Comments on: 1969 AMX Project Car Project 1; First Inspection

By: Mike Keeler

Mike Keeler — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:43:01 +0000

Found your site while looking for partss for my AMX projects. Bought one of these new in 69. 390 GO Pak car. Bittersweet Orange 390 4 Spd. Paid $3300. on the head.
Anyway got the bug for one and stupid me wound up with 2. Both 69 Go pak cars. Auto 390′s with A/C. Got a guy with some AMC parts near me I am buying some stuff from him for mine. If I can help call me at 772 834 6999 and I will pass on your needs and your phone #. You can deal with him direct.
If I can help let me know. I am an amatuer restorer but I love the hobby and the cars.
By the way there is a car listed in Phila that would be a great donor for you rear window problem. Full rear window frame and filler panel between rear window and trunk

By: rfleener

rfleener — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:07:30 +0000

Dale, thanks looking forward to your comments on the project. I have wanted one of these since I started to order a new one in 1968 but bought a used Corvette instead.

By: dale

dale — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:56:43 +0000

when I came across your AMX project I was happy to see it as it is a very rare occurance.
I have two 68 AMX’s & a Javelin SST so I have great interest in following your project results. I also am a memeber of a small AMC club in Las Vegas. I will let or membership know about your project I am sure you will pick up a few more followers on this project.
They are great looking cars but even more fun to drive you’l see. Good Luck and I will look forward to the final result.

By: rfleener

rfleener — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:12:50 +0000

Mr Whitaker; These are great little cars, good luck with your project. Our project has slowed a little in search of good sheetmetal replacement parts and also work on another project taking priority. Hopefully, we will be back on it full speed in a couple of months. We will keep everyone posted on the progress.

By: MrWhitaker

MrWhitaker — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:51:37 +0000

I’ve got a 1968 390 car with the Go Pack, myself. My Mother had it registered in her name from ’70 to about ’78 just after I was born. I just recently received ownership from her, and am really excited due to all the “stop light stories” I’ve heard. It isn’t a running car, and has been sitting in the yard for no less than 30 yrs. I am going to bring it back to daily driving standard, and then some (menacing grin…). I plan to do as much of the work as possible, with a little help on the more labor intensive custom fab. I’ve got a bit of rust in similar places to your own project, so it’ll be interesting to keep up with your progress. Thanks, good luck, and I look forward to more great posts.

By: Terry Watson

Terry Watson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:25:29 +0000

I had a 69 390 4 speed I bought new in Houston. Ordered silver with black, it showed up gunmetal gray with charcoal interior. I was shocked at first, but it grew on me. The darker color had a deeper shine. However, hood had dents as delivered, dealer tried multiple times to fill & paint, but the paint codes kept coming up with the silver color. Finally had a custom shop shoot it, but this was before the days of clear coating, and in a couple of years, the hood went flat. I ordered all the Go Pack parts separate as I didn’t want stripes. Put the Sidewinder side pipes on it & it really made it look nice. The windows rattled from day one, and the A/C could never really keep up with the Houston heat & humidity. Put 160K miles on it before selling it in Redondo Beach CA ~25 years ago. BEst of luck with the project!

By: rfleener

rfleener — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:30:54 +0000

George, thanks for checking out our AMX project. We are currently seeking and acquiring some of the large parts we need to take care of the rust issues. We will be posting info as we do the work. The next most likely story will be on the first clean up of the underside. We have had it on our Dannmar lift and it is covered with grease, oil and grime on the underside. Also found a lot of cob webs. We will be pressure washing it and scraping it down in the very near future.
Once that is done and we have all the parts it will be out to the fabrication shop to put the new body panels on.
Keep checking back.

By: George Oakley

George Oakley — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:44:21 +0000

glad to see a AMX project car how offten will it be updated