Remington Auto-Home Shaver and AMX

Playboy Jan. 1969

     I found this one right after I showed you this last week.  I've been giving American Motors a hard time, so here's a pretty harmless ad for an odd pairing of razors and sportscars.

     What is interesting is the razor pictured above was apparently printed in several positions, and you won the car by comparing that picture to one in an AMC dealership.  I'd be curious to see what the winning ads looked like.  Anyone out there have a similar copy of this ad we could compare this one to?

American Motors AMX

Playboy Jan. 1969

     This ad is another in the same series as this one I showed a while back.  It follows the formula of comparing one of American's offerings to it's competitors.  Last time, I bashed the Javelin for being compared to the Mustang, which history proved to be the better (or at least more popular) car.  This time, I don't know what to say.  There isn't a car to compare the AMX to.  I'm sure the ad is trying to say "the AMX is like no other car out there!" but I'm really getting a "we didn't want to bother finding a car to compare it to" vibe here.  As I recall (readers feel free to correct me), the AMX was intended as a competitor for the souped-up Mustangs and Camaros that Ford and Chevy were putting out in those days.  Again, it lost the war as time saw American Motors bellyup and Ford and Chevy still chugging along.