The 70 TA is an incredible car, I have been around the car all my life. I came home from the hospital in that car. It will remain in the family for a long time. Thanks to one smart dad for falling in love with it back in September of 69.
I love the metallic blue. I enjoy seeing this car very well done and not overdone to be made perfect it has some character they left the original air cleaner housing with the original sticker probably on purpose which I think is cool. I had one of these bodies that was in a junkyard in denver. I worked for the man for a summer and took the body home at the end of the year. It was a bare shell basically but you could see the red white and blue the original door and door tag and dashboard were in it and some front suspension. I lost my garage space and had to sell both it and my Hurst Scrambler that I was rebodying in three oversized two-car garages full of American Motors parts. they sold the bldg and i had to liquidate. 1991 all of it was just gone I still have my AMX that I bought when I was 17 and being that the world is falling apart I'm happy enough with that !
Feel your pain! Wanted to keep all my muscle cars as a teenager worked up to 6..young guy couldnt afford to store register insure etc so they all had to go. Never owned an EFI car til around 2000 (worktruck). Love these old cars grew up with them.
I'm a Mopar guy so I'm also a fan of AMC. The 70 Javelin Trans Am is probably my favorite muscle car ever made by AMC. Those Javelin's were great in the Trans Am racing series
I'm a Chevy guy but as poster below mentioned "love ALL muscle cars"....I think it is great to see stuff other than the typical Camaro, Mustang, Chevelle and Firebird. Love seeing AMC, Olds Buick, and Mercury stuff....great work bringing these video's out
@@mr.reality9741 going to Kenosha in 1981 sitting at a traffic light with a gremlin next to me a matador wagon coming the other direction a javelin to the left and a rambler American to the right and more and more it was enough to make your head spin. Small town in Carolina Rhode Island where I grew up was an AMC dealer and every driveway had a rambler or an international truck back in the day. My boss told me his great-grandfather opened the place in 1917 it was if you didn't have money for a car they give you one and you pay them when you could he said the strength of American Motors was the small communities at the level of people. I firmly believe American Motors was the best car company that ever existed. Funny people make fun of that they used other people's Parts but that was actually smart they used the best choice of distributor you could set the dwell with the engine running without removing the distributor cap the best starter system was Motorcraft simple only one wire to the starter and no fusible link down there to burn up. Very very intelligent you have to say that with an Asian accent. They didn't have the money to buy Borg Warner but they were Innovative conservative reliable and they took extra steps for no rust and the decision to put steel forged steel crankshafts and connecting rods in every single 390 and 401 right up to the end was something that no one else would have done because of cutting Corners mass production and money. Once again I believe American Motors was the best car company that ever existed
Had many memories of me and my friend racing 383 Road Runners,390 Mustangs,396 Camaro's. His 70' Javelin 390 auto SST could run with them all. On an interesting note. I had a 70' N.O.S. Grille in the original box that i made a small fortune on and is now on probably the best of the best AMX's on the planet. If only i had more insite of hoarding parts,like the guy who bought up all the N.O.S Hemi dipstick tubes and rods....if only i could hit 88 mph and go back in time eh'!!!
70 Javelin and 70 AMX had Mark Donohue's new design front suspension and AMC improved cylinder heads with dog leg ports. I had a 70 AMX 360 4-speed w/ Go Package 3.73 posi.
We had Javelins and AMXs in our town because the AMC dealership was just a mile into the next town. I always loved these and especially the 1970 with it's more muscular look. One guy drove around in a gunmetal blue Javelin with the half vinyl roof, 304, Keystone Klassics and aftermarket twin pop up sunroof. I saw him getting on it a few times... Great Car!
Remember the trend of sunroofs everybody had em. Still kind of like them! Had one on my 67 'El when I got it i nthe 90s....actuallly find myself wanting one again today...but probably wont
I got my license back in '75 and muscle cars were reasonable, even cheap to pick up back then. I'm a Camaro guy, been one since I saw my first one in '67, but as a teen any muscle car was cool. I grew up and hung around the circuit in Asbury Park, NJ every weekend where it was a hot rod show Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. There'd be the typical Camaros. SS, Z/28 and regular, Chevelles, Mustangs, Cudas, Challenger, Chargers, GTOs, Firebirds and any others you could imagine. Even a few AMCs too!
