I am the original owner of a 1972 Javelin AMX 401. From day one of the dealership's back lot in the dark on a rainy night it was love as first sight. I've had ZERO problems, always a pleasure to drive, on a banked turn would corner like its on rails. AMC built an excellent car, also building them with all the performance bells and whistles, no need to add aftermarket parts, the car is balanced, powerful, attractive and extremely easy to tune and replace points and plugs, can do it in ten minutes.
Thats great to hear! I was 4 when you bought that! Got my 71sst 401 aroudn 18-19...2nd car I owned, for $400 I had a reliable daily that made a bunch of torque. Would fry the tires until one popped, and did. Never had to lift the hood unless I changed the oil. Hopping back into my 67 rs that was fairly modded...was no longer happy with my 327. Torque is truly king on the street!
Definitely at the tail end of anything with power. 390s and 401s didnt need much to run. Cam, long tubes, converter and a little gear . Easy 12 sec rocket
Interesting, what was the name of the dealership, I knew most AMC dealerships in Central NJ. I am the original owner of a 1972 Javelin AMX 401, bought it at South River AMC, but bought parts from Sicora Motors AMC because I knew Vic Russo who ran the parts counter for years. Vic had AMC parts memorized, had parts diagrams in his head.
Auroras remember when those were the rage! Had the TCR kit, where you could pass. Bought extra pieces of track from the hobby store with my paper route $ Dad thought I was out of my mind. Brother and I were in slot car heaven still remember the smell of those slicks and the motor when they got warmed.
Nice AMX with some aftermarket extra's. no engine call out as it would be a 360, the cowl induction looks to be blocked off, as it would be a non go pac car. I am original owner of a 73 AMX, ordered it new in March of 73, took 7 weeks to build and ship to the dealer. Mine is Cordoba brown with gold fade to black T stripe. 401 go pac, with 4-speed. All black interior, all tint windows, floor console , power steering, am fm Motorola stereo, inside hood release, light group, deluxe wipers, front spoiler, insulation group, protection group, vinal body side scuff molding. It stickered at $4,471.90, of that the go pac with the cowl induction added $476.25. Upon delivery I had the stock 3.54 rear gears changed to the dealer install 3.73. I changed the very restrictive stock intake to the 1970 Rebel Machine cast iron intake along with a 650 cfm holly carb. I also replaced the front sway bar with a larger 1 in. dia. bar, added a 1/2 in. dia. rear sway bar. I then went racing on the local gymkhana road course, 1st 2 years I learned how to race the Javelin. I had both rear axels and hubs pulled with a second 1/4 in. keyway machined 180 deg. opposite into the axel and hub assembly to keep the rear wheel and hub from separating and coming off. It was a common problem with AMC when the Javelin raced. The third year I won one 1st place finish with two 3rd place finish. The Javelin AMX was then retired from racing in 1980 and put into storage for 15 years. Today it is driven a few times a year with now close to 95,000 miles on it. Only issue with the engine is the oil pump and timing chain, which was both changed at 35,000 miles and again at 75,000 miles. AMC always had issues with their oil pumps and with any kind of performance driving with an old pump, the rear main bearing gets little to no oil to it, more than a few 390 and 401 engines were ruined because of this.
Most any wheel looked good on those. Cragars, Western Daisys, Centerlines, Cragar look alikes, Rockets etc. Friend sold his 68 AMX recently (big bad orange), gave me rides in it back in the 70s when I was a kid. 12k here in Ca. Remember he had the rear wheels (stock5 spokes) widened so it looked stock.
70 in a 25 lol I had two a 72 304 & 73 360, looking for another and this one is Beautiful, and videos of the undercarriage,is it still for sale and if so how much is it?
Is that the factory interior code ? Ive seen the Pierere Cardin interiors, but yours is different " btw , The praise for the driving characteristic is appreciated . But most would like to know what ENGINE it has ? And is it origional
Dont know if that is Cardin interior or not but recall seeing those colors on some interiors back then. AMC had a lot of character as Mopars did. At least the AMX some javs sc/rambler etc.
