...not to keep you talking about this long enough to go out and get another Spirit, but... maybe a four worked a bit with a manual would have given you a better front/rear weight bias and made for better auto-x? Russell Tom Jennings wrote: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Brien Tourville wrote: > > >> something off an investment firm commercial > >> Ameriquest maybe - didn't catch that part. >> > > arf arf arf arf ....! > > > >> For their limited amount of time in production, >> I don't believe they faired well in surviving - >> Opinions ? >> > > They do get a bad rap. I owned one, it was basically an > upgraded gremlin, but minus most of the weirdness that made > gremlins... gremlins. > > Great fun chassis for modding. All the AMC-latest good stuff, > anything bolts into it, light, common parts, and the "AMX" > trim package's rear "fin" is oddly attractive. > > I had a black 79 AMX with the screamin chicken on the hood, > the complicated orange decaling and the fender flares. I ended > up stripping all that gunk off -- except the tail which was > inexplicably attractive -- and painting it white. Had 304 and > 998. I used to autocross it (I wasn't a goodf autocrosser and > I made a lot of chassis mistakes in the car, none the fault of > the car). > > Made my own grille (eh, but I hated that late-70's baroque > pointless complexity) and converted it to single headlamps > (which I think was a big win). kept the fin, bumpers black. > > You can judge it here: > > http://wps.com/AMC/1979-AMC-AMX/index.html > > I kinda wish I had an 83 GT... > > In fact I have to stop now, I'm talking myself into thinking > about another one... > > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com