First car I drove was my Dad's '71 Javelin SST. 360 engine. Similar exterior to the car seen here but Cherry red with the white side stripes. Beautiful thick corduroy seats. Lot's a great memories!

The Javelin and AMX were truly underrated muscle cars. My buddy had a 74 Javelin with the 360 4 speed manual.

@audieconrad8995

24 күн бұрын

That 360 in '74 could outrun anything in its displacement class at the time.

The Javelin is one of my all time favorite muscle cars. Have always LOVED the styling on those!

Thank you Steve!👍

I loved these cars

i used to own a71 javelin, it was a great car. But not in the snow! Anyway I liked it a lot

I'm a GM guy at heart. But I would take a Javelin or AMX over a Camaro any day. Unless it was a first gen Camaro. Then I might have to think about it longer

Nice Javelin.. ( and house slippers ) 🙂

My cuz, upon returning from Vietnam, he bought a brand new 71 Javelin 401, 4spd. Man, beautiful & fast.

Always been a Pontiac Guy , but this car is smokin . To bad I never noticed when I was a kid .

Great looking car

71-74 AMC Javelin is my lottery dream car. Now 71-72 probably. Never knew about the roof indents specific to those years. Still learning the subtle differences

Very nice car outstanding styling AMC

Damn I want that car!

😍Great looking Javelin!👍

@Daniel-fd3wp

Жыл бұрын

@THROTTLE POWER 👍

I've always loved the Javelin

I always liked the Javelin and AMX.

What a nice looking car.

Reminds me of my old Mark Donahue Special. 390 go pak. Fun car!!!!!!!

Yeah, I am a Chevy guy....but I thought long and hard, debating between a 396 Camaro, and an AMX. Actually decided on an AMX....but the dealer couldn't get one with a 401, with the colors I wanted, without waiting for it. So...being young and impatient, I bought the 396 Camaro, how I wanted it...the next day. It was in stock, at a nearby dealer. Great car, and drove it for years. But......I have often thought that my AMX, was out there, somewhere, with someone who was more patient. No regrets.....but...kinda, shoulda, waited. Now, Camaros are everywhere...but an AMX is one of "those cars" that got away.

Fun car, with some real eye candy. And thank you for sneaking in a quick “Hup Cap Game”, that’s a good looking wheel cover! ~ Chuck

I love that bodystyle.

Had a 74 javelin when I was a KID. Never should have sold it.😖

Cool story. Cool video!

There still one of the best looking sport cars of that era….I had a 1969 SST 343 when I was just a kid other wise I might have been smart enough to keep it because I loved that car…✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

67 Camaro introduced. Always liked the javelin too.

Beautiful car! Some of the nicest body lines of the day! The engine was a little light on power but took upgrades really well. My buddy in high school had the 360 in his and it came to life after we gave it a cam and carb.

@stevenrobert8567

Жыл бұрын

Did you have the sissy blue steering wheel too?

When I was a young lad my mother had a Javelin with a 401 in it. She had a lead foot and got a lot of tickets. LOL!

Another beautiful car. I gotta do some car stuff with Steve. He's the shizz. #lifegoals

Always loved the first gen 1968-1970 so much better. Rode and drove them when they were new strong running cars. A shame they never got the credit they deserved.

I recently discovered Javelins after a buddy of mine put his up for sell after getting tired of it, really hoping to buy it from him and videos like these making me want it more

@johnwayne3904

21 күн бұрын

You will regret it if you don't! *Edit: I just seen the amount of time that has passed since you said that.. maybe you got it 🤷

@seanhardy2024

21 күн бұрын

@@johnwayne3904 no it fell throigh my fingertips, someone offered him more than i could give

Years ago my friend had one, it was silver and he let me take it for a spin and Wowowow impressive speed. The good old days when beautiful muscle cars looked great and hauled ass👏🏻

Had one of these years ago when I lived in Vancouver, it had a sickly 304 in it . One day seen a ad in the news paper for a wrecked 71 javelin, been rear ended for 350 bucks . Went to buy it and to my joy it was an amx with a 401 4 speed needless to say my ol 73 javelin got an immense power improvement!!! A year later I was moving to Alberta so I decided to sell it , a young woman bought it and two days later she called me and said she wrapped it around a power pole on a wet road !!! 😢

My dream car & the correct colour ❤

I owned a 1972 Javelin SST when driving to college! It's a real beauty!!!

