JoHan Javelin AMX

[Modlbldr]

So, I walked into one of the local "independently owned" service stations in my area this morning and saw, up on the shelf, behind the counter, a built up Javelin. Having never seen it before I asked the owner (who I know casually) about it. He said that he built it years ago. He said that the hood used to be displayed in the open position but that his grandchildren broke it. I'm not sure if he glued it shut since then.

I asked if I could look at it and he handed it to me. I looked it over a bit and offered to buy it. He told me that he wasn't ready to part with it.

From what I can remember of what I saw for less than a minute this morning and what i have looked at just now on-line it appears to be the old JoHan Javelin AMX Snap-Tite kit. (Dark Green and white box art car)

It appears to be stock, cleanly built and complete. His is painted a light brown with the engine painted green (he showed me from the underside).

So, here comes the stupid question that no one can accurately answer. What is a ballpark figure something like this would be worth? I know it's whatever you're willing to pay, so please don't answer with that. I'm just looking for a ballpark so that if he ever says yes, neither of us will get taken. (know what I mean?) I've never seen one of these but I've known they are out there and just never looked into prices of getting one. Got any help?

Later-

[Lownslow]

if its clean throw him a 45er

[george 53]

25/30 that's a fair price.

[Erik Smith]

You can search completed listings on eBay to see what the world market is like.

[Maindrian Pace]

A wrapped one just sold on ebay for $42.02.

-MJS

[Casey]

  On 11/19/2011 at 4:17 AM, Coyotehybrids said:

You can search completed listings on eBay to see what the world market is like.

I agree. I wouldn't suggest paying any more than $25 for a really nice built version, but as the post above states, they are still easily found.

[Junkman]

If it has an opening bonnet and an engine, it can't have been built from the snap kit, unless the builder performed some drastic plastic surgery on it.

My educated guess is that it was built from the GC-1600 kit.

[Mark]

What year is it? The Jo-Han Javelin/AMX kit can be found as anything from a '71 to a '74, with the '73-'74 style (smooth roof) being the most common. AMT sold the stock '74 version in their own packaging also.

The earliest '71-'72 with the "T-bar" styled roof are the toughest to find (particularly the '71). The early production '73-'74 kits (with wire axles) are the next hardest to find. These include the AMT boxed kit, which was sold as a '74 annual. Then come the later production '73-'74 with the thick plastic axles.

The least desirable ones are the Seville Enterprises produced kits. They have the '73-'74 smooth roof body but a '72 rear bumper/taillight trim piece that doesn't fit properly (the '73-'74 taillight panel was larger, so the body was altered to fit, which leaves a gap around the perimeter of the '72 taillight trim). The parts in the Seville produced kits show a bunch of tooling wear, and are often molded in a reddish orange color.

I left out the Trans-Am racing versions, which today seem to be worth more than the corresponding stock versions.

[Nate]

Hopefully the new ownership at AMT might see fit to release a version or two of this car.