1971 Javelin Walkaround with Steve Magnante 

Thank you Steve!👍

I loved these cars

First car I drove was my Dad's '71 Javelin SST. 360 engine. Similar exterior to the car seen here but Cherry red with the white side stripes. Beautiful thick corduroy seats. Lot's a great memories!

The Javelin and AMX were truly underrated muscle cars. My buddy had a 74 Javelin with the 360 4 speed manual.

i used to own a71 javelin, it was a great car. But not in the snow! Anyway I liked it a lot

My cuz, upon returning from Vietnam, he bought a brand new 71 Javelin 401, 4spd. Man, beautiful & fast.

My dream car & the correct colour ❤

Damn I want that car!

Cool story. Cool video!

The Javelin is one of my all time favorite muscle cars. Have always LOVED the styling on those!

I love that bodystyle.

71-74 AMC Javelin is my lottery dream car. Now 71-72 probably. Never knew about the roof indents specific to those years. Still learning the subtle differences

Nice Javelin.. ( and house slippers ) 🙂

Very nice car outstanding styling AMC

I always liked the Javelin and AMX.

I've always loved the Javelin

What a nice looking car.

Didn't like them as a young man. But as I got older it grew on me

Always been a Pontiac Guy , but this car is smokin . To bad I never noticed when I was a kid .

Yeah, I am a Chevy guy....but I thought long and hard, debating between a 396 Camaro, and an AMX. Actually decided on an AMX....but the dealer couldn't get one with a 401, with the colors I wanted, without waiting for it. So...being young and impatient, I bought the 396 Camaro, how I wanted it...the next day. It was in stock, at a nearby dealer. Great car, and drove it for years. But......I have often thought that my AMX, was out there, somewhere, with someone who was more patient. No regrets.....but...kinda, shoulda, waited. Now, Camaros are everywhere...but an AMX is one of "those cars" that got away.

Reminds me of my old Mark Donahue Special. 390 go pak. Fun car!!!!!!!

Another beautiful car. I gotta do some car stuff with Steve. He's the shizz. #lifegoals

SST.....Super Sport Touring.

67 Camaro introduced. Always liked the javelin too.

"Hay Javelin" ! The Old TV commercial.

get well soon Big SM!!🤘🥸👍

😍Great looking Javelin!👍

I recently discovered Javelins after a buddy of mine put his up for sell after getting tired of it, really hoping to buy it from him and videos like these making me want it more

Always loved the first gen 1968-1970 so much better. Rode and drove them when they were new strong running cars. A shame they never got the credit they deserved.

Fun car, with some real eye candy. And thank you for sneaking in a quick “Hup Cap Game”, that’s a good looking wheel cover! ~ Chuck

2nd Gen 1972 AMC Javelin SST(Super Sport Tourer/Touring...imo?) with AMC 401 v8 and Go Pack goodies ftw!!😜😜

I owned a 1972 Javelin SST when driving to college! It's a real beauty!!!

My 71 SST 304 had paddle switch's. Yours seem to have post switches. Miss that Jewel even now. Was alot of fun blowin down the Rambler hype, Vetts, mustangs and almost a Satelite Sebring once. Of course I owned it from 1974 till around 79 and changed thru addition from SuperShop's and junk yards alot too get the Pony's and the tickets.

Loved the look of these cars

Had a 74 javelin when I was a KID. Never should have sold it.😖

Beautiful car! Some of the nicest body lines of the day! The engine was a little light on power but took upgrades really well. My buddy in high school had the 360 in his and it came to life after we gave it a cam and carb.

There still one of the best looking sport cars of that era….I had a 1969 SST 343 when I was just a kid other wise I might have been smart enough to keep it because I loved that car…✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

304 was a great motor

I had a friend with one ... SST model but it had a 290 in it.

Had one of these years ago when I lived in Vancouver, it had a sickly 304 in it . One day seen a ad in the news paper for a wrecked 71 javelin, been rear ended for 350 bucks . Went to buy it and to my joy it was an amx with a 401 4 speed needless to say my ol 73 javelin got an immense power improvement!!! A year later I was moving to Alberta so I decided to sell it , a young woman bought it and two days later she called me and said she wrapped it around a power pole on a wet road !!! 😢

When I was a young lad my mother had a Javelin with a 401 in it. She had a lead foot and got a lot of tickets. LOL!

