Hi Jon been watching this build been an AMC guy for a long time even worked at American Motors started in 1973 anyway the Javelin is sure to be a head turner whatever engine is in it just about done with my 68 Javelin here is a picture for some inspiration Keep up the great work.... David http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...lin/jav196.jpg

Thanks for the inspiration David, your car looks great. What does it have for running gear?

I haven't been working on the car lately, had to buy a new computer and then the damn transmission went out on my 06 chevy 2500hd, still pisses me off, it only had 80,000 on it.

I am going to be ordering some parts here in a few weeks and get back to work on the car. Hopefully I will be posting some good updates soon.


Thanks,
Jon

Hey Jon ya that would tick me off too!! The Javelin has a 360 4speed little cam and 3:54 posi Really like what you have done so far besides all good thinks take time o yea still have the amc engine from your Jav

I still have the 232 that came out of this car. I had a complete 69 390 out of another car, but all I have left of that is the block, heads, intake manifold and oil pan.


That 360 4 speeds sounds like a great combo, should be fun to drive.

Thanks,
Jon

any updates ...may know some interested in the engine parts ...got my Jav sitting the way I want http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...lin/jav237.jpg

Wow, the car looks great with it lowered like that, great job. I really like the mod pak strip too. What suspension mods have you made?

If you want you can pm me for my info, I also got a amc t-10 with hurst shifter, a couple of stock bellhousings, and the front and rear seats out of my car that I just redid, if you know any one that is interested in that.

Not much to update, planing on redoing some of the rear suspension, I wasn't completely happy with the way it was turning out. Just received the crossmember from Detroit Speed and I should be getting my new lca mounts and billet coil over mounts from Ridetech on Wednesday.

With the Ridetech billet bracket, it mounts the coilover in single shear, which I was trying to get away from, but it uses a 5/8" stud instead of 1/2". Why I decided to get these, is that it offsets the coil over about 1 5/16". This combined with the wider Ridetech lca brackets, I can offset the bottom of the coilover 1-7/8" per side toward the wheel compared to what they would be now.

Also I am changing out the crossmember that is in the car now with one that DSE uses with their quadra-link. This will give me more room for the coil over, maybe possible to run a longer coilover if needed, and I won't have to sheet metal around the roll bar as the crossmember will double as a close out panel.

This takes me a couple of steps back, but I will be happier with the new setup, and it will make life easier later. The more I look around this site, pro-touring.com and others, the more I learn. That's good 'n all, but if I keep changing things I will never get this car done, lol.

I am also trying to figure out if I want to stay with a panhard bar or a watts link. If I did the watts link, I think I would pick up a fays2 universal kit, but I have that thing with single shear stuff(not that single shear is bad). The other thing is that I need to locate my fuel cell as far forward as possible, thus will make it difficult, if not impossible, to change the bellcrank position with the fuel cell in the car.

At the moment I think I will be doing a panhard bar. It's cheaper, possibly lighter, all double shear, no interference with the fuel cell. We will just have to see when I start mocking up things in the car.


Well sorry for the long post and all my ramblings, its been awhile since I have updated this thread with anything worth while and even longer since I have worked on the car. I should be making some progress soon.

Thanks,
Jon

1Badsc,you should start your own thread.You have an amazing AMC.:thumbsup:

Well small update, just to show the project is not dead, lol.

I had a little bit of time here and there this week to work on the car. I had to remove the old rear crossmember that I installed a while ago, but first I needed to add reinforcement so the frame rails didn't move. Got that done, then I torched out the crossmember (got to remember to buy new hoses) and ground the rails smooth.

Today, I started working on the crossmember that I bought from DSE. I measured about 30 different times and to my surprise, it actually dropped in the first time (I don't get that lucky to often.)

I will have to clearance the crossmember to clear the 3rd link bracket and the top of the rear end housing, but it was a good start.

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Just got my lca brackets from Ridetech, they are a very nice piece, made out of 3/16" steel and all the link holes are in the perfect spot that I need. To bad the coilover mounts I ordered from Ridetech didn't work out, they were really nice also. I sent my Hyperco springs back to get different rates and free heights as I originally bought the springs for a set of Afco coilovers, I should be seeing them any day now. I want to thank Kyle Nichter at Ridetech for taking the time to help me out and sending me the lca dimensions so I could make sure they would work for me.
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I also just realized that I have not updated the thread on front down bars. We got this done a few months ago:
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The down bars tie into a crossbar under the dash that is welded to the hinge/kickpanel area. The crossbar will tie into the the door bar later on.


Next Saturday is the annual socal AMC show at the NHRA museum, so I will be there trying to sell some parts and checking out the cars. Then Sunday, I am leaving to Petaluma, ca for a couple days for work, so no time to work on the car.

Thanks,
Jon

Look's Great Jon.You are going to have part's from just about every good supplier on your car.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks Scott. By the time done, I might not be offended when some calls my car All Makes Combined :_paranoid

Thanks,
Jon