I bought a new '71 Javelin SST with this paint scheme (stripe) in Metallic green, white top coves, 401 V8. Sharp car that really went. The AMX V8's were all the same size externally so easy swap if one wanted more power.

Loved the look of these cars

Bought my first car, 1972 javelin sst, when I was 15. Bought it for 150.00 with a bad engine. My dad bought me a junkyard engine for 250.00. Awesome car, I beat on it for a couple years then sold it to a body shop guy for 450.00 and redoing my quarters on my cuda. It was canary yellow but he put a custom green mural paint job.

My 71 SST 304 had paddle switch's. Yours seem to have post switches. Miss that Jewel even now. Was alot of fun blowin down the Rambler hype, Vetts, mustangs and almost a Satelite Sebring once. Of course I owned it from 1974 till around 79 and changed thru addition from SuperShop's and junk yards alot too get the Pony's and the tickets.

"Hay Javelin" ! The Old TV commercial.

I had a 72Jav, and also owned a couple of Pacers. Also worked at an auto parts place in Pasadena Ca.called Verbecks that had a history dating back to 1915, that had a fleet of Gremlins as delivery cars.

As the owner of a 1973 Javelin, I am 2nd owner, I think these cars are overlooked. Just now starting to get some attention. A few notes. I have been asked why my Javelin has Vette front fenders. But the story is they are like that because Penske/Donohue wanted to be able to run bigger tires. SCCA Trans Am rules did not allow fender flares.....so Penske had AMC build them into the car.....front and rear. To bad the dash controls are missing the 'knobs' and inserts. Once gone they are very hard to find replacements. Thanks for showing how cool Javelins are!

Nice walk around. Learned a few things about the Javelin. I have a restored 71 SST 360, had a 72 back in the day and retired and built the 71 to match. Fun car.

I'm a Mopar dude but I want that car.

@garymckee8857

Жыл бұрын

I concur

2nd Gen 1972 AMC Javelin SST(Super Sport Tourer/Touring...imo?) with AMC 401 v8 and Go Pack goodies ftw!!😜😜

Didn't like them as a young man. But as I got older it grew on me

I was going to say, based on the Grille, it looked like an SST model... very cool ! Love the solid bar taillight (with no checkerboard like the 72 had). The 1973 and 74 went with the 4 round taillights instead.

I had a friend with one ... SST model but it had a 290 in it.

Nice to see. Still have one. No plans on letting it go. 😊

Great car and video! I also like the AMX!😁🛠️

my buddy had this EXACT YEAR & COLOR JAVELIN back in high school & one day he parked his car in the driveway, which his mother told him to stop doing & SHE HAD IT TOWED TO THE SCRAPYARD never to be seen again

I have a 1970 Mark Donahue which is really just an option on the SST. My spoiler was the usually cracked in 9 places. I found, oddly enough, a spoiler from a 1973 was the same thing and I used that one. The instrument clusters in these were particularly crappy, but repop boards are available. Avoid the 304. It is not worth wasting your time on.

Haven't seen one the road in years

Love these cars I owned a1974 304 great cars

Gorgeous Javlin, nice it still has the A/C,it is a shame someone cut the door panels for speakers, I didn't myself to a car then I went scrap yard shopping and found clean panels, and redid the speakers and found a two speak dash panel for my 1979 Magnum

@brockreynolds870

8 ай бұрын

Door speakers were optional in Javelins, and that IS the correct place for them to be located.

