Editing AMC AMX (section)

===California 500 Special===
The "California 500 Special" is a version of 1969 AMXs sold only by Southern California American Motors Dealer Association members. It was part of a marketing campaign to commemorate the 1969 season at the [[Riverside International Raceway]].<ref name="AMX500-barrett-jackson">{{cite web |title=1969 American Motors AMX California 500 Special |url= https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1969-AMERICAN-MOTORS-AMX-CALIFORNIA-500-SPECIAL-15368 |website=barrett-jackson.com |year=2006 |access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> They would serve as [[Safety car|pace car]] and the dealers would sell replicas.<ref name="AMX500-perience">{{cite web |title=1969 AMX 500 Special |url= http://www.amx-perience.com/articles/1969AMX500Special.php |website=amx-perience.com |access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> All were finished in Big Bad Green with black stripes and included the 390 Go-Pac, automatic transmission, air conditioning, power steering, adjustable steering wheel, tinted windows, radio, light group, visibility group, and a saddle leather interior.<ref name="AMX500-perience"/> The cars also featured "Trendsetter Sidewinder" exhaust side pipes in place of the molding strips on the rocker panels and were identified by brass plaques mounted on the hood blisters that had crossed checkered [[racing flags]] and the words 500 Special.<ref name="lyons&scott"/> A total of 283 AMXs were built in Big Bad Green for the 1969 model year; however, the exact number of California 500 Special versions is unknown, with only an estimate of 32.<ref>{{cite web |title=1969 AMC AMX California 500 Special |url= https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20582/lot/301/ |website=bonhams.com |date=17 January 2013 |access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="AMX500-barrett-jackson"/>

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