1981 AMX Turbo- PPG Pace Car flyer

[Route 66 Rambler]

This is a flyer handed out to introduce the 1981 AMX Turbo by AMC, used as one of the Pace Cars for the 1981 PPG Indy Car World Series.

According to the back of the flyer, the car is equipped with a turbocharged, fuel injected 258 Cubic Inch Inline 6 cylinder OHV, developing 450 horsepower.

Thaddle Skedaddle. 
mike

Front:



Back:



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This item is archived in the Open Library Project:

http://library.route66rambler.com/?p=51

[AMX]

A nice shot from Kenosha 2002.

[IowaEagle]

I like the B pillar treatment.

[Smitch]

I like the door handle!   

[Eagle Kammback]

That is BEAUTIFUL! I wish they put her into production

[AMX]

A couple more pics from Kenosha:

[Route 66 Rambler]

What an awesome rig.  Can you imagine 450 HP in a Spirit?  Especially out of a six, which gives you a real good balance front/rear.  I'd love to drive that car.  You know the suspension is incredible.
mike

[IowaEagle]

It would have been a winner -- still looks "fresh" by today's standards.

[tatertot91]

Here are some pics i took in December 2007 at Miami Motor Speedway. I know the guy who owns it here in Pompano Beach, Fl. He has a pretty cool AMX/AMC collection. By the way these pictures were taken from a cellphone so their not the greatest quality but their still pretty good.

The guy who owns it now is standing on the left in the fourth picture.

[IowaEagle]

Thanks for the new pictures and update.  And, welcome to the AMC Heritage Forum.

[Route 66 Rambler]

Welcome, tatertot91!  Great contribution, and 5 years more added to the known history of this car.  A little Rambler Mentality fer ya... 
mike

[mramc]

One of Dick Teaque's sons was working for Mitsubishi some time after the 81 AMX Turbo came  out and basically took the design and used it as a early Mitsu production car called the Mitsubishi Starion (sp?) . I believe there was a Dodge version too. Collectible Automobile did a cheap wheels article on them some time ago. It was early in Mitsu's attempts at entering the US market and they did not sell the best. They did use a turbo straight six on most of them , but without the high horsepower. I'm thinking it was around the mid to late 80's , 86 or 87/88 or so. LRDaum

[IowaEagle]

Was it an AMC I-6 they used or someone else's?

[AMX]

I never knew about the Starion/Conquest family connection to the PPG pace car and actually never noticed the similarity, but it's there!

[scotty]

Hate to ask this... but... do you have a bigger picture of the back?  I'd love to read whats there...

Edit:

I've only seen Starions with the I4, but I reckon that if they did use Straight Six's, it'd be a Mitsu design...

DSM

[Route 66 Rambler]

I've modified the original post in this topic to use better pictures, and to fix the broken links that were there.

Clicking on the pictures of the flyer above will now take you to the archived flyer in the Open Library Project.

Below is a link that will go just to the back of the flyer itself, in a full-screen size:

http://www.library.route66rambler.com/stack1/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3822&g2_serialNumber=2

-mike

[T5258]

Starion/Conquest only came w/a 2.6 litre I-4...early (appox 83-86) weren't intercooled & had 145 hp...later models (the boxed & flared looking ones) were intercooled & had 176 hp initially & I think ended w/188 hp...fun cars to drive, but they had wicked turbo lag...a friend of mine had one & the first time I drove it (rainy day), the back end kept trying to beat the front thru corners...something about 8-10 lbs of boost coming on all at once....

[Route 66 Rambler]

The back window says NBC Sports