22:32 when you were working on the Hearse in the background I suggested that you name it something. You decided to call it the Overtaker 😂. My suggestion was THUNDERTAKER. OVERTAKER 😂🤢🤮🤮🤮🤢🤮🤮🤮
In March of 1973, I ordered a new 1973 American Motors Javelin AMX from Art Post Rambler in Kalamazoo Mi. I ordered the 401 Go Pac with the 4 speed manual and 3.91 rear gears, am fm Motorola stereo, all tint windows, inside map light, inside hood release, power steering, body side scuff molding. It is Cordoba brown with gold, fade to black hood T stripe, and black vinyl interior. The only changes that I have done to the Javelin are, 1970 Rebel Machine cast iron intake, Removal of the Air Injection Smog Pump. The addition of a larger 1 in. front sway bar and the addition of a 3/4 in rear sway bar, other than that the car is all original while anything removed from the car is saved and stored. My Javelin has not been on the 1/4 mile drag strip, but has been raced for several years on a Gymkhana road course. My wife has taken a few 1st place trophy's by beating out Camaros and Mustangs in a best timed, one car at a time Gymkhana races. The Javelin was retired from racing in 1982 and now only goes to car shows and cruise in's during the summer months. It is always garaged and stored up on jacks during the winters. This Javelin AMX is a fun car to drive yet today. Where I live, I burn unleaded non ethanol 91 octane gas with the addition of 5 ounces of Lucas upper cylinder lubricant in every tank of gas to aid the valve seats. Some day in the near future, the 401 will come out and get a rebuild along with a slightly hotter cam along with a set of nice headers with an X crossover, other than that along with new bushings for the front end it needs nothing. AMC did a great job with what they had available to build great cars.
It's pretty cool that they stayed with an AMC Motor under the hood instead of slamming an LS in it like they talked about in one episode centering on this build
@@jonathanschrader7881 while the LS motors are great, especially if they're tuned right I'd personally prefer something that would've come equipped in the AMC from the factory, even if it was optional engine like the 401 in the AMX package Which I remember that being it's own model, minus the backseat
Javelins are the unsung heroes of the muscle car era! They're finally getting the respect that they deserve! Luckily for the collector buyer on a limited budget these cars are still reasonably affordable!
I live in kenosha wi and these cars are everywhere in the summer. We even have one in the kenosha museum and several at the AMC center on Roosevelt road.
This is the "look" I remember as a kid: The rakes stance, wide rims and side pipes. Very cool and brings back memories of the 70s Street Machine scene.
It's the way a proper hotrod is supposed to look! And this one came out great! Very, very cool/tough looking!!! I actually dislike how all the no prep cars look like, I know it's for a reason being all low in the back but it just doesn't look cool. My opinion anyways.
Love the build I had a 71 with a 401. I wish this build could have had a 401 or even a 360 and some dragstrip time. My 401 was .020 over with a roller hyd 236/242 @ .050 and .540/560 lift w/ a 110 LSA. The heads were Edelbrock with the runners opened to 205 cc's and minor cleanup of pockets and ports. I used Harland Sharp roller rockers 1.6:1 ratio and a Torker as I found it to give more horsepower than the RPM without sacrificing throttle response. Carburetion was a 770 Demon. The oil line and distributor mods were done and I installed ARP studs on the mains and heads. The rods ( which had ARP bolts) were stock steel and prepped as was the crank. Headers were 1&3/4" out of 3"ers. Horsepower was 524 @ 5800. It idled well, had great throttle response and sounded like a bear with it's nuts caught in a trap. Underrated engine that 401
People really underestimate the power that can be made with AMC. It sure isn't the cheapest power out there, and won't be the most, but you can get there.
Love being able to watch the full builds! I think the Javelin is the most underrated muscle car. I would have liked to have seen a modern retromod build of the Javelin though.
Stop with "underrated", it's over used and doesn't apply to every FCKING thing. Here are some words you might try: overlooked, underappreciated, disregarded and discounted.
Thank you Professor@@TheRoadhammer379, your wife and kids might disregard and overlook you but, the internet will never discount how stupid your unnecessary comments are. Troll on 🤡👌
I remember a 1973 AMX at a local dealership in the late seventies. It was from California. It was red with a 401 and Pierre Cardin interior. That headliner is Pierre Cardin. This car had the full interior previously. Very cool. I never understood why they weren't as popular as others when they had more style than most.
Thanks for doing an AMC - a lot of today's generation doesn't even know about AMC and they actually turned out some neat pony cars. I learned a lot about paint from the fella on the gun....again thanks for going into the methodology. You birds picked a great graphic and complimented it with the right colors. Good job!
My Uncle (Rest in Piece) had two Javelins. One was orange with black stripes and another dark purple with black stripes. Both had stock bored out 401s. Everything was original Sept alternator, battery, and items like that which have a shelf life. Really wish I could have gotten one but I was 15 when he decided to pass them on.
Thats amazing. I currently own a '74 Javelin 360 orange with black stripes. I've noticed they don't come around often in that color scheme. It's amazing. My father was a mustang fanatic but for some reason I grew up loving dodge and then AMC once I discovered the Javelin.
@Spencer Schmidt if u got it in Wisconsin then i would love to see it again down the road. I do recall one got given to a school for kids to work on and the other a father or uncle purchased for their nefiew who was a student and it got totaled not long after. Made me cry n knew that would happen sadly.
Thanks guys for paying tribute to AMC, the last of the independent auto makers and the great cars that they produced. What they accomplished performance wise with the limited funds that they had to work with was phenomenal. It was a very sad day for me when they closed their doors. ( I guess I'm giving away my age.)
I owned a 1968 Javelin SST 390 CID with the "Go Package." It`s amazing how much knowledge about that engine has been lost over the decades. The v8 was the same motor for all 3 of their displacements. But the 390 had extra webbing in their main block for reinforcement. And it had a stainless-steel crankshaft. The 390 heads had dog-leg ports which could be cleaned out for better air flow. My best single improvement was headers which knocked a full second off my quarter mile runs.
This video warms my heart. As soon as I saw the Cragar S/S's on there, it was a winner! You guys did all the right things to make this car super fun and desirable. Kudos to using the original plant and cleaning up the rest without going off the deep end. That is one sweet ride. I always loved the AMC's in the 70's, in our home town, we had a couple of Gremlins tricked out a little that were super cool boulevard babies. Thanks!