Just as point of order with regards to the genesis of the birth of the pony car, I was in attendance at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, and witnessed the premier of Iaccoca's greatest brainstorming product. And because, for the many reasons cited, in marketing courses in business schools in universities worldwide, it caught on like nothing else ever had!! Thus, Mustang car = Pony car = All cars in this class. The vehicles displayed at the Ford Pavillion were P-Zero running prototypes, and running show car variants from the styling studios, and pre-production testing departments to amaze the American public. Here's the thing though, the nomenclature of "Pony Car", is incorrect, believe it or not it should have been "Fast Fish", or something more aquatic, because there were not any production Mustangs at that time, coming down the line, produced or sold by Ford, and there wouldn't be for nearly a month after the premier of the Mustang at the World's Fair. BELIEVE IT, OR NOT THE PLYMOUTH BARRACUDAS WERE THE FIRST CARS OF THIS NEW CLASS OF AUTOMOBILE THAT WERE ALREADY IN PRODUCTION, AND AT DEALERSHIPS, ALREADY SOLD & PURCHASED, AND ON AMERICA'S HIGHWAYS 🛣!!!!! THEY BEAT THE MUSTANG TO BEING ON THE ROAD BY THREE, AND A HALF WEEKS, ALMOST A MONTH AHEAD OF THE FIRST MUSTANG TO COME DOWN THE PRODUCTION LINE, AND OUT THE FACTORY 🏭 DOORS. AND EVEN LONGER UNTIL THE FIRST MUSTANG ARRIVED AT A FORD DEALERSHIP. HOW ABOUT THAT THE PLYMOUTH BARRACUDAS WERE FIRST, THEN THE MUSTANGS. WELL, AS THE LATE PAUL HARVEY USED TO SAY "AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY".😊❤

get well soon Big SM!!🤘🥸👍

304 was a great motor

SST.....Super Sport Touring.

I hated these when I was young, we loved Cudas and Chargers, but now I really like them, my buddys mom had one she worked at GM Tech Center for 30yrs, first she had a plumb crazy 70 Challenger S/E 383 car, her 16 year old son wrapped it around a tree and killed himself, so no more fast cars for her, she had a 72 Javelin 305, silver blue. I live in Michigan, I am 60 now, we raced on Gratiot every weekend, we lived too far from Woodward, we trashed and banged up a lot of rare cars today, that`s exactly why originals are so hard to find, my buddy got sideways and destroyed the quarter and trunk of his AAR Cuda, it went right to a junkyard.

@audieconrad8995

Жыл бұрын

304...

Always thought the frontend.. bumper, grill, headlights looked a lot like a 69/70 Shelby..

@audieconrad8995

Жыл бұрын

Yep...without question.

@gteefxr3094

Жыл бұрын

And that's what made them "goofy looking" in my opinion. Plenty of people loved them.

@audieconrad8995

Жыл бұрын

@@gteefxr3094 who's them? Shelby, Javelin, or both?

@gteefxr3094

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, both, I know plenty of people like them, the front fenders of the Javelins/Shelbys just look like an afterthought to me. Wasn't the Matedor similar?

@audieconrad8995

Жыл бұрын

@@gteefxr3094 Matador Coupe had long fenders also, yes.

Wow man, what happened to this American motors comp. Had so much potential, power, reliability, awesome

Nice car. The heater core is disconnected. Hmmm....what other corners have been cut? I like the AMX/Javelin cars. They do not get the respect they deserve.

AMC did everything way different which set them apart from all the other car factories.

@THROTTLEPOWER

Жыл бұрын

So very true Daniel

1969/1970 Shelby front grille / nose

With the VIN (from the HOC website), you'll win: A for American Motors, 1 for 1971 model year, A for three speed column shifted automatic transmission, 7 for Javelin, 9 for two door hardtop, 7 for Javelin SST, H for 304 V8 with two barrel, and the rest is the production sequence, which in this case begins with a "1" so that denotes Kenosha, WI assembly. The Kenosha, WI plant operated until December 23, 1988 assembling vehicles, but continued to assemble engines until around 2010. No tag, can't brag, but possible code "B6" Electric Blue or code "A4" Skyline Blue exterior paint.

@garymckee8857

Жыл бұрын

I always wanted one of those.

@googleusergp

Жыл бұрын

@@garymckee8857 The twin brothers I know wound up with one from a customer. They were fixing it up for him and he just left the car there. I believe the two brothers are going to sell it.

@garymckee8857

Жыл бұрын

@Google User GP I just bought the Corvette because it was cheap, and it kinda wrecked my budget for toys at the present time. Those are a vehicle I have never owned and I have always liked the style of them.

@googleusergp

Жыл бұрын

@@garymckee8857 This one was rough, I believe it was an actual 401 V8 car though. It sat for years outside. The two guys I know just started to straighten it all out. I saw it at the shop and one brother said they were selling it.

