Listed for sale on eBay in Baltimore, Maryland is this 1968 American Motors AMX powered by its original 343-cubic-inch 280-horsepower V-8 engine, connected to a numbers-matching Borg Warner T-10 four-speed, and 3.54:1 rear differential. The owner wants $24,995 or best offer. Before you squawk that the badges say “390,” those pieces were apparently slapped on by a dealer who “misled my client.” The AMX was originally Caravelle Blue metallic, but it’s now black metallic with white stripes. There are 93,000 miles on the odometer.
From the seller: “Age and the amount of bodywork is not known. It does appear to have had bodywork performed on both rear quarter panels and lower sections of each door. The glass is in good condition, and the windows roll up and down. The bumpers appear to have been painted and not replated. Exterior lights function including brake, turn signals, and headlights.”
The interior has been redone in a cloth-and-vinyl scheme. The carpeting is new, but photos show it hanging down on the passenger side. The tach and dash lights don’t work. The jack parts are lying in the trunk. The 348 sports an Edelbrock carb, a Torker intake manifold, headers, and electronic ignition. Was it rebuilt? Unknown, but it apparently starts up, runs, and drives fine.
The suspension appears stock, but the wheels are 14-inch Cragar “Pro Streets” wearing 205/70R/14 Eagle GT tires. Finally, we’re told it “just needs some TLC to make it a great classic.”
The two-seat AMX—a shrunken, shorter-wheelbase Javelin—was introduced in 1968 at $3,245, and lasted through the 1970 model year. As a two-seater, it was up against the Corvette, but they always seemed much different.
The AMX will always be a must-have collectible, and it remains a very handsome styling exercise that hasn’t dated. Did you know that American Motors built a rumble-seat prototype AMX that never went into production?
The standard engine was the 290-cubic-inch V-8, and the 343 V-8 was the middle option (below the famous and aforementioned 390). Classic.com puts the price of a 1968 AMX in good condition at $35,230. This one isn’t quite there, so maybe the asking price is fair.
Another beautiful AMX. A guy should get that cream one from last week, with this, to make a his-n-hers. I really like the side profile of these bodies, looks like it is about to lift the front wheels, off the line.