AMC Cars In Barns
& Rotting Ramblers!
(new photos may 2011)
Bring your barf bag to view this
file. You know them & you have seen them.
It could be in your yard, near your double wide trailer. It could be behind your
best friend's house. Maybe it is one of the local AMC club members who 'promises
to fix it up one day' while it rusts into hell. It could be a 'collector' or
'hoarder' who likes to buy every AMC they see like some old skanky folks with
mental problems collect stray dogs and cats or on the cable show Hoarders. Problem is, the cars are out there.
So are their owners. It could be financial. "I'm gonna fix it up when I get
employed" (They haven't worked in 10+ years). It could be sentimental.
"The car was bought new by my uncle's dad who was his cousin."
Sometimes it is reasons for, uh, reasons. "The car is a good place to store
stuff since it ain't got no rear seats." Or "I can't find parts for it
since it be sittin on the ground there since 1982." And 90% of the
time it is just fucking stupidity of the owner. Yes, stupid owners of old cars
letting them sit where they last ran, or where they died, or where they last
pushed them, windows open, flat tires, trees growing thru the hoods, the 68-70
AMX is one of America's finest flowerpots, very biodegradable, they always return
to the Earth as a fossil fuel. Some of the cars you see on my website's 'my cars
gallery' are just that, pieces of shit that only exist in a photo now due to the
idiots who once owned them. Uh, ME included. This webpage is dedicated to those 1968-70 AMXs that
have met their fate one way or another due to some of the reasons listed above.
We want to honor their memory while also showing the world that IDIOTS exist in
all forms in the Old Car World, not only Mopars like in the Cars
in Barns
website, but also with our favorite marque: AMC. If you wish to send me your own
horror story and a photo of the offending AMX, please do, jpg file only with a
brief note of the city/town, the year, and owner if known. Happy viewing here on
a empty stomach!
At least they are inside! Not sure who sent this but there is a Machine, looks possibly a SS/AMX, Pacer, Rogue or American, and check out the little Pacer Go Cart on the floor. Not to mention all the pedal cars up top! Neat collection that is not outside rotting!
Here is one to get you started. 1969 AMX, 390, AT, Originally
Blue, t/tops cut
into it, has it's own garden growing in the troughs on either side where fenders
used to be. Car goes 1/2 way underwater in east Houston when the area floods.
Car is stuck to the ground solid. Door glass broken out on each side, trunk is
rotted thru to gas tank. Car amazingly still has the 390V8, console, dash, 1/4
glass and Twin Grip. Owner Unknown of property. Photo taken February 2003,
Houston, Texas.
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Alan & Kelly Cardin comments: "Found these cars in field alongside Hwy. 101 in Santa Rosa,
CA. about 3 years ago. Made several attempts to locate the owner, which went
unanswered. All the cars have since disappeared, probably for good." This 70
AMX with reverse shadow mask was one of three in the yard. Alan
affectionately called these photos he sent 'lost loves' which is appropriate but
also sad, as the owner of the yard had a lot more desirable iron in there than
AMXs, but sadly, like many of these folks, let them go to shit.
Two Ugly AMXs: Frost White AMX and 69 Big Bad Green AMX was one of
only 286 made in 1969 and about 20-30 BBGs known to still exist. Nice hole
drilled in the center of the hood, if they knew how hard it is to find a damned
68-69 AMX steel hood, much less what one costs, maybe they would not have done
that. But then maybe they didn't give a shit either. As with most of these cars,
they probably only remain on film and have went to AMC Heaven.
The Frost White
one sports a luggage rack and appears to have red interior. This would have been
a brilliant combination if fixed up. The Big Bad Green looks to have tan
interior. Not to many colors go with that Catholic Schoolroom Green color. Plaid
maybe. Both cars sport 390V8 emblems. There was some serious old car iron in
this yard. Alan jokingly referred to these three AMXs as 'lost loves'.
