br67 Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Hi, what year is this kit? Does it have correct interior?
Austin T Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 It depicts a 70-74 model I believe. As for the interior it's stock with the option of a rollbar for the drag version.
pack rat Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Hi, what year is this kit? Does it have correct interior?The model year is a hard question to answer for that particular box. I believe that box art was originally used for the '72 annual. It was brought back when Johan reissued the kit in the '70's, but various parts/model years were found in the box. I have one that contained a '73/'74 kit, and another that contained a '73/'74 body with '72 chrome.Every '71-'74 Johan Javelin I've ever seen contains the same crude interior (about four pieces total) with an identical seat pattern. I have no idea if the pattern is unique to any particular model year.
br67 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Posted March 6, 2014 Thx guys. Was hoping for s straightforward answer guess I'm going to ave to dig out the kit and see exactly what I have
br67 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 Hi guys, have attached some pics of what was included in my kit - hopefully you shed some light on the year for me
disabled modeler Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 I have to agree the taillights on the box cover and the kit body appears to be a 72 to me....nice kits too. I have been looking for the Johan snap kits of these and others there pretty good too in my opinion.
pack rat Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Hi guys, have attached some pics of what was included in my kit - hopefully you shed some light on the year for me Yours is identical to one of mine; a '73/'74 body with '72 chrome. What makes the body a '73-4 is the smooth roof. An accurate '71-2 body has T-top-like creases pressed into it (Google some pics and you'll see what I mean). The original Johan '71-2 annuals had the creases molded in. I wouldn't be bothered by the minor inaccuracy. I purchased mine from a long-time knowledgeable collector who bought and built the kit years ago without ever noticing the error.
W-409 Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 If you want to build an accurate '73/'74 Javelin, ModelHaus makes replacement parts for that year model. I don't know if the bumbers and grille are different, but that taillight cover panel is different on those cars. I ordered one of them for mine and it looks really good. http://modelhaus.com/index.php?y=65&c=4016&pt=&part=1&Submit=Search
Dave Van Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Problem is there is not one correct answer on your kit. JoHan mixed and matched parts on that kit during reissues. It represents a 1971-74 Javelin. BUT.....JoHan ran the kit with a 71-72 body, 73-74 body and coould be mixed with 71-72 tail lights or 73-74 'TV' tail lights. So the only accurate 71-72 kit was made before the body was altered to a 73. (T bar removed from roof etc) After the body was altered to a 73 it was run with 72 tail light panel. The interior is typical 70's era promo style bucket. We get spoiled with current build up interiors with deep side panels....the kit as made is very buildable as long as you know what it is......Any one that doesn't like the kit ....I store them at my house for FREE!!!!! My 1/1 1973 JAVELIN not an AMX......
br67 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 I did a google images search and 72-74 grille looks same/ similar so I guess I will just order the tail lamp parts from Modelhaus. I also saw that someone was selling resin std style steel wheels on ebay too. Thx for all info guys
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