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Project Update: The AMX/GTO Project is nearly complete!

Posted in AMC February 10, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The wild AMX/GTO project is on the home stretch! As a quick refresher, this car is a 1969 AMX body that was placed on the chassis of a wrecked 2007 Pontiac GTO. The GTO was cut and narrowed, the AMX body was left virtually unaltered, and after a whole bunch of welding and work that [...]

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BANGSHIFT PROJECT CAR SPOTLIGHT: AN AMC GREMLIN WITH A ROAD RACING PAST GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE

Posted in AMC December 15, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

There may be a law on the books in the great state of Wisconsin that every gearhead must own at least one AMC project during their life. BangShift member Mike is proving that he’s totally obsessed be starting on a second one! Mike alreadybrought back a 1969 Javelin from the depths of despair and he has [...]

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Project Car Update: Progress on the AMX/GTO Project - It Runs!

Project Car Update: Progress on the AMX/GTO Project – It Runs!

Posted in AMC September 30, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The AMX/GTO project that we introduced to the world last winter is the insane combo of a late model GTO and a 1969 AMC AMX. The work is being performed at the home shop of our buddy Scott who lives less than a mile from us. He has done an amazing amount of work thus [...]

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Project Car Spotlight: A Kick Ass 1969 AMC Javelin Build

Project Car Spotlight: A Kick Ass 1969 AMC Javelin Build

Posted in AMC March 24, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

So let’s say you are a former motorcycle road racer, a Wisconsin native, a guy in need of a project car, and pretty darned good with your hands and a set of tools. How do you stay entertained through the long winters in the land of the cheese heads? You score a 1969 Javelin project [...]

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Cool Project: How to Build a Modern AMX in Your Home Garage

Cool Project: How to Build a Modern AMX in Your Home Garage

Posted in AMC December 6, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

While wrenching on Goliath recently, a dude pulled up in a minto Lucerne blue Trans-Am and asked if we had any trim pieces on the Javelin in our backyard. We invited him back to take a look, but that car is more stripped than than a chicken carcass. He told us about a bitchin’ project [...]

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