1968 AMC Playmate of the Year AMX - Jay Leno's Garage
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- Why is this car Playmate pink? Mark Melvin tells Jay the sordid backstory of the car he and his AMX Club buddies restored from the ground up.
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1968 AMC Playmate of the Year AMX - Jay Leno's Garage
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This might be the most unintentionally hilarious episode of Leno's Garage.
Unintentionally? Jay saw the humor in the situation and took advantage of it. He’s a funny guy.
“Yeah,yeah,shot the husband. So did you find he title?”
That guy was a great straight man for Jay😂
Jay Lenox’s garage is hands down THE best automotive show period. He’s a genuinely nice guy in person if you meet him too. Not a shred of arrogance or condescension. I’m glad he’s recovered. God Bless you Jay.
I had a '70 Javelin 390 4-speed and, at age 65, it remains my favorite car of all time. I spun a manhole cover off with it, sending it blocks down the street, sparks everywhere. Scared the bejesus out of me when the rear end of the car did the dive as it dipped into the hole, but it came back up and the skyrocket was off! Man, that was one fun car. My only muscle car.
love those tall storys my 390 would tourque rev on to two wheels on its side would make the girls slide into my lap ....
thank God
@@kevinburk1670 I have to say I have never heard the term "torque rev". What is that exactly? Like doing a brake-stand to get the tires boiling then letting off the brakes and powering through it with your foot all in it and sliding sideways?
Is the Javelin a longer wheelbase version of the AMX with a backseat?
@@martinliehs2513 Yes. The AMX was the sports car, the Javelin the cruiser. Lemme tell ya, my Javelin didn't know how to cruise, just spin manhole covers off. (OK, just once, but the thing sparked 100 yards down and let me know that my rear springs had NOT indeed broken.)
My dad bought a 68 AMX 390 go pack when he got out of the military. Cool car, lots of great memories. RIP Dad.
I love it that everyone trusts Jay with the keys to their pride and joy!
There has got to be a liability waiver and contract rider if SIMPLY BC other people can be hurt in a multi-car accident or pedestrian involvement.
If ever there's someone that can afford to pay for any damages. Jay can
@@kdsboosted4954 lol yup
Oh, so you shot your husband? Listen...I still need that title...
Loved this one. Mark is low key and his car is great. Pink is the color for it too. Really pops.
I watch these videos as much to see and listen to Jay Leno as for the cars, maybe more. It is uplifting to see how much Jay appreciates life.
I can’t imagine a kinder or more respectful person. Thank you, Jay. You are truly a breath of fresh air.
#DontBlameConan
Beautiful car. Pink even looks ok. . . . Back in early 70’s, drove my brother’s ‘68 AMX around the block a few times. 390 4-speed, it was rough, loud, and squirelly. Bright orange paint, body-color bumpers, black leather interior. A real beauty.
Jay cracks jokes.. the guy stays totally deadpan heheheh
He must be a cop. No sense of humor.
Likely because Jay isn’t funny.
That dude has zero sense of humor
@@rhoadnaroahs not true. Most cops have a great sense of humor. It's just darker than most people's. The cops I know would have had more jokes about the color, the girl, the shooting and most definitely the car's current owner, than Jay would have liked.
Yeah, I mean geez, if I'm riding around with Jay Leno at the wheel of my car, I'd be non-stop grinning and cracking as many bad jokes as I could think of.
When I met Jay recently, he asked me if I had seen this episode. Now I understand why! What a story.
Amazing story !!!👍👍
My father-in-law drove this car from the AMC factory in Kenosha to the Lake Geneva Playboy Club to deliver it for presentation
Wow That's awesome!
Wow, my first car, the 1968 AMX in white with the "Go-Pac" 390 cubic inch 315 horsepower, 4 speed cost about $3600. Had it for about 8 years, wish I still had it, an amazing fun car and quite fast for it's time.
Wow
Lucky
This dude knows more about the playmate than the car lol...
