Jim Jeffords, former Milwaukee-area racer (SCCA B Prod Champion 1958 and 59 in the Purple People Eater Vette) and manager of AMC’s 1968 Javelin Trans Am campaign, partnered with designer Brooks Stevens, also of Milwaukee, to design the custom AMX-R featuring a Ramble Seat.

Candy Apple Red, flat-black on the hood, 15" Spyder rims

https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week-1968-amx-r-prototype

Jeffords’ accomplishments are all the more impressive when considering the drivers he competed against. Dan Gurney, Sterling Moss, Carroll Shelby, Jim Hall, Bob Bondurant, Roger Penske, Ken Miles, and more were all at the top of their game when Jeffords beat them on track.

https://www.scca.com/pages/jim-jeffords

Pretty cool AMC stuff I found on the 1970 AMC Trans Am Javelin Registry Database

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10161307116671799&set=pcb.544321031909072

the other brands at the Optima Challenge

nice crusty ol Ford!  Just sitting here in the finals means that there is a lot going on that isn't obvious to a view on the surface

70s tv shows had some interesting ideas about what they could do for an episode to pull off something new and interesting that would get some ratings... here CHiPS went to the drag strip, and then took the Hurst SS AMX and pro gas Corvette to the streets to pull the chute

 

Credit where it's due, CHiPS dove into a LOT of cultural stuff, from featuring the latest musical stars like Laura Brannigan, to making an episode about womens roller derby, to trucking and everything else including drag racing. Hell, even Bruce Jenner took over for Eric Estrada during a contract strike int he 5th season over syndication profits, which as we know from so many tv stars stories like Gillgans Island, they didn't get paid for decades of reruns. 

https://chips-tv.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Guest_Cast&pageuntil=Mee%2C+Kirk%0AKirk+Mee#mw-pages for the 320 some guest stars on CHiPS, it's unreal how many known celebs did an episode as a character no one remembers, like Bryan Cranston, Keenan Wayans, 

a couple nice AMXs, the bronze one is full race

 

the oil filter is on this mounting plate, with this interesting sticker on it

Fletcher Aviation was a sponsor of a Porsche in the 1954 Carrera Panamericana  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Aviation

and Frank Fletcher, one of the 3 Fletcher Aviation brothers, designed executive desks, and had them built at Fletcher Aviation

https://www.1stdibs.com/creators/frank-fletcher/furniture/

that is one boring dash, very very flat

Someone in Ohio scored a cool barn find SCCA racer AMX!

https://musclecarandcorvettenationals.blogspot.com/2025/04/DerekBieriToAppearatMCACN.html

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=8612844685482351&set=g.610404069049223

whoa, someone in El Cajon is driving an AMX as aa commuter to work!

what a cool, unique moment of manufacturing of the red white and blue theme... no one but the American Motors Corporation could or would do something this cool.

 Dan Curtis, owner of the five RWB warriors pictured here, owns AZ AMC Restorations in Peoria, Arizona. 

Dan’s love for AMCs dates back to the ’68 390 four-speed AMX he street-raced in Massachusetts as far back as 1971. He confesses that he initially dismissed the whole RWB concept as “silly,” but has held on to an A-scheme SC/Rambler since the late ’90s. 

Dan claims he never sought the RWBs out, but rather accumulated them over time - almost accidentally. The B-scheme SC/Rambler was purchased from noted AMC authority Mark Fletcher, co-author of the Hurst Equipped book, 

The SS/AMX was offered to Dan in 2018, its RWB status was incidental to it being the final SS/AMX built. 

Six months later, a friend offered Dan the T/A Javelin in a part-trade offer. “This was late 2018 or early 2019,” Dan says. Soon, “I realized I had four out of the five - I only needed a Rebel Machine to complete the set. 

Other than his own, “I’ve never seen all five RWB cars together in a private collection.” All five of the cars seen here have been sorted out by his shop, including the installation of some genuine vintage over-the-counter AMC Group 19 parts under the hoods for a little extra kick. All of them are now ready to drive at a moment’s notice

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/red-white-and-blue-amc-performance-cars/

how has a '68 AMX lasted this long without getting sucked into the barnfind reselling trend? This was so far off the radar and removed from car people, that it sold in ebay for 3900.

and all the cans? Not beer, so, that's a good sign. No hood? Well, that's clearly a no engine situation

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196350949953?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337851298&customid=716278&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

71 AMX finally pulled out of the barn, and put on Craigslist to sell for only 5k... it must have seriously bad issues

https://barnfinds.com/go-pack-barn-find-1971-amc-javelin-amx/

Am I the only one annoyed by editors getting paid to make a website correct, who don't bother reading it?

 

I bet you can spot it easily. 

Fortunately for me, I'm the writer, photographer, editor, and publisher of this little ol blog, and not getting paid. When I screw up, I have the freedom to say "you didn't have to pay for that mistake, how's that?"

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-fascinating-underdog-story-of-the-record-braking-1969-amc-amx-super-stock-215076.html

clever timing to make this Arizona AMC collection (Even has an AMX SS) easy for the Barrett Jackson auction types to stop by and purchase, via Craigslist... and so sellers fee, auction fee, etc etc etc from an auction company

all five AMC performance cars sold in their iconic factory red-white-and-blue paint schemes.

The last of the AMX Hurst Super Stock, 1 of 52 made, 12.3 to 1 compression.... and a 1970 AMC Javelin Trans Am, said to be one of 100, and a 1970 AMC Rebel The Machine. a pair of 1969 Hurst/SC Ramblers, one in each of two paint schemes.

600k takes them home

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/paradise-valley-once-in-lifetime-red/7578137849.html for a full gallery via https://www.thedrive.com/news/jackpot-iconic-red-white-and-blue-amc-muscle-car-collection-pops-up-on-craigslist-for-600k

wow, Team O'Niel is rally racing an AMX!

 https://www.facebook.com/RPMed1a/photos/pcb.1067773563931278/1067762683932366

Gary Kuchar's collection is coming to the Van Der Brink auction, and he had a hell of a wide variety of cars in his collection

that Mustang above the windshield? NOPE. This collection was picked over before the left overs were listed for auction. Most of them don't run, and you will see a Bobcat moving them for photos. But then, at these prices, you're paying for the rust free bodies, not running cars.

DeSoto Airflow

no info on the engine

has a 400 cu in. So, wtf is that doing in there? But it's a Phoenix, and those are cool 

401 AMX Javelin

see the Bobcat? And this seems to be the only Mustang getting sold

Damn. I wish I could afford to buy this Bantam. I'd be so damn happy. 

but someone that has always wanted an E Type Jag is going home thrilled! 

there's a bunch of other cars, and trucks, and Scouts, etc etc 

https://vanderbrinkauction.proxibid.com/VanDerBrink-Auctions-LLC/Approx-73-Classic-Cars-at-Auction/event-catalog/229644