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In the film "Wayne's World”, Wayne and his friend are sitting in their AMC Pacer headbanging to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". A cult scene that made Queen's greatest hit even greater.
Less well known is the fact that the B-side of Bohemian Rhapsody features the song "I'm In Love With My Car", a song written by Queen drummer Roger Taylor, who had used his own Alfa Romeo to record the engine sound.
This 1975-built 3.8-litre AMC Pacer is on display at Autoworld, Belgium’s national motor museum, in Brussels. This two-door compact car was produced in the United States by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1975 through the 1980 model year. The Pacer was also made in Mexico by Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos (VAM) from 1976 until 1979 and positioned as a premium-priced luxury car.
Matchbox 1980 AMC Eagle, yet another one picked up from B&M Bargains recently as part of the latest 2023 Case D.
Mint and boxed.
The 1967 Marlin was increased in size to "full-size" and based on the senior Ambassador series on a 118" wheelbase chassis, as American Motors introduced an all new, redesigned intermediate and full size platform with the 1967 AMC Rebel and Ambassador. AMC now marketed the Ambassador as a full size flagship, in line with CEO and President Roy Abernethy's vision of being a full line automaker. Less than six months into the model year, Abernethy resigned in January 1967 as record losses mounted and the all new models failed to reach sales targets.
Sharing the same platform as the Ambassador, the Marlin was basically a fastback variant of the Ambassador 2-door hardtop. The narrow rear trunk opening limited practical cargo loading and the lack of a folding rear seat on the fastback (unlike the Mustang and Barracuda) was not versatile for oversized loads. The Marlin was in its final year with just 2,545 built. The 232 six was standard, with 290 and high performance 343 V8s optional.
This Marlin (delivered October 1966) has the standard 232.
More info on the Marlin can be found at the Marlin Auto Club.
1967 AMC Ambassador/Marlin brochure: www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/amc/67amba/67amba.html
1967 AMC full line brochure: www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/amc/67amc/67amc.html
My brother Doug and nephew Grant and I made a trip on May 8, 2021 to the regional AMC Club meet in nearby Riga, one of the smaller towns in southeast, Michigan.
View my collections on flickr here: Collections
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AMC sure was a strange company. I had fun designing and building all the different versions. There is a regular sedan, patrol car, wagon, wagon with wood paneling, and two sporty coupes. I hope y'all enjoy making these as much as I did!
Instructions can be found on my Rebrickable page!
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The Front of an old AMC Javelin sized for dual 1080P wallpaper awesomeness.
Seen at the 2013 Orphan Auto Picnic hosted by the Chicagoland Corvair Enthusiasts.
Hidden in the darkest recesses of the garage at Leuze, with its nose angled threateningly downwards, it looks like a big cat ready to pounce. A young American lion, surrounded by the carcasses of dozens of pre-war pussy-cats. Ghislain Mahy was not a fan of this kind of youthful potency. But son Ivan and grandson Michel both had a weak spot for this excess of horsepower on four oversized wheels. The Javelin has since become an American icon for lovers of young-timers. However, acquiring this status was by no means self-evident. In 1954, the American Motors Corporation combined Hudson and Nash in the largest merger that the automobile industry in Detroit had ever seen. AMC specialised in cheap models aimed at the average American consumer, but it could not compete with the Big Three: General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. It was thought that the trend towards ‘muscle cars’ at the end of the 1960s would do little to change this. A coupé with an exaggerated rear end and a powerful engine was not really AMC’s style. Or at least it wasn’t until veteran Richard ‘Dick’ Teague came up with a design for a first model of the Javelin. True, it was still a tame version, but it offered potential for the future. That future arrived in 1971, with the second generation of Javelins. With this car, AMC was looking ahead to the 1980s, with daring lines that risked scaring off its traditionally cautious customers. Under its concave bonnet there now roared a powerful eight-cylinder engine, good for 177 horsepower and resulting in two successive victories in the Trans-Am Series for muscle cars. From 1973 onwards, the modified version got even more power, as well as a black vinyl roof and a body in various shades of brown and green, complete with racing stripes. The matching interior, with its angled dashboard, looked like the cockpit of a jet fighter. The real daredevils opted for the limited edition with upholstery by fashion designer Pierre Cardin. In 1974 alone, AMC sold almost 30,000 of this poor man’s version of the Corvette. The company’s Buyer Protection pledge was a cool added bonus: if the Javelin broke down more than 100 miles from home and you had to stay the night in a motel, AMC would pick up the bill. Of course, this mint-green version from the last year of production is now many thousands of miles from home and AMC has long since ceased to exit. Sic transit gloria mundi.