I think we'll be hearing about this guy soon.Not in a good way.
@Seraph909 butt
Yeah, its creepy
Aww I love Victoria she was my roommate 💗 such sweet lady
Some guys like cars and women.
Other guys like women and cars.
My uncle Phil had a white one that he bought new in 1969. I was 17 and he let me drive from our house, South of Brighton, IL to Godfrey, IL. It was about ten miles away. I drove it and washed it off at a car wash and dried it. When I headed back home I got on it a little and it started fish tailing. This lightweight car, looked like a cut down Javlin, had a 390 in it. I loved it.
I don't think he was joking when he said he was going to wait outside the prison.
At that moment my doubts vanished. All I could think is "Jay you need to get out of that car. Run."
Chloroform king
Why has the lady tried to kill her husband?
He looks like a serial killer!
A lot of time has past since 1968, I think that guy is going to be disappointed when he sees what walks out of that prison. lol.
Even the boot sticker is there, wow, these guys went all the way. Excellent restoration of an iconic, odd, pink car.
I remember this car and the Playmate it was given to very well. The car has had a happier life than Angela Dorian (Victoria Vetri) has had.
The AMX is basically a shortened Javelin from those same years. Both beautiful cars.
Right the AMX is shorter and there is no back seat
So that's the difference between the two. I always wondered. Sucker for a nice SST...
Yup
Amx so hard to find... So I have to settle for a javelin... But that's ok
Not much of a settle😁 I am gonna do it playmate pink too so I guess it doesn't matter
@@WillBlindYouWithLight Mopar panther pink would look better, pretty cool color
dear god finally some love for AMC...
Nice...Crazy story behind the car. This is the car I remember my Dad having growing up, his was a 1968 also, red with a 390.
AMX history
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So sad that AMC had to go out of bussiness,they were such innovators and creatives on a string budget,I am in awe as to what amazing things these geniuses could do today.
It got worse when they teamed up with the French
AMC needed a compact economy car so they imported the Renault Alliance, named for an Alliance between Renault and AMC/Jeep in importing Renault models around 1982. I had a Alliance that had best milage of 32gal. Would fry computers till I found computer harness bulkhead connector on upper passenger foot well was wet and pins green causing resistance to melt internal circuit.
Here in Kenosha where the AMC was made, No one, I mean NO ONE here owns an AMC.
@@dougbourdo2589 So there's _nobody_ in Kenosha, Swissconsin with a whit of sense? Too bad. ;)
The problem with ANC was that most of the cars they made were ugly. The Gremlin,The Pacer,etc. their company developed a “loser” reputation and they were made fun off back in the day. People who owned them were considered oddballs. There were just so many better,nicer looking cars out there.
Tha AMX and the Javelin were ok though.
Haha I love when Jay does the tires screeching noise " Yay-ya-yah-!;!!
think of those 70's movies chase scenes....Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry Chryslers. Tires would screech even in the desert sand.
Dayum - they even mentioned the AMC Rebel - which I remember fondly. My favorite (ever) math teacher (middle school - female) owned one. The Rebel SST was a four-door sedan that competed with Ford's Fairlane and Chevy's Impala/Caprice - the four-doors of its day. (And no - I didn't have a crush on her - she was married. She was my favorite math teacher because she got me seriously into math - seventh AND eighth grades. It was why I actually requested her to be my eighth-grade algebra teacher - despite (in fact *because*) of her reputation for being a tough teacher.)
This takes me back; my mom worked for American Motors and she had a friend that looked like a playmate that had a race ready AMX. I did some work for her and she gave me a ride home in her AMX. The juxtaposition of this sexy girl driving this beast of a car was magical and compelling, I commented on how hard the ride was and she said it was due to the racing shocks. I can tell you that the ride was not the only hard thing in the car that idyllic "summer of 42" like afternoon.
I thought you were going to say your mom was a playmate.
Great end to your comment. Ha ha.
