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 bad72amx wrote:

Jeff worked at Dick Clifton. My dad bought his AMX restored from Clifton in Columbus in the mid 80s and met Jeff. He still has the Dick Clifton AMC Jeep Renault license plate frames. At the time, Jeff or one of the other employees had a factory pink humpster AMX that was parked at the dealer.

Jeff started out as a teenager at Dick Clifton's on W. Broad St. A Glen Green '70 AMX came in on a trade around 1975, and was purchased by the Parts Manager (at the time, Don Tigger). That was the  car that got Jeff interested in AMXs. I have owned that AMX since 1981!
The Playboy Pink car was restored at the dealership, by Jeff and his co-workers in the early '80's. IIRC, he or one of them found that '72 in a junkyard.

I spent a lot of time and money there when I was going to school in Columbus (as much as a married grad student dare spend), but not nearly enough. In 1981 he had a tall stack of NOS black rimblo wheels for $30 each (about $90 today). And then in '82 or so he had a whole rack of NOS T-10's for $300 each (about $900 today). I did get and keep one of the wheels. If only I had bought the whole stack....(I wouldn't still be married to a wonderful bride!) 

Edited by ramblinrev - Jan/21/2021 at 8:18pm