This topic has probably been raised before but would just like some other takes on this. Im sure most of you as I have seen the ebay ads and some on other sites advertising a rolling z28 or ss. These cars are stripped to the bone but retain the vin and cowl tag that denotes X 22, 33, etc etc. I know there are restampings and schistering going on everyday, which drives the market for these cars, six months from now they pop back up as a frame off all numbers matching and go for 45k min. I guess my beef is the fact that a lot of nice clean first gens get stiffed because of the base vin or cowl tag while the average joe salivates or a piece of tin on the firewall. My brother owned a 69 fathom z straight off the showroom floor, i have owned 17 first gens in my life, one was a x55 all original that i spent more time cleaning than driving. My favorite car that i ever had was a factory 6 cyl 69 that had a 69corvette 427 dropped in it. i guess what im saying is that i appreciate all the first gens and understand the value of the all original cars, just cant seem to put my finger on the number craze when the motor, trans , and rear are gone.

X44 used to be worth nothing, pretty much.

Now they are X44YENKOCOPOCLONE on ebay. X11 tag seems to be worth gold now, also.

dave

My car is an all original X44 car. After 12 years and a few more to come, it will be a genuine X44/AMC original. Not clone, reproduction, recreation, etc., but a real A.M.C.



Ats'a My Car!

A nice car that you enjoy driving is worth more than the most rare trailer queen that is never driven. Kinda like Super Models,, nice to look at....
but that is JMHO.

I have been involved with these cars for 31 years and what I see today is sad. As prices have risen beyond stupid the carpetbaggers have moved in. Everything is hyped as valuable, hoplessly incorrect restorations sell for big money and are flipped again a few months later. Nothing surprises me anymore.

X11 and X44 are virtually meaningless.