I loved my 74AMX but dependable it was not. I still have the records (and the car). My first repair occurred at 2800 miles (starter). At 6700 the instrument panel voltage regulator failed. By 21000 I new the rings were wearing because I was blowing out blue smoke. My 2010 Prius has not had a single problem. Cars back then were terrible by today’s standards.
That’s the way they are supposed to look. When working summers at my grandparents restaurant,I got a good look at AMC javelins, AMX … there neighbor was a AMC Fanatic and would roll multiple cars he owned and modified. They all had the stock factory tire/wheel setup. I really like the stock look …. The AMX had a powerful presence, no rear seat from the factory.
My cousin had this bodystyle in a 74 AMX Hurst edition. I remember the dash with the Trans Am style turned machine inset around the gauges, his had a tach in the dash. He could spin tires in the first 3 gears till he shattered the axles, after fixing it he drove it normal till he traded for a 64 Impala convertible.
I bought a brand new 1970 Javelin 390, big bad green (lime green) with the half black vinyl top, bucket seats, polished Crager mag wheels, sporty tires, cotter pin hood locks, & it cost $2,800.00, damn! Today that thing would cost at least 20 times that. But I remember back in 1970, $2,800.00 was a shit load of money!💰I was in my early 20s & I looked cool as hell 😎 rollin’ down the street. 👍
2nd gen Javelin is one of those muscle cars that goes from a 3/10 looks wise to a 8/10 with some stance and mods, or 10/10 hands down best looking muscle car ever made if you are a lunatic like the Ringbrothers. lol. I love them, and given how few there were made: AMC used good steel that dealt with rust a lot better than cars from the big 3 back then.
I agree. I have a 73 javelin and slapped some 275 tires with black rally styled 15' wheels and the entire stance and look of the car went from 0-100. cowl induction hood and spoilers also made the car look much more better but the stance is what makes the car look amazing especially with those natural wide body fenders.
This was fun to watch.I,m glad you guys found an AMX hood .It makes the car.The Javelin had the flat hood and for 74 the induction hood was not available unless the factory had one left over from 73. I love the car .Someone will get a lot of attention.
You are right on the cowl hoods, only available on the ordered go pac option between 1971 and 1973 as no 74 could be ordered with that option. the best guess that I have read is roughly 25 % of all 71 to 73 AMX's ordered with either the 360 or the 401 came with the functional cowl induction. The functional cowl induction option worked so well, that some have stated that there could have been between 5% and 7% horse power improvement with that system over the non cowl induction system.When I ordered my 1973 Javelin AMX new, that Go Pac option cost an additional $476.00 more to just get the functional cowl induction, it was worth it.
Full builds are great, and I love the fact that FINALLY someone has done a Javelin. I have a 74 360 4-speed waiting for this type of treatment when I can finally find time and money. Things like these lock cylinders are little things I can get done in the meantime.
Sounds cool! I’ve been looking around on the market for the last couple of years for a 73-74 javelin. I was surprised to see just how hard they are to find, and the ones I do manage to find are either in really rough shape, or many states away. Good luck with your build.
I have a 74 360 AMX red 4 speed manual that’s been garaged for 40 years. I bought it new in college. I have finally started to work on it. I plan on painting in the same factory color and using white decals for the stripes. I like them better than what these guys did. I also probably won’t be quite as radical with the wheels. I can’t wait until I’m finished though.
@@RebelsInc969 Did you miss it made 100hp over stock? They arent trying to make a super fast car..just a fun cruiser This will more than keep up with traffic and bark 2nd gear
There’s no words… My Dad was an AMC man. He said Dodge was the blue collar man’s car, he only had T-shirts so he drove AMC’s. Rebels, Ramblers, Ambassadors… our yard always had a couple. As a kid, I fell in love with the Javelin. Never found one in any kinda shape or price I could afford. Watching this almost made me cry. I envy the individual that ended up with this machine. Great job guys, wouldn’t change a thing. 😎 Awesome car…
An AMC Javelin on a budget...?🤔 Thank you for not LS swapping like everything else. do love it though, something different something original that you don't see every day. That car just screams 70's 😎👍
LS swaps are popular for a reason. A 5.3 built in the same fashion as this engine would probably have 100hp on it, weigh 50-100lbs less, and would be easy to find parts for.
Someone less than a mile up the road from my childhood home was selling a Javelin, it was red with white stripes. Looked in great shape. No idea what it was at the time until my gearhead father smartened me up.
My high school car was a lot like this. In November of 1986 my dad came home in a gold on gold on Gold 1975 Dodge Dart Swinger. It was 100% OEM with less than. 13,000miles on it. It took a week before I had tented the side a d rear windows dark black along with the upper 1/4 of the windshield. Add air shocks and antihope bars just like this raised in the rear with 14x8 205/35/14 front 255/45/15 rear with the exact same Crager mags, the 2 barrel Carter carb and OEM steel intake manifold, OEM Altrrnator, H2O Pump, Fuel Pump, distributor, air cleaner, all came off while the cam, timing gears, heads, rockers, lifters, came out. All replaced with MRP bolts, rockers, rods, lifters, Crower Cam, timing gears to loose the sloppy chain, alloy heads ported and polished from a 68 Dodge 340ci, alloy intake manifold from a 67 Plymouth 360ci motor, OEM was replaced by Accel Distributor, Coil, Wires AC Delco Plugs, Holley HP Fuel pump, braided stainless lines, double pumper 650cfm Holly Dominator 4 Barrel Carberator, K&N Triangle washable foam and stainless air cleaner, King electric duel 15" fans, H2O pump and Oil pump to reduce belt drag, small underdrive pulley on the AC alternator making 12 volts still, B&M shift kit, u joints, alloy drive shaft from a 67 Cuda, rear posi axle from 69 Barracuda Fast Back, Pioneer cassette deck, 12 channel equalizer, 2x 250W Pioneer AMPs for door and front speakers & 1ea 1,000W AMP for rear speakers, subs, mounted under rear window deck, speakers 2x 3" mids & 2x4" Highs in the dash, 2x6" Lows in the front doors 2x 6" Highs rear 1/4 panels, 2x 6x9 wide range rear deck, 1x 6x9 wide range center front dash, 2x 15" woofers in custom axe shaped boxes in trunk under deck, 1 x 18" subwoofer in large custom round box in spare wheel well. The car was still Gold with gold vinyl roof, gold interior but I had painted all the chrome and stainless trim Flat Black including grill, headlight rings, hi intensity halogen bulbs went in headlights plus fogs slung under front bumper, white 5 inch tall Gothic Lettering saying OTTROD on the rear window white vinyl stickers of little red riding hood swinging on a tree swing on rear 1/4 Window. Radio antenatal heated in 8 points and bent into a 3D square Box and the going up again for 3 inches painted flat black. Rear concave window got the darkest back tent I have ever seen. You could no longer see out of it. I had to have 5" round mirrors on each door. Day 1 OEM 1/4 mile 15.68 @ 92mph Day 1,095 modified 1/4 mile @ 12.2 @ 136mph
Just watched this. Most likely this originally had the Pierre Cardin seats that matched the headliner and door inserts when new. The stripes matched the interior stripes and wen across the seats and up the backrest. Really nice build, as a kid I didn’t appreciate AMC, as I have grown older the looks of the Javelin/AMX have really grown on me,
I had a 73 and 74 with the 304. I added headers with true duals. Accel ignition. 460 Holley carb with Trick kit. Edelbrock dual plane aluminum intakes. B&M Trick shift trans kit. Floor mounted B&M Starshifter and open element air cleaners. Definitely needed more compression but they both had huge improvements. Both had 59 series 12" wide real tires thanks to air shocks
My little brother has a AMX Javelin just like the yellow one you had on the beginning. That 401 damn near sits still as you rev it and is quite possibly the quickest car I've ever rode in that was stock. I mean it's quicker than his twin that has a Judge with a cam. Very fun car that slams you in the back of your seat as you go through the gears and up to 100 in 2 telephone poles.
