What happened next after man spotted the rarest American muscle car in a random Facebook photo

Some cars are more than just vehicles, and the story of the rarest American muscle car — the AMC AMX/3 — shows how a vehicle can become something much more when studied through the eyes of an enthusiast.

A man in Detroit, United States, caught a glimpse of this super rare AMC model in a Facebook photo.

He had been a long-standing fan of the model and had wanted to own one for decades.

Then began an exciting journey of him chasing the car and finally getting it.

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The rarest American muscle car spotted on Facebook

Michael Chetcuti revealed on Andrew Miller’s YouTube channel that he loved the car and had been trying to get one for 25 years.

Life can sometimes have odd ways to get you what you want — and that’s precisely what happened with Chetcuti.

Why is that, you might ask?

Chetcuti was just going about his day back in 2012 when he suddenly saw a Facebook photo of a random person.

The photo, however, had a yellow car in the background — and it wasn’t even completely visible.

Regardless, he realized it was nothing other than the AMC AMX/3 — the rarest American muscle car.

This model was unique because AMC wanted to compete with the highly successful Chevy Corvette in 1970, which was the sole inspiration behind the project.

Mind you — this was a rare muscle car, not a supercar.

As a matter of fact, one of the rarest supercars also has an interesting story.

Jump to 2019, Cheticut purchased it from the family of its owner, who wanted to auction it off anyway.

What happened to the AMC AMX/3

Further, the rarest American muscle car was now in the hands of an enthusiast.

What’s more, it was also the prototype number one — the first chassis of this model ever created.

He immediately wanted the AMX/3 to be driveable once again and planned out a restoration project.

From what we know so far, the muscle car was at a workshop for sandblasting and 3D-scanning to see what had been done to its chassis.

Since it was the first prototype, AMC had implemented quite a few changes on the same chassis, and it had certainly been through a lot.

From hand-crafted cutouts to uneven welds, its new owner would have to implement a lot of fixes.

However, one thing remained true — Cheticut wanted the car to be stock and not have any parts that seemed out of place.

Although we don’t know how his plan fared out, we hope the AMC AMX/3 was returned to its former glory.