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skaven
07/11/09

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My father used to restore these back in the day. My favorite years... in order.

70: Shadow Mask looks great with the hood scoop

69: Big Bad Orange, and painted bumpers plz!

68: Well... it's process of elimination people.

I would take any of the 3, but the 70 Javelin is my favorite. I always thought the AMX short wheelbase looked awkward with the large quarter panels, and the Javelin fixed some of that with the 12" longer wheelbase.

Ah, it's a shame he sold all his including the Big Bad Orange 70 w/black Shadow Mask and Red 68 w/black stripes. The Red on Black is still a favorite color combo for me.

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Deartháir II
07/11/09

@skaven: I promoted this just because I think you're the only person in the history of ever who thought that the Javelin is the better looking car than the AMX, and I respect that kind of depraved insanity.
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68stang
07/11/09

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I'd give my middle nut for a 68-70 AMX with a 4 speed.
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Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
07/12/09

@68stang: So would I. Perhaps even to include one of the two next to it.
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SmaartAasSaabr
07/11/09

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why don't they paint the friggin car?
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Murilee Martin
07/11/09

@SmaartAasSaabr: Because it's a friggin' work in progress.
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Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
07/11/09

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There's a used car lot/self-storage/used-car-parts place down the street from me that has had no less than three AMXs in the four years I've lived here. I don't think they're actually for sale, so much as on display, though. It's hard to say, and he keeps weird hours, so I never have had the chance to go and ask about them.
Street view
It think this was taken a bit over a year ago, because I recall a bunch of rednecks being absolutely baffled by the streetview cars around town at the time, and the view of my workplace has a picture of a guy who was fired around that time getting into his Jeep.
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WilliamG.
07/11/09

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Wait, the dad drives a pink car and the daughter drives the primer gray one? Bizzaro world. Nice find, and she looks to be in great shape. I would like to see pictures of this daughter, though.
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Novaload
07/11/09

@WilliamG.: Alameda has its own rules. It's not technically a part of our space/time continuum.
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WilliamG.
07/11/09

@Novaload Misses Murilee: This, and my current quasi-employment situation, makes me think that I should move to Alameda and bring only my '57 Chevy with me.
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mdensch
07/11/09

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The 68 and 69 Javelins and AMXs were probably the purest expression of Dick Teague's "design language" and the AMXs were, arguably, the cleaner of the two cars.

Very spare lines, single round head lights at either end of a simple grille, form-follows-function executed better than any other Detroit car maker before or since. All the more impressive when you consider the limited resources that AMCs design department was working with. (Harley Earl probably spent more on suits than AMC spent on their design department.)

These themes ran straight through from the 64 American to the 74 Matador Coupe and, to a lesser degree, the Pacer.

It is unlikely that we will ever see the like again.

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Novaload
07/11/09

@mdensch: Excellent observations. AMC was the Quaker of the car world--plain but attractive, simple--almost utilitarian--oh, we need headlights. About two round ones on either side of the grille?--apart from the occasional Rambler mutant and of course the Pacer and Gremlin--the weird cousins no one wanted to talk about.
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ThreeLitre
07/11/09

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In the words of another great 60s icon - paint it black. Nice paint job on this girl and seriously, who cares what she drives like, she'll look epic.
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JoeHardrock
07/11/09

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The 1970 model AMX is the most attractive one to me. This is how you make an American sports car, right here.
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BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
07/11/09

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1969 AMC AMX, somehow makes me relate this to yesterdays number plate 693 WAY
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Maymar
07/11/09

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I need to be adopted by that family, for serious.
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skitter
07/11/09

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What carmaker, dying today, would leave the same sense of loss for their entire lineup that AMC has to this day? Talking with the Kenosha faithful is like finding an entirely different philosophy of life that has now disappeared from the roads. Oldsmobile and Pontiac had only started a rebound from years of neglect when killed. Plymouth died neglected and Mercury may yet, leaving only Saturn, whose loyal fanbase seems to have shrunk, and is uncertain as its future.
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jesusonthedashboard
07/11/09

@skitter: I suppose only starred commenters get to promote comments, so in lieu of that:

"Rockford Brodie promoted this comment."
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skitter
07/11/09

@Rockford Brodie: I think you've just invented a valuable tool. It will be our 'push to pass'.
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A strolling player
07/11/09

@Rockford Brodie: I have been making use of the "Suggest a Star" button for deserving commenters.
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skitter
07/11/09

@A strolling player: I have great faith in the starred Commentariat, but Rockford's idea that anyone can put it to use is brilliant, even if it has no formatting effect.
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A strolling player
07/11/09

@skitter: Ah, yes. The "+1" of a new Jalopnik.
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Murilee Martin
07/11/09

@Rockford Brodie: Well, whaddya know- I've got my star-giving abilities back, after months of hamster refusal. Now I can decide which sneetches get stars upon thars!
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skitter
07/11/09

@Murilee Martin: I feel like I've been knighted, full stop. Now I will traverse the vast oceans of comments, performing noble deeds. Though I don't think the slaying of dragons is the done thing around here.
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Murilee Martin
07/11/09

@skitter: I still don't have the ability to approve new commenters, however, so you guys waiting for your comments to appear can stop emailing me. Instead, scream at Gawker HQ!
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DoctorNine
07/11/09

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Man, I love these things. There is just something about that huge honking chrome shifter, and the way it feels in the palm of your hand. Very nice. In fact, I could almost see wiring a nice pair of 'Truck Nutz' right around that rubber boot, to complete the effect.
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junkman
07/11/09

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As a former owner of an Oleg Cassini Matador (and current Pacer owner), I'm here to testify that the AMX or SC/Rambler are the cars to have. Murilee, you could make a small fortune brokering these DOTS gems to poor, deprived enthusiasts in the rustbelt like me.
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Novaload
07/11/09

@junkman: Peddle that sob story somewhere else, bro. "Deprived" you are not. While you have an empty spot or two in your amazing garage for an AMC or two, you're the only Jalop I know who actually HAS a fantasy garage. Plus, you owned a Cassini Matador. Anyone else want to top that? Anyone?
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Deartháir II
07/11/09

@junkman: You've had your fair share of awesome vehicles, it's time for some of the rest of us to have a chance before you own every cool car in North America! Particularly since I have precisely zero high-horsepower cars in my fantasy garage. The most powerful one is my 240-horse Corrado, I think I am far more deserving of a nice big beefy S/C Rambler or AMX, particularly since they'd go so nicely with my '64 Rambler Classic.
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