I had 9 of these in my yard growin up. Old step dad restored and showed them. My mom and brother daily'd a 72 401 each. His pride and joy was a 71 amx 401 4spd, was super rare spec apparently. His best friend had a 69 amx trans am clone that ran 9's and had c2 vette side pipes
I've never been an AMC or Javelin fan until now. That thing turned out so sweet. I'm sure it would get a lot of attention at any local car show. Great job!
Bought a new '70 Mark Donahue Javelin when I graduated college. It was a 360/4-speed. I pimped out and did.n't go for the 390 option, which I always regretted
It's sad the original Pierre Cardin seats are gone already, they really make the 70's vibe on these cars! I've owned my Trans Am Red '73 Javelin/AMX with the Pierre Cardin interior since 1978, second owner. Worked at an AMC/Jeep/Pontiac/Cadillac dealership back then and a guy from Minneapolis came up and traded it off on a new Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I had first chance on the Jav and bought it for 1500 Minus the trade-in on my '70 cougar. Still own the Jav with a 401/auto and 1979 Spirit/AMX Turbine rims with only 49000 original miles! Still have people trying to buy it off me, had a couple of guys came up from Denver last year and tried like heck to buy it waving wads of cash, just laughed it off, car goes to my son when I can't drive it anymore.
My mother was a AMC saleslady successful one. She got Subaru dealership in 76? She would take her 4x4 wagon demo car though the woods 3 times a week take it through mud holes had a huge rock put in the front lot parked it on top of the rock😂 had inside wiped down vacuumed every morning. Sold a boat load of them. Story in papers then others did it. Bosses in Japan got a kick out of it.
I had a 71 Javelin with the 304 bought it in 73. Best looking AMC car they made. The engine was from International Harvester, Chrysler auto transmission, general motors AC.
Nice black for that engine bay. A little secret to if you are ever painting the underside of the dash is to use an Argent/Silver color. Makes working under the dash much easier to see things.
Love the Jav, love the fact that rebuilt the numbers matching 304 v8 engine. Car turned out absolutely great!! Looking great guys. Keep it ROLLING!!!👍👍👍
one thing to keep in mind, you need to run 91 octane or higher in amc engines from this era. i had a 72 gremlin and the thing ran like crap on anything lower than 91 octane. that's because when these cars came out, 91 was the lowest octane at the time. tried running 87 in it and the fuel mileage cut in half and was gutless. went from being able to smoke the tires to barely able to make it up hills.
that's also kinda sad if that's all thaty engine was making. a 71 gremlin with a 258 cu straight six made 150 hp with smog crap on it with a carter yf single barrel carb.
@@spicydeath82 I would say the federal government had a lot to do with the decreased horsepower in those 2 years between 71 and 73 as they were putting some pretty awful restrictions on auto manufactures during that time period to reduce emissions. Most manufactures had to de-tune the engines so much that just after a few months of running them, (basically around the time the engine was broken in) the engines would hardly run. Also AMC was struggling during this period just to keep building cars and didn't really have very much money to put into research, they were just relying on building good looking cars to try and save the company...
@@mjh123crh Well, the biggest decrease was the way they went from measuring in "gross" horsepower in 71 to "net " horsepower in 72. That's why a six made 150 hp in 71, LOL.
What was great back in the seventy's was seeing a State Trooper running in a AMC Javelin, with a blue light on top. They patrolled Interstate 65, between Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama. You might speed but they would catch you.
Nice to see a AMC muscle project...especially a Javelin. Once owned a '69 Javelin SST w/390, a '69 AMX w/290 but a real keeper in the garage with a '70 AMX w/360 and Hurst 4-speed...keep up the good work.
First car I ever bought was an old 74 Javilen 304 for $500. It had a cunch in the rear panel and iit was ugly brown but I did not care. Funist car I ever had, drove the shit out of it for years.
I absolutely love the fact that it has real, non GHETTO wheels and tires. That's the way to build a car. I have 225/70-14s on the front of my '67 Mustang, and 275/60-15s on the back. Been building cars like that since the '70s.
My brother had a Javelin back in the day. AMC's purple paint, white interior with a killer engine and four speeds. Had so much power, he was snapping u-joints all the time, costing him a fortune. It didn't matter that he installed the strongest u-joints made, they still snapped...
Knew a guy with a Javelin growing up, had a 390/C4 combo and what I assume were something in the 5:50ish rear gear ratio and it was absolutely useless in anything but stoplight to stoplight but it was so '70s, had a fiberglass tilt up front end and side pipes.
