[dataway]

Circa 1976 there was an AMX Javelin with a supercharger that terrorized the local streets in Germantown TN. Beautiful car, custom paint etc.

[KS circutguy]

Friends Javelin 390 with roller cam. Bitchin' car

[mgarblik]

I always liked those rocker moldings I don't think I have ever seen that roof spoiler. Was that a factory option part? Good looking car.

[Verdoro 68]

This one would similar to the pic above when restored. It's a Big Bad Orange SST with a black c-stripe. I believe the spoiler over the rear window, the hood and the rockers on the car above were part of the Mod Package.

Interesting about the suspension parts, I'll do a little homework.

[Verdoro 68]

Well, I always thought if I owned an orange '69 4 speed car it would be a Judge. Not so much!

Made a deal on this '69 343 4bbl 4 speed Big Bad Orange Javelin this afternoon. All the numbers check out - at least as much as they can on an AMC. Super solid car with zero rust, original black plates. The down side is the questionable body work on the hood and passenger side and the lack of an interior.

The seller included another hood, fenders, a door, the slotted mags for the driver's side and a bunch of extra parts. It's been sitting for 10 years, but has been started periodically. Definitely needs a lot of love, but we can get it going. I love the old school Offenhauser and Mallory stuff under the hood. The plan is to get it running, put an interior in it, spruce up the exterior a tad and drive the heck out of it. It's going to be our Duct Tape Drags car this year.

[67Lemons]

Funny unrelated story, last week I visited a new customer, was supposed to be an engine machine shop. When I pulled around the corner I saw a gigantic American Motors sign on the side of the building, it was obviously an old AMC dealership. Inside the showroom there were two blown small blocks, vintage speed parts and a few cross ram manifolds with NOS Holley carbs, After introducing myself and chatting with the owner it ends up that this was an old AMC dealership and specialized in AMX’s back when his father ran it, they were one of the largest AMX dealerships in the country.

The owner was an old muscle car guy from back in the day as some of my customers are, we spent about an hour chatting about muscle cars and particularly AMX’s, very cool old timer with heaps of knowledge about those cars and everything else, it makes me sad to realize when folks like him die we’ll be loosing decades of experience and knowledge.

Long story short there’s supposed to be a guy who started the AMX club in Colorado who probably has a stash or parts but if not probably knows folks who do so maybe if you look him up he can help you find some parts?

[Verdoro 68]

This is definitely a new frontier for me. Who is the Ames Performance and Butler of the AMC world?

[burd]

AMC parts are tough. You never see them at the swaps.

[VCho455]

Originally Posted by Verdoro 68

Well, I always thought if I owned an orange '69 4 speed car it would be a Judge. Not so much!

Made a deal on this '69 343 4bbl 4 speed Big Bad Orange Javelin this afternoon. All the numbers check out - at least as much as they can on an AMC. Super solid car with zero rust, original black plates. The down side is the questionable body work on the hood and passenger side and the lack of an interior.

The seller included another hood, fenders, a door, the slotted mags for the driver's side and a bunch of extra parts. It's been sitting for 10 years, but has been started periodically. Definitely needs a lot of love, but we can get it going. I love the old school Offenhauser and Mallory stuff under the hood. The plan is to get it running, put an interior in it, spruce up the exterior a tad and drive the heck out of it. It's going to be our Duct Tape Drags car this year.

Big Bad cars are cool! Yours looks like a great starting place.

There is a guy local (Battleground WA) to me who buys and sells AMC stuff. If your interested PM and I will give you his phone number.

I've bought parts from American Parts Depot, Kennedy American and AMC Parts Warehouse. If you want to go faster check out Indy Cylinder Heads.

[OG68]

Originally Posted by burd

AMC parts are tough. You never see them at the swaps.

Went to the Pomona swap meet last weekend. Saw more stuff for Hudsons than I did for Pontiacs.

[Verdoro 68]

Originally Posted by VCho455

Big Bad cars are cool! Yours looks like a great starting place.

There is a guy local (Battleground WA) to me who buys and sells AMC stuff. If your interested PM and I will give you his phone number.

I've bought parts from American Parts Depot, Kennedy American and AMC Parts Warehouse. If you want to go faster check out Indy Cylinder Heads.

I put in an order for seat covers and door panels from Legendary over the weekend since they had a 20% off sale and also a few things from American Parts Depot. For all of you that think the Ames site is bad, order some AMC parts online.

I'm also going to have to source a bunch of used parts. In particular I need a core drivers side door panel and all the trim for the driver's side door, headliner bows and associated wind lace. No one makes headliners for these so that's going to be a trip to the upholstery shop. The reality of how rough this car is was setting in yesterday.

