One of the great things about this car is that its history is known! The car has had three owners in its 45 years of existence. The first owner, Navy Vietnam Veteran Bernard K, bought the car on his way home from Vietnam in 1968. “I bought the car in Long Beach, California, after I returned on my Navy destroyer from two years in the Far East.” Bernie ended up at Rancho Rambler in Long Beach, California, where he purchased the car on September 9, 1968 (he actually went there in search of a Javelin but ended up with the AMX). Bernie drove the car cross country to Washington, DC, his next duty assignment, and then returned home with the car to Chicago when he got out of the Navy. According to Bernie, the AMX got to stretch its legs early, as he pushed the car over 100 mph for the first time while driving east from Los Angeles toward Las Vegas, and “the car accelerated nicely to 120 mph somewhere in Utah or Nevada!” During the car’s Chicago years, it was parked in Bernie’s aunt’s garage for several years after he graduated from law school at Northwestern and bought a Porsche. The car lived in Chicago until July 12, 2000, when Bernie sold the car to David M. of Conway, New Hampshire. According to Bernie, the car had about 75,000 miles on it when he sold it.
Photo of the car in Chicago, not long before being sold to David M. of New Hampshire.
The car was bought by David M as a father-son project car. They did several repairs to the car and had the car repainted in its original Hialeah Yellow color with black stripes. It was a very well done professional paint job ($5,000+) over some new sheet metal that still looks excellent today, as you can see from the photos of the car. They didn’t get around to overhauling the motor before selling the car through a local New Hampshire classic car dealer to its current owners – (another) David M and Pam M – in the summer of 2009.
Photo of the car in New Hampshire in the snow.
The second David M, the current owner of the AMX, bought the car through the classic car dealer in July 2009 and had the car shipped to its current home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. David had been looking for a muscle car, but wanted “something different.” Something you don’t see lots of at car shows. He had always admired the lines of the AMX, and liked the fact that there weren’t many made (only around 20,000 total over three years – 1968-1970). And there was a bit of AMC history in his past, as his parents owned a Rambler back in the 60’s. So that’s the car’s history!
Below are photos of the car’s original window sticker and build sheet, which come with the car along with a copy of the car’s Illinois title. Oh, and the car’s original maintenance manual, owner’s manual, and optional equipment and accessory brochure are in the glove box!
Photo of the car on its first day in Colorado.
Photos of the car’s original window sticker, build sheet and tech manual.
Photo of the car’s owner's manual.