Yep. I used heads and cams on my old 304 was giving me 218 at the wheel i got the engine in a trade from a feller who was putting a bigger engine in his AMC and I needed an engine for my Mustang. That was a fun car.
That was my first car.1974 javelin black with white interior. Gold stripe. 401 4 speed. I bought in 1978 for 1200 bucks. A few years later I wrote it off. I had a drunken Oldman pulled right out in front of me. Twelve noon. And this guy was pickled.
My 74 amx has a cool adjustments on the front suspension and it changes the way it corners with bolts that are camed. I can turn it after I unlock the lock nut. The way I was looking at the control arm that the bushings were worn out and egg-shaped the hole. But I'm super surprised that it was set up for a pit stop that they were able to move the wheel up and back. In and out in moments. .I have had a lot of fun with my old race car. I All ways like to road race. That car is the best fun. I all ways drove Ford 500 cop cars . They are not easy to top in the road handling.
It would be cool to see the Engine Power guys build a legit 400+ cid AMC engine that can hang with small block Ford and Chevy's. Maybe do high compression on e85 with EFI for a change and since these cars aren't daily drivers.
This car is a perfect candidate as a Grand Tourer. Traveling in comfort, luxury and performance across the USA; taller gears, performance suspension, etc. Hey, is that a Cardin edition? I see the swoosh design on the headliner!
Love this build! So glad you didn't go with the usual huge clown shoe wheels and rubber band tires. This thing just screams '70s and is pretty typical of what we all ran back then, except for the modern FI. Only thing better would have been converting it to a stick shift.
Beautiful 1973 amc Javelin.. Great job great videos keep up the good work.. You need to take it down the quarter miles see what it does.. What do you do with the cars afterward sale them.. Again, you guys do a great job. Beautiful car, beautiful cars, great videos..👍
HOWdy P-N, Thank you for the " AMC " Episode I beLIEve that better POWER could have been achieved with appropriate SIZED heads (instead of the "401" aluminum aftermarket items) + a CARBURETOR ... (instead of EFI) ... those ALUMINUM Heads SHROUDED the Valves to the point that you were required to NOTCH the engine block for clearance ... ( I have done this exact same BIG VALVE 401ci Heads onto a 290ci / 304ci AMC V-8 engine in the past myself - only with OEM Cast-Iron heads ) instead - I would be interested in a Cast Iron HEAD with the largest valves that would fit inside your 3.75" bore ( + any overbore) and and appropriately sized HOLLEY Double Pumper ( just for comparison's sake ) IMHO Thanks for the AMC Episode COOP ...
41:06, that hood is so old. Back when rick bacon was on the show muscle car when him and tommy built a 455 buick century, that hood is from a lemans the cut the roof off of.
En los años 70, 78 79 en Venezuela los compraban solo los millonarios!!! Y eran tan poderosos que se mataban por las altas velocidades que alcanzaban, el rollo es que su peso era muy poso. Yo tenía 16 años y soñaba con tener uno😭😭😭😭sigo soñando a los 63, pero el que más me mata es el mejor deportivo jamás construido en todo el universo!!! El CORVETTE C3 de 1982. Chicos gracias por este reportaje maravillosos👍🏻👍🏻💎💎💎💎💎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
While I do really enjoy this show, especially the full rebuilds, and these guys really know what they are doing, it benefits from 1.25 to 1.5 playback speed IMHO
The AMX had what was left of the performance goodies in '73 while the Pierre Cardan was a looks and cruiser option minus the power (unless it was an ordered one with the good stuff under the hood)
My brother had an AMX same year as yours. Except it had a 390 with a 3 speed. I still would love to have that car back. Thanks for building a great car.
The european branch of chevrolet known as OPEL made the 2 door manta back in the 70's. when you said it feels or reminds you of a euro car from back in the day i couldnt agree more.
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Nah ya'll suck get off the internets
if you stuk an LS in the jav,,that would devalue it to minus, 50k.. how old is the jav motor, LS would never, last that long..
why would you run a mech fuel pump, when you have 2 elec pumps.??.. mech only does 4lb..
22:32 when you were working on the Hearse in the background I suggested that you name it something. You decided to call it the Overtaker 😂.
My suggestion was THUNDERTAKER.
OVERTAKER 😂🤢🤮🤮🤮🤢🤮🤮🤮
In March of 1973, I ordered a new 1973 American Motors Javelin AMX from Art Post Rambler in Kalamazoo Mi. I ordered the 401 Go Pac with the 4 speed manual and 3.91 rear gears, am fm Motorola stereo, all tint windows, inside map light, inside hood release, power steering, body side scuff molding. It is Cordoba brown with gold, fade to black hood T stripe, and black vinyl interior. The only changes that I have done to the Javelin are, 1970 Rebel Machine cast iron intake, Removal of the Air Injection Smog Pump. The addition of a larger 1 in. front sway bar and the addition of a 3/4 in rear sway bar, other than that the car is all original while anything removed from the car is saved and stored. My Javelin has not been on the 1/4 mile drag strip, but has been raced for several years on a Gymkhana road course. My wife has taken a few 1st place trophy's by beating out Camaros and Mustangs in a best timed, one car at a time Gymkhana races. The Javelin was retired from racing in 1982 and now only goes to car shows and cruise in's during the summer months. It is always garaged and stored up on jacks during the winters. This Javelin AMX is a fun car to drive yet today. Where I live, I burn unleaded non ethanol 91 octane gas with the addition of 5 ounces of Lucas upper cylinder lubricant in every tank of gas to aid the valve seats. Some day in the near future, the 401 will come out and get a rebuild along with a slightly hotter cam along with a set of nice headers with an X crossover, other than that along with new bushings for the front end it needs nothing. AMC did a great job with what they had available to build great cars.
That's awesome!
Super Cool 😎
The best looking car from that era IMO. Big chevelle fan but this car is #1 from looks.
Brown was a popular color in the 70s but not on a muscle car. Great unusual choice.
Sure you did👌
It's pretty cool that they stayed with an AMC Motor under the hood instead of slamming an LS in it like they talked about in one episode centering on this build
I'd love to be Upskirt.Host is my idol. Hes the person I aspire to be, hes my light of day..
nah chief the grass is greener on the ls side lmao 230 hopeful horsepower 👍
@@jonathanschrader7881 while the LS motors are great, especially if they're tuned right
I'd personally prefer something that would've come equipped in the AMC from the factory, even if it was optional engine like the 401 in the AMX package
Which I remember that being it's own model, minus the backseat
Yeah...cept every car sold today will outrun it
@@chascain1 remember. Being slow is cool and clearcoat over rust is cool.