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Joe Fulton of Salinas, Calfornia writes: "Here's a 68
AMX. Actually this car is
not that bad, was originally Bayshore Blue and may still be for sale in San Luis
Obispo CA. The owner may kill me if he knows I sent this." This car
while ugly, only looks like it has a bad case of mange. A quick trip to Pet
Smart for some Growpup Wash usually cures this. But then a few shots of Cabo
Wabo Blue Agave Tequila also makes the fat broad with three green teeth sitting
at the end of the bar look good around last call too.
Joe, don't get killed taking pix of ugly AMXs!
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This one is not too bad, sent from Ralph Winslow who comments: "Yes this is
a ugly 68 AMX,
but it runs high 14's on 185-14 tires with a 3.15 rear and B/W automatic
and is pretty much dead ugly stock other than 075 head gaskets installed by the
previous owner so
he could run it on "Farm Gas". This is with a non functioning
accelerator pump
that makes launches difficult!" But some of these cars HAVE WAY TOO MUCH
POWER AND TORQUE, and on the very next run, Ralph said the car twisted itself
into a "U" and blocked both staging lanes, sort of like you see those
refurbished Hyundais driving along the freeway sideways. This Ugly
AMX looks like it needs Ex-Lax!
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AMCs make great Chicken Coops. The chickens can roost on the steering wheel,
shitting all over the Ventilair Vinyl seats where the maggots eat thru, leaving
only the frame for Farmer John. The smell is almost like you would smell in a
new Toiletota. Oh what a feeling!
Only fresher. The eggs roll out the drain holes on the bottom for easy
collection.
This one smelly ass Ugly photo sent by Alan Cardin.
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This piece of crap has a happy ending! "Saw your post on the forum, so
thought I'd send this one. 69 AMX, 343, was
sitting in a yard in Ft. Lauderdale. Wanted way to much for me (I was going to
part it out). Turns out, a guy I know bought it two years ago and it's almost
restored. I sold him a bunch of parts for it: Steve Singer"
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Eddie , Jack Pennington from Great Lakes AMC This 69 AMX was near Port Huron MI. Listed in local auto trader. The guy
living in the trailer on the land where it had sat
for 10 years with open windows, wouldn't take less than $1600.00
for it. Hope he likes looking at it. No floors no rockers, "a" pillars
were rusted through; had trendsetters (inside the car naturally). Jack, that car
is ugly, he should sell the trailer and move into this ugly AMX, there is enough
room in the back wihout a seat to fit a family of four!
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I bought this pair of Ugly AMXs from a fellow on the east side of Houston. They
had been sitting there in a frozen drag race
since 1983....20 years ago. Channelview, TX is just east of Houston, and we are
about 50 miles from the Gulf Of Mexico, so the humidity is over 70% year round
and while it might not be the same type of rust many yanquis are used to seeing,
this 'humidity rust' starts from the top down and eats the cars alive. This blue
68 AMX took almost a day to get the rear brakes/drums unlocked as it was
filled with fire ant nests, rust, and had literally welded itself together. This
white 68 AMX
was once a stunning car (geez,
all of these son of a bitches above were!) but this AMX originally started it's
life out as Laredo Tan with Red Interior, 390, 4spd, a stunning color
combination and one of only two I have ever seen in that combo. Now you can poke
your finger thru the roof, and the trunk photo shows this car has it's own
ecosystem with minnow, frogs, and other endangered species. This 1968
AMX trunk area, this is the bottom of the gas tank you are looking
into. And yes, it does have live animals in it.
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This 70 AMX has seen better days. What
is amazing is that it still has some good parts to surrender. Yes, some AMC fan
had a sense of humor spraying 'big bad' on the rear.
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This 68 Red AMX has also seen better
days. It was parted out in a driveway much to the civic organization's
chagrin. Not worth losing your home over a ugly Rambler; but parting one out can
take less than a day.
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A Arkansas 69 AMX in green
kept popping up on ebay like herpes over and over with no cure. AMCers are not
idiots and no one bid on this piece of shit the three times it appeared for
$900. For $900 you could buy AMC back from Chrysler, and Lee Iocrappa would toss
in a few K cars. I don't know what ever happened to this car, this is a classic
case of the car is worth more in parts.
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A 1970 Big Bad Blue AMX, one of
less than 125 made, deserves a better fate.