[Shiny]

Originally Posted by Verdoro 68

..... The reality of how rough this car is was setting in yesterday.

That means it can only get better!

Looks like a great car!

[Verdoro 68]

Oh yeah, I was poking around the storage lot waiting for the flatbed to arrive yesterday and found this '67 4 speed. For a minute I was like "Hold on, maybe I want this instead." but the deal was already done.



I pressure washed it yesterday and started taking inventory of all the stuff we're going to need - $$$. Cole reminded me that it's supposed to be a duct tape car and I told him to police me if I get too out of control. For all it's missing, it's a very solid car. The worst rust is behind the peeling bondo on the passenger quarter. The floors, fenders trunk are solid as a rock.

First step is getting it running. It turns over, but there's no spark or fuel so we have some things to sort out. It's got an old Mallory dual point on it that I'm going to try to save.

Getting my feet wet over at the AMC forum so I don't bore all the Pontiac folks with this project. I'm really missing the familiarity of Pontiacs and the resto market right now.

[george kujanski]

At least the distributor is out in front where it's easy to get to!
I like it. Throw some quick paint on it. It will look better and provide initiative for more work.

George

[VCho455]

I happen to know that 2nd gen Ford Probe seats are an easy bolt in.

[Verdoro 68]

That's useful to know. Junkyard seats would be way more economical and reduce my chances of getting tetanus.

[Verdoro 68]

"Ran when parked"

We're prepping to pull the engine to clean it up and reseal it, but wanted to see if it was a runner first. Carb was corroded from ethanol, and the cooling system needs a good flush, but valve train looked squeaky clean. Popped a new Edelbrock AVS2 carb on it, replaced the points, cap and rotor, and fed it from the gas can and it fired right up. Can't get any fuel from the tank so I assume the pickup looks a lot like the carb did. I've never seen a carb that bad.

[Verdoro 68]

Been ignoring the Pontiacs around the house lately as our new toy is getting all the attention.

Started with the easy stuff and replaced a few pieces of missing trim. I love the tail panel on these cars, so replacing that was on top of my list.

Cole and I pulled the engine over the weekend. The inside of the engine looks great - nice and clean. Needs a timing chain, no big deal. The real surprise was the amount of rust in the block. It must have had tap water sitting in it for a long time. I spent yesterday rodding out the engine with a coat hanger and flushing it with the hose. I was able to get a vast majority of the rust out of the block.

We dropped the gas tank to look at why we can't get fuel to the carb from the tank. It turns out the pickup had fallen off and glued itself to the floor of the tank. The inside of the tank looks like the Titanic. It was repaired and coated as some point, but they didn't do a good job. It's one reason why the fuel looked like transmission fluid. $700 later we have a new tank on the way.

The clutch is also pretty tired, so we have new one on the way and sent the flywheel out to get resurfaced.

[SD455DJ]

Ken, maybe you know this already, but AMC’s got better designed higher flowing exhaust manifolds starting in 1971. They came on 360/401 (304 too...maybe?) engines in the Javelin, Matador, and Ambassador. They should be reasonably available, but the AMC guys like them for the earlier cars to keep the stock factory look and better performance over the old logs, so it will require some patience to find. If you are interested in going that route, I can have my AMC contacts search for some…unless you are going to use headers, then disregard this post. Here are pics from my brother’s 401 Javelin’s to compare the exhaust manifold design to yours.

Dennis

PS: Actually, these manifolds won't work...they are for the 1970-up heads with the dog-leg exhaust ports, yours has the older design rectangular ports. I missed that it was a '69 343...darn!

[scott70]

Originally Posted by Verdoro 68

Oh yeah, I was poking around the storage lot waiting for the flatbed to arrive yesterday and found this '67 4 speed. For a minute I was like "Hold on, maybe I want this instead." but the deal was already done.



I pressure washed it yesterday and started taking inventory of all the stuff we're going to need - $$$. Cole reminded me that it's supposed to be a duct tape car and I told him to police me if I get too out of control. For all it's missing, it's a very solid car. The worst rust is behind the peeling bondo on the passenger quarter. The floors, fenders trunk are solid as a rock.

First step is getting it running. It turns over, but there's no spark or fuel so we have some things to sort out. It's got an old Mallory dual point on it that I'm going to try to save.

Getting my feet wet over at the AMC forum so I don't bore all the Pontiac folks with this project. I'm really missing the familiarity of Pontiacs and the resto market right now.

Why do people stack hundreds of pounds of crap on hoods and roofs? Seen quite a few pictures and videos of cars outside or in a garage with a mountain of stuff on them. Just trying to crush the roof in I guess.