@garymckee8857

Жыл бұрын

@Google User GP What a shame, that's why I bought the Corvette, it is an inside vehicle. I kept watching these old car videos and realized I haven't owned one in long time and what ridiculous is late 60' early 70 Plymouth Fury's are being priced higher than what l paid the Corvette and they are 318 vehicles.

Back in 1988 I got STOMPED by one of these at a stoplight.

My 1st car was a 1972 AMX Javelin, 360/auto, fiberglass cowl induction hood/air cleaner. Stardust Silver metallic with black cord interior. BTW the front windshield in a 2nd gen will also interchange with a 1st gen Javelin or AMX. Ask me how I know.... ;) Thanks for the video!

I think the roof spoiler would be more useful to reduce drag, by delaminating airflow, than it would be at adding downforce.

I Never knew/realized that AMC discontinued that T-top looking stamping in mid run - I thought all second gen Javs had that!

The stock wheel covers are very reminiscent of the early mid-60's Pontiac 8-lug wheels.

Front grill styling kinda borrowed from the 69-70 Shelby GT?

That’s my car. Exactly. Edit:with 360, that thing screams. Used to beat Vettes in 1/4mi all the time

I've read that SST stands for "super sports touring"

انها جميله

I was ready to jump all over you for the miss on the ‘82 Vette, but I’ll still remind you that the Camaro and Firebird debuted in ‘67, not ‘70.

I have one here in the Philippine

Merkle drove his mom's 304 in the rain. I don't know if she ever forgave him

Hate the rear quarter proportions and front overhang. Mr. Teague took what was the fantastic 68-70 and made something homely.

@ryurc3033

5 ай бұрын

Some people think it's ugly, but personally I'd rather have this than a mustang or Camaro from the same era. Just lowered with a nice set of wheels......and I would drive one constantly.

hummmm factory air but heater bypassed?

lol,they didnt even remove the trim when they stuck that rear wing on....Typical. at least they did space the wing so the trunk lid didnt stick open. also,for anyone whos even Thinking about buying this,get a warranty on the transmission in Writing when you buy it. this uses the borg warner slushbox pos known for failures,they did not start using the mopar transmission until 1972.

@FasterNLouder

Жыл бұрын

This spoiler was added by a previous owner. Spoilers didn’t come on SST trim cars. AMX trim only.

@RobsMusicBox

Жыл бұрын

@@FasterNLouder just off the top of my head the alabama state patrol javelins were SST`s came with flat hoods and the rear spoiler. the Trim im speaking of,is that rear tailight panel. the 2 end pieces there. cars that were ordered

@FasterNLouder

Жыл бұрын

@@RobsMusicBox The Alabama state trooper cars were special ordered with the spoiler like that so they could put the state trooper decals on the back and be visible to other vehicles on the road.

@FasterNLouder

Жыл бұрын

@@RobsMusicBox The trim is still there because SSTs had that trim and someone added the spoiler without removing the trim.

@RobsMusicBox

Жыл бұрын

@@FasterNLouder literally my first sentence.

Your Address?

@highoctaneclassics3969

Жыл бұрын

143 Washington st auburn ma

@shivankarchaudhary1915

Жыл бұрын

I live in Vancouver want to if i can buy red javelin 1973

Why do you have to block our view???

Having owned javelins, barracudas, mustangs, Camaros and firebirds I have to say the javelins handled the best of all of them, unfortunately it got the least respect from my friends 😂

That steering wheel🤔🤣

2023 and people still think it's 1973 with the white letter tires, facing out.

@FasterNLouder

Жыл бұрын

That’s because it looks good on old cars.

I like almost all American performance cars from this era, but this "Generation Javelin" was just a little too goofy looking. It definitely didn't look like a C3.

@FasterNLouder

Жыл бұрын

They look a little goofy without the spoiler, but with it they look similar to all the competition. Better than the 71-74 Charger, 73-74 Challenger and Satellite. Better than the non-Hatchback Mustangs, better than the big bumper Novas, 74 Camaros, 74 Firebirds. I could go on lol

looks like crap inside :)

As much as I 😍 the '70-earlier Javelin & AMX, the only good thing about the 2nd Gen Javelin was the 401. What drugs were the AMC designers on? That thing is as ugly as the Gremlin and Pacer.

@RobsMusicBox

Жыл бұрын

the drugs they were on was called Progress,they were moving Away from Slab sided cars and using Curves.