Javelins are the unsung heroes of the muscle car era! They're finally getting the respect that they deserve! Luckily for the collector buyer on a limited budget these cars are still reasonably affordable!
MY 2 bucket list cars are a 66 GT350 4speed, and a 69 or 70 AMX 4speed with the 390 under the hood
I live in kenosha wi and these cars are everywhere in the summer. We even have one in the kenosha museum and several at the AMC center on Roosevelt road.
This is the "look" I remember as a kid: The rakes stance, wide rims and side pipes. Very cool and brings back memories of the 70s Street Machine scene.
It's the way a proper hotrod is supposed to look! And this one came out great! Very, very cool/tough looking!!! I actually dislike how all the no prep cars look like, I know it's for a reason being all low in the back but it just doesn't look cool. My opinion anyways.
Love the build I had a 71 with a 401. I wish this build could have had a 401 or even a 360 and some dragstrip time. My 401 was .020 over with a roller hyd 236/242 @ .050 and .540/560 lift w/ a 110 LSA. The heads were Edelbrock with the runners opened to 205 cc's and minor cleanup of pockets and ports. I used Harland Sharp roller rockers 1.6:1 ratio and a Torker as I found it to give more horsepower than the RPM without sacrificing throttle response. Carburetion was a 770 Demon. The oil line and distributor mods were done and I installed ARP studs on the mains and heads. The rods ( which had ARP bolts) were stock steel and prepped as was the crank. Headers were 1&3/4" out of 3"ers. Horsepower was 524 @ 5800. It idled well, had great throttle response and sounded like a bear with it's nuts caught in a trap. Underrated engine that 401
Uh huh..
People really underestimate the power that can be made with AMC. It sure isn't the cheapest power out there, and won't be the most, but you can get there.
Love being able to watch the full builds! I think the Javelin is the most underrated muscle car. I would have liked to have seen a modern retromod build of the Javelin though.
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Ring Brothers javelin
Stop with "underrated", it's over used and doesn't apply to every FCKING thing. Here are some words you might try: overlooked, underappreciated, disregarded and discounted.
@@TheRoadhammer379 well said
Thank you Professor@@TheRoadhammer379, your wife and kids might disregard and overlook you but, the internet will never discount how stupid your unnecessary comments are. Troll on 🤡👌
I remember a 1973 AMX at a local dealership in the late seventies. It was from California. It was red with a 401 and Pierre Cardin interior. That headliner is Pierre Cardin. This car had the full interior previously. Very cool. I never understood why they weren't as popular as others when they had more style than most.
Thanks for doing an AMC - a lot of today's generation doesn't even know about AMC and they actually turned out some neat pony cars. I learned a lot about paint from the fella on the gun....again thanks for going into the methodology. You birds picked a great graphic and complimented it with the right colors. Good job!
My Uncle (Rest in Piece) had two Javelins. One was orange with black stripes and another dark purple with black stripes. Both had stock bored out 401s. Everything was original Sept alternator, battery, and items like that which have a shelf life. Really wish I could have gotten one but I was 15 when he decided to pass them on.
Thats amazing. I currently own a '74 Javelin 360 orange with black stripes. I've noticed they don't come around often in that color scheme. It's amazing. My father was a mustang fanatic but for some reason I grew up loving dodge and then AMC once I discovered the Javelin.
@Spencer Schmidt if u got it in Wisconsin then i would love to see it again down the road. I do recall one got given to a school for kids to work on and the other a father or uncle purchased for their nefiew who was a student and it got totaled not long after. Made me cry n knew that would happen sadly.
Thanks guys for paying tribute to AMC, the last of the independent auto makers and the great cars that they produced. What they accomplished performance wise with the limited funds that they had to work with was phenomenal. It was a very sad day for me when they closed their doors. ( I guess I'm giving away my age.)
We called jacking up the back end back in the day. And I would go with keystone klassics.
I owned a 1968 Javelin SST 390 CID with the "Go Package." It`s amazing how much knowledge about that engine has been lost over the decades. The v8 was the same motor for all 3 of their displacements. But the 390 had extra webbing in their main block for reinforcement. And it had a stainless-steel crankshaft. The 390 heads had dog-leg ports which could be cleaned out for better air flow. My best single improvement was headers which knocked a full second off my quarter mile runs.
WOW! I know there's just one viewer out there that just loves the side pipes! Kudo's to whomever decided to add them... WHEW
This video warms my heart. As soon as I saw the Cragar S/S's on there, it was a winner! You guys did all the right things to make this car super fun and desirable. Kudos to using the original plant and cleaning up the rest without going off the deep end. That is one sweet ride. I always loved the AMC's in the 70's, in our home town, we had a couple of Gremlins tricked out a little that were super cool boulevard babies. Thanks!
It was nice to see someone dedicated a hole show to AMC it gives me some hope for my 68 AMX.
Javelin was exactly what AMC/Rambler was known for! Dependable, solid, stylish and inexpensive! Nothing wrong with that! 😀😃🙂
I loved my 74AMX but dependable it was not. I still have the records (and the car). My first repair occurred at 2800 miles (starter). At 6700 the instrument panel voltage regulator failed. By 21000 I new the rings were wearing because I was blowing out blue smoke. My 2010 Prius has not had a single problem. Cars back then were terrible by today’s standards.
That’s the way they are supposed to look.
When working summers at my grandparents restaurant,I got a good look at AMC javelins, AMX … there neighbor was a AMC
Fanatic and would roll multiple cars he owned and modified.
They all had the stock factory tire/wheel setup. I really like the stock look …. The AMX had a powerful presence, no rear seat from the factory.
My cousin had this bodystyle in a 74 AMX Hurst edition. I remember the dash with the Trans Am style turned machine inset around the gauges, his had a tach in the dash. He could spin tires in the first 3 gears till he shattered the axles, after fixing it he drove it normal till he traded for a 64 Impala convertible.