The story about the gun is nuts
At 13:30 when the owner mentions the bullet they found under the seat and Jay is like, "Yeah, yeah, it drives very similar to a..." the coffee I was drinking nearly came out my nose.
I'm dead ....no pun
There was an edit there, whatever Jay responded was cut out.
Rowdy Bodine -- maybe. Sometime jay just doesn’t respond lol
13:35
Oh look, I found evidence in an attempted murder case. I think I'll have a keychain made out of it.
What a treat to be regaled with stories about the Playmate - but not the car.
...Give her a ride home from prison?????
This was painful...
He actually did.
They are together ♡.
He can always sell it to a Mary Kay representative!
aren't mary kay cars painted dusk pearl metallic??
@@tommurphy4307 yes they are my mom has a 82 mercury capri it still looks good
The way Jay says "Ooooh-kay" after he's told Dorian "met Roman Polanski" is perfect.
So her playmate name is an ode to the Andria Doria. Wonder if there is a family backstory to that?
Reminds me of when my family got an AMX as a loaner in the "70s. Really cool car. Remember sliding around the back seat with my brothers.
My buddy Joe in NJ had a ratty red one in fair condition with the 290 and a 3 speed on the floor. He always had electrical problems behind the dash. He sold it to a shop in Pompton Lakes NJ in 1986 and it sat on a rack there for at least 10 years. Before he delivered it he took me on his last ride in it and that car was quick! Back then everyone talked big cubic inches but seeing this video that sticker on the air cleaner, "high compression", which obviously made a difference. This guy has a great story with that car.
"The Corvette was just a few seconds faster than the AMX". Oh, is that all? Basically the same then! XD
A few seconds is forever in a drag race or any race for that matter.
@@Pr3ct I thought the same at first, but in retrospect, he didn't say "drag race". I'm assuming he was referring to a road course.
i THINK he was talking
about himself in the sack...
A Yugo is also just a few seconds slower.
Actually my 70 AMX 360 V8 4-speed was faster than my 77 Vette 350 V8 4-speed. 70 Vettes with an LT1 or big block would always outrun me, but I loved my AMX because it was an underdog, fast enough, and very unique.
My Dad owned a cab co in NW Mpls, he bought Ramblers. I could get AMC cars cheap. I had a Rambler American, an SCRambler, a Pacer, a few Gremlins and a 1969 Javelin 390 SST. He drove Ambassadors, a Hornet and a Matador. Lots of fun.
Great to see Jay not interrupting the guests and letting them speak.
Thank you so much for this show. The more I watch the more I appreciate classic cars!
I always loved the AMX, and American Motors! I wish they would make a comeback! A lady lived next to me when I was a kid who was a retired Boeing aircraft worker who drove daily a AMC Javelin SST with the 390 engine. Jay if you ever get the chance, please do a video on the AMC Javelin SST, you will like that car too as well. Great video!
D. J. Tanner I'm surprised Javelins weren't mentioned. The story goes that AMC wanted another performance car but couldn't afford it so they basically carved about a foot out of the middle of the Javelin and made the AMX, long known as the only 2-seater muscle car.
greg raines, yes sir, I think Javelins are one of the unsung heroes of the muscle car era..not hardly mentioned enough I think..
greg raines - From what I read in car mags about history of American Motors: the AMX was ENGINEERED FIRST, the Javelin second. I think the end result was the AMX and Javelin came to be on the showroom floor at the same time. Pink or not (if I had an AMX, yes it would be another color), this is one sweet ride, it is a 1-of-1 car, big $, Playboy history or not. I'm glad it is being driven!!
D. J. Tanner Nice looking car those, BUT I recon Jay needs to do a classic mini.
D. J. Tanner Interesting about the Boeing worker. Nash was the American pioneer of unibody, touted in the Nash years as 'Airflyte' because of the relative similarity to aircraft vs. other American cars. Still somewhat true in 1968, most American makes other than AMC were body-on-frame. Chrysler was the 2nd American full-line unibody company, how far along were they in 1968 relative to AMC?
