2014年3月6日 · According to Hemmings, S/S AMX owners were notified in May of 1969 that their cars were the base for a successful drag car and suggested more modifications (like a bigger camshaft and drag-ready wheels and tires) be done by the owners or dealership of their choice to make the car into a viable competitor. AMC also stated that “a ready-to-drag ...

Hot Wheels offered a 1969 AMX custom in 1:64 scale, and in 1971 issued the AMX/2 show car model. [140] Newer models in 1:18 scale diecast were issued, including the Playboy Pink version in the "Best of the Best" series, as well as the modified "Drag-On Lady" race car.

2023年4月12日 · Nobody expected sleepy little American Motors to offer a factory drag car, but the 1969 AMX Super Stock quickly proved to be a winner. In the late ’60s, American Motors was still laboring to shed its granny-car image.

2016年12月5日 · Shirley was a gifted driver who started her racing career driving Chevy and Mopar before moving to the AMC stable in 1969. She quickly got up to speed driving a Super Stock/D SS/AMX to a number...

The best known special editions were AMXs modified for AMC by Hurst to meet NHRA Super Stock class drag racing regulations. This was AMC’s offering to the muscle car horsepower wars of the era. The infamous “69 AMX SS” — perhaps the best (race setup) — Detroit ever offered in a production vehicle.

In NHRA SS/D and SS/C classes of drag racing, the cars began to slay all comers with mid ten-second runs, and track records began to fall to AMX Super Stock runners on a weekly basis. Today, only 40 of the 52 cars are accounted for and rarely hit the auction block.

2015年4月22日 · In early 1969, 52 cars were pulled off AMC's Kenosha assembly line and sent to George Hurst's facility in Michigan, where they were prepped to race in NHRA's Super Stock classes.

2012年3月8日 · I am trying to locate the 1969 AMX drag car I built in the 1980's known as the "AMERICAN X-press"...

1969 AMC AMX Additional Info: A very nice modified AMX rear fenders have tubs, 401 engine, AMC turbo 400 trans with 2500 stall, roll cage, no rust, 6 or 7 small pencil eraser size bubbles starting under paint. New engine and trans. N 50 tire, with lots of room for wider tires. Very solid light car. Lights and Blinkers work.

2017年11月22日 · Rogers '69 AMX was built to replace another '68 AMX show and shine drag car (390 powered) that was destroyed in a drag racing incident on a local track in Florida. He is an AMC Purist, as he also owns a '69 SC Rambler (Scrambler), and a 68 AMX Show and Shine drag car powered by a beefed up 390 w/727 Torque-flight transmission that runs 11.20's ...