I bought a brand new 1970 Javelin 390, big bad green (lime green) with the half black vinyl top, bucket seats, polished Crager mag wheels, sporty tires, cotter pin hood locks, & it cost $2,800.00, damn! Today that thing would cost at least 20 times that. But I remember back in 1970, $2,800.00 was a shit load of money!💰I was in my early 20s & I looked cool as hell 😎 rollin’ down the street. 👍
2nd gen Javelin is one of those muscle cars that goes from a 3/10 looks wise to a 8/10 with some stance and mods, or 10/10 hands down best looking muscle car ever made if you are a lunatic like the Ringbrothers. lol.
I love them, and given how few there were made: AMC used good steel that dealt with rust a lot better than cars from the big 3 back then.
I agree. I have a 73 javelin and slapped some 275 tires with black rally styled 15' wheels and the entire stance and look of the car went from 0-100. cowl induction hood and spoilers also made the car look much more better but the stance is what makes the car look amazing especially with those natural wide body fenders.
AMC went to everybody's parts bins to get their parts. Truly a product of American Motors!
This was fun to watch.I,m glad you guys found an AMX hood .It makes the car.The Javelin had the flat hood and for 74 the induction hood was not available unless the factory had one left over from 73. I love the car .Someone will get a lot of attention.
You are right on the cowl hoods, only available on the ordered go pac option between 1971 and 1973 as no 74 could be ordered with that option. the best guess that I have read is roughly 25 % of all 71 to 73 AMX's ordered with either the 360 or the 401 came with the functional cowl induction. The functional cowl induction option worked so well, that some have stated that there could have been between 5% and 7% horse power improvement with that system over the non cowl induction system.When I ordered my 1973 Javelin AMX new, that Go Pac option cost an additional $476.00 more to just get the functional cowl induction, it was worth it.
Full builds are great, and I love the fact that FINALLY someone has done a Javelin. I have a 74 360 4-speed waiting for this type of treatment when I can finally find time and money. Things like these lock cylinders are little things I can get done in the meantime.
Sounds cool! I’ve been looking around on the market for the last couple of years for a 73-74 javelin. I was surprised to see just how hard they are to find, and the ones I do manage to find are either in really rough shape, or many states away. Good luck with your build.
I have a 74 360 AMX red 4 speed manual that’s been garaged for 40 years. I bought it new in college. I have finally started to work on it. I plan on painting in the same factory color and using white decals for the stripes. I like them better than what these guys did. I also probably won’t be quite as radical with the wheels. I can’t wait until I’m finished though.
This is such a fun build, especially with a car younger enthusiasts are likely not to even recognize at a show.
*POWERNATION* Bravo well done, thanks fellas for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.
that's good! I love AMC Javelin.
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did they sell amc javelins in Japan because I seen a 71-72 amc javelin in a Japanese magazine
I love these videos. So much effort goes into it all. Well done boys!
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So much effort for so little power very disappointing
@@RebelsInc969 Did you miss it made 100hp over stock?
They arent trying to make a super fast car..just a fun cruiser
This will more than keep up with traffic and bark 2nd gear
There’s no words… My Dad was an AMC man. He said Dodge was the blue collar man’s car, he only had T-shirts so he drove AMC’s. Rebels, Ramblers, Ambassadors… our yard always had a couple. As a kid, I fell in love with the Javelin. Never found one in any kinda shape or price I could afford. Watching this almost made me cry. I envy the individual that ended up with this machine.
Great job guys, wouldn’t change a thing. 😎 Awesome car…
I grew up in a Matador, a Javelin, 2 Gremlins and a Concord. Mom loved AMC.
An AMC Javelin on a budget...?🤔
Thank you for not LS swapping like everything else.
do love it though, something different something original that you don't see every day.
That car just screams 70's 😎👍
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LS swaps are popular for a reason. A 5.3 built in the same fashion as this engine would probably have 100hp on it, weigh 50-100lbs less, and would be easy to find parts for.
@@TheKiltedYaksman1 not everyones an ls fan boy.
Someone less than a mile up the road from my childhood home was selling a Javelin, it was red with white stripes. Looked in great shape. No idea what it was at the time until my gearhead father smartened me up.
My high school car was a lot like this. In November of 1986 my dad came home in a gold on gold on Gold 1975 Dodge Dart Swinger. It was 100% OEM with less than. 13,000miles on it. It took a week before I had tented the side a d rear windows dark black along with the upper 1/4 of the windshield. Add air shocks and antihope bars just like this raised in the rear with 14x8 205/35/14 front 255/45/15 rear with the exact same Crager mags, the 2 barrel Carter carb and OEM steel intake manifold, OEM Altrrnator, H2O Pump, Fuel Pump, distributor, air cleaner, all came off while the cam, timing gears, heads, rockers, lifters, came out. All replaced with MRP bolts, rockers, rods, lifters, Crower Cam, timing gears to loose the sloppy chain, alloy heads ported and polished from a 68 Dodge 340ci, alloy intake manifold from a 67 Plymouth 360ci motor, OEM was replaced by Accel Distributor, Coil, Wires AC Delco Plugs, Holley HP Fuel pump, braided stainless lines, double pumper 650cfm Holly Dominator 4 Barrel Carberator, K&N Triangle washable foam and stainless air cleaner, King electric duel 15" fans, H2O pump and Oil pump to reduce belt drag, small underdrive pulley on the AC alternator making 12 volts still, B&M shift kit, u joints, alloy drive shaft from a 67 Cuda, rear posi axle from 69 Barracuda Fast Back, Pioneer cassette deck, 12 channel equalizer, 2x 250W Pioneer AMPs for door and front speakers & 1ea 1,000W AMP for rear speakers, subs, mounted under rear window deck, speakers 2x 3" mids & 2x4" Highs in the dash, 2x6" Lows in the front doors 2x 6" Highs rear 1/4 panels, 2x 6x9 wide range rear deck, 1x 6x9 wide range center front dash, 2x 15" woofers in custom axe shaped boxes in trunk under deck, 1 x 18" subwoofer in large custom round box in spare wheel well. The car was still Gold with gold vinyl roof, gold interior but I had painted all the chrome and stainless trim Flat Black including grill, headlight rings, hi intensity halogen bulbs went in headlights plus fogs slung under front bumper, white 5 inch tall Gothic Lettering saying OTTROD on the rear window white vinyl stickers of little red riding hood swinging on a tree swing on rear 1/4 Window. Radio antenatal heated in 8 points and bent into a 3D square Box and the going up again for 3 inches painted flat black. Rear concave window got the darkest back tent I have ever seen. You could no longer see out of it. I had to have 5" round mirrors on each door. Day 1 OEM 1/4 mile 15.68 @ 92mph Day 1,095 modified 1/4 mile @ 12.2 @ 136mph
Just watched this. Most likely this originally had the Pierre Cardin seats that matched the headliner and door inserts when new. The stripes matched the interior stripes and wen across the seats and up the backrest. Really nice build, as a kid I didn’t appreciate AMC, as I have grown older the looks of the Javelin/AMX have really grown on me,
I had a 73 and 74 with the 304. I added headers with true duals. Accel ignition. 460 Holley carb with Trick kit. Edelbrock dual plane aluminum intakes. B&M Trick shift trans kit. Floor mounted B&M Starshifter and open element air cleaners. Definitely needed more compression but they both had huge improvements. Both had 59 series 12" wide real tires thanks to air shocks
My little brother has a AMX Javelin just like the yellow one you had on the beginning. That 401 damn near sits still as you rev it and is quite possibly the quickest car I've ever rode in that was stock. I mean it's quicker than his twin that has a Judge with a cam. Very fun car that slams you in the back of your seat as you go through the gears and up to 100 in 2 telephone poles.