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A sad 71 AMX once blistered American
highways, now quietly rusts in a field, 2054 made.....
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Yet another 71 AMX, this one in East Texas,
was on ebay and no buyers in Feb 2005 for $1000; owner dropped the price to $900
but still no takers, was advertised as a 'great parts car or restore'.
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I have preached since the 80s not everyone wants, nor appreciates these fine
cars like us AMC fans do. Here is a solid 72
Javelin with 360/727. Chances are it will be the last time you ever see
it.
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This 72 Javelin is a easy restoration for
someone, whether a pro or kid wanting a first muscle car. Equipped with a 304,
AT and loaded, someone hopefully will get this one in time to make a difference.
This car was in Louisiana.
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Most of the photos in this file are, well, sad, this one I call 'broken dreams'
the reason why is that the 74 AMX
simply almost looks peacefully at home in the mountains, forgotten by time. I do
not know where this photo was taken or I would have already stolen the grill and
hood off it, that would not have been too peaceful.
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This file is dedicated to AMXs and Javelins, however, there will be a occasional
odd ball that people like myself deem collectible. This is a original US
Postal Service 68 Ambassador Mail Vehicle sitting up near Texarkana,
Texas. Yes, it is a factory RIGHT HAND DRIVE car also, and sports a 232-6 with
automatic.
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What better place to have a beer than in the woods when you find a crapload of
old cars, one of them being a Matador Red 69 AMX.
Yup, pop open a Schlitz and pretend that car is actually popping a wheelie as
you go on to win Top Eliminator at the NHRA Winternationals in 1969!
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Torched 1968 AMX is still able to possibly
surrender one or two last parts.
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This "nest" of Javelins and AMXs quietly wait to either surrender
parts or someone to take a chance on them to restore them to former beauty. All
the cars here in my humble opinion were restorable, but while they are
restorable, a bigger problem looms, and that is the parts crisis AMCers face, as
these cars would be worth more in parts than whole sadly. This
forgotten 69 Javelin sports a 290V8, AT, and host of nice desirable
options. Note behind it a 71 Javelin and 69 AMX.
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While only 1936 Rebel Machines were built in model year 1970, I estimate less
than 350 remain. But when you think about how many were factory Big Bad
Orange originally, the number would be extremely low, possibly less than
10. So in all my years in the hobby, going back to before these cars were new,
this is possibly
the only Big Bad Orange Machine left in
existence. And time....is not on it's side.
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Some photos you just wonder about. Sort of like the people you read on the news
who the SPCA raids them, and confiscates dozens of dogs and cats. Some folks are
like that with cars. And the longer they hold onto them, the worse off the cars
are for it, especially like the animals, the "hoarders" simply are
overwhelmed. I understand this is in western NY, not a great place for vehicles
to begin with due to the long blistering winters and the different chemicals
dumped on the roads during winter. This 70 AMX
appears as a frozen wheelie. But at least from the photo, it is a very
restorable car with lots of possible promise. This 71
Javelin in Frost White is covered with Frost White Snow. Behind it lurks
a 72 Javelin, beyond that a 73-77 Hornet hatchback, rare in it's own right, and
in the far right of photo, a little blue Pacer wants to crank up the heater and
defroster. A frozen 72 AMX, also wearing
Frost White on Frost White Snow appears to also be restorable. Those are highly
desirable 8 slot rims on it also. One thing I look at besides the vehicles
themselves is the parts on them should they not be restorable.
Continuing the winter wonderland amc tour, here is a solid 72
Javelin in Jolly Green. Not too Jolly sitting there frozen stiff
however, a Hornet Sportabout warming the space behind it. A too far gone by now
73 AMX, once sported the formidable
401V8, the emblem frozen in time on the fender, probably held on with rust.
74 AMX with Rally Pack blackout
bumper treatment and 69 Javelin with rare vinyl roof chrome silently await the
thaw, and maybe a new owner, sort of like walking into the dog pound, they all
look good and all want to go home with you for a better life.