Love these cars I owned a1974 304 great cars

Years ago my friend had one, it was silver and he let me take it for a spin and Wowowow impressive speed. The good old days when beautiful muscle cars looked great and hauled ass👏🏻

I'm a GM guy at heart. But I would take a Javelin or AMX over a Camaro any day. Unless it was a first gen Camaro. Then I might have to think about it longer

Bought my first car, 1972 javelin sst, when I was 15. Bought it for 150.00 with a bad engine. My dad bought me a junkyard engine for 250.00. Awesome car, I beat on it for a couple years then sold it to a body shop guy for 450.00 and redoing my quarters on my cuda. It was canary yellow but he put a custom green mural paint job.

I'm a Mopar dude but I want that car.

I bought a new '71 Javelin SST with this paint scheme (stripe) in Metallic green, white top coves, 401 V8. Sharp car that really went. The AMX V8's were all the same size externally so easy swap if one wanted more power.

Haven't seen one the road in years

I had a 72Jav, and also owned a couple of Pacers. Also worked at an auto parts place in Pasadena Ca.called Verbecks that had a history dating back to 1915, that had a fleet of Gremlins as delivery cars.

Great car and video! I also like the AMX!😁🛠️

As the owner of a 1973 Javelin, I am 2nd owner, I think these cars are overlooked. Just now starting to get some attention. A few notes. I have been asked why my Javelin has Vette front fenders. But the story is they are like that because Penske/Donohue wanted to be able to run bigger tires. SCCA Trans Am rules did not allow fender flares.....so Penske had AMC build them into the car.....front and rear. To bad the dash controls are missing the 'knobs' and inserts. Once gone they are very hard to find replacements. Thanks for showing how cool Javelins are!

Nice walk around. Learned a few things about the Javelin. I have a restored 71 SST 360, had a 72 back in the day and retired and built the 71 to match. Fun car.

Nice to see. Still have one. No plans on letting it go. 😊

Wow man, what happened to this American motors comp. Had so much potential, power, reliability, awesome

my buddy had this EXACT YEAR & COLOR JAVELIN back in high school & one day he parked his car in the driveway, which his mother told him to stop doing & SHE HAD IT TOWED TO THE SCRAPYARD never to be seen again

I have a 1970 Mark Donahue which is really just an option on the SST. My spoiler was the usually cracked in 9 places. I found, oddly enough, a spoiler from a 1973 was the same thing and I used that one. The instrument clusters in these were particularly crappy, but repop boards are available. Avoid the 304. It is not worth wasting your time on.

Just as point of order with regards to the genesis of the birth of the pony car, I was in attendance at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, and witnessed the premier of Iaccoca's greatest brainstorming product. And because, for the many reasons cited, in marketing courses in business schools in universities worldwide, it caught on like nothing else ever had!! Thus, Mustang car = Pony car = All cars in this class. The vehicles displayed at the Ford Pavillion were P-Zero running prototypes, and running show car variants from the styling studios, and pre-production testing departments to amaze the American public. Here's the thing though, the nomenclature of "Pony Car", is incorrect, believe it or not it should have been "Fast Fish", or something more aquatic, because there were not any production Mustangs at that time, coming down the line, produced or sold by Ford, and there wouldn't be for nearly a month after the premier of the Mustang at the World's Fair. BELIEVE IT, OR NOT THE PLYMOUTH BARRACUDAS WERE THE FIRST CARS OF THIS NEW CLASS OF AUTOMOBILE THAT WERE ALREADY IN PRODUCTION, AND AT DEALERSHIPS, ALREADY SOLD & PURCHASED, AND ON AMERICA'S HIGHWAYS 🛣!!!!! THEY BEAT THE MUSTANG TO BEING ON THE ROAD BY THREE, AND A HALF WEEKS, ALMOST A MONTH AHEAD OF THE FIRST MUSTANG TO COME DOWN THE PRODUCTION LINE, AND OUT THE FACTORY 🏭 DOORS. AND EVEN LONGER UNTIL THE FIRST MUSTANG ARRIVED AT A FORD DEALERSHIP. HOW ABOUT THAT THE PLYMOUTH BARRACUDAS WERE FIRST, THEN THE MUSTANGS. WELL, AS THE LATE PAUL HARVEY USED TO SAY "AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY".😊❤

I was going to say, based on the Grille, it looked like an SST model... very cool ! Love the solid bar taillight (with no checkerboard like the 72 had). The 1973 and 74 went with the 4 round taillights instead.

