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AMC CARS & PARTS
AMC CARS & PARTS
Tom and Terry Erekson are long time AMC car owners, with Tom being the proud owner of a 1964 Rambler American when he started dating Terry in high school. Sadly, Terry totaled the little 64 American on her way to work in the spring of 1968. In the fall of 1968 Tom and his brother, Erek, had use of their father's 1962 Ambassador (327 V8, 3 speed overdrive) to drive to college. On a return trip to college, driving the Ambassador, Tom pulled out of Lander, WY, and headed over South Pass to Rock Springs, WY, passing a sign that indicated that Rock Springs was 99 miles -- they arrived in Rock Springs and hour and five minutes later!
After Tom and Terry married they purchased a 1968 Rambler American to drive to college and on to Tom's first job as a teacher at Danville High School (Illinois). After finishing graduate school, and with a growing family, Tom purchased a 1979 AMC Concord wagon for transportation in 1986 when he moved the family to Champaign, IL.
When Tom and Terry became empty nesters, living in Macomb, IL, they spent a couple of years looking for the "right" AMC Javelin or AMX. They found a beautiful black 1970
AMX in Joliet, IL, and as soon as Terry saw the AMX she said "that's a car you can buy." The 70 AMX was driven and shown at local shows, always drawing a crowd, and winning trophies.
Tom and Terry have added several AMC's to their stable, including a 1966 Rambler American 2 door hardtop that has been resto modded, a 1979 AMC Spirit with an AMC 401 V8, a 1966 Rambler American convertible, a 1975 AMC Hornet Hatchback that is being built as a land speed race car, and a 1930 Essex coupe that is being built as an AMC Legacy Hot Rod. The AMX and the 66 convertible have moved on to other owners, but the other cars are being updated, driven, raced and shown.
Sadly Terry passed away in May 2023 as a result of Alzheimer's. As her memory was deteriorating she still enjoyed going to car cruises and shows, especially in the1966 Rambler American with its Big Bad Green paint, her favorite color!
AMC CARS & PARTS
AMC CARS & PARTS
AMC CARS & PARTS
We offer used AMC parts from several AMC parts cars. We also can assist AMC owners in sourcing parts to keep their cars road worthy.
Norske Classic Cars currently owns three AMC cars and a 1930 Hudson Essex coupe:
- 1966 Rambler American 2 door hardtop that has been resto modded, the Big Bad Green American sports a 401 V8, T10 four speed trans with Gear Vendors overdrive.
- 1979 AMC Spirit with an AMC 401 V8, a car that has only 34,000 original miles.
- 1975 AMC Hornet Hatchback that is being built as a land speed race car to compete at Bonneville (SCTA) and at ECTA events.
- 1930 Hudson Essex rumble seat coupe to be build as a fenderless hot rod powered by an AMC 401 engine and T10 four speed transmission. A custom 3 deuces intake manifold has been fabricated for this car.
NORSKE RACING
AMC CARS & PARTS
NORSKE RACING
Norske Racing is a Division of Norske Classic Cars with the mission to design, build and race the fastest AMC car on the planet. The current project is a 1975 AMC Hornet Hatchback, powered by a stroked AMC 401 V-8 (440 c.i.), designed to compete in land speed racing at Bonneville (SCTA) and ECTA events (Blytheville, AR).
The photo above shows Tom at Bonneville in September 2004, racing his 2001 Harley Sportster. He achieved a personal goal of joining the USFRA's 130 Club, making a test run,followed by two runs above 130 MPH.
The photo at the top right is Tom racing at the ECTA October 2020 event in Blytheville, AR, with his 1979 AMC Spirit. He made three passes to complete rookie driver training in preparation for testing the 75 Hornet in at ECTA in May 2023, and running at SCTA's Speed Week, Bonneville Salt Flats, in August 2023.
The Hornet was tested in May 2023 at ECTA and achieved a top speed of 170.616 MPH in the standing mile. Speed Week 2023 in early August at the Bonneville salt flats was a wet event -- last minute rains made racing conditions very poor. The Hornet was there, and it passed technical inspection, but was running too rich to make a pass. After returning to Michigan the rich condition was diagnosed and fixed. The Hornet then was raced at the ECTA event in early October 2023. It achieved a standing mile class record of 198.675 MPH naturally aspirated. Transmission shifting problems limited the number of runs, those problems have been addressed.
The Hornet was driven at the USFRA's Test and Tune in June, 2024, with Tom licensing up to 200 MPH. The Hornet passed tech at the SCTA's Speed Week in early August, 2024, however over heated and pressurized nitrous bottles created a lean fuel condition and the engine blew a hole in a piston and the excessive heat stretched the exhaust valves. The engine is being rebuilt, with new forged pistons, heavy duty rods, ad a custom camshaft to handle the nitrous. Plans are to test the Hornet at ECTA in May 2025 and to compete on the slat flats at the USFRA's World of Speed in Early September 2025.