Many of the company's engines, including the AMC 304 V8, went into both AMC and Jeep vehicles. The AMC 304 V8 was a special engine. AMC stuffed the engine into very nearly everything the brand ...

The Hornet debuted in 1970 in two- and four-door styles and a tame set of engine options: single- and dual-barrel carb versions of the 258 inline-six and the two-barrel 304 cubic inch V8.