Gorgeous Javlin, nice it still has the A/C,it is a shame someone cut the door panels for speakers, I didn't myself to a car then I went scrap yard shopping and found clean panels, and redid the speakers and found a two speak dash panel for my 1979 Magnum

I hated these when I was young, we loved Cudas and Chargers, but now I really like them, my buddys mom had one she worked at GM Tech Center for 30yrs, first she had a plumb crazy 70 Challenger S/E 383 car, her 16 year old son wrapped it around a tree and killed himself, so no more fast cars for her, she had a 72 Javelin 305, silver blue. I live in Michigan, I am 60 now, we raced on Gratiot every weekend, we lived too far from Woodward, we trashed and banged up a lot of rare cars today, that`s exactly why originals are so hard to find, my buddy got sideways and destroyed the quarter and trunk of his AAR Cuda, it went right to a junkyard.

1969/1970 Shelby front grille / nose

Always thought the frontend.. bumper, grill, headlights looked a lot like a 69/70 Shelby..

AMC did everything way different which set them apart from all the other car factories.

Nice car. The heater core is disconnected. Hmmm....what other corners have been cut? I like the AMX/Javelin cars. They do not get the respect they deserve.

I Never knew/realized that AMC discontinued that T-top looking stamping in mid run - I thought all second gen Javs had that!

I think the roof spoiler would be more useful to reduce drag, by delaminating airflow, than it would be at adding downforce.

Back in 1988 I got STOMPED by one of these at a stoplight.

My 1st car was a 1972 AMX Javelin, 360/auto, fiberglass cowl induction hood/air cleaner. Stardust Silver metallic with black cord interior. BTW the front windshield in a 2nd gen will also interchange with a 1st gen Javelin or AMX. Ask me how I know.... ;) Thanks for the video!

With the VIN (from the HOC website), you'll win: A for American Motors, 1 for 1971 model year, A for three speed column shifted automatic transmission, 7 for Javelin, 9 for two door hardtop, 7 for Javelin SST, H for 304 V8 with two barrel, and the rest is the production sequence, which in this case begins with a "1" so that denotes Kenosha, WI assembly. The Kenosha, WI plant operated until December 23, 1988 assembling vehicles, but continued to assemble engines until around 2010. No tag, can't brag, but possible code "B6" Electric Blue or code "A4" Skyline Blue exterior paint.

That’s my car. Exactly. Edit:with 360, that thing screams. Used to beat Vettes in 1/4mi all the time

The stock wheel covers are very reminiscent of the early mid-60's Pontiac 8-lug wheels.

انها جميله

Front grill styling kinda borrowed from the 69-70 Shelby GT?

I've read that SST stands for "super sports touring"

I have one here in the Philippine

I was ready to jump all over you for the miss on the ‘82 Vette, but I’ll still remind you that the Camaro and Firebird debuted in ‘67, not ‘70.

Merkle drove his mom's 304 in the rain. I don't know if she ever forgave him

Hate the rear quarter proportions and front overhang. Mr. Teague took what was the fantastic 68-70 and made something homely.

hummmm factory air but heater bypassed?

lol,they didnt even remove the trim when they stuck that rear wing on....Typical. at least they did space the wing so the trunk lid didnt stick open. also,for anyone whos even Thinking about buying this,get a warranty on the transmission in Writing when you buy it. this uses the borg warner slushbox pos known for failures,they did not start using the mopar transmission until 1972.

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Having owned javelins, barracudas, mustangs, Camaros and firebirds I have to say the javelins handled the best of all of them, unfortunately it got the least respect from my friends 😂

Why do you have to block our view???

That steering wheel🤔🤣

I like almost all American performance cars from this era, but this "Generation Javelin" was just a little too goofy looking. It definitely didn't look like a C3.

2023 and people still think it's 1973 with the white letter tires, facing out.

looks like crap inside :)

As much as I 😍 the '70-earlier Javelin & AMX, the only good thing about the 2nd Gen Javelin was the 401. What drugs were the AMC designers on? That thing is as ugly as the Gremlin and Pacer.