The price of the car on the sticker price label was $5994. Here is the price of the car alone as delivered by AMC to Hurst . It was a:
1969 AMX $3297.00
P72A Frost White N/C
T-931F Vinyl Interior N/C
315 hp V8 390 123.05
4 speed Trans N/C
Twin Grip Diff 42.30
4.44:1 axles 4.95
Heavy Duty Cooling 16.05
Heavy Duty Battery 8.45
Total price as delivered to Hurst: $3491.80 (Note: this is the retail price for the car, not the dealer price or the factory price to make the car).Here is the price book from AMC that the dealers carried with them:
There is a $28.10 credit for the deletion of the heater system.
Interesting that the Heavy Duty Cooling system included the fan shroud, but it was deleted when delivered. Also deleted were the sway bar, one horn, core support rods, hood hinges, hood latch assembly, grill support, battery tray under hood (and it is also unpainted under it as it was on the car when painted), hubcaps, and baffle in front of radiator. As noted, the rocker moldings should also be deleted, but we can see that is not true in every case. Sound deadener under carpets.
Deleted but replaced by something else: standard pistons replaced with domed forged pistons (and therefore rings and wrist pin), intake manifold and carb, (replaced by STR-11 dual quad intake and two Holley carbs, and thus gaskets), air cleaner (replaced with Velocity Stacks), standard exhaust – replaced by headers (and was it a smog exhaust? The warranty waiver said it was not street legal, and mentioned it was due to no emissions equipment. And what about the rear section of the exhaust pipes? It was two short pipes with glasspack mufflers). Distributor replaced with a Mallory unit, as well as the coil and plug wires. Heads machined and replaced (so needs new gaskets for head and valve covers). Flywheel, clutch assembly, bellhousing replaced with performance items. Shifter, knob, arms and aluminum shift plate replaced with performance items. Rear axles replaced with forged one-piece axles. Shocks replaced with performance shocks, as were the rear springs.
Added to the car were a hood scoop and 4 hood pins. New battery cable and battery box assembly, installed in the trunk.
Apparently, there was no credit for the removed parts (I wonder where they went?) I also wonder what they did with the spare tire? Was it mounted in the trunk with a new bracket welded to the floor, about where the standard size Javelin spare would go. No evidence yet, but the Hurst Build check-off sheet states to install spare. The original bracket couldn’t be used with the battery tray located where it was.
So how much were these parts? I have a few performance catalogs from back then-Gratiots from 1972, Honest Charlie from 73, a Summers Brothers axle catalog (for reference as I could not find Henry’s axles reference), and lastly a Jocko’s catalog from 1970. (Jocko once owned the complete Penske Racing Team 71 Javelin and a trailer full of components).
Here is what I found:
STR stood for Street Tunnel Ram (STR-11 is for AMC, STR-10 is for Chevy):
I couldn’t find the exact Holleys, but these should give a close price:
Here is an old eBay auction to give you an idea of selling prices:
Velocity stacks with foam seal-(not the exact one):
Gasket Sets-original from Mr. Gasket:
Mallory Rev-Pol distributor (tag reads “YC”):
And plug wires (Originals were Packard):
Doug Thorley (Dougs) Headers (again, not exact, but for reference):
Clutch assembly, flywheel, and bellhousing:
Shocks:
Shifter, handle, and rods (Line-Loc switch is shown near shifter
handle, but was not part of this package):
Pistons and rings (JE Pisons):
Here is a press release from J&E about the new pistons used in the car:
Hood Pins (four):
And axles (again, for reference only. Original were Henrys):
Here are the costs:
STR-11 126.00
Install kit (linkage, etc) 29.00
2-Holley Carbs 119.90 (59.95 ea)
2 Carb Gaskets 1.30
2-Velocity Stacks 14.50 (7.25 ea)
Rebuild Gasket Set 19.50
8 Pistons 83.60 (10.45 ea)
Ring Set 25.95
Distributor and Coil 77.00
Plug Wires 25.25
Headers 59.95
4 Shocks 63.90 (31.95 pr)
Blowshield 93.50
Flywheel 74.50
Clutch Plate 49.95
Pressure Plate 73.50
2 Rear Axles 249.90 pr
4 Hood Pins 20.80 (5.95 ea)
Shifter Plate and Rods 15.95
Rockwell Rear Springs-?
Total Cost: $1223.55
Plus cost of machine work to head and the hood scoop. Labor.
Anything else I missed?
Total thus far: $4715.35.
As you can see it is close to the $5000 price AMC promised and that does not factor everything.
And what about this document?
This is right about the time AMC released the Hurst cars. This was to conform to the NHRA rules that the items had to be available over-the-counter from the manufacturer. (And sorry to everyone who has an earlier car and thought the dealer put these on the car when it was purchased new. Nope).
Here are a couple of scans from the Group 19 or performance section of the AMC Parts Book:
These are copies of the parts manual that shows the various block-off plates for the car (I circled them). Note the heater block-off is not just the two at the firewall, but also under the dash where the air goes through the heater core (this is a 70 illustration for reference purposes):
Here is one side of the defroster duct block-off. It was actually one piece-the other side must have ripped off. (The plug for the wiper is not factory):
Here is a clock block-off as seen in a 1970 dash (same 68-70):
Here is a heater control block-off:
Here are the two heater block-offs under the hood-they were not painted and remained primer grey:
Here is a radio block-off-(toggle switches added by owner):
And to be sure the new owners of the cars had the specific part numbers, a tri-color parts catalogue was delivered with each car with instructions to the dealer where they should file it:
This also gives the paint codes for the car. I wonder why they used a different white?And how about this document from AMC? Taller rearend gears!
FYI-A rearend ratio (X.00:1) ending in “.00” means the pinion gear hits the exact same teeth on the ring gear each revolution. This is called a “non-seeking rear ratio” and actually has a timing mark to align the
ring and pinion gears. A ratio ending in “.05” hits the same teeth every other revolution. It also has a timing mark.