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I don't remember where I got this, or who sent it, but a rotting Big
Bad Green Mark Donohue Javelin would have been a formidable car in 1970,
only 2501 made, and I estimate less than 80 in BBG. Too bad, this is one of
them.
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A unusual hip option for 1969 was what is called the MOD package for the
Javelin. This usually consisted of, but not always, a roof spoiler, simulated
side exhaust moldings and twin fake hood scoops. This was the only year you
could get the twin scoops, as the MOD Package rolled over into model year 1970
for the Javelin the hoods were different. To see some original MOD Press Photos,
click on 'literature' in my 'parts' section.
This sad looking 69 MOD Javelin
appears to be restorable, but might also only exist as a photo now since it was
in a junkyard and junkyards were clearing out stock in light of record prices
being paid for steel and scrap by Chinese and Greeks since 2002.
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Unusual to see two rotting 1970 Rebel
Machines together. These two are worth more in parts than whole. The
owner, Rob commented: "The two Machines rotting together
were mine...you are right they were worth more in parts then together...winters
are long in Indiana and salt is the ice remover of choice up here so this is
what happens to most Indiana Machines...On a note though I tried for about a
year to sell them for 1200.00 for the pair...then I took them apart and made
enough to buy my current Machine plus some"
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No one bothered this ugly 69 Hurst
SC/Rambler with the clown paint job and backwards scoop. Even gang
members walked away from it. But....someone has big plans for it, and it appears
that the rust will be fixed and this rare little Rambler, one of 1512 made and
one of about left in existence, will live another day to make Brand X foes lives
miserable on the street and track.
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Some photos just make you want to cry. This Target
Practice Javelin once rolled off the line in Kenosha, and the people who
built it with pride in 1969 probably never imagined their hard work, sweat,
would one day look like this. They probably imagined that this car would outlive
them, and make a variety of people happy thru the different owners it had thru
the decades. Like a poor cat or dog dropped off in a strange place, this once
proud Javelin ended up abandoned. Then stripped. Then used for target practice
who where the land owner would not even bother to haul it away in dignity.
Amazingly enough, it still could provide a organ donor part like drums, and
lower control arms. Proud to the bitter end.
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A totalled out 1970 Rebel Machine is a
goner, and strangely enough, I have taken cars in WORSE SHAPE and brought them
back to life. It ain't like these will ever be made again, but sometimes we try.
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A rare color, 1969 Castillian Grey AMX
sits behind a construction site near apartments. This one looks like a easy
restoration for someone providing the kids in the complex don't use it for
target practice.
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Two 69 AMXs, this one
sporting a Javelin hood, were complete, both 343 Typhoons. As with most
junkyards, the owner of the operation says he will get around to them one day.
By then, like most cars in his lot, they will be biodegradable and will have
returned to the earth from whence they came.
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Rotting Hurst 69 SC/Rambler has
seen better days than winos pissing and shitting in it like it is a damned
skid-o-can. At least put the old warrior inside the building or buy a $20 car
cover at Wal Mart.
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I call this photo "wasted dreams" as
there is 3 Javelins, 1 AMX in this photo, any of them would make a great
father son project, and keep a kid out of trouble, and would learn a trade.
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A wasted Hurst SC/Rambler, one
of 1512 made, sits in the snow, the mailbox type scoop filled with snow, I
understand the car was completely covered in snow a week earlier. This one may
be restorable one the tundra thaws.
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Cuidado Con La Perro Muy Bravo! Yes, the DOG IS BRAVE! And also uses a AMX as a
doghouse, at least he has more class than the owners. This looks like a easy
restoration, however you would have to battle Fido over his 1968
AMX Doghouse.
Not all Barnyard cars end up like
above.
