If you pass thru Houston in your travels
please feel free to give me a call in advance of your arrival.
My AMC time is extremely limited due to two my youngest sons Noah Edward &
Jacob Edward. For those who
ask about my warehouse, it is about 12 miles from me, and has been closed to
the public since 1989, as a fellow stepped on a 70 AMX dash overlay and ended
up paying $350 for it. Please understand I have tons of stuff in there not
listed on my site in areas I have not seen since the 1980s, as much of it is
my personal AMC stuff for 'future projects'.
I am a collector first, and many items are used for my own personal cars, which are more important than others vehicles....because....uh, they are my cars.
If you are looking for a certain item and will be traveling thru Houston I am only one mile north of Interstate 10 and 1/2 mile west of Beltway 8, I can dig thru my items and bring it here to my house for you to pick up as I have done thru the years for others., providing I have advance notice, or the item in stock.
My mailing address is:
Eddie Stakes
1902 Wycliffe
Houston, Texas. USA. 77043
or you can email me:
eddiestakes@planethoustonamx.com
Or Call DAYS
713-464-8825
9:00AM - 2:00PM, CST, Mon - Fri
This is where your snail mail goes to.
As for my cars, I get a lot of nice comments about all the AMcs I have owned thru the years, so here is a short diary in pictures from different years!
As I type this, I have personally owned 303 AMCs with over 100 two seat
AMXs, the next highest total is the 1971-74 Javelin and AMX model. While I
specialize in the 68-74 AMX and Javelin, I enjoy all model American Motors
built vehicles and
highly encourage you to discover some of them while they
are still around for us to enjoy.
Every day that passes there are less and
less American Motors vehicles. So check out some of the non AMX and Javelin
ones, you will be really surprised at how smooth some of them ride, the
attention they get, the different options and roominess, the stately
Ambassadors to the quick handling Spirit and everything in between, AMC built
some damned fine cars so discover all of them you can!
Summer 1990; lf front: 68 AMX The Red Death; 290, 4spd; lf
middle: 70 AMX 390, 4spd; rear 68 Rebel convertible, 343 AT; far rear 70 Mark
Donohue Javelin, 360, AT; rt middle: 68 AMX 390 AT; rt frt 74 Javelin 258, AT.
not in photo: 4 other AMCs.
Spring 1993: lf frt: 70 AMX, 360, 4spd; lf rear: 70 Big Bad Blue
Javelin 360, AT; rear: 68 Rebel convertible 343, AT; rt rear: 74 AMX 401,
4spd; rt frt: 68 AMX The Red Death, 290, 4spd. 7 other AMCs were not
pictured here. Note combined horsepower shown here is over 1500hp!
Winter 1994: lft frt 68 AMX The Death, now 390, 4spd; lft rear:
70 BBB Javelin 360; AT; rear: 74 Gremlin 258, AT; rt rear 74 Javelin 232 AT;
rt frt 70 AMX 390 4spd. Not pictured 8 other AMCs.
Summer 1996: lft frt: 71 SC/360 Hornet, 360 4spd; lft center
72 AMX Special Order 360 AT; left rear: 74 Hornet Sportabout DL/GX wagon 258
AT; rt rear: 78 Pacer Custom Woodie Wagon 258 AT; rt center 78 Concord DL 258
AT; rt frt 68 Rebel convertible "Machine" 401 LAPD Interceptor AT;
center: 77 Matador Barcelona 304, AT. Not pictured here were 9 other AMCs.
Yes, that is a part of my collection you see on the back of Classic Autos
& Parts Magazine based in Iowa; you have probably seen this photo
in a number of magazines, they do not show who the owner is however! Summer
1997:
Frt left: 70 Mark Donahue Javelin, 360 4spd; mid lft: 74 Javelin,
258 AT; lft rear: 73 Javelin 304 AT; rt rear: 68 AMX Dragcar 390 AT; mid rt:
68 AMX The Red Death 390 4spd; rt frt: 72 AMX Special Order 360 AT;
center: 68 Rebel convertible "Machine" 401 LAPD Interceptor, AT. Not
shown in photo is 70 Javelin Big Bad
Blue, 74 Gremlin, 74 Bricklin, 76 Pacer, 78 Concord, 79 AMX.
Fall 1999: lft frt: 71 Hurst SC/360 Hornet, 360 4spd; lft
rear: 70 Big Bad Orange Javelin 258, AT; rear 78 Pacer Custom Woodie Wagon 258
AT; rt rear 72 Javelin SST 304 AT; rt frt 72 AMX Special Order 360 AT; center:
68 Rebel convertible 'Machine' 401 LAPD Interceptor. Not shown: 4 other AMCs.
*Note when this photo was taken I was selling off many of my cars as Paige and
me were moving to a new house. The Red Death sold for $3000; the 77 Barcelona
sold for $3400; the 70 BBO Javelin for $2200; the 78 Pacer for $650; the 72
AMX Special Order for $3500; the 68 AMX Dragcar for $3000; the 70 r/w/b Mark
Donohue Javelin for $4500; the 70 Big Bad Blue Javelin for $1500; the 74
Gremlin $900; the 76 Pacer $1500; 78 Concord for $2000 and 79 AMX for $2100.
Winter 2002: lft frt: 69 SC/Rambler "wagon"; lft middle: 72
Ambassador SST 360 AT; lft rear 71 Matador 304 AT; rt rear: 82 Eagle Limited
Custom wagon; rt middle: 68 Rebel convertible "Machine" 401 LAPD
Interceptor AT; rt frt: 71 Hurst SC/360 Hornet, 360 4spd. Not pictured: 68
Ambassador DPL 2dr, 343 AT; 69 Javelin 360, 4spd; 74 Gremlin dragcar, 304 AT;
74 Hornet Sportabout, 258 AT; 74 Bricklin 360 AT; 88 Eagle wagon.
Winter 2005: A interesting photo of
three Ram Air cars. At the time, these are cars NOT pictured here:
68 Javelin SST, 68 AMX parts car, 74 Bricklin, 74 Hornet Sportabout wagon, 82
Eagle, 88 Eagle. The three pictured on a low humidity winter day are a 68
Rebel convertible "Machine", 69 SC/Rambler "wagon", 71
Hurst SC/360 Hornet.
Winter 2007. Not all shown!
