The American Motors Corporation (AMC) is likely best remembered as the plucky underdog competitor to the Big Three in the ...

Maybe most of the collecting public has forgotten about this rare powerplant, but TopSpeed, and hopefully our readers, have ...

The car was found in an Iowa barn after decades, with its original engine missing (but with a 455 V8 replacement); what would you do with it?

It had an AMC 390 V8 powertrain, which was the automaker's most powerful engine up to that point, and was capable of churning out 340 horsepower at 5,100 rpm, with a compression ratio of 10:1.

A far departure from its foundation, the AMC SC/Rambler came with a 390-cubic-inch V8 engine and a four-barrel carburetor, which produced 315 horsepower. While only 1,512 were made, one in a like ...