JoHan Javelin

[Hmann68]

Hi all…I’m not very knowledgeable about NASCAR, but i thought I’d throw this on here for the fun of it. This kit was brought to me by a friend who got it recently from a friend of his. The car was built, and the body and interior were painted somewhat decently, but the chassis was left bare plastic and the motor was put together fully and then sprayed red….fan, belts, valve covers, everything lol. So I carefully took the body, frame, interior, glass and engine out. He told me not to repaint the body, but to clean everything up as much as possible. I polished the glass, painted the frame semi gloss black with a few details. Then I scrubbed the motor with soap and began hand painting everything on it. Didn’t want to destroy it all….everything was stuck together really good ?. Washed and touched up the interior, waxed the body with Mother’s cleaner wax, and assembled it back together. Doesn’t look too darn bad!!! In fact I like it and he’s going to be happy with it. Thanks for looking! 

[vamach1]

It looks like it was freshly built.  Nice work restoring it for your friend.

[Hmann68]

  On 1/15/2024 at 9:43 PM, vamach1 said:

It looks like it was freshly built.  Nice work restoring it for your friend.

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Thanks! Took some work but it looks ok! 

[Yeah Nah]

Nice save Christopher. You did well considering!

[Hmann68]

  On 1/15/2024 at 10:10 PM, Yeah Nah said:

Nice save Christopher. You did well considering!

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Thank you! 

[bondo bill]

very cool

[Bills72sj]

Pretty good. You did what we call around here Snake-Fu.

[Hmann68]

  On 1/16/2024 at 4:27 AM, bondo bill said:

very cool

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  On 1/16/2024 at 5:12 AM, Bills72sj said:

Pretty good. You did what we call around here Snake-Fu.

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Thanks guys! Oh yes…Snake is the man for this kind of work! ??

[dave branson]

Nice , Javelin and AMX are my favorite

[Hmann68]

  On 1/16/2024 at 5:19 PM, dave branson said:

Nice , Javelin and AMX are my favorite

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Thanks! Yep they’re neat cars ?

[Rattlecan Dan]

I'm thinking he'll be really happy with what you've done. Nice work.

[Hmann68]

  On 1/17/2024 at 4:39 AM, Rattlecan Dan said:

I'm thinking he'll be really happy with what you've done. Nice work.

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Thanks, it looks ok! He’s going to be happy with it ?

[Phildaupho]

Very interesting to see this great looking first generation Javelin race car. I was not aware of Javelins competing in NASCAR events so googled and sure enough Jim Paschal was very successful racing Javelins in the NASCAR Grand Touring Circuit.

[Hmann68]

  On 1/17/2024 at 11:56 PM, Phildaupho said:

Very interesting to see this great looking first generation Javelin race car. I was not aware of Javelins competing in NASCAR events so googled and sure enough Jim Paschal was very successful racing Javelins in the NASCAR Grand Touring Circuit.

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Yep I googled it too, as I knew nothing about it ?

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[Bainford]

Nice save on this old build. Good looking Javelin.

[falcon wagon]

Nice Build you don't see these often

[restoman]

I'd be happy with it, too. Good work!

[afx]

Nice work.

[Hmann68]

  On 1/18/2024 at 1:08 PM, ChrisR said:

Very nice!

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  On 1/18/2024 at 8:29 PM, Bainford said:

Nice save on this old build. Good looking Javelin.

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  On 1/19/2024 at 4:13 PM, falcon wagon said:

Nice Build you don't see these often

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  On 1/19/2024 at 6:23 PM, restoman said:

I'd be happy with it, too. Good work!

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  On 1/19/2024 at 6:48 PM, afx said:

Nice work.

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Thank you guys….yes I had never seen this kit until he brought it to me. Pretty cool! 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Hmann68]

  On 1/21/2024 at 1:04 AM, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

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Thanks Pappy ?

[Volzfan59]

Great build, probably my favorite Johan kits. I'm a big fan of 1:1 AMC Javelins and AMX's.

[Hmann68]

  On 2/21/2024 at 1:52 PM, Volzfan59 said:

Great build, probably my favorite Johan kits. I'm a big fan of 1:1 AMC Javelins and AMX's.

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Thank you! They’re cool cars for sure! 

[MarkJ]

Way to resurrect a bad build into a great one. I hope you did not have to give it back after all that work.