AMC first offered the 'X' as an appearance/equipment package in 1971, with body stripes, rally wheels, and a blacked-out ...

There aren’t as many engine shops around as there was when I was growing up. Ready-to-go crate engines and large-scale engine remanufacturers with computerized plants have lowered the buy-in price of ...

The American Motors Corporation would be considered an afterthought, except not that many people remember them. They were always in last place behind the Big Three American automakers, and then were ...

I can’t really talk about this 6.6-liter V8, four-speed tribute 1974 AMC Gremlin 401-XR without talking about the original, and we can’t talk about the original without talking about the basic compact ...

The AMC 401 V8 engine doesn't have the same level of notoriety as some of its competitors, but it was a top spec powerplant for some of AMC's most iconic cars.

With 71,500 original miles, snap this up before some hipster does. A sporty and utilitarian vehicle, this Cherokee is powered by an AMC 401 V8 (the largest engine ever fitted to a Jeep) mated to a ...

Last week, the Hell Garage offered eternal torment with a pair of screamin', low-production-numbers Quad 4-powered General Motors machines, and nobody can tell us that those cars don't offer the ideal ...

As the accompanying tables indicate, there are lots of mix-and-match possibilities for American Motors Corporation (AMC)—but there are also some subtile differences that can really bite you on the ...

The American Motors Corporation (AMC) is likely best remembered as the plucky underdog competitor to the Big Three in the late 1960s and 1970s, with cars like the Hornet, Javelin, Matador, and ...

As the accompanying tables indicate, there are lots of mix-and-match possibilities for American Motors Corporation (AMC)—but there are also some subtile differences that can really bite you on the ...