1972 Javelin Police Cars

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A couple of 1972 American Motors Javelins that were at one time Alabama Police Cars I shot at the O'Reilly Auto Parts WORLD Of Wheels 2013 in Birmingham, AL...there were not many of these put into service...but here are two in the same display...make sure you subscribe so that you don't miss any of the other cool cars I shot at this show!!
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@carlmoore4518 7 лет назад

I was driving between Demopolis, AL and Meridian, MS on US 80 in the fall of 1971 doing the speed limit at the time, and one of these Trooper Javelins passed me so fast I barely saw it go by...all you could see was the blue dome light flashing down the road. He was on his way to a roll over 18 wheeler accident.

@ScottieDTV 7 лет назад

Cool...You saw one....Not cool the 18 wheeler rolled over..lol.....not cool at all....Thanks for checking these out here!

@markanders2679 2 месяца назад

And the tires they used had a speed rating of 80 mph i believe

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

He was a great guy...thanks for checking out his cars

@brianlynch2512 3 года назад

I really loved this presentation, I bought a 1969 SST from the original owner in the early 1980s. 390 with the dealer installed cam it was California car, and what a complete sleeper.

@ScottieDTV 3 года назад

Cool..Thank You...Glad You enjoyed it!!

@andynixon2820 7 лет назад

They're really cool cars and they're beautifully restored .

@ScottieDTV 7 лет назад

I agree!

@antoniobattle2036 3 года назад

Awesome video and I really appreciate the history lesson on Javelins being used by Alabama State Police back in the day..

@ScottieDTV 3 года назад

Cool..Glad You enjoyed it!!

@mr.goodpliers6988 3 года назад

Great cars, great history, thanks for bringing us these Javelins!

@ScottieDTV 3 года назад

You're welcome...Glad You enjoyed it!!

@fredtracy1673 5 лет назад

Awesome cars!! I remember as a kid, the Fredericton (New Brunswick) police department had AMC Ambassadors for cruisers. Sort of a sky blue, with white doors. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

@ScottieDTV 5 лет назад

Cool!...thanks for checking these out here!!

@turbo8454 5 лет назад

While stationed at Ft Benning GA in October of '72, I'd heard Alabama was running 401 Javelins and Matadors. On a weekend trip down US 431 on my way to Panama City FL, I passed one sitting in a u-turn.

@ScottieDTV 5 лет назад

Cool...Thanks for your service Brother..I was at Ft Rucker many trips to Panama City....

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Cool..I appreciate you checking them out here!

@notsosilentmajority1 7 лет назад

Great job restoring these cars. They are awesome. Congratulations.

@ScottieDTV 7 лет назад

Thanks for the comment!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

lol..watch as much as you like Brother...glad your enjoying the video!!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Very cool....thanks for checking these out!!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Cool...thanks for checking this one out here!

@JeffFrmJoisey 4 месяца назад

Great video of an amazing, rare couple of cars. Never heard of Javelin Police cars despite being a teen when they existed.

@ScottieDTV 4 месяца назад

Thank You...Glad You enjoyed the video!!

@RhythmBoy 7 лет назад

Those fucking cars belong in a museum. So well restored/preserved. Cinco Estrellas!

@ScottieDTV 7 лет назад

They are well taken car of in the current hands they are in....

@WMG-wh3sx 6 лет назад

My uncle is a retired AL state trooper and drove one of those back in the 70s!

@ScottieDTV 6 лет назад

Cool!

@CamaroAmx 11 лет назад

i own a 73 AMX w/ 51,000 miles original miles. i've had it for nearly 14 years since i was in high school. its a 304 998 3-speed auto. its currently under going a restoration (fixing stuff i didn't fix when i was 17).

@davidwright640 Год назад

I was a student at Troy University in early 1970's. Driving from Troy to Montgomery almost every weekend. About 50 miles. There was always one of these Javelins "shooting fish in a barrel".

@ScottieDTV Год назад

Right on....