This is a neat story from AMC friend Jeff Hunt who braving the elements in the
frozen tundra and piles of frozen bird shit, found a
interesting AMX. He has since sold it for $2200, but his story, and
photos, are enclosed here. "Eddie, What would you do with this? I have it and as you can see, it has been
waiting to be rescued for a long time. Motor turns by hand. I got it from the original owner this past weekend. Only change from original is he put a
different carburetor on it. The rest is all completely original. "
Subject: 69 AMX; Rescued from barn
1969 American Mortors Corp. AMX
390 engine 4 speed Trans Go package
VIN: A9M397X115755
Jeff discovers the frozen birdshit
amx! That smile on his face would be erased later when his wife would
lock him out of the house due to, uh, smell. Nothing says love like frozen
mounds of green and white to make one feel warm and fuzzy inside, especially
after throwing up seeing this coop/coupe! A
different angle. It is free from it's tomb after who knows how many
years. Jeff somehow manages to get the old car free
from the barn. If you look closely, there appears to be some really
pissed off birds back there. And in the corner appears to be a Chupacabra. I
would have ran like hell myself. Jeff will probably have one angry swarm of pigeons
waiting for him when he gets home. Ironically,
the interior is rather nice,
note the ultra rare AMC compass on the dash. No air condition, no clock are
other things visible in this photo. In this photo taken after the car was
dragged from it's pigeon crap chains, note while this is a Go Pack car, it has original
hubcaps and stripe delete. The last I heard, Jeff's wife made him
sleep on the porch due to his 'green/white' Go Pack pigeon shit stripes on his
coat and boots that day.
Here is something you corn fed farmboys don't see everyday. A NOS
AMX Beehive Rally Pack. I was told by some blowhard noted 'amc
experts' that this rare options took the place of a tachometer! No more buzzing
tachometer with false readings! This rare option was guaranteed to make you keep
your eyes on the dash, not on the road or cell phone or 8 track player.
Amazingly enough, this rare car also had ANOTHER ULTRA RARE BEEHIVE Rally Pack,
but under the hood! This one under the brake booster. Guranteed to help you stop
when you see the big ass queen bee. Sure would like to have that ultra
rare dual snorkle on the 401, but ain't worth getting killed over
either.....I figured someone here would ask about the whole car, which sold for
$600, which is what the air snorkle alone is worth. So here is the rare 71
BEEHIVE AMX. You know, this car was one of 2054 made in 1971, and
less than 500 had a 401. And there are 2-3 left in the world in Brilliant Green
Metallic.
Well, as many of you know, few salvage yards exist with AMCs anymore. Why? No demand. Furthermore, in the past 5-7 years the Greeks and Chinese have been paying record amounts for US steel, something like $200 a ton at one point, way up from the $46-$50 in the late 1990s, so lots of incentive for junkyards to move the vehicles. More can be read about this in ALTERED AMCS in the parts file, which was written over a decade ago before the steel demand went thru the roof and everyone began a crush fest. And coupled with massive changing environmental laws passing right and left intended to get older, polluters off the road, this has really put a crimp on AMC "used" parts, especially sheetmetal. So it is really neat to see a few junkyards out there in the backwoods that exist, and that have KEPT their AMCs......so far, that is until some asshole legislator changes the law, or asshole developer wants to take advantage of the new "eminent domain" bullshit law the Supreme Court, in a major brain fart, upheld to take away individual property owners rights.
Hers is one such yard in California. Check out the rows of Ramblers! Not in danger of getting crushed to become part of the Chinese Three Gorges Dam! A solid 69 AMX awaits the torch or Sawzall! The best thing about this place is that while these cars times are limited on this earth, this salvage place is doing it's best to sell off every nut and bolt so that others may survive. Be sure to get a hold of them on their main link if you need anything.
Big Sad Javelin. Some cars I see in this file not only make me
angry, some make me want to just cry. I imagine the pride of the American Motors
workers as they put together a vehicle, wiring, headliner, dash, and watched it
roll off the line with pride in their craftmanship and hard work. Day in and
out, hundreds of great cars a day. I don't really think any of them ever
envisioned their sweat and labor to end up like this. Being realistic, I also
know that they knew something like a vehicle would never last forever either.
Still, while a fraction of cars here are indeed restorable, others are not, and
many, simply defy logic. Scott Smith found this 69 MOD Javelin in a field in
Wyoming. Scott comments about it: "By the way, here is another Javelin I found, in a field just like carsinbarns.com-
It is an original 3A BBO 390 4 speed go-pak with the trans still hangingin it. I was trying to buy it for $1000, but the guy wants "much more". I
have a complete 69 390 motor out of an Ambo SST, so I thought it would be
a good home for my motor!" Big
Sad Javelin Driver Side; Engine
Bay; Interior
(look closely, it has a small 1968 style tachometer and 120 mph 69 silver faced
speeometer); Passenger
Side, and lastly Front.