I was opening my gate this summer and I seen something coming down the road that caught my eye. It was a Rebel Machine! I stopped the guy and I drooled for a couple minutes and bid him farewell. It was in Cheyenne WY.
I bet the executive's who decided on this paint scheme would have never thought that these colors would be viewed as racist 50 years later. So sad what this country has come to.
Bomb pop or rocket? Remember most neighborhoods had an ice cream man..gotta get some bazooka Joe comics! Havent seen kids play outside since the late 80s!
C/O 86 and auto shop was dropped a yr before I was old enough. Only class I wouldnt have failed .Miss seeing the projects built then. Even the instructor had a badazz built Olds.
The other thing out of this failed manufacturer was the best ever sheetmetal lines I've ever seen on steel and that is the amx with the huge fender arches front and back ,can you imagine how a mach 1 or first gen Camaro or firebird or Barracuda or cuda would have came out with those wheel arches , l hate to use the used car curber overused term stunning but I just did , those goons at the used car lots even think a painted all steel former oil 45 gallon drum is stunning. So you get my drift. They like to add stunning to everything & sometimes the used car asking price in a printed add just look at the latest So-called autabuy very very few of them actually include the used price & love to end a confirmed obnoxious ad with $Call for price.
Agree! AMC got bold wtih styling on 71-up with the high browed fenders Wish I coulda kept my 71sst 401. First daily i had as a teen with torque! being young making min wage keeping my own pad we were poor as dirt.
What's a "Hurst" 4 speed transmission? Hurst built great shifters, they didn't build transmissions. This car would have come stock with a "Hurst" shifted Borg-Warner Super T-10...
Another Gem Kevin.... I always wondered why they went with the Javelin over the AMX as the Trans Am edition. Do you know of any reason by AMC they may have mentioned or was it that it didn't really matter to them.
MuscleCarOfTheWeek Yes Kevin I thought the same thing myself, the AMX would have been my choice to go with like you said just based on smaller size and probably lighter.
Do to the length of the two cars the javelin made a better trans AM car, It had to do with weight transfer and tracking. I have a 68 AMX and I can tell you the car can cut corners. They are super fun to drive.
Having owned a 70 Mark Donahue version in 70, i can attest to just how well balanced this car was. It was awesome on a drag strip but on a road course nearly unbeatable. I had a title race with a guy in a Vette once. After i crossed the finish line he drove past and never stopped.
My dad bought an 68 AMX with the 390 in late 67, when it first came out. It end up being my car in my high school years, and it never left us stranded some where. It always got us home, some times limping a little bit. The cooling is I still have it after all this years.
Yes it was, in fact add some headers and keep the flat top pistons really made it stronger. Only problem I had was the left head gasket blew from the extra hp gained. Fixed and shaved the heads with competition gaskets solved the problem.
Advisor: "Mr. President, the '70s are coming, along with disco, AIDS, inflation, & high gas prices. What should we do?" President: "What about the Javelin?" Advisor: "It's there too, in red, white and blue." President: "Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!"
I seen one of these cars as a kid in the mid 70's and the first thing I thought was "who the heck wud paint a car like that?" only years later did I realize it wuz factory and the moral of the story is to this day in the next town over there is one sitting in a collision yard waiting to be restored I wonder if it's the same car? 🤔
What happened to the 71 401 Donahue amx in the BBG green paint job that had the dual 4 barrel split torque high rise intake, where there was a 4 barrel carb on.one and the other 4 barrel carb was on the other side so that both carbs could get the same amount of air, other wise the inline dual 4 barrel carbs starved the back 4 barrel and does anyone have any info on that car, i've looked for that car since 1976 !!!!!