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I had 9 of these in my yard growin up. Old step dad restored and showed them. My mom and brother daily'd a 72 401 each. His pride and joy was a 71 amx 401 4spd, was super rare spec apparently. His best friend had a 69 amx trans am clone that ran 9's and had c2 vette side pipes
I've never been an AMC or Javelin fan until now. That thing turned out so sweet. I'm sure it would get a lot of attention at any local car show. Great job!
That's a Pierre Cardin interior. Super rare and only came on the 72-73 year models. The hood stripe looks like a Go package.
Bought my first car in 78. It was a 71 Javelin with the 304. Wish I still had it.
Bought a new '70 Mark Donahue Javelin when I graduated college. It was a 360/4-speed. I pimped out and did.n't go for the 390 option, which I always regretted
It's sad the original Pierre Cardin seats are gone already, they really make the 70's vibe on these cars! I've owned my Trans Am Red '73 Javelin/AMX with the Pierre Cardin interior since 1978, second owner. Worked at an AMC/Jeep/Pontiac/Cadillac dealership back then and a guy from Minneapolis came up and traded it off on a new Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I had first chance on the Jav and bought it for 1500 Minus the trade-in on my '70 cougar. Still own the Jav with a 401/auto and 1979 Spirit/AMX Turbine rims with only 49000 original miles! Still have people trying to buy it off me, had a couple of guys came up from Denver last year and tried like heck to buy it waving wads of cash, just laughed it off, car goes to my son when I can't drive it anymore.
My mother was a AMC saleslady successful one. She got Subaru dealership in 76? She would take her 4x4 wagon demo car though the woods 3 times a week take it through mud holes had a huge rock put in the front lot parked it on top of the rock😂 had inside wiped down vacuumed every morning. Sold a boat load of them. Story in papers then others did it. Bosses in Japan got a kick out of it.
i saw the State Trooper pursuit unit and man it was F A S T!
I had a 71 Javelin with the 304 bought it in 73. Best looking AMC car they made. The engine was from International Harvester, Chrysler auto transmission, general motors AC.
Excellent Project ! Thoroughly enjoyed it !
Nice black for that engine bay. A little secret to if you are ever painting the underside of the dash is to use an Argent/Silver color. Makes working under the dash much easier to see things.
My son and I have one and we are PROUD!!!!!😂😂❤❤🎉!
Love the Jav, love the fact that rebuilt the numbers matching 304 v8 engine. Car turned out absolutely great!! Looking great guys. Keep it ROLLING!!!👍👍👍
one thing to keep in mind, you need to run 91 octane or higher in amc engines from this era. i had a 72 gremlin and the thing ran like crap on anything lower than 91 octane. that's because when these cars came out, 91 was the lowest octane at the time. tried running 87 in it and the fuel mileage cut in half and was gutless. went from being able to smoke the tires to barely able to make it up hills.
that's also kinda sad if that's all thaty engine was making. a 71 gremlin with a 258 cu straight six made 150 hp with smog crap on it with a carter yf single barrel carb.
@@spicydeath82 I would say the federal government had a lot to do with the decreased horsepower in those 2 years between 71 and 73 as they were putting some pretty awful restrictions on auto manufactures during that time period to reduce emissions. Most manufactures had to de-tune the engines so much that just after a few months of running them, (basically around the time the engine was broken in) the engines would hardly run. Also AMC was struggling during this period just to keep building cars and didn't really have very much money to put into research, they were just relying on building good looking cars to try and save the company...
@@mjh123crh Well, the biggest decrease was the way they went from measuring in "gross" horsepower in 71 to "net " horsepower in 72. That's why a six made 150 hp in 71, LOL.
What was great back in the seventy's was seeing a State Trooper running in a AMC Javelin, with a blue light on top. They patrolled Interstate 65, between Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama.
You might speed but they would catch you.
They really did a good job with the overall look of the car. That thing is fresh!
Nice to see a AMC muscle project...especially a Javelin. Once owned a '69 Javelin SST w/390, a '69 AMX w/290 but a real keeper in the garage with a '70 AMX w/360 and Hurst 4-speed...keep up the good work.
First car I ever bought was an old 74 Javilen 304 for $500. It had a cunch in the rear panel and iit was ugly brown but I did not care. Funist car I ever had, drove the shit out of it for years.
I absolutely love the fact that it has real, non GHETTO wheels and tires. That's the way to build a car. I have 225/70-14s on the front of my '67 Mustang, and 275/60-15s on the back. Been building cars like that since the '70s.
I had a friend in Florida who owned one like that with a 401 engine and it was punched out By 30 thousanth and had a 3/4 Cam and it was a 🐻!!
That is awesome guy’s great job
Nice, love my 74 AMX 👍
AMX LIVES! I have one of these! an 1971 Javelin AMX 360, will be next for restoration!
My brother had a Javelin back in the day. AMC's purple paint, white interior with a killer engine and four speeds. Had so much power, he was snapping u-joints all the time, costing him a fortune. It didn't matter that he installed the strongest u-joints made, they still snapped...
