'69 AMC Javelin

[Compaan-Designs]

Hi there!

I'm Manuel. I'm 19 years old and live in the Netherlands. I don't know if there are more people from Europe (or the Netherlands) on this forum, but after a days of watching this forum, I thought: It's time to register an account and post the project I'm working on, together with my old man.



We're restoring a 1969 AMC Javelin 343 SST Karmann (or 79-K). I haven't seen a Javelin on this forum so maybe it is a bit of an unknown car here.

This version, the 79-K, is the German made Javelin SST. It was produced in the Karmann factory in Innsbruck. Only 281 79-K's are produced and 3 or 4 of them are still driving around in my country.



Here are some picture of ours:














My dad bought the car in the same state as shown on the pictures.
We already have the majority of the body panels. Parts are very hard to get for this car. Especially in our country. Pretty much everything needs to be ordered from overseas, in the USA.



Lately we were working on the brakes, cooling and some engine parts. We want to get the car up and running by summer and make a test drive in it. The engine is still good after 40 years, but there are some smaal parts that need to be replaced.
This week we want to get the brakes finished. We already have the new ones.

I also made a quick photoshop of the car how it should look like when it's finished:


What do you think? :D

[Nick Ostas]

finally, someone who appreciates the AMC, beautiful job..

[csouth]

Nice concept! There are a few Javelins here and some AMX's. Good luck with your build.

[peices of eight...]

Hello Manuel, Those cars are rare here too, I didn't know that they made those in Germany as well, I'm Dutch also, (came to Canada when I was 5 ) what kind of options does that car have? I noticed the steering wheel is on the left just like over here, its' nice to have father son project, I'm hoping to do the same with my boys when they are older. Good luck on the project !

[Compaan-Designs]

AMC wanted to sell these cars in Europe too. That's why they were made in Germany. But nobody wanted to buy the cars, because there were better and cheaper alternatives, like the BMW M3, Audi V8, etc.
The Karmann Javelins are basically the same as USA Javelins. The only differences are the odometer (It's indicated in km/h instead of mp/h) and it has European lights. There are probably a few other small differences also, but that I don't know.

[gui67]

Hello,

Very nice project.
I am from France and my father has a 68 Javelin since 6 month. It has been daily driven by the first owner for nearly 30 years and has now nearly 300000km.
We replaced the front seats with porsche 944 seats and are in the process of replacing the 14" wheels with 17" from a 2005 Mustang.

I really like your photoshop: where these stripes an option from AMC? they look really nice

[Compaan-Designs]

Hey,

I am thinking of buying 17" wheels too. If i lower my Javelin, I think they're the biggest wheels you can have on a '68-'69 Javelin looking at this picture:


And yes, the striping was optional on a Javelin. To be more precise, it's the Mark Donahue striping of the '70 Javelin.
This is a better picture:


PS: Do you have your own thread here? I would love to see what you are building.

[Torquedork]

This is a 1970 Mark Donohue Javelin with 16 inch Minilite style wheels on it.

[Compaan-Designs]

Minilites look awesome on a Javelin too. You guys are making it impossible to choose, haha.

[gui67]

Hey,

I am thinking of buying 17" wheels too. If i lower my Javelin, I think they're the biggest wheels you can have on a '68-'69 Javelin looking at this picture:

And yes, the striping was optional on a Javelin. To be more precise, it's the Mark Donahue striping of the '70 Javelin.


PS: Do you have your own thread here? I would love to see what you are building.

OK, these are stipes for the 70. I never saw them on a 68 or 69.
for the wheels, I love minilites, but I can't afford the V48 from VWW unfortunately.
I don't have a thread for my dad's Javelin, I have one for my 67 Camaro, I am currently building a LS engine to replace the 383 SBC:
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...-French-Camaro

[Compaan-Designs]

17" Veilside Andrew Racing Mesh. These are the new wheels I bought.
I know you are thinking: "Why the heck would he buy Veilside wheels?" Let me explain,
Veilside quit making wheels a few years ago. They are very rare and very sought after, and as a result: The pricetag is very high.
I got these very cheap (-60% of normal price) and I think they look nice under the car.
I'll upload photo's soon when I have the rims at my place.

[Compaan-Designs]

Photo's of the new rims:





We need some wheel spacers in order to get the fitment right. On this photo you can see that I need atleast 50mm spacers.



Is that even safe to drive, 50mm?
I saw on a JEEP-forum that there are some cars that have 60mm spacers, used offroad. But can I safely use 50mm spacers?

[javelin66]

anybody knows the bolt pattern for the javelin,and maxim back spacing for the rears

[Compaan-Designs]

The bolt pattern is 5x114.3 (or 5x4.50).

[srh3trinity]

I like the concept photoshop you posted up. If you can pull that off, you will have an amazing ride.

[BulldawgMusclecars]

Welcome, Manuel! Its always good to see another AMC here. They aren't exactly common, even in the US. We had a black 1974 Javelin AMX in the shop last year.

[cobragt]

These cars were built in Australia also, so you may be able to find parts there too.

[Compaan-Designs]

I don't think you can find many parts over there by looking at the build numbers:

1968 Javelin 90
1969 Javelin 50
1970 Javelin 70
1972 Javelin 48
1969 AMX 24

But I can always try to search for parts over there .

[Martin71RS]

Hoi Manuel, welkom op PT.com ! There are more Dutch guys here on the forums, you wil see their projects on here as well.

Martin

[Compaan-Designs]

Hey Martin! Thanks man!
I see you have your own Pro Touring site aswell.