Tim O'Neil's 1969 AMC AMX. Will It Rally?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2024
- We already know the answer. What time will it set on our mountainous rally stage here at Team O'Neil?
Watch the extended cut intro on Off Camber to learn more about the history and build process of the AMX:
• What Is An AMC Rally Car?
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Man you never really see Wyatt out of his comfort zone, but this AMX really did it lol. Awesome video, y’all are the best!
Id love to see you try to rally an AWD Toyota Matrix/Pontiac Vibe. The AWD system isn't the best in them but they are pretty fun to zip around in.
Yes! Agreed! I had an 03 vibe from 0 miles until it literally internally annihilated the trans at 378,000..(it only read 299999..) it was a great little thing, tough as nails, slow as frozen mud on take off but even into the 300k's I could still get it to 128mph.. eventually. 😅 and 29mpg.
Never had an issue until whatever trans thing went bang. Then it wasn't worth fixing.. 😢
But I'd bet I could have run that course pretty damn quick in it... Brick the right pedal and tiptoe the left foot to steer! Great car.
Agreed, interested to see how an older part time AWD system like that would handle rallying.
Fucking great shout dude. Basically a tall Corolla
Drifted a Pacer and Hornet around the snowy streets of 1980's NH, they didn't stop well either, in any weather!!
Don't put bad ideas into my brain, I already made peace that I want to build a BRZ "recce" car and now you show me this.
U and me both friend
As a great leader once said to a Jedi master, "Do it."
You can't get cooler than an AMX on gravel/snow/mud! What a cool ride.
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Seen this beast at NEFR. It stands out so much as a unique old rally car and looks awesome ripping through the stages. Awesome to see a breakdown of it and see what it's like from the inisde, this is why I love these videos
this might be one of the coolest cars ive ever seen
I had a bit of a rally experience when the GPS sent me down a one-lane dirt road in Pittsburg NH when I was tryna see the eclipse!
What road? I live out there kinda curious
@@jeremylutz6893 I thought the Pittsburg town farm was going to be a nice open area with easy public parking, but it turned out to be quite the opposite. The road that lead up there was super slushy and muddy, and my car is an open diff RWD GS300. Had to get some help from my friends who I was with in the car to jiggle it free when I tried to turn it around at the top of the hill where it widens a bit. Very pretty place though. We ended up watching from the full send bar and grill instead.
@@gerarddip Oh nice, I too daily a GS300, also open diff lol. It's low af right now though, and I'm thinking about bring it up an inch or two so I can take it on maintenance roads.
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Mine is stock everything, but I’d love to put some nice BBS mesh rims on there, but moments like these really make me second guess how good of an idea lowering my car by any amount would be!
@@gerarddip Yeah, I have mine set up on Teins for light autocross. While I definitely recommend putting stiffer coils on and beefier sway bars etc. I do think extreme lowering is more trouble than it's generally worth for daily driving if you're not taking it to the track.
I love the 360 cam and the full leaderboards. I’d also love to see this on a pavement leaderboard
I've always wanted to find a nice AMC Eagle SX4 to rally. It won a few SCCA rally titles back in it's day!
Pole Barn Garage has a pretty nice one he did some videos on fixing up. Very cool cars, too bad they were so scarce.
I really feel like this channel is close to the tipping point of really blowing up
We hope so!
Just further inspiration I need to build my 1971 Dodge Demon into a stage rally car. Starting slow with rally cross and perhaps TSD this year, but I have a vision and this video just helps with that.
There is a guy in Irwindale. He had kind of done up Camaro. It was a video like this on TH-cam. During COVID there was this engine and transmission laying around in his dad's shop. (Irwindale raceway in California is in the neighborhood) The guy was able to pop this in his Camaro. He said he would not be able to afford it himself. He is quite young. Bet the car was kind of prepared and everything. Really nice not like a clunker...really nice. Those tranny's there like the ultimate rock crusher or slick shift set-up one might do with Chrysler transmissions. Not for everyone as the guy mentioned here. But inspirational all the same. This AMC is tops though. A great retirement present for yourself I might add. I Love it. Did you get a look at this thing? It would be a drag if he really pulled it up. Lots of work went into this. That AMC was touted in advertisment back in the day as a sort of Vette eater...I don't know about this ..at least it was less apt to literally break in half.
