Javelin`s AMC

[MrObsessive]

  On 5/28/2019 at 3:10 PM, 69NovaYenko said:

I can attest to witnessing on numerous occasions a overly confident driver of one of the overly hyped big three brands would sorely underestimate the light bodied, high horsepower Javelin, AMX, Rebels or Scrambler and have to pay (in hard cash) for a lesson in humility. AMC`s were the TRUE "factory street sleepers" of their era; in a large part due what now-a-days is refereed to as "lack of brand recondition".

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Oh yeah! When I had my AMX (a '69 390), I dusted off many a car up to and including a Road Runner (another '69?) with a 440. A little tough to beat that one,  but one BIG advantage of my car is that indeed it was light. It might have weighed just 3000 (or slightly less), but my car was literally a bare bones, no nonsense kind of car. No AC, no power brakes, no power steering, VACUUM wipers which I thought they got rid of by the early '60's. One thing I didn't like about the car is that it had drum brakes on all fours which I thought was a bit unusual for a car with a 390 and I didn't like where the shifter was in relation to the seat. It sat just a bit to muoch to the left of the driveshaft tunnel, so a 1st/2nd power shift I had to move my long leg to the left a bit to keep from scraping my thigh.

It could be a bit of a handful in the rain as well. It was my daily driver and in the rain it could be easy for that short wheelbase to swap ends..............happened to me a couple times!

I'd sure like to have another, but it would have to be a nice days only car. My Challenger has me spoiled with its AC, power everything and it's much more liveable to take a long trip in than my AMX ever could be. Not to mention prices for those are a bit steep these days. Just for a nice 'driver' you can still be paying 15k on up with pristine examples going for 35-40k. Not as high as some Camaros and Mustangs can go, but at least you'll have a unique car which CANNOT be faked.

[ratdoggy]

Pretty sure the kits would sell well....How many musmarcudas can you build? 

[Snake45]

  On 5/28/2019 at 4:54 PM, ratdoggy said:

How many musmarcudas can you build? 

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Speaking for myself, dozens, apparently (so far). 

[StevenGuthmiller]

  On 5/28/2019 at 4:54 PM, ratdoggy said:

Pretty sure the kits would sell well....How many musmarcudas can you build? 

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I agree.

I have nothing against "Musmarcudas", they were beautiful cars.

But honestly, everything gets old after a while.

I love steak, but I sure as heck don't want to eat it for every meal.

Variety is the spice of life.

I get a true excitement every time I get started on a new old annual build that I could never possibly get going from building a '69 Camaro RS/SS, straight into building a '69 Z-28.

I guarantee you that if I couldn't continue to build unusual subjects, I would give up the hobby and go fishing!

 

 

Steve