Only One of those Cross Ram ,W/ Dual 650cfm 4 Barr's.I've Heard of Were About 6 of the 69 or70' s that were Pace Cars.Had a 71 AMX Mustard Yellow,I ordered w/ 360 2 Barr.& 3 Spd.to keep Insur.Costs Down.When Warr.was Over,My Friend & Mechanic ,that was a dirt track racer looked high & low for One of the Cross Ram intakes,w/ No Luck.Ended up putting a Holley 500,Dirt Track 2 barr.w/ 600 cfm jets on the Stk.manifold & W) Sunoco 240 or 260 racing Gas,Was a Beast Red Lite to Red Lite Had Tract.bars on it Till I sold it to friend that moved to NE Tenn.& Lost cont.W) him.
The 70 TA is an incredible car, I have been around the car all my life. I came home from the hospital in that car. It will remain in the family for a long time. Thanks to one smart dad for falling in love with it back in September of 69.
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I love the metallic blue. I enjoy seeing this car very well done and not overdone to be made perfect it has some character they left the original air cleaner housing with the original sticker probably on purpose which I think is cool. I had one of these bodies that was in a junkyard in denver. I worked for the man for a summer and took the body home at the end of the year. It was a bare shell basically but you could see the red white and blue the original door and door tag and dashboard were in it and some front suspension. I lost my garage space and had to sell both it and my Hurst Scrambler that I was rebodying in three oversized two-car garages full of American Motors parts. they sold the bldg and i had to liquidate. 1991 all of it was just gone I still have my AMX that I bought when I was 17 and being that the world is falling apart I'm happy enough with that !
Feel your pain! Wanted to keep all my muscle cars as a teenager worked up to 6..young guy couldnt afford to store register insure etc so they all had to go.
Never owned an EFI car til around 2000 (worktruck).
Love these old cars grew up with them.
I remember when these were new. Very rare to see in the early 70's and now almost extinct. Very nice
What a beautiful car. I like the '70 the best because if the really cool hood. Too bad they didn't build more, they are hard to find today.
I'm a Mopar guy so I'm also a fan of AMC. The 70 Javelin Trans Am is probably my favorite muscle car ever made by AMC. Those Javelin's were great in the Trans Am racing series
The AMX did catch my eye but,
I bought the Challenger R/T.
I'm a Chevy guy but as poster below mentioned "love ALL muscle cars"....I think it is great to see stuff other than the typical Camaro, Mustang, Chevelle and Firebird. Love seeing AMC, Olds Buick, and Mercury stuff....great work bringing these video's out
Kenosha native! AMC was all over the town and lots of cool AMX’s & Javelins.
@@mr.reality9741 going to Kenosha in 1981 sitting at a traffic light with a gremlin next to me a matador wagon coming the other direction a javelin to the left and a rambler American to the right and more and more it was enough to make your head spin. Small town in Carolina Rhode Island where I grew up was an AMC dealer and every driveway had a rambler or an international truck back in the day. My boss told me his great-grandfather opened the place in 1917 it was if you didn't have money for a car they give you one and you pay them when you could he said the strength of American Motors was the small communities at the level of people. I firmly believe American Motors was the best car company that ever existed. Funny people make fun of that they used other people's Parts but that was actually smart they used the best choice of distributor you could set the dwell with the engine running without removing the distributor cap the best starter system was Motorcraft simple only one wire to the starter and no fusible link down there to burn up. Very very intelligent you have to say that with an Asian accent. They didn't have the money to buy Borg Warner but they were Innovative conservative reliable and they took extra steps for no rust and the decision to put steel forged steel crankshafts and connecting rods in every single 390 and 401 right up to the end was something that no one else would have done because of cutting Corners mass production and money. Once again I believe American Motors was the best car company that ever existed
Love it! SST Javs or any in 1970 are super rare, hardly seen back in the day too.
Love that shade of blue over the one used on Scramblers. Classy!
