1968 AMERICAN MOTORS AMX "VON PIRANHA" EDITION

1968 AMC AMX GO PAK Description

* 1 OF ONLY 22 WHICH WERE BUILT BY THOROUGHBRED MOTORS IN DENVER, COLORADO FOR SELECT AMC DEALERSHIPS IN THE COLORADO REGION (SIMILAR TO THE BALDWIN-MOTION AND DICKEY HARRELL CHEVELLE'S, MONTE CARLO AND CAMARO'S WHICH WERE BUILT AS HIGH PERFORMANCE STREET, STRIP AND ROAD RACE CARS AND MARKETED THROUGH A LIMITED NUMBER OF OUTLETS).
* ONE OF THE CARS WAS CAMPAIGNED BY RACING LEGEND RON HUNTER WHO RACED THE CARS AT CONTINENTAL DIVIDE RACEWAY AND POSSIBLE THE PIKES PEAK HILL CLIMB.
* ONLY ONE OTHER VON PIRANHA IS BELIEVED TO EXIST BUT AT THIS TIME IT CANNOT BE LOCATED.
* ONLY 24,700 ACTUAL MILES (THE AUTOMOBILE WAS STORED IN A SHOP IN COLORADO FOR OVER 30 YEARS).
* TRUE AMX "GO PAK" CAR
* 390 CUBIC INCH MOTOR
* BORG WARNER M-12 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
* EDELBROCK R4B INTAKE (STAMPED WITH VON PIRANHA LOGO).
* "TWIN GRIP" POSI-TRAC REAR END
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF A "BARN FIND" MUSCLE CAR
THE AUTOMOBILE WAS PROFESSIONALLY APPRAISED BY STEVE LINDEN AT SPECIALIZED VINTAGE VEHICLE SERVICES IN JANUARY, 2014 FOR $57,500.00
THIS CAR WAS FEATURED ON THE COVER OF MUSCLE CAR REVIEW MAGAZINE IN JUNE, 2016 (FOUR PAGE ARTICLE CAN BE GOOGLED) IN MY OPINION THIS CAR COULD BRING SIX FIGURES DUE TO IT'S RARITY