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    Posted: May/14/2009 at 6:04pm
I have a lot of PMs from people wanting to post about the SS/AMX thread under Original Documentation.  that post is locked to keep myths, run-of-the-mill comments, etc, from preventing the post from being a one-stop information place.  how about posting comments, suggestions, etc. here?
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Posts: 524 		  Quote scott Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/15/2009 at 4:45pm
Sounds great!! I have a few comments & observations to put down when I have a chance.   Scott
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Posts: 293 		  Quote AMCJOCK Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2009 at 12:07am
One thing I would like to mention is that SS means Super Stock and in NHRA & IHRA there are plenty of Super Stock classes. Any AMX can be built to run in a Super Stock class. They do not have to be a SS/AMX model! They can be any 68-70 AMX.
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  AMCJOCK,    Thats a great point.  Super Stock was   is just a class. You just need to build your car to these specs. Great Point.   Rick
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June 1969 issue of Car Craft Super Gee article has the right side picture of the Hurst Warehouse.
 
What year/month issue of Motorcade or Car Exchange Magazine has the left side picture of the Hurst Warehouse ?
 
February 1970 Super Street Cars Magazine AMX Record Wrecker article has #19 S&K car info.


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Posts: 1507 		  Quote bigbad69 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2009 at 7:37am
AMCJOCK and badx are technically correct, however, Tom's writings are of a historical nature. True, any car can be made to meet SS class rules, but that's not the point. Tom has been documenting how AMC and Hurst built those specific AMXs. That info is more important to a restorer than a racer. Likely none of those cars built were ever raced as built. The instant they were delivered, the mod's would have started. So the SS/AMX moniker is really just a name used to identify those 51, 52, 53 (?) cars built, not a racing class.

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Posts: 14830 		  Quote billd Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2009 at 8:41am
Correct, bigbad, for most of us the argument has been the MODEL of car, the SS/AMX.
some others have confused that by saying if it was raced in that class it WAS an SS/AMX.
No, it was that class, but not that model.
We're after the history of those specific cars, not any other cars built to those specs.
We don't care about someone else building an AMX like that to compete in that class.
We care about that specific group specced and ordered by AMC and built by Hurst to fill THAT order.
 
Only those cars are that model, just like my car isn't a MD Javelin even though it's equipped like one. (I even have a NOS decal for it)

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Posts: 293 		  Quote AMCJOCK Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2009 at 11:31am
Hey, I was just trying to point out the fact that an AMX raced in the Super Stock class doesn't necessarily mean it is a SS/AMX. I had the feeling that some didn't realize that fact. In other words, if someone is selling an AMX and advertises it as a Super Stock AMX doesn't mean it is a SS/AMX model.
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Posts: 1507 		  Quote bigbad69 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2009 at 11:35am
Originally posted by billd

...We don't care about someone else building an AMX like that to compete in that class...
That's a little harsh. I do care about AMXs competing in SS class. However, they are not specifically relevant in Tom's documentation of factory built race cars.

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Posts: 1507 		  Quote bigbad69 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2009 at 11:37am
Originally posted by AMCJOCK

... In other words, if someone is selling an AMX and advertises it as a Super Stock AMX doesn't mean it is a SS/AMX model.
Absolutely correct!

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