Before you move on, I want to comment on something in the "front"
photo! That is a $500+ used piece of chrome/stainless on the front bumper,
unique to only 69 Big Bad Colored cars. 70 didn't use this as the bumpers were
chrome. Look again my friend...you want to see something RARER that
any Big Bad Anything ever made? Look just to
the RIGHT of the Javelin, that is a ultra rare 53 Panel
Wagon, one of about a dozen ever made. And it is sharing the
same shit fate as the Javelin, the antique trucks, and what appears to be a 1932
Ford Vicky in the background. Shame.
A trip thru East Texas Backwoods...
This forlorn 1970 Big Bad Beater Orange AMX awaits either judgment day or being a parts donor. I think it would make only a good racecar. Sad too is that about 122 70 BBO AMXs were made and my estimate is less than 15 exist.
This 1971
AMX was on ebay a few times. No sell at
$200 and who could blame them. Would take $1000 just to move the damned thing.
Like the Elephant Man you could not tell what the hell it was. Eventually if you
poked around it a few times like my ex wife you could find your way in. Here is
the interior,
and sadly the rear
reveals several rare one year issue only parts
like the tailights. Look closely, that is a ultra rare heated rear glass, only
available in 1971-72 with the heat lines in the glass itself.
The engine features a seldom seen 'one month of production, special order' TRI
SNORKLE AIR CLEANER!!
This is a rare 1973 AMX Pierre Cardin. It's days of kicking ass on Brand X cars is over, and sort of like a greyhound or race horse, many are put out to pasture. Unfortunately the AMXs can't breed and make more like the greyhounds or horses do. This one sits quietly in a field scaring fucking crows. Restorable? Of course. Will they sell? No. Because them thar crows will et ouar con in tham fieeilds yuh know. Here is a photo of the interior, and this view is what many people saw on the strip in Texas who challenged it decades ago.....
How about a 74 Javelin launching hard for eternity. Ok, so it is good to house field mice and rats.
Not everyone likes, cares for, nor respects these cars as much as many (not ALL) AMC fans do. This is true about any old car, even back into the 10s and 20s. AMC and Hurst collaborated to make only 1512 Hurst SC/Ramblers. Here is one that in my honest opinion, will probably be saved...maybe not who knows ain't mine. This is a front shot. Interior view shows that cats love fast Ramblers too. One of five different paint codes the Hurst SC/Rambler used, this one reads SPECIAL. And of course this would not be complete without a Sad Sack/Rambler rear view.
According to a American Motors Car
Distribution Bulletin issued to all dealerships January 2nd, 1970 (CD Bulletin
#70-4)
the Big Bad colors could now be had on all Hornet models after that date.
However, after the initial run of Frost White Rebel Machines that had the r/w/b
scheme and stripes, you could then get a Rebel machine in any production color.
Some took aMC up on the slow selling Big Bad colors and ordered one. Which to me
makes them a hell of a lot rarer than regular run of the mill r/w/b cars,
although we love them regardless. So with that in mind, here is a number of
AMC's 1970 Rebel Machines in a variety of poses to make you vomit. Remember,
only 1936 (or 2304 depends on what figure you accept) of these were produced the
last year for the Rebel. Not a whole lot of them exist in any given condition,
as with most AMCs, they were beat to shit and put up wet.
1970 Big Bad Orange Rebel Machine Beater Note the non factory 'Ram Air' in the passenger fender front.
Gold 70 Rebel Machine is being eaten alive with rust and soon will be worth about what school bus is behind it.
Some defy logic. Well, most of the shit in this file defies logic. This Frankenstein Machine as much of a piece of shit as it is, would have been a great project for some teenager to keep him off the street and learn a trade perhaps. A 'pride of ownership' thing as I always call it. Don't mean anything now as it was on it's way to the crusher here and now only exists as this photo.
