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AMC Muscle Cars

Name: AMC Muscle Cars
Author: Larry Mitchell
ISBN: 9780760307618

by Larry Mitchell

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Overview

Climb in for an adventurous ride through AMC's muscle-bound line-up! Larry Mitchell steers you through AMC's impact on the American automotive landscape as well as engineering, design, production, and racing heritage. AMC's popular Javelin ponycar and two-seat AMX coupe lead the pack, with the Marlin, Rebel SST, Rebel Machine, Hornet 360, Gremlin X and others rounding out the coverage. Fully illustrated with modern and archival color and b&w photographs, production line photos, schematics, concept drawings, and cutaway illustrations.

Synopsis

Anybody who wanted to go toe to toe with the Big Three in the 1960s had to produce credible muscle cars. American Motors Corporation did exactly that with the SC Rambler and the incredibly fast AMX. Some argue, however, that AMC's insistence on pouring its relatively limited resources into the "muscle wars" ultimately led to its demise. Illustrated throughout with modern photography of restored and factory-original cars, archival images, AMC concept drawings, period advertisements, and cutaway illustrations, this color history primarily focuses on the conception, development, production, and performance of the AMX, as well as the Javelin upon which it was based. Special models like the Mark Donohue Signature Edition Javelin, along with the less-than-well-received Marlin, Rebel, SST, Hornet 360, Gremlin X, and others are also included.