Angela Dorian was her "Playboy Playmate" name. Her real name was Victoria Vetri......which she used as her character's name in Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. I got to spend time with her in the 1980's before she was married. She was a fun and fascinating lady in those days....and yes she had the AMX then but it was a beat up ghost of its former self.
She must have driven drunk or on drugs, why was it so beat up?
@@theonlydjtopcat Every panel had damage lol
@@theonlydjtopcat living in the city, cars get banged up...
I think they should have talked more about what made the AMX unique. And not the color or the playmate connection. The first generation AMX was unique because it wasn't just a Javelin with the back seat removed. The car was shortened by AMC and with the high performance 390 and four speed manual transmission, truly was America's other two seat sports car.
I prefer what they talked about. Everything you mentioned was readily available.
License plate should be PLAYM8
+Troy Botteon Wrong > > Pu55y .....lol
Lol. Stop by the mansion to show Hef, who probably just swallowed a two year supply of Viagra. LOL
Jay would have to stand five feet away to shake Hefs hand. LOL.
Jay ; hey Hef, is that the Viagra or, uhh, you just happy to see me ?
did you see the mansion was sold. www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/06/06/playboy-mansion-sold-neighbor/85513642/ Hef can live there until he dies thou.
Their gonna have to bring the hazmat team to the " mansion" to pick up and scrape the "DNA" off of the floors, walls, ceilings and gawd only knows where else !
excuse me. I'm starting to vomit.
😩-oh god !
362436 to match the number on the glovebox trim.
I have always like the history of each car Mr. Leno presents.
She was transferred to a low-security for her last year. He actually did wait for her outside facility one weekend. Mark did have a plan.
My Dad had a 1969 Rebel SST. Nice reliable car that was very comfortable ...ahead of it's time with factory shoulder belts. Smooth 290 engine. But I lusted after the Machine with the 390 4 gear and red, white and blue paint scheme!
Thanks for sharing this AMX & it’s story. AMX has always been one of my favs.
love the intro music. I love the quirky AMX, even looks good in pink
Oh yea.it looks good in.pink if you name is Richard Simons or you want to.get the car destroyed
Are you sure?? :/
It's called Sugar Zone by Silent Partner
@@James-Lee-Smith .........and they basically lifted the entire song from Quincy Jones's Soul Bossa Nova
@@Johnnywhamo good info. Thanks. I'm not familiar with much of Jones' work outside of The Streetbeater.
Jay is creeped out by this guy haha
cue TWILIGHT ZONE MUSIC
*_Did someone call me?_*
I hope we ALL are!!!
I had a 68 with a 390, Borg-Warner 3 speed automatic and four wheel drum breaks.
Great fun to drive...frightening to stop.
I worked with her husband and rode in that car many times in the late 90s. I always thought it was a shame about the condition it was in. Victoria's measurement were on the glove box... She was always really nice to me. I can't think what could have happened to push her over the edge like that. :( Glad you got the car back together. :)
Two guys driving around in a pink car.... Heh heh heh 😍
There is a google pic of her in the car recently, I guess he wasn’t kidding about picking her up from prison! 😂
It's what kept him going and sinking money into fixing it up lol
I owned a 69 AMC Javelin with a 155 HP inline six cylinder manual three speed back in the mid 70's. It was light, faster than you think with tons of torque and got great gas mileage. With the manual I could blow away other cars off the line, they would catch me after second gear. It handled really well and the brakes were very good. It was a fun car and was great on longer trips. It was much more comfortable to drive on longer trips than a Mustang and always felt better in the turns when pushed hard. Also, the Javelin was better in the snow than all other vehicles I owned up until then, that is until I got my 1970 Buick GS 350 with Posi-Traction in 78. I put Yokahoma radials on the Buick and could power through 10 inches of slush on NJ highways. I loved both cars. The Javelin was great. I'd love to own one again.