Here is a 70 Rebel Machine that makes a great henhouse or a home for victims of hurricane Katrina. Hey, shelter is shelter.
This 70 Machine is a dark brown color originally, rare color. It looks like it is ready to set a land speed record on the flats in this photo. Reality bites and you see the front of this beater.
This abandoned house also had a abandoned 73 AMX. House was bulldozed, car was crushed. End of story.
A unusual and seldom seen color for 1972
is Jolly Green. Almost like a duller Big Bad Green. I call this 72 Javelin
the Chameleon
Javelin and for good reason. This thing
blends in with the landscape! Sadly I could not find this one again if someone
paid me. Yes, the car is 'jolly green' originally, but had been painted brown.
Or maybe that is monkey feces.
This Javelin appeared on ebay several times and never sold for $500. Probably because Timothy O'Leary did some heroin and painted it in the 1970s. Too bad, as the owner indicated he had it hauled off to scrap since 'he couldn't get his price' which to me is like wiping your ass before you shit. So he could not get $500, but took $50 for scrap. Great math. So everyone loses, as this 'Timothy O'Leary 71 Javelin' had tons of great one year items only to surrender. The tail lights, rare t-top roof chrome, rear bumper guards and grill were worth alone what he was asking for whole car.
You can waste two lifetimes, or if you
are Shirley McLaine who has lived ten lifetimes, restore this piece of
Flintstone Monkey
Dung AMX. There are a lot of cars that do
need a decent burial and this one is one of them. This is a
side view of same vehicle. Note rare
factory 'two tone' paint, rust and red.
Mellow Yellow 73 Javelin looks like a Freeze Frame from Dukes of Hazzards movie. It sold on ebay for $250.
From Canada Eh, here is a unusual bird. The fellow who sent this to me said this car has been sitting abandoned for years where you see it, in front of a house next to a street. Seems some folks have stopped by from time to time to relieve it of odds and ends as they see fit. This is a factory P1 black 71 Javelin, 360 AT. Well it was at one time, people have picked on it, regardless of whether they were AMCers or not, even Chevy fans might have wanted a mag. So one day he simply dragged it home without asking anyone and no one even noticed. He has proceeded to part it out also, first thing in order was that functional cowl induction hood for one of his other cars. He could not believe this thing had sat there for so long and simply was abandoned. Good find.
Not a AMX or a Javelin but sadly both rare AMC's shoved under dime a dozen junk in salvage yard; but not everyone think AMC stuff is collectible, a battle we have been waging with salvage yards since 1960s. This is a 401 Ambassador next to a Oleg Cassini Matador, both of course make nice pillows for a Granada and a Fury. Both AMC's should be on top!
Jack's Salvage in Billerica, MA has a "1976 Javelin" there, of which we commonly like to call a 68-69 AMX, but still has a number of parts to salvage off it. Photo courtesy of Dave Contrada.
J. Robert's pile of nile sits in what can only be terms "AMC Hell" in upstate NY. Sadly, while he is fond of bashing others vehicles at meets, ebay and anyplace else he decides to be a hypocrite, his own pieces of shit sit forlorn. The green SC/360 in the foreground he was asking $6500 for. AMCers are smarter than average bear and no takers. Forklift not included, free 55 gallon drum of POR-15 with tap included. Sad to see a whole photo of AMC's rotting in hell, but sadder to see it when the owner takes time to gripe, bitch and whine like the fat chicks on The View, about other's vehicles...especially when he has never seen them in person. Hypocrisy at it's finest!
I don't remember who sent me these photos but did I ever feel sorry for the poor bastard. Here is his 71 AMX crushed by a tree. Of course FEMA was quicker than they were with all the Katrina people here, he got a blue tarp out of the deal. Still hate to see the poor fellow's dream shattered. There are a few things ironically still salvageable on this puppy. I'm sure Robert's above will probably bitch that 'those are not factory mags' then quickly put his rusty pile 71 crap up for sale for $6000! Yeesh! The fellow said this was a 4000+ lb tree. I don't doubt it.
