It an original (special order - My dad is the original owner) 1969 AMC
Javelin/SST
232CID - Straight Six
2BBL - Carter Carb with the manifold from the Ambassador
It's basically a V8, heavy duty-hi performance (for 1969 that is) Javelin
but custom ordered with the Six and a 2BBL. The Sixes came with 1 or 2bbl
carbs...but they didn't have factory Carter carburetors. Suspension was
salso pecial ordered from AMC. (AMX Suspension and POSI rear-end).
It sounds stupid...POSI on a Inline-6...but my dad was forced to "keep the
gas mileage reasonable and the tickets down" by none other than my mom.
I've kept the car in almost perfect condition and can't force myself to sell
it. I've got a picture of my sister and I looking through the back window
at age 4 and 6...and one of my two boys in the same position and same age.
(Two generations...wonder if it'll last three.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of William T.
> Goldbach
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 5:23 PM
> To: dakota list
> Subject: DML: RE:Javelin/AMX
>
>
> Well, if it was an AMC it did not have a 440 in it. The best AMC had to
> offer was a 401, I believe around 360HP in the best version. Or, are you
> telling us it had a 440 Chrysler engine in it? That would be
> cool! AMC used
> Chrysler Torqueflite trannies though. A real good automatic, if there ever
> was one. My old shop teacher in HS had a brand-new '74 Javelin
> AMX with the
> 401 and a 4-speed. Periwinkle blue, black top and interior. Sharp car. All
> us kids were drooling! -Bill
>
> > I went to Columbus OH a couple of weeks ago with a friend of mine
> >to this "muscle car" dealership, and they had a Javelin there. I'd
> >never seen one before, but that's a really neat car! There's enough
> >room in the engine bay to stuff a small country in there; it made the
> >440 in it look like a 4-banger! :-) The interior was really cool
> >too; I don't know how to describe it, its just the way the dash
> >zig-zagged around (almost looks like a fighter plane cockpit), the
> >little switches just under the instrument panel... Really neat!
> >Almost looks like something James Bond should be driving... I
> >could stand having something like that to tool around in. :-)
> >It was in good condition too; the paint was perfect, the interior
> >was nice. (The engine bay could have been better.) Too bad it was
> >an auto. ;-) I think they wanted about $10,000 for it.
> >
> >Dak content: Uhhhh... ummm... HEY LOOK, ITS THE GOODYEAR
> >BLIMP!!! <running away...> ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > -Jon-
>
>
>
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