That is a very clean AMX. Nice job guys.
Thanks Jay for another great episode. You and are children of the 20 th century , you have a decade on me. I love your stories because they are like mine. We all grew up with friends with the old cars.
Excellent Restoration on a Awesome Car with a Great History... I Glad it was painted back Pink and restored According to the great story behind this one of a kind AMX... EXCELLENT JOB.!!
That first dude needs to lighten up. Yeesh.
You'd be a bit stone faced about such things if you spent that much money restoring a car you didn't have a title for, too.
@@anonymousinc6330 Good point! ...I wonder, if he ever got the title? Apparently, she's been released from prison and has attended car shows with her former car. Maybe she found the title and got it to Mike or helped him get a duplicate?
I thought it was the AMX that AMC ran in Trans-AM but it was the Javelin. That period of racing and that series was pretty amazing.
I love how about everybody is freaked out about the story. But without the story and its uniqueness, this is just another AMX, when you get down to it.
And an automatic one with just a 290!
@@sparky6086 290 or no, I'd take it (with a valid title of course). Always liked the AMX / Javelin body style.
@@anonymousinc6330 Yes. ...And apparently the 290 is the same block or engine family as the 390, so you could alway change the bore & stroke, etc, if you wished..
This is a very interesting cool story, Find some more of these Jay.
*Great episode! When I was a kid my fathers pilot bought one of these and I was in love with the car! After looking for a red one like the pilot's for 40 years, I finally found one! In 2018 I bought a '74 AMC/AMX Javelin, with the powerful little 304-CID V8. She had 90-K original miles, which is pretty good for a 45 year old car. The car was in nearly original garage-kept condition, the only difference being the paint job, which was a 'PPG Trans Am Red', otherwise She is completely original. I had only owned the car for two days, then my wife drove it... and POOF!... from that moment on it magically belonged to my wife! lol... but, she still 'allows' me to service the car and detail it every Spring lol. I read a bit about the story of Victoria Vetri's attempted murder of her husband, "Rocker" Bruce Rathgeb. Victoria Vetri, AKA Victoria Rathgeb & Angela Dorian, as stated in the video, had been Manson murder victim Sharon Tate's best friend and, even though Manson was locked-up for forever and a day, she still feared that Manson was after her. As also stated in the video, the well-known director and pervert, Roman Polanski not only gave her a part in his movie, he bought her a gun to protect herself from Manson, the very same gun with which she shot her hubby. Her, and her "former rock star husband" were doing meth for most of the day, so, she was obviously not in a rational state of mind. After shooting him, her husband heard her repeating the words, "No more Charlie!" Luckily, her hubby made a complete recovery. I attempted to find out if she is still in prison but, there was no update, at least not here in Europe where the results are heavily censored.*
She’s not still locked up. In fact, she was at a car show with the owner of this car in 2019. Here is a link to the video. m.czcams.com/video/adh5k1_Wrok/video.html
Your... father's... pilot???
These were great cars. My cousin still has his that he bought BRAND NEW in 1968. I remember cruising around in it when I was around 5.
VERY surprised that AMC did not use their best engine in this...the 390. But still.....gorgeous.
Very nicely styled car front and back and I love the pink colour. They really should make more cars in pink. The only current one I know of is the Mitsubishi Mirage, which they call Passion Purple, but it's really pink.
I felt like Jay lost interest a bit, once he figured out it was a 290 instead of a 390. It's a great story and a very nice restoration.
RamblinAround Hard for Jay to keep from laughing out loud.
RamblinAround lol!!
+RamblinAround i have to admit I kind of did too. but the history of the car is whats more important
The difference in how it rides isn't as great as you'd think. A 290 4bbl with dual exhausts back then would put out enough power to do a 15+ sec quarter and reach about 125mph. This car has an auto, so the 1/4 time was probably around 16 seconds,still pretty quick. A 390 with the old 4 speeds (most had an almost granny 1st gear), would only give you another second faster, which you probably wouldn't really feel. I had a 289 4bbl mustang, and had driven 390 mustangs which didn't feel much different. All those pony cars were a treat to drive if you had grown up driving a big sedan. The big difference was the turning radius of the AMX, which came in handy when you came to school and had to parallel park.