@rogercook7345 4 месяца назад

I owned one of those back in the 70s . Sold it after a guy with a 71 Dodge Demon blew my doors off. Later on in the early 2000s l bought a 68 with a 390 4 speed. Spent a year looking for a center console before finding out there was never one produced for a stick shift. The problem with these cars is from the 304 to the 401 they were produced from the same block.

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

As nice as you will find....thanks for the information and checking them out here!

@beyond_the_infinite2098 8 лет назад

Thanks for the post. My first car that I purchased was a 1970 AMX 360 with a 4-speed. Kick myself for selling that awesome little car. AMC Javelins and AMXs are just so cool.

@ScottieDTV 8 лет назад

Glad you enjoyed it Brother....Very cool Cars for sure!!

@jeffreybrianring6392 Год назад

Had no idea these were made, how rare, probably less than 20 in existence.

@ScottieDTV Год назад

Thanks for checking these out here!!

@Blix718 11 лет назад

The Javelin brings back memories.

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

lol...thanks for checking it out!!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

That's cool...thanks for checking these out..

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

lol..cool...thanks for checking these out here!

@HARMARSCH2 11 лет назад

That is cool a pair of Javelin Police cars. You'd expect 1 wouold be hard enouogh to find let alone 2. Thanks for shooting those Scottie.

@mrChevyJones63 11 лет назад

Scottie those things are badass! I still got a little nervous when he turned on the lights though lol.

@davidthomits353 8 лет назад

Love these cars I had 72 sst javelin miss it everyday still

@ScottieDTV 8 лет назад

+David Thomits Cool...Thanks for checking these out here!!

@brianlynch2512 3 года назад

Great job restoring these cars!!! Beautiful!!!

@ScottieDTV 3 года назад

Thanks for checking them out!!

@johnq.customer8027 3 года назад

I had a 72 Ambassador ex North Dakota Patrol car. 401 V-8. What a rush!😁

@ScottieDTV 3 года назад

Cool..Thanks for checking these out here!!

@ericsmith3765 Год назад

Beautiful! Thank you for a great video!

@ScottieDTV Год назад

You're welcome!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Cool....thanks for checking these out here..

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Cool...thanks for checking these out..

@larryspiller6633 5 месяцев назад

Wow, what nice cars he has. Especially if you're into the more obscure cars of the time.

@ScottieDTV 5 месяцев назад

Right on..Thanks for checking them out!!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Thanks Brother!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Cool...thanks for checking them out!

@AFloridaSon Год назад

This guy is very knowledgeable. I love Javelins. These look great.

@ScottieDTV Год назад

Thanks for checking out the video.....Glad You enjoyed it!!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Thanks for the support!!...

@timothyvandyke-lc1oi 10 месяцев назад

I'm from Bama .my neighbor had a 1972 AMX yellow 401 between a SST...

@ScottieDTV 10 месяцев назад

Right on...Cool!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Thank you...glad your enjoying the videos...

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

lol...glad you liked it!

@jonhansen2126 11 лет назад

what great cars...........i cant believe one of these was actually for sale a few years ago, maybe in hemmings. great resto!!!!!!!!!!!!

@thomasvess6253 5 лет назад

I love these hot rods, thank you for sharing and all you do to bring us these cars to lust over brother and ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!

@ScottieDTV 5 лет назад

Your welcome..Glad you enjoy them..Go Vol's!!..lol

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

lol..me to...I left room to run!

@ristin59 11 лет назад

I like watching this video again, very cool cars!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Cool..glad you liked them!

@jhail040 11 лет назад

AMC won the trans am titles in 71, 72, and 75. they also placed second i believe in 70, and did exceptionally well in both 68 and 69(fourth over all). although the AMC 304 shares the exact same dimensions as the 360 and 401, they wewre actually two different blocks. The 360 and 401 had beefier main webbings. The 304 used in the winning years were destroked 360s rather than factory 304s. These javelins also used Girling disc brakes from Porsche.

@Loopy1330 9 лет назад

My dad is the original owner of a 1972 Javelin, and it is a beautiful car. Everybody hears about the Dodge Charger or Ford Mustang, or a Camaro. That's all fine & dandy, while in recent years the Javelin is finally getting the recognition and attention it rightfully deserves. AMC was working on the Javelin AMX 3 before they went out of business, but if those plans were used and the made today, it would probably sell very well compared to tasteless Chinese blobs on wheels nowadays.