What's you favorite vintage car that you've have seen at a rally?
i saw a trabant once 🤣
on a serious note, I really can't not geek out when I see a ford RS200 or something nutty like that
m.th-cam.com/video/x5AR9vvCfKM/w-d-xo.html
found it 😂
Citroen 2CVs- seems like 4D drifting to me.. I wouldn't even know which window I would be thrown out when hitting the brakes at the wrong time
The 63 Ford Galaxie (and similar cars) which seem to have some popularity in Swedish rallying.
WOW!!!!!!! I am so impressed! Best video I have seen for a long time. I am a AMC fan from Norway and own a 69 AMX. The car looks really good as a rally car and that you still have the AMC engine is just great!
Finally, someone made the Monte Carlo Rallye AMX real!
THANKS for the AMC V-8 AMX Content
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these car were the kings of trans-am back in the day.
Talking about a unique rally car this is more of a forza build but thats what makes it even more fun taking stuff that normally doesn't rally rallying musta felt like bo duke driving it XD
Great stuff guys! Love that you used an AMX for the build!
Love to see a beautiful classic going sideways!
LOL! The dogbox transmission and clutchless shifting! WooHoo!
Thank you for your efforts!
I got to see this thing at the shooting competition. Gnarly machine!
This is the sht I live for. Excellent to finally see this car on Will It Rally!
Ooh, I see you got one of the rear camera mounts that Sam Albert(?) has on his Ferrari STi. Those are so cool.
This one is not as fancy as Sam's :)
@@Teamoneilrally still cool to see it swivel around. Great video as always!
@@ALMX5DP Thank you!
Yes!!! I was hoping the AMX would make an appearance
Interesting angles from the Insta360 back there!
Gnarly. Can't wait to see more! Any chance there will be an appearance at NEFR?
No NEFR this year keep on eye out for a possible 2025 appearance.
Love it! Would be great to see how a car like this is built, especially the suspension.
Here is the extended intro where Tim explains the history and build process: th-cam.com/video/sWxiC3bpmzE/w-d-xo.html
@@Teamoneilrally Thanks!
One of my favorite cars that I've been able to see on stage
Badass! As the owner of a pro touring 69 AMX, I'm just letting you know now that I'll be responsible for a large bump in views!
This thing is wild. Makes me more and more eager to find an AMC Spirit to build.
This is exceptionally awesome. I was always a fan of the Japanese rally cars like the Datsuns and this is really hitting that 240Z vibe for me! Love what you guys do
Thank you for checking us out!
That looks hella fun. :)
Please come back to over mountain rally in Bristol love this car still trying to talk the wife into doing this in the firebird
You gotta try a 2000 dodge Durango I tell you they’re magic in vehicle form 🙏
Great. Now I want to build an American AWD classic rally car.
Can you do a Acura TL love to see one of those rally
There's always something badass about American muscle just tearing down a rally stage.
Retirement missile. What a day to be alive indeed!
A full breakdown of the car is in order
Here is the extended intro, where Tim talks a little bit more about the history and build process: th-cam.com/video/sWxiC3bpmzE/w-d-xo.html
I really wanna see a bone stock volvo 740/940 on here. Most 940s have a locking rear end factory
What an awesome car to rally!
We agree!
That nugget looks Iike fun
Man, if that's not some Dukes of Hazard, NASCAR, moonshine running right there.... So awesome!
hey guys, i wonder if you ever thought about rallying in a bentley. and moreso the older models like the bentley brooklands? would be really awesome lol
Saw this thing at Bristol Forests a few years ago. Easily the coolest thing there
Glad you didn't mess up the bosses car,Wyatt. lol
hell yeah brother!