Yeah....l noticed that too, l wondered if the car would have made it on the show if Jay would have known it was the Base model, and not a 390 car.
Lucky Jay that he did not have audiences like this guy!!
Great restoration. I still love AMC autos, as i've owned two Rambler Rebels out here in NZ.
I've never even seen one in aus
Nice restoration and one-of-a-kind story. Thanks to Jay and the owner.
Awesome car... Always had a soft spot for the AMX when I was a kid. I love the lines and look of the body... Sharp! Thanks Jay ^_^
Gorgeous car! Well done restoration!
AMX is very nice. I like those and SC Scrambler and Rebel Machine. Good restoration.
This is my all time favourite AMC vehicle. As for the colour, I could drive, no problem at all (especially with its historical background). The only negative on my wish list would be that it does not have the 390. Beautiful restoration, thanks for showing it to us all!
You may miss the interest value of the 390, but that's all. The 390 despite the makings of a pocket rocket, and Mustang beater, was too burdensome for the chassis, and made a capable handler a bear, and misbehaved on the road. AND don't feel so crappy about the 290, I once had a 273 '64 Barracuda. Both engines are adequate for straight-up cruising!
@@yukimikasaki9705 I agree! I had many 318 Dodge cars including a 68 satellite sport and a 70 dart swinger and they were great cruisers and still fast enough.
The AMX was a seldom seen car when I was in HS. The performance
of my 1969 390 4-speed, rear end was very low ratio. It was a BEAST
until you hit 120 or so.......The RPMs forced you to back off........
I remember my dad used to have a mint AMX, but in 1987 he was forced to sell the car. Being a 2 seater and my mom being pregnant with my another child, he knew he could not keep it. Now my dad has a couple pictures of that car in his office, which is funny because he doesn't even have a picture of us. lol
My first car was a 69 AMC Javelin ‘SST’ - white/ blue stripes, fake hood scoop, blue vinyl roof, 390 automatic, two-door W/ rear seats & interior near identical (minus the measurements) to that one! Mine & a ‘Rambler Rebel’ W/ a 390 - 4-speed stick were the fastest cars at our HS.. He’d take me off the line - and I’d pull away after that. Most powerful car I’ve ever owned ~
It is a beautiful piece of work. Great restoration. Interesting connections.
Lovely looking car. I've always loved the 1967-69 AMX and Javelin. :)
68'69'70' AMX and Javelin...👍
I had a 70 AMX with a 360, automatic tranny, in British racing green. I traded a 73 'Cuda 340 for it. Both were great cars but the AMX handled better and had excellent brakes for its time. I really liked the cuda but when I saw that AMX in the front yard with a for sale sign on it, I had to have it. I'd never seen one before. thought it was the coolest thing id ever seen. wish I still had it of course....
Great story and cool unique car.
I always liked the AMX.
Jay should buy this car once it’s up for sale based on it’s history.
This owner shared a great story! Thx.
Great!!!!!!!!!! show Jay. Always something Different. Love the celebrity rides.
The music and car reminds me of Austin Powers.
Right on! Aha
Jose Barrios Classic Cat Stevens album!
StevieRay9O Catch Bull at Four is fantastic album.
Fish4Free
Recently picked up a huge pile of vinyl at a garage-sale for $10 as many had water-damaged covers, but there were some real classics among them & that LP was one of them!
Jose Barrios And Austin took that from the time period in which this car was built
I had dozens of muscle cars and the 1 car I miss the most is the 1969 390 AND I bought when I got home from Vietnam ,best 2 seater car ever made and even better than the corvette ,in fact the AMX got the nickname of " Corvette Killers " by hotrod magazine .