Thank you for this video. We have a 68 AMX that we are giving a complete rebuild
love the paint job
I had a 72 AMC Javelin SST in 11th grade. Thanks Mom. ( in 1976 )
I had that EXACT Mark Donahue Special!!!!!!!!!!!! 390 go pack, 4 speed. Burnout machine!
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The 390 and Mark Donahue were a few years before the 73-74 styled car in the video.
But , yeah, same basic car.
I like the headliner, Groovy.
Knew a guy with a Javelin growing up, had a 390/C4 combo and what I assume were something in the 5:50ish rear gear ratio and it was absolutely useless in anything but stoplight to stoplight but it was so '70s, had a fiberglass tilt up front end and side pipes.
Good st racer! Miss seeing 1 pc flip front ends. Wish I could find one for mycar
Yep. I used heads and cams on my old 304 was giving me 218 at the wheel i got the engine in a trade from a feller who was putting a bigger engine in his AMC and I needed an engine for my Mustang. That was a fun car.
I had a 1970 Javelin with 360. It was a sweet ride.
That was my first car.1974 javelin black with white interior. Gold stripe. 401 4 speed. I bought in 1978 for 1200 bucks. A few years later I wrote it off. I had a drunken Oldman pulled right out in front of me. Twelve noon. And this guy was pickled.
nice to see something other than 1st gen mustang, 1st gen carmaro, 70' charger, chevelle, or cuda/challenger....
My 74 amx has a cool adjustments on the front suspension and it changes the way it corners with bolts that are camed. I can turn it after I unlock the lock nut. The way I was looking at the control arm that the bushings were worn out and egg-shaped the hole. But I'm super surprised that it was set up for a pit stop that they were able to move the wheel up and back. In and out in moments. .I have had a lot of fun with my old race car. I All ways like to road race. That car is the best fun. I all ways drove Ford 500 cop cars . They are not easy to top in the road handling.
It would be cool to see the Engine Power guys build a legit 400+ cid AMC engine that can hang with small block Ford and Chevy's. Maybe do high compression on e85 with EFI for a change and since these cars aren't daily drivers.
Build a big block to keep up with a small block? That's funny.
@@bmstylee No such thing as a Big Block AMC. All displacements share the same block. (304 - 401cid)
@@Sir.VicsMasher I'll rephrase. A big block level of displacement to keep up with a small block. Still comical.
I had a 1973 loved that car. 304 auto blue with a white strip down the side.
This car is a perfect candidate as a Grand Tourer. Traveling in comfort, luxury and performance across the USA; taller gears, performance suspension, etc. Hey, is that a Cardin edition? I see the swoosh design on the headliner!
Yes and it had the p cardin insignia badge outside also, what were the number of those produced probably low. Grand tourer save save cardin interior.
Man... You guys knocked this one out of the park! Absolutely Beautiful. I also love how you stayed basically period correct with the upgrades.
Love this build! So glad you didn't go with the usual huge clown shoe wheels and rubber band tires. This thing just screams '70s and is pretty typical of what we all ran back then, except for the modern FI. Only thing better would have been converting it to a stick shift.
I love watching this video, in modernizing the AMC javelin...
Hard to believe it is the same engine. Interesting.
Beautiful 1973 amc Javelin.. Great job great videos keep up the good work.. You need to take it down the quarter miles see what it does.. What do you do with the cars afterward sale them.. Again, you guys do a great job. Beautiful car, beautiful cars, great videos..👍
Best way to start the weekend every Saturday morning!
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HOWdy P-N,
Thank you for the " AMC " Episode
I beLIEve that better POWER could have been achieved with appropriate SIZED heads (instead of the "401" aluminum aftermarket items) + a CARBURETOR ... (instead of EFI)
... those ALUMINUM Heads SHROUDED the Valves to the point that you were required to NOTCH the engine block for clearance ...
( I have done this exact same BIG VALVE 401ci Heads onto a 290ci / 304ci AMC V-8 engine in the past myself - only with OEM Cast-Iron heads )
instead - I would be interested in a Cast Iron HEAD with the largest valves that would fit inside your 3.75" bore ( + any overbore) and and appropriately sized HOLLEY Double Pumper
( just for comparison's sake )
IMHO
Thanks for the AMC Episode
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41:06, that hood is so old. Back when rick bacon was on the show muscle car when him and tommy built a 455 buick century, that hood is from a lemans the cut the roof off of.
AMC rallye wheels on 📍!
Pierre Cardin AMC Javelin SST edition..very rare!
Full build videos are AWESOME!
Whole lotta fun
Thanks Fellas
I don't think Pat has enough pens on him 😂
Major props for keeping the mill AMC, and not doing the predictable LS swap like everyone else does
Tommy’s shade on ford never gets old. 😂😂😂
En los años 70, 78 79 en Venezuela los compraban solo los millonarios!!! Y eran tan poderosos que se mataban por las altas velocidades que alcanzaban, el rollo es que su peso era muy poso. Yo tenía 16 años y soñaba con tener uno😭😭😭😭sigo soñando a los 63, pero el que más me mata es el mejor deportivo jamás construido en todo el universo!!! El CORVETTE C3 de 1982. Chicos gracias por este reportaje maravillosos👍🏻👍🏻💎💎💎💎💎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That’s the nicest car I’ve ever seen, and I’m in my late sixties
While I do really enjoy this show, especially the full rebuilds, and these guys really know what they are doing, it benefits from 1.25 to 1.5 playback speed IMHO
Legit my favorite US muscle car. Just cool and menacing.
Boy that thing sounds awesome after the build.
Amx's were cool but always love the Rebel Machine!!
Yes. Now that was cool. Did that have he arrow pointing into the scoop?
Love those old Javelins, my brother had a 1972 SST back in the day
That 304 has to be hurt. I have a 73 AMX with a 304 and it’s a lot more powerful then what this was in the beginning.
with knowledge any motor can have a high power output
@@moisesgaribay4893 I’m talking stock vs stock.
The AMX had what was left of the performance goodies in '73 while the Pierre Cardan was a looks and cruiser option minus the power (unless it was an ordered one with the good stuff under the hood)
My brother had an AMX same year as yours. Except it had a 390 with a 3 speed. I still would love to have that car back. Thanks for building a great car.
You have to love start to finish! All the time!
I had 1972 loved it
The european branch of chevrolet known as OPEL made the 2 door manta back in the 70's. when you said it feels or reminds you of a euro car from back in the day i couldnt agree more.