@ScottieDTV 9 лет назад

Loopy1330/Redacted Gamer Cool....thanks for checking these out here!

@hamslice151 8 лет назад

+ScottieDTV facebook.com/4WTFVideos/videos/vb.1651381995089358/1755905287970361/?type=2&theater

@N-Scale 7 лет назад

Wow Scottie , I just ran into this one and glad I did , Those are really awesome examples. Mike

@ScottieDTV 7 лет назад

I thought I answered this once??....Must be loosing my mind...lol....Glad you found it...Cool Cars for sure!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

lol..that's what I like to hear!

@mikerobinson9168 Год назад

Beautiful cars and stellar pieces of Americana.

@ScottieDTV Год назад

For sure...Thanks for checking them out!!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Cool....glad you enjoyed it...

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Great....thanks for pointing that out...

@cjb3022 7 лет назад

Apparently Robert Collier of AMC in Pikeville, NC has 2 of these. I'd love to take a trip there to his old dealership someday.

@ScottieDTV 7 лет назад

Cool...Thanks for checking these out here!!

@CamaroAmx 11 лет назад

the Javelin police cars also had the safest record (0 accident fatalies). the police spec Fox-bodies were the 2nd safest (1 accident fatalities).

@zeevon9 4 года назад

If I would not have seen it I would not believe it! Thanks. Nice!

@ScottieDTV 4 года назад

Your welcome....Glad You liked it!

@NVRAMboi 6 лет назад

Catoosa County, GA used mid-late 1970's Trans Ams for several years (in white w/gold Sheriff's badge/ lettering).

@ScottieDTV 6 лет назад

Cool!

@RoscoRide 11 лет назад

Another great Video...Damn i don't even watch the TV anymore all the good stuff is on here..lol

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Thanks!

@georgediffee4835 5 месяцев назад

The Javalin the Ga. State Patrol had were 401cu in and reportedly had a top speed of 170 mph. They also had GSP Pontiac Firebird's.

@ScottieDTV 5 месяцев назад

Cool!!

@Blix718 11 лет назад

In a way both. When I was a kid I remembered a guy with a 72 Javelin nearly ran me and my friend over. Years later I become a mechanic and that guy with the Javelin is my boss.

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Cool..thanks for the information..

@seanmiland 10 лет назад

I wonder if this is where my AMC Jav' interior ended up?I have a 1971 base model Javelin that came with a rare base model interior of course. Mine had the blue base interior-the same one the cops used...I sold my entire interior to someone restoring a Alabama cop car. Very hard to find good blue base model interior parts. Mine didnt have wood grain inserts(SST type) OR turned aluminum like the AMX. it had plain aluminum inserts.

@silvernail6 11 лет назад

AMC and Pontiac had the distinction of the same block for all their engines. The AMC 304 was externally the same size as the 360 and 401 shown here. Pontiac's 301 was the same size as the 350, 400 and 455. These Javelins also had the advantage of using Chrysler's Torque Flite instead of the anemic Borg-Warner slush box. Penske won the Trans/Am series with these cars in '72. Boy, are these two just about perfect or what?

@willbar1961 4 года назад

All these AMC videos make me really miss my Javelin. 1970 Mark Donohue edition. 390 4speed. Orange/black. I have an 80 CJ7 w/ 304 in it still and have a 360 and 401 sitting on pallets. May find a new engine bay for them one day.

@ScottieDTV 4 года назад

Right on...Keep Me posted!

@4.9copblank49 8 лет назад

they're beauties, thanks for posting

@ScottieDTV 8 лет назад

+4.9cop blank Glad you enjoyed them!!

@Oldbmwr100rs 7 лет назад

Cali CHP used Mustangs, maybe some camaros. Oregon had camaro's for a while. I haven't seen a Javelin or AMX on the road in many years. They were a really good looking car, even today.

@ScottieDTV 7 лет назад

Cool!

@turbo8454 5 лет назад

Connecticut used Buick GN's in the '86/'87 time frame and I think MA might have used them too.