My friend Bob and I drove my new Beetle down to the American Motors Dealer in Denver and sat alone inside of their first AMX in a really cramped garage space. We could only see the interior which we sat in for a few minutes. We didn't have enough room to stand back and look at it.
Always loved the lines of this original design.
Orémus Y'all.
Thanks Jay you make a guy feel like he is riding along with you . Great job!
teeswatertom One question for you if you ever see it that is . I am sure you get to many to answer . So I will through this one out there for all . Do you wrench on your cars yourself ? You seem to know your stuff.
The best looking car AMC built
Mark East and the 71 javelin
Had a 70 AMX much preferred the hood as apossed to the 68 -69. Was fun !!!!
Not at all the Javelin is best Design amc created... Ring Bros.
Hands Down!!
Think of the money AMC could have made had they skipped the Marlin and come out with this instead.
Awesome awesome awesome that car is beautiful. Jay I'm glad you took my advice, and finally showed us a AMX . Keep up the work. see if you can dig up a GSX next👍🚗🚙
Nice another AMC. Our family had a 1982 AMC Concord it was awesome. Learned to drive on that puppy and the Ford pinto before it. Even for the small V7(One cylinder had no compression)it was pretty peppy. It had all the luxury features and it still worked! Power steering, power brakes, power windows, air conditioning. etc. If it could survive our demented family it could take anything.
Thanks for bring the car back. Beautiful.
I would have loved to talk to Jay right after this interview!!! HAHAHA!--
hahaha Leno was on his comedy game!... you can tell this stiff doesn't have much of a sense of humor! "In the hopes that you will be playmate of the year: hahahaha The look on that guys face!
.I think the Owner was super nervous. After the "290" comment Jay turned down the zinger intensity to keep him from crying.
Do you guys own an AMX that's Playboy Pink? Then shut up.
It looked ordinary in black - and so extravagant and funny in pink, love it!
Nice car. Nice restoration. GREAT CAR STORY. Thank you Mr. Leno
Lmao @ "Forget the husband, just give me the title"
Thanks Jay! Very interesting car. Enjoyed the back stories.
I've always had a soft spot for AMX. I've never owned one but I did assist on a restoration of a '68 390 4-spd. I really like the last year's gen. Trans-am, like '71
Great restoration and what a great owner story!!
When they take this to shows, do they have a box full of old Playboys in the trunk? They should at least have Angela Dorian's 1968 POY edition, laminated of course.
They go to car shows together, they are dating since she got out...
Beautiful looking AMX. There was a time when I found the 1968 Javelin SST, with its "divided" grille more attractive than the 68 AMX. But today, I find both quite nice looking cars to look at. I find the 1968-69 Javelin and AMX more attractive than the 1970 Javelin and AMX models. I love the colour of this AMX. I love pink. :)
Hey! As a 1970 Javelin SST Mark Donahue owner in original bittersweet orange I resent that remark. ;-)
Great history of the car. Awesome restoration!!!
I think it looks good. Pink is actually one of my favorite colors. Some shades and finishes of pink can look sickly, but when it's deep and glossy pink looks quite nice.
The "BEST" of AMC, LOVE the 1970 AMX!!!!
I had 2 1970 AMX exactly alike. put a 401 in one of them,ran like hell.
The owner is not married. What a surprise. Did not smile or show any kind of emotion once in the whole video and was talking about the murder and shooting thing a bit too enthusiastically. Talk about a creepy vibe!
Yeah he is a seat sniffer and we all know.
There was a shooting. Not a murder. Her husband survived.
Roman Polanski probably hook her up with H Hefner at like 13. They are creepy as Harvey Winesteen🤗
These comments are so superficial. It's sad.
Some of you haven't been around people much have ya?
Great job on the restoration and interesting back story. I'm almost finished the restoration of my 1970 AMX.
Take a look at a 1970 AMC AMX czcams.com/video/kVon04Go3rg/video.html
amazing story for the AMX