builder. qwikchg1.jpg , qwikchg2.jpg, qwikchg3.jpg, qwikchg4.jpg, qwikchg5.jpg.

January, 1969 Drag Strip, 'Subject...Solution'
Feature on Doug Thorley's New NHRA Javelin Funny Car. thorley1.jpg thorley2.jpg thorley3.jpg thorley4.jpg thorley5.jpg thorley6.jpg thorley7.jpg thorley8.jpg thorley9.jpg thorleya.jpg thorleyb.jpg

August 1969, Motor Trend magazine, 'Like Bounding Gazelles'
James Garner's A.I.R. team fields ten scrambling SC/Ramblers for a new off-road racing concept.

August 1971, Road &Track magazine, 'Lime Rock Trans-Am: The American Motors Cup'
Javelin wins the first race of the 1971 SCCA Trans-Am Racing Series.

December 1971 Hot Rod 'Complete Guide to Un-Racing'
Bracket Racing 'How-To' featuring a '69 AMX unracing.jpg.

December 1971 Hot Rod 'Look What AMC is up to...Again'
H.L. and Shirley Shahan give a tour of their Drag racing Gremlin and Hornet. shahan1.jpg, shahan2.jpg

December 1971 Hot Rod 'The Roundy Round Corner', Page 1 of 1
Small blurb about Donohue/Penske leaving TransAm for NASCAR in 1972 (1 pic).

August 1972 Super Stock and Drag Illus., 'Booth's Pro Gremlin'
Feature on Wally Booth's New Gremlin Pro-Stock Drag Car. wbooth1.jpg , wbooth2.jpg, wbooth3.jpg.

April 1973 Hot Rod 'Roundy Round' Page 1 of 1
(TXT) Report on Mark Donohue's NASCAR win in a Matador at the Winston Western 500. apr73hr1.jpg

March 1986, Popular & Performance Car Review magazine, 'All American Shootout'
A four-way Supercar Shootout in Dallas:
GTO vs. 390 AMX vs. Mustang GT vs. Charger Daytona.

March 1991 MuscleCars '1970 Lime Rock Trans-Am Re-Creation'
1990 race of restored TransAm race cars including Penske Javelin limerck1.jpg limerck2.jpg limerck3.jpg

April 17, 1995 AutoWeek, '1970 Penske Trans-Am Javelin'
Feature on Donohue's Red, White and Blue SCCA cruise-missile.

Rare/Odd AMC and related:
1957, Owners Manual, Rambler Rebel
TXT file of excerpts including description of Fuel Injection option.

Playboy Magazine's Playmate of the Year 1968, and her prize: a Pink 1968 AMX
color (1 pic).

November 1968 Hot Rod, ,page 2
Feature on 'DLKR Engineering''s "XP" Javelin customizing package (5 pics)

December 1968, Car Life 'Streamlining'
Short feature on Breedlove body kit (4 pics)

June 1969, Motor Trend magazine, 'American Motors comes up with an amidship beauty': AMX/2 feature.
color (2 pics).

July 1969, Motor Trend magazine, 'Is this any way to sell an automobile?'
Feature on AMC's new strategy for advertising.

'Used Cars' Movie / VHS Box Art (features Hornet)
color box art (1 pic).

Date/Magazine Unknown 'Believe it or not!'
Portion of 1 page feature on a 1 of 2 built '72 AMX (1 pic).

October 1991 Old Cars Price Guide 'AMC Matador X-2', Page 1 of 1
A special edition Matador based on Bobby Allison's race car...how many built? (1 pic).

AMC and related Personalities:

NOTE: Excerpts and the full text of the book,'The Unfair Advantage' by Mark Donohue with Paul Van Valkenburgh, have been removed from this website on request of the copyright holder. The book is to be re-released soon, so watch for it from Bentley Publishers.

February 1974 Road & Track 'About the Sport'(Word 97, 78KB)
Short article about Mark Donohue's retirement announcement (1 pic).

June 1974 Road & Track 'Donohue's Finale'(Word 97, 159KB)
Short article about Mark Donohue's final race. (1 pic).

August 1974 Road & Track 'Mark Donohue'(Word 97, 822KB)
Article reviews Mark Donohue's career and reasons for retirement (7 pics).

January 1975 Road & Track 'Mark is back'(Word 97, 104KB)
Article about Mark Donohue's return from retirement to enter Formula 1 competition (1 pic).

May 1975 Road & Track 'On Retirement From Racing'(Word 97, 271KB)
Interview with Mark Donohue about retirement and his return (1 pic).

December 1975 Road & Track 'Tragedy, Rain and Courage' and 'About the Sport'(Word 97, 78KB)
Two short articles about Mark Donohue's crash during practice and death. (1 pic).

May 1996, Ward's Auto World 'Witness to Automotive History' exerpt
Text file (TXT) of chat with Roy Chapin, CEO/Chairman of AMC. chapin1.jpg

General Auto related:
October 16, 1989, AutoWeek 'Life in the Fast Lane'
"There's a lot to be said for speed- and limits"

Thanks to:
Jim Stone for the AutoWeek T/A Javelin article!
Timothy Mooney for submitting the Roy Chapin article!
Jack Pennington for the 'Car Life' magazine pieces!
Robert Alpert for the 57 Rebel excerpt!

For more AMC-related articles, check out the new search engine for
Car Collector magazine's Back Issue Archives.
Here's a few of the AMC-related topics and the issues they are featured in:

[Issues marked '*' are out-of-print but photocopies are available]

Jeffery
1915 Quad truck; 4/70*

Hudson
History; Part I; 6/7,
Part II; 8/73,
Part III; 10/73*
1912 rdstr; 12/74
1919 Super 6 touring; 7/68*
1930-31 Eights; 10/73*
1936-56 Economy runs; 10/73*
1947 conv; 11/91*
1948 Step-Down Pickup; 9/98
1949 Commdore (vs �50 Olds 88);8/85*
1951 Hornet conv; 8/73
Jet; �74 Yrbk*
1953 Hornet Hollywood hardtop; 3/95
1954-55 Italia; 10/73*
Hornet & Wasp; 12/77
1954 Super Wasp conv; 12/89*
Fabulous Hornet; 9/88
Super Six; 2/80*
The Cars from East Jefferson;9/91

Nash
1922-24 Six Series 691; 4/74
1934 Ambassador brghm; 6/75
1935 400; 1/83*
1937 Ambassador 6; 4/84*
1953 Nash-Healey; 9/94
1946 pickup; 6/95
Metropolitan; 8/85*
Metropolitan; 10/76*

Rambler
1966 Rogue; 9/93

Jeep
History of, Part I; 8/95,
Part II; 9/95
CJ5; 10/84
(Bill Mauldin�s); 11/86

AMC
1965-67 Marlin; 5/79
1968-70 AMX; 6/90
1968-70 AMX; 7/79
1970 AMX; 7/91
1970 Javelin SST T/A; 7/96*
Dick Teague�s AMX; 3/91
AMX & Javelin; 2/94

Richard Teague
(Obituary,1923-1991); 8/91

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