@TheMartian1966 11 лет назад

thats some good history brother. keep up the good work.

@barbara6058 10 лет назад

I had a 74 Javelin back in 82 until I got t-boned in it. Man I miss that car.

@ScottieDTV 10 лет назад

I bet....thanks for checking these out here!

@number3665 10 лет назад

I'm saving up some money to buy a 73 Javelin from a buddy of mine. I love those damn cars

@ScottieDTV 10 лет назад

I agree....very cool cars....hope that one works out for you...

@bluemark46 9 лет назад

i really enjoyed that! live on javelin!

@ScottieDTV 9 лет назад

Mark Ashley Glad to hear it!

@bluemark46 9 лет назад

my bro has a nice 71 sst

@bluemark46 9 лет назад

and has access to parts too

@mattm3843 3 года назад

Gorgeous 😍 pair

@ScottieDTV 3 года назад

For sure them...Glad You liked it!!

@whitehd01 11 лет назад

awesome cars

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Learn something new every day...I did to though..

@henrynevins 11 лет назад

I'm the original owner of a 1972 Javelin AMX. Few things not correct about these cars. The small lever on the back of each front seat so it can be tilted forward are suppose to point downward, not up. The wiper motor under the hood had a gold anodized finish, not paint black. Outside should be a small "AMC" badge at the base of the rear window. The wheel trim rings for the car on the left has Chrysler chrome rings, the car on the right has the correct AMC brushed stainless steel trim rings.

@828enigma6 5 лет назад

What brand and model blue light did they use on these? Is that the original style radio antenna? I thought they were on low band and used the traditional long whips on the rear fender.

@Butcherman1337 5 лет назад

COOL stuff love Em

@ScottieDTV 5 лет назад

Cool!

@donalddonald8706 Год назад

Amazing body work.

@ScottieDTV Год назад

Thanks for checking them out!!

@DrOlds7298 9 месяцев назад

Huntsville/Redstone Arsenal resident off & on from the '60s to the '80s. Each County had two of these,except for Jefferson (Birmingham) Montgomery & Mobile (Self Explanatory on County Seats?) and Madison. (Huntsville) They had four assigned to these counties.

@DrOlds7298 9 месяцев назад

I 'do' recall that the Big Blue Gumball Machine they used back then was different & unique to the 'Bama Troopers....which these don't have? Theirs I recall were Four Bulb rotators (like these) but two of the bulbs faced upward at about a 45 deg angle. Also recall the whole unit itself as being larger.

@ScottieDTV 9 месяцев назад

Cool...

@ScottieDTV 9 месяцев назад

Nice!!

@gilbertdare5921 Год назад

Beautiful cars! I would be interested in any reference to an alabama 72 amx police car like these two, with a gyro in the trunk. I was in school at redstone arsenal (hunstville) and remember some guys coming to the barracks telling about an amx cop car at a car show with a gyro in the trunk. Said they demonstrated how stable it was with the gyro spinning, that they could take off a front wheel and drive it around. Now I wouldnt expect any donuts or such. But just easing it around the lot. Proably wouldnt see a rollover with that in the trunk.

@ScottieDTV Год назад

No idea...1st I have heard of that...

@SuperChrisj81 Год назад

I had a cousin who retired from Alabama State Troopers he went to work for DPS after returning from the Korean War and drove a Javelin during the 70's. I really wish I had asked him more about his time in law enforcement, but I do vividly recall a family reunion where he told me about a call to assist Carrville, Al Police (town no longer exists) he was in the Jackson's Gap area when he received the call and within 15 minutes he was walking in the Carrville Town Hall a distance of close to 30 miles down a very curvy Al Hwy 49. He explained that he could easily maintain a high speed in those curves because of the gyro stabilizer mounted in the trunk.

@gilbertdare5921 Год назад

@@SuperChrisj81 YES I've been wanting confirmation of that story for 50 years! Must have been a blast to drive that one. Thanks for the reply.