5.900 cc
V8
220 hp
Mahy - a Family of Cars
09/09/2021 - 31/10/2021
Vynckier Site
Nieuwevaart 51-53
Gent
Belgium
Covers the AMC AMX II Concept that went around the USA Motor Shows in 1966.
Almost looks like a Hot Wheels car even down to the red line tyres.
Press Photo.
AMC Gremlin
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AMC Javelin from 1971 VOD 674J
Seen at the 2025 Great Yarmouth Wheels Festival, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
AMC Eagle SX/4
Issaquah, WA
I previously posted a photo of an Eagle Wagon but forgot that I'd also snapped a quick photo of this much rarer Eagle SX/.4 as it was leaving the 4x4 show at the XXX Root Beer Drive-In.
Olympus E-P5
Olympus 17mm f:2.8
Silver Efex Pro
Hidden in the darkest recesses of the garage at Leuze, with its nose angled threateningly downwards, it looks like a big cat ready to pounce. A young American lion, surrounded by the carcasses of dozens of pre-war pussy-cats. Ghislain Mahy was not a fan of this kind of youthful potency. But son Ivan and grandson Michel both had a weak spot for this excess of horsepower on four oversized wheels. The Javelin has since become an American icon for lovers of young-timers. However, acquiring this status was by no means self-evident. In 1954, the American Motors Corporation combined Hudson and Nash in the largest merger that the automobile industry in Detroit had ever seen. AMC specialised in cheap models aimed at the average American consumer, but it could not compete with the Big Three: General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. It was thought that the trend towards ‘muscle cars’ at the end of the 1960s would do little to change this. A coupé with an exaggerated rear end and a powerful engine was not really AMC’s style. Or at least it wasn’t until veteran Richard ‘Dick’ Teague came up with a design for a first model of the Javelin. True, it was still a tame version, but it offered potential for the future. That future arrived in 1971, with the second generation of Javelins. With this car, AMC was looking ahead to the 1980s, with daring lines that risked scaring off its traditionally cautious customers. Under its concave bonnet there now roared a powerful eight-cylinder engine, good for 177 horsepower and resulting in two successive victories in the Trans-Am Series for muscle cars. From 1973 onwards, the modified version got even more power, as well as a black vinyl roof and a body in various shades of brown and green, complete with racing stripes. The matching interior, with its angled dashboard, looked like the cockpit of a jet fighter. The real daredevils opted for the limited edition with upholstery by fashion designer Pierre Cardin. In 1974 alone, AMC sold almost 30,000 of this poor man’s version of the Corvette. The company’s Buyer Protection pledge was a cool added bonus: if the Javelin broke down more than 100 miles from home and you had to stay the night in a motel, AMC would pick up the bill. Of course, this mint-green version from the last year of production is now many thousands of miles from home and AMC has long since ceased to exit. Sic transit gloria mundi.
5.900 cc
V8
220 hp
Mahy - a Family of Cars
09/09/2021 - 31/10/2021
Vynckier Site
Nieuwevaart 51-53
Gent
Belgium
The AMC Gremlin is an American subcompact automobile introduced in 1970 engineered and manufactured and marketed in a single, two-door body style in America (1970-1978) by American Motors Corporation (AMC).
The idea for the Gremlin began in 1966 when design chief at American Motors, Richard A. Teague, and stylist Bob Nixon discussed the possibility of a shortened version of AMC's compact car. On an airline flight, Teague's solution, which he said he sketched on an air sickness bag, was to truncate the tail of a Javelin (a car named after a heavy spear).
Why AMC product planners decided to name the Gremlin after a mythical creature that sabotages machinery remains a mystery to this day.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Gremlin
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