That was some kind of times..those years
Had many memories of me and my friend racing 383 Road Runners,390 Mustangs,396 Camaro's. His 70' Javelin 390 auto SST could run with them all. On an interesting note. I had a 70' N.O.S. Grille in the original box that i made a small fortune on and is now on probably the best of the best AMX's on the planet. If only i had more insite of hoarding parts,like the guy who bought up all the N.O.S Hemi dipstick tubes and rods....if only i could hit 88 mph and go back in time eh'!!!
88 Miles an Hour Marty!!
70 Javelin and 70 AMX had Mark Donohue's new design front suspension and AMC improved cylinder heads with dog leg ports. I had a 70 AMX 360 4-speed w/ Go Package 3.73 posi.
Every time I see an AMC in the proper colors I hear the Team America theme
Three words: Drop, Dead, Gorgeous!
'70 Javelin best body style IMO
We had Javelins and AMXs in our town because the AMC dealership was just a mile into the next town. I always loved these and especially the 1970 with it's more muscular look. One guy drove around in a gunmetal blue Javelin with the half vinyl roof, 304, Keystone Klassics and aftermarket twin pop up sunroof. I saw him getting on it a few times... Great Car!
Remember the trend of sunroofs everybody had em.
Still kind of like them! Had one on my 67 'El when I got it i nthe 90s....actuallly find myself wanting one again today...but probably wont
Beautiful car!
My most favorite 70's muscle car
I got my license back in '75 and muscle cars were reasonable, even cheap to pick up back then. I'm a Camaro guy, been one since I saw my first one in '67, but as a teen any muscle car was cool. I grew up and hung around the circuit in Asbury Park, NJ every weekend where it was a hot rod show Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. There'd be the typical Camaros. SS, Z/28 and regular, Chevelles, Mustangs, Cudas, Challenger, Chargers, GTOs, Firebirds and any others you could imagine. Even a few AMCs too!
Nice car. Would love to see an AMX.
I agree, the AMX is a great car and with all the dealer add ons it could be a street monster for little $$.
Love the AMC's
THAT PAINT JOB WOULD DRIVE ME NUTS!!
I'm a Ford guy, but love ALL muscle cars. Thanks for the AMCs! Would love to see a Rebel Machine too. BTW, your web site has no listing of AMC cars.
Me too, love these AMC sports cars
I was opening my gate this summer and I seen something coming down the road that caught my eye. It was a Rebel Machine! I stopped the guy and I drooled for a couple minutes and bid him farewell. It was in Cheyenne WY.
I bet the executive's who decided on this paint scheme would have never thought that these colors would be viewed as racist 50 years later. So sad what this country has come to.
Racist? Not a chance, pretty patriotic!
Where did you conclude that?
Looks like one of those popsicle things you could get from the icecream truck back in the day...for like 15 cents.
A Rocket Pop and you can still get them but not for 15¢ anymore, closer to $2
Bomb pop or rocket? Remember most neighborhoods had an ice cream man..gotta get some bazooka Joe comics!
Havent seen kids play outside since the late 80s!
Wow, to think people thought American Motors was you mothers car.
Yeah you're actually right
Yeah a kid in high school had one in light green, white and dark green. He repainted it dark blue metallic. In auto body class 1983
C/O 86 and auto shop was dropped a yr before I was old enough.
Only class I wouldnt have failed .Miss seeing the projects built then.
Even the instructor had a badazz built Olds.
The other thing out of this failed manufacturer was the best ever sheetmetal lines I've ever seen on steel and that is the amx with the huge fender arches front and back ,can you imagine how a mach 1 or first gen Camaro or firebird or Barracuda or cuda would have came out with those wheel arches , l hate to use the used car curber overused term stunning but I just did , those goons at the used car lots even think a painted all steel former oil 45 gallon drum is stunning. So you get my drift. They like to add stunning to everything & sometimes the used car asking price in a printed add just look at the latest So-called autabuy very very few of them actually include the used price & love to end a confirmed obnoxious ad with $Call for price.
