Jack - you hit some funny bones on this one. Two stories. I went to a car show with my wife years ago. Wondering through the aisles of cool cars, I saw an AMX. You just don't see those that much. It was clean and looked original, and in it's own way, absolutely beautiful. My wife saw it and almost gagged, scoffing out loud how ugly it was. It was loud enough I think the owners nearby heard it. I shielded her aside, and told her about the AMX a little. AMC struggling to get by, and that was a heroic effort in many ways. And a good friend of mine maintains that in Caldwell, ID, the fastest cars on the streets were AMC's growing up (I still scoff a bit, but I heard him...). I got to ride in an autocross once where we brought out the old cars - that thing worked pretty dang good - blew away my Fish. To restore or maintain one of these is probably 4x harder than the nearest car here, and probably 100x harder than any Chevrolet. That is something special you are seeing. I'll grant, the AMX isn't beautiful in many eyes, but it is knowing about it. Point is - don't be too critical of anything, if you don't like it, and maybe especially if you don't like it.
Second, it is funny how we develop prejudices. I happen to own a 67 Barracuda and an FD RX-7 (there isn't much more cultish than a mopar and a rotary....). I like them both - they are both just fun and amazing cars. It is funny the different crowd of people that recognize or thumbs up, or want to talk - but, I get a completely different crowd for either one. It fascinates me - why can't it can't be the same crowd? Somehow we need to do some rideshares, to appreciate what we can't see.
