I would buy this...

FOR SALE: $895,000.00

170mph AMC powered AMX/3...one of 6.

Looks like an AMC pantera and thats not a bad thing either!

same doorhandles as an Eagle!

Alright, paging Javelin. I know you know everything there is to know about this.

fidelity101 wrote: Looks like an AMC pantera and thats not a bad thing either!

The AMX/3 pre-dated the Pantera by about a year...

There was also an AMX/2, but was a concept only, and not a running car like the /3 was...

I want an amx2 kit car produced NOW.

They had AMX/2 "Hotwheels" cars back in the day...

Here is another a cool AMX/3 shot...

Joe Gearin wrote: same doorhandles as an Eagle!

And the Concorde, and the Spirit, and the Gremlin, and the Hornet, and the Javelin....

Costs money to design new stuff, ya know. Its why older Ferraris had Fiat switches.

FSP_ZX2 wrote: They had AMX/2 "Hotwheels" cars back in the day...

I think I may have had that one.

The 2 is MUCH prettier than the 3!

FSP_ZX2 wrote: They had AMX/2 "Hotwheels" cars back in the day...

I have one of those.

The /2 would look good today. Reminds me of the concept stratos in a way. Finally an AMC that doesn't look stupid.

and why didn't AMC produce more?

Damn, that AMX/2 is sexy.

I was going to say Monteverdi Hai. Cool car.

FSP_ZX2 wrote:

fidelity101 wrote: Looks like an AMC pantera and thats not a bad thing either!

The AMX/3 pre-dated the Pantera by about a year... There was also an AMX/2, but was a concept only, and not a running car like the /3 was...

That's what the FFR 818 should have been.

" If I had $895K burning a hole in my pocket... "

I would retire..

Yes, yes, YES!!!

It's funny that a car that used to spend it's time as an outdoor sign (2 of the 6, actually) is now worth almost a million bucks.

The AMX/2 was definitely a better looking design, IMO. Hot Wheels made that in both the original style, and as a later re-style with a solid louvered engine cover.

And yes, I have a few of both styles. The real AMX/2 was a clay "pushmobile" that they took a fiberglass skin off of. It was actually mounted on a sign pole for a long time.

It has since been restored and is owned by the biggest AMC collector, who also has the James Garner Baja-winning SC/Rambler.

That same guy has the running, driving AMX/1 prototype:

Which might be the only AMC (non-race car) worth more than an AMX/3.

But, back to the /3. First, there's more than 6. My Grandpa has actually worked on all of them (he was good friends with Mr. Teague and bought many cars from him, including the 1980 Turbo AMX Indy Pace Car).

The original AMX/3 was also a fiberglass push-mobile:

This body was found in Central Oregon up by me (I actually saw the ad, too, and had Gramps on the horn trying to buy it). They guy that bought it had a plug made and is planning on cranking out repops for kitcars based on a FF GTM chassis.

He bought the thing in 07 and made a ton of progress into 09 and then stalled out, bad. I'm hoping it still happens, because I really, really want to build one.

The first 6 production cars were all hand built in steel by Bizzarrini in Italy. There is at least a complete 7th car, and Gramps swears upon an 8th, in Italy at the factory. There were 10 sets of transaxles and oil pans made, so there could be up to 10 complete cars on original parts. Because they are hand made, each one is slightly different.

Motor Trend Classic did a great piece on the AMX/3 using Jeff Teague's personal car: http://www.motortrend.com/classic/roadtests/c12_0509_american_motors_amx3/viewall.html

1 is sitting unrestored in a garage in the midwest.

2 was parked in a dirt-floored garage/chicken coop with a blown motor.

3 is Teague's car, and it and #5 were the signs outside of AMC's HQ until Dick got management to sell them to him. It's interesting to note that nearly every AMX/3 was repainted a different color before being sold.

4 did high speed testing with BMW and is the one for sale.

5 was the other sign car. It came over from Italy with round FIAT/Ferrari tallights that Teague hated, so he put in upside-down Firebird lights. It was at Goodwood a few years ago:

6 is in Autoworld in Brussels:

This is the one Bizzarrini admitted to completing. They definitely made at least one more, nicknamed "Prova" (Test Drive):

This was old man Giotto's personal driver. Gramps swears that at least one of the AMX/3's actually has a 360 in it, might have been #6 or #7. He has photos of him working on it!

Never heard of that car before, dead sexy!

pinchvalve wrote: Never heard of that car before, dead sexy!

Then I'm not doing my job of indoctrinating you guys to the ways of Kenosha good enough!

I remember this thread from gt40s.com...

http://www.gt40s.com/forum/paddock/25444-amx-3-reproductions.html

This is why I want to build a repop one:

Thanks Jav,

This AMX prototype was owned by a friend of a friend...I was in the garage in Kenosha where it was kept back in 87 or so. I sat in it, heard it run etc. had a 343 in it...and it was driven to local car shows in Kenosha for years.

Thread about it here

In reply to FSP_ZX2:

I saw that one at an AMC show once when I was little. Always liked the rumble seat!