Agree! AMC got bold wtih styling on 71-up with the high browed fenders
Wish I coulda kept my 71sst 401. First daily i had as a teen with torque!
being young making min wage keeping my own pad we were poor as dirt.
What's a "Hurst" 4 speed transmission? Hurst built great shifters, they didn't build transmissions. This car would have come stock with a "Hurst" shifted Borg-Warner Super T-10...
Super Sonic Transport, or Sensational Straight Through if its an Ambassador
Another Gem Kevin.... I always wondered why they went with the Javelin over the AMX as the Trans Am edition. Do you know of any reason by AMC they may have mentioned or was it that it didn't really matter to them.
Brian Cabral Not sure. It is an interesting question, you'd think the AMX would have been smaller and lighter.
MuscleCarOfTheWeek Yes Kevin I thought the same thing myself, the AMX would have been my choice to go with like you said just based on smaller size and probably lighter.
Do to the length of the two cars the javelin made a better trans AM car, It had to do with weight transfer and tracking. I have a 68 AMX and I can tell you the car can cut corners. They are super fun to drive.
Having owned a 70 Mark Donahue version in 70, i can attest to just how well balanced this car was. It was awesome on a drag strip but on a road course nearly unbeatable. I had a title race with a guy in a Vette once. After i crossed the finish line he drove past and never stopped.
@@arthurmacon4319 long live AMC muscle!
Good video, but it could have used some tire smoke at the end instead of just a little chirp.
Were the 390 reliable engines?
Quentin 33 Yes.
My dad bought an 68 AMX with the 390 in late 67, when it first came out. It end up being my car in my high school years, and it never left us stranded some where. It always got us home, some times limping a little bit. The cooling is I still have it after all this years.
Yes it was, in fact add some headers and keep the flat top pistons really made it stronger. Only problem I had was the left head gasket blew from the extra hp gained. Fixed and shaved the heads with competition gaskets solved the problem.
Yes they were. The 401 was too
Advisor: "Mr. President, the '70s are coming, along with disco, AIDS, inflation, & high gas prices. What should we do?"
President: "What about the Javelin?"
Advisor: "It's there too, in red, white and blue."
President: "Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!"
I seen one of these cars as a kid in the mid 70's and the first thing I thought was "who the heck wud paint a car like that?" only years later did I realize it wuz factory and the moral of the story is to this day in the next town over there is one sitting in a collision yard waiting to be restored I wonder if it's the same car? 🤔
What happened to the 71 401 Donahue amx in the BBG green paint job that had the dual 4 barrel split torque high rise intake, where there was a 4 barrel carb on.one and the other 4 barrel carb was on the other side so that both carbs could get the same amount of air, other wise the inline dual 4 barrel carbs starved the back 4 barrel and does anyone have any info on that car, i've looked for that car since 1976 !!!!!
Only One of those Cross Ram ,W/ Dual 650cfm 4 Barr's.I've Heard of Were About 6 of the 69 or70' s that were Pace Cars.Had a 71 AMX Mustard Yellow,I ordered w/ 360 2 Barr.& 3 Spd.to keep Insur.Costs Down.When Warr.was Over,My Friend & Mechanic ,that was a dirt track racer looked high & low for One of the Cross Ram intakes,w/ No Luck.Ended up putting a Holley 500,Dirt Track 2 barr.w/ 600 cfm jets on the Stk.manifold & W) Sunoco 240 or 260 racing Gas,Was a Beast Red Lite to Red Lite Had Tract.bars on it Till I sold it to friend that moved to NE Tenn.& Lost cont.W) him.
The thing with AMX and javelins weather your a fan of the big 3 there a little bit of everything that made up AMC cars . Gm parts Ford .mopar .
blue white red is the French flag
this is the wrong Spoiler !
Dat there is ride,why has American come to Japan and China and German cars.they need more
Why do we have to watch 2 of your damned ads?
So they can afford for us to watch free videos.
Why complain just enjoy the ride. Or get an ad blocker
That thing is hideous.