Incredibly cool car
Sick
Looks like surprisingly stiff suspension for a rally car. Also just a hilarious and cool idea for a build.
Legends
This thing is badasss
Whats been done to the suspension to have it land like it did (beginning of vid)
Check out our extended intro where Tim talks about the build in more detail: studio.th-cam.com/users/videosWxiC3bpmzE/edit
Needs an aluminum big cube V6, a rear-CV transaxle(Corvette layout), and de-dion rear suspension. Making it lighter and improving the weight balance should help with braking quite a bit. The modern 4.3 (called the LV3) if you build it as David Vizard builds his engines should be able to put down over 370hp at the tire and that engine weighs roughly 75%-80% what an all aluminum LS does, so under (well under, even) 400 pounds fully dressed, which is a far cry from the presumably 520+ pound iron V8 this car has, now.
If you just wanted to build "an American car" for rally, why not a Cavalier or Cobalt? I mean, I know it wouldn't be as cool, but it would be a lot more sensible.
I had a '93 Sunbird (Cavalier rebadge) for my first car, and it combined very tossable handling with a physics-defying ability to all but ignore road conditions. I've never seen anything else that handled snow like it.
I looked it up on Automobile-Catalog and a stock 1970 AMX, with the 390 and 4-speed manual, has a quoted weight of 3219lb
Goddamit now i need a AMX rallycar
what brand and size tires are on it ? fun video old cars are always more fun
Currently it is running on Nokian Nordman 7, size 205/65R15
@@Teamoneilrally thank you
What’s that noise, the transmission?
Stock Car Transmission
For a minute from the I’m car camera it sounded like a ev because of the gearbox
Smashing the Bosses rally car: That's a Paycheck.
looks like the gopro is attached to the back window for some shots and not for others sounds suss????
Anyone know what engine is in this thing?
390 cu in 6.4 L V8
You can really tell the concentration by how much slower he's talking than normal
I would have chosen a 1983 AMC Spirit hatchback... (lighter weight/awd)
Next up - a Ford or Chevy rwd cargo van?
th-cam.com/video/-bh2wsPQ7AQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Mljbd3kj_b09XRK0
Rally that F350 flatbed that was in the background. Rally your spouse’s car. WE WANNA KNOW IF IT’LL RALLY!!!!
Can you find a amc eagle to rally?
We have an AMC AMX!
these roll off the factory under 3000lbs, what the hell did they put on this thing to make it nearly 4k is beyond me.
Keep in mind though, this vehicle has a roll cage, a big steel skidplate underneath, and heavy duty suspension.
Hey, we all know American muscle cars can rally, we watched the Dukes of Hazzard rally a Dodge Charger for years - some say they were the first and only Dodge factory WRC team 😉😅
lol, that was awesome
This was probably the best episode yet - fucking AMC Musk over there brought you a car to really challenge your skills.
Why not use an AMC Eagle???
Hot damn lol
How can that car weigh more than my stock 69 AMX ????
Tim's AMX has a big metal skid plate underneath, a roll cage, and heavy duty suspension, which make it weigh more than stock.
Um. 3700 lbs isn’t right Sure u have scales but that’s way too much. Did u fill things with lead
Keep in mind though, this vehicle has a roll cage, a big steel skidplate underneath, and heavy duty suspension.
@@Teamoneilrally my 69 weighed 3150 with an auto trans.so yeah something's not right
Ahhh America. Land of the free. Only country where sometimes it takes 5 litres to make 143 hp
This car is SUPER cool but how do you add SEVEN hundred pounds to an AMX? Weren't they about 3000 stock?
There's a big metal skid plate underneath. There's a roll cage inside, and the suspension has been beefed up.
You need to actually weight that car just because its an older muscle doesnt mean its 4,000 lbs with driver.
Keep in mind though, this vehicle has a roll cage, a big steel skidplate underneath, and heavy duty suspension.
That car is a mad ass badger