[AMC-list] Barn Find 68 AMX drag car No Deposit No Return

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barn find, 1968 AMX "No Deposit No Return" drag car.

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/amx_photos/jay-bouder-amx-dragster-1.jpg

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/amx_photos/jay-bouder-amx-dragcar-2.jpg

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/amx_photos/jay-bouder-amx-dragcar-3.jpg

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/amx_photos/jay-bouder-amx-dragcar-4.jpg

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/amx_photos/jay-bouder-amx-dragcar-5.jpg

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/amx_photos/jay-bouder-amx-dragcar-6.jpg

Jay originally raced this 1968 AMX in 1968....(more pix)
http://rides.hotrod.com/ride/1213125/no-deposit-no-return-nostalgic-drag-car/1968/amc/amx/

The car was originally built in 69' for NHRA SS/JA and ran into the early
70's..The engine/car were prepared by Ross Gilberts of Gilberts Speedshop in
Lancaster Pa..Ross wheeled a factory backed Hurst SS/AMX for Nolt Rambler
back in those days and is still building race engines today. Hand written
timeslips from Maple Grove raceway found in the glovebox showed the car ran
in the low 12's and 108 MPH in legal trim..The AMX was sold off in the mid
1970's and the second owner blew the engine while driving the car on the
street! Never racing the car,he put the car in a barn on his family farm
where it sat until a few years ago..Covered in layers of dirt,grime and
animal dropping, The overall condition of the car was in pretty good shape,
the crazy paint job that was done in 69' had survived quite well & went over
the cars mechanicals and built a 401 engine w/rare AMC Crossram intake and
dual 4 bbl carbs,returning the car to it's former racing glory..The pics of
the car racing are from a few years back..Achieving a best times of 10.56
@123 MPH..In 2005 the original owner was located and reunited him with his
old racercar..He was overwhelmed with emotion and expressed interest in
getting the car back..After racing the car for a year the car went back to
him..He has since installed a stroker AMC engine w/aluminum heads and is
obviously out enjoying the old racer..There was talk of him repainting the
car, glad to see he hasn't done that..Love it or hate it, that paint job is
one wild reminder of how things were back in the 60's and 70's..GG

Eddie Stakes
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825 days
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com 

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