Tom's Cars
Here is a picture of my stock 1969 AMX 390, Hurst 4 speed, A/C, tilt steering wheel, Edelbrock aluminum R4B intake manifold with AM part number, Go-Pack 140 speedometer, power front disc brakes, power steering, rear bumper guards and an AM 8 Track. It was painted Regatta Blue at Escondido Paint and Body where Dean and Oscar returned it to it's original color. It has the original black California license plates.
I recently bought this yellow 1968 AMX from Tim Burton, originally a 390 4-speed, it is now a 360 4-speed. While I would never flare an AMX, I like the look. The car runs mid 10's at 70mph in the 1/8th mile at Barona. See the video
Tim also sold me this AMX shell, I have most of the parts it needs. Originally a 1968 390 4 speed.
This is when my friend Greg Bruno (in picture) and I took my 1970 Javelin to Scotty's shop in Leucadia for the 2 1/2" exhaust with Warlock mufflers. Originally this car was a green 304 until Escondido Paint and Body mixed up this custom bright orange paint for it. Nice job guys. Centerline Mojave 17" wheels with 235/45ZR17 tires, aluminum dash with Auto Meter gauges, APC cloth racing seats, trunk mounted battery and 3 row radiator.
The first 401: I broke 2 cast pistons, cracked 2 cylinders and bent some pushrods and valves on the Wilsons Machine Works rebuild. The engine had been run several times for a total of about 1 hour in park, the cam was broken in. Saturday night I warmed it up for about 10 minutes, oil pressure OK, I spun the tires at around 4500 RPM's and it fell apart. WAAAAaaa. The gear on the cam for the distributor was on backwards. Bob Axlerod does not know how to build AMC's. 390 pistons were fly cut for the shorter deck on the 401 and the compression was about 12:1
So I built a better 401
Ross .030 over forged pistons, Romec balancer, Rollmaster timing Chain, Edelbrock Aluminum Heads, Edelbrock Air Gap Intake Manifold, Canton Oil Pan, Schneider Cam. Built by Tim K. at Total Performance, estimated 420 HP.
I also have this 1973 Gremlin that was a factory 304 V-8 with 3 speed floor stick shift, Trans Am red. I blew up the 304 after 2 years as a daily driver. Then I got serious about the car and added a posi to the rear differential, solid Moser axles, but we kept the old 3.91 gears. I also added factory torque links to reduce rear wheel hop. Chuck Dowd did a great job of welding in the Chris Alston 6 point Rollbar and AMRacing Sub Frame Connectors so it is now very solid. Scott Sommers did the body work and paint, including the addition of a Mopar Pro Stock fiberglass scoop into the steel hood. Matt Miller put the strips on with a kit from Phoenix Graphics. Richard Conley is building a 390 engine that is in the final assembly stage. Check it out here. Also ready to go in is the Lakewood bellhousing with T-10 4 speed.
This is the original ad from when I bought the car.
I also bought this black 1972 Gremlin, it has the original 304 V-8 engine that was rebuilt with a 4 barrel, cam and exhaust, the automatic 998 Torqueflight has a B&M shifter. The 12 bolt Corporate 20 rear end (Dana 44) has 2.73 gears with a posi and has the original torque links from the factory, 1972 Gremlins only. This car was also originally Trans Am red. I recently raced it at Qualcomm Stadium and it went 9.90 in the 1/8 mile, as seen on the Planet X television show.
OK, things are getting out of hand around here, the house is surrounded by AMC's. I could not resist this 1974 Gremlin for my girlfriend who was born in 1974. It is a factory 304 V-8, auto on the column, power steering, power disc brakes and factory A/C. The color is Copper and I live on Copper Ave.
1968 Rambler Rogue, 290 V-8 2 bbl, automatic on column, Turbo Silver two door, 12 bolt rear end, P/S and manual drumb brakes (rebuilt). I can drive her around. How about a SC/Rambler hood scoop and a red, white and blue paint job?
1968 Dirt Track racer. Thanks Adam.