@SuperChrisj81 Год назад

Glad I could help put that one to rest for you. I heard my Dad tell that same story several times when I was small but I considered hearing it directly from Bud to be a confirmation. I know 2 Troopers who worked with him, one of which is the Sheriff of our county, the other the EMA Director of another county if I can remember I will ask about it next time I see one of them.

@leospring6264 Год назад

Cool video!!!!!!!!!!!! Great video lesson!

@ScottieDTV Год назад

Thank You!

@linglingjr 10 лет назад

So cool! It's funny how I have a 77 nova (which was a cop car) and now I want (well I always have) wanted a Javelin and we're looking at a 72 sst tomorrow... which is also a police car. What are the chances lol.

@ScottieDTV 10 лет назад

Crazy!....hope you find what your looking for!

@rsattahip 10 лет назад

You have any idea how much the cops loved those Novas in the late 70's? The 9C1 Nova was a combined effort by the Los Angeles Sheriff, GM and Motor Trend Magazine, it was really quite a car in its day. It was vastly superior in handling to any other sedan on the road back then except maybe a Mercedes.

@bonniebeeker4831 9 лет назад

I had a red Javelin in 1979 and loved it

@ScottieDTV 9 лет назад

Cool!...Thanks for checking these out here!

@oabus 9 лет назад

1979? The last year for the Javelin was 1974

@reverendkrv 9 лет назад

steven chandler The lady owned one in 1979...

@oabus 9 лет назад

Where are these cars now?

@jacm2002 9 лет назад

steven chandler He said in 1979, not a 1979 Javelin.

@BamaDanKnives 4 года назад

Awesome thx!

@ScottieDTV 4 года назад

Your welcome...Glad You enjoyed it!!

@aerored252 11 лет назад

I'm 14 and I own a 1959 rambler ambassodor SST that my grandad gave to me, my dad owns a 1

@silvernail6 11 лет назад

And the beauty part is your humble scribe at the wee age of 19 had the chance to participate in the "parade lap" at the running of the Trans/Am contest at Road America, Elkhart Lake WI. in 1972. What followed was pandemonium as I spun out before the Corvette Bridge. From that point on "parade laps" were supervised at 20mph or less. What was I driving? Well the rather exotic AMC sub-compact. A Gremlin. LOLOLOLOL

@jamesbraun7709 Год назад

I remember at Lions Dragstrip when the police came with their all new Mercury with a 429 and raced it against a Plymouth 4 DR.Fury . The Plymouth smoked it badly every round , it was a real lead sled .

@ScottieDTV Год назад

Cool!!

@azlax2011 11 лет назад

That's awesome

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

lol..I thought so!

@65JD5010 11 лет назад

Scottie, I have worked ten years in Corrections and man I wish we could go back to the day when stuffing a prisoner in the trunk would be excepted!!!!!! LMFAO However those days r long, long, long gone!!!!lol Cool Cars man and some great history!!!!

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

I agree...and the second was found by accident...

@ScottieDTV 11 лет назад

Bright future!

@audieconrad8995 7 лет назад

Those cars are on record as being THEEE FASTEST cop cars ever...documented at over a buck-fifty...u can look it up.

@ScottieDTV 7 лет назад

Maybe back in the day.....But they have all kinds of fast cop cars now...

@audieconrad8995 7 лет назад

ScottieDTV ohhh im sure now!

@dpwellman 9 лет назад

RU-vid ladies and gentleman. RU-vid. What a great find. Just great

@ScottieDTV 9 лет назад

David Wellman Glad you enjoyed it Brother!

@ericsmith3765 Год назад

So talented

@ScottieDTV Год назад

Thank You!

@gouchrcouch 5 лет назад

In '68,, Washington ST used Oldsmobile Cutlass's 455 formula suspension's systems.. They were "High Persute " only..

@ScottieDTV 5 лет назад

Cool!

@gouchrcouch 5 лет назад

@@ScottieDTV I've only seen pictures of these cars,,,, they were "Talked" about in one of the car mag's back then.. There was a pic of the car with a "FULL" roll cage and this "ATOM ANT" of an officer with his head just above the steering wheel.. ALL black with the Wash,,, ST,, highway patrol insignia in the door. Lights were in the grill.. High persute only...