Tell us about that AMC engine I saw in one of the hemi block pics.
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About 5 years ago, I was looking at Craigslist ads,and I saw an ad for a 69 390 4 speed AMX,for sale in the auto parts section. The asking price was $700.00. I know that you can't buy the hood for an AMX for that money, so I called the guy up. I told him that I would come right now and buy the car,he said that I couldn't see it until the next day, and he would call me back at 9 AM. So I thought to myself, that's going to be sold, and I won't ever hear anything back from this guy, but the next morning, he called me right at 9AM! I couldn't believe it. I was so excited to get the car, that I had forgotten the keys to unlock my car trailer! So I went to look at the car without the trailer in tow,and bought the car on the spot for the full asking price. I told the guy that I would be back to get the car after my wife left for work at 3PM. My wife was already annoyed that I went to buy the car,so I couldn't go back home and get the keys to the trailer and leave again, so I had to wait for her to go to work before going back to get the car. So when I went back in the afternoon to get the car. When I get there, the seller wanted to renegotiate the purchase price, and I told him that I already have the signed bill of sale and the registration signed over to me by him, so either I was going to load the car on the trailer or the Police would load the car on the trailer, which way would you like to do it, so he reluctantly helped me load up the car. He said that his phone was ringing all day and he was offered 5 times more than I paid for the car. I told him that I gave him his full asking price, and that he needed to learn to research what the value of the item you are selling is worth before you advertise it for sale! I told him that he knew how to use his computer to place his ad,then he could also use it to do research before placing his ad. So the car was taken apart in the 80s,but is 95 percent solid and was mostly complete except for the 390 engine. After 3 years of searching for a 390 engine, I had decided that I would put a 5.7 Hemi engine in the car,and build a restomod out of the car. I posted a thread on Moparts about putting a modern Hemi in the AMX ,and most people on there didn't like the idea of that. So one guy on there said that he was going to put an LS engine in his 68 390 AMX,and would sell me his complete running 390 engine for two grand. The problem was that I am on the Massachusetts/Rhode Island line and the engine was in Las Vegas Nevada. I said that I would love to buy the engine, but the shipping costs would make it impossible to afford. He told me that he could put it on a pallet and ship it to me fairly cheap, so he got me a quote from Fastenal. For $200.00 they shipped the engine 2500 miles and put it in my truck with a fork lift! I couldn't believe it! The engine is complete air cleaner to pan with alternator power steering pump, pulleys and two radiators with fan shroud! My friend has the engine right now and has refreshed it with new bearings and gaskets and it's ready to go in the car. I dropped off the T10 4 speed transmission to the Transmission guy yesterday to see if I can get it rebuilt.
