Post by dimaxion on Aug 17, 2015 10:23:58 GMT -8
I owned a '70 javelin SST and a '74 Javelin . The '70 was just turned 3 years old when I got it . It served me well . The '74 I got in 1984 cheap at 10 yrs old . It was salvageable when I first got it . Condition 5 for sure . It showed 25 K on the clock . I asked around and did some research on it . It sat in an Impound for three years while the Car Thief (BTW , the third time this car was stolen by three different Perps.) was processed through the Criminal Justice System on his third Strike . I did try to buy this same car three years previously . It was Impounded just a block a way from a Blast Furnace . Covered with a coating of RUST . Even the glass had this fine coat on it . I had it for 11 years . It continued to decay , slowly as I did manage to keep it out of the Weather . The 25 K I laughed at was correct . I removed the Factory Installed Spark Plugs , Air Filter Element , Oil Filter , Fuel Filter , Hoses , Belts , Frozen Solid rusted calipers , Shoes rusted to the Backing Plates rear brakes , and the remains of the Original Exhaust . It needed much more . I gave it up due to a Nasty Divorce . I regret parting with both and not owning more AMC cars .
When it was around 18 years I drove it to a Car Show . A small town adoring all the Junkie Motors stuff . When I entered it , I was the only AMC , Survivor , Factory Stock Entry . I got a Dash plaque . IIRC : A '47 Chopped Chevy Hot Rod with a SBC got the Factory Stock (?) Trophy . A Vega got the Survivor Trophy with an Earl Schieb Paint Job . (?) AMC catagory not considered .... I am still Proud I got a Dash plaque . Somewhat hated and somewhat shunned . Thanx..
When it was around 18 years I drove it to a Car Show . A small town adoring all the Junkie Motors stuff . When I entered it , I was the only AMC , Survivor , Factory Stock Entry . I got a Dash plaque . IIRC : A '47 Chopped Chevy Hot Rod with a SBC got the Factory Stock (?) Trophy . A Vega got the Survivor Trophy with an Earl Schieb Paint Job . (?) AMC catagory not considered .... I am still Proud I got a Dash plaque . Somewhat hated and somewhat shunned . Thanx..