'69 AMC Javelin

[neki67]

Hoi Manuel, welkom. Don't know how I missed your posts! Very nice and different project you have there (where ever that might be?).

Yes, Martin has his own PT site but more importantly that also links to the PTGMC forum/group we have. Hope you will join us there as well.

[linkstar69]

Neat little car, great rendering too. Will be looking on

[javelin66]

Neat little car, great rendering too. Will be looking on

I like the project ,good luck with it, I just pulled out my 71 out of the barn after 20 years getting ready to make it the protouring ride of them all under a strict budget

[Compaan-Designs]

Thanks all!

Maybe I have to make clear that this will not be a real pro-touring car. It will only have the looks of it.
The engine, transmission, driveline, etc. will not be modified and will stay original.
This is more of a restoration project. I'm a student and, well.... I don't have a lot of money to spend.
My next project (An El Camino, Cyclone or Coronet) will be a real pro-touring car.

[neki67]

Thanks all!

Maybe I have to make clear that this will not be a real pro-touring car. It will only have the looks of it.
The engine, transmission, driveline, etc. will not be modified and will stay original.
This is more of a restoration project. I'm a student and, well.... I don't have a lot of money to spend.
My next project (An El Camino, Cyclone or Coronet) will be a real pro-touring car.

Manuel,

we all have (and had) to start somewhere. You have a nice car, you'll make it look good, you'll enjoy it. I'll bet you, when the time comes, you'll upgrade bits here and there and that's what makes a PT car in my opinion. Don't feel like you have to upgrade every single component and spend bucket loads of money before you can be a proper member here or at the Dutch PT community.

[Compaan-Designs]

I'm just saying, maybe some of you thought otherwise. ;)
I'm sure I will upgrade some things when the time and money comes. It's still my ultimate goal, to make a real beast out of this car, but for now it's only a restoration project.

Oh, and I will join the Dutch PT community soon too, René.

[Compaan-Designs]

Another update:

The wheel spacers arrived today from Lugs 'n stuff over at Holland, MI.
I immediately mounted them on the car tot test if the wheels would fit.

The spacers:





The wheel fitment:



It could use some lowering.



9 mm clearance:

[Compaan-Designs]

Update:
We cleaned the garage today, so I took some random photo's:



Nice stance, but it could use some lowering.

Here's another photo, left side is with the spacers installed:



We've also found the perfect color for the Javelin. It's the same color of my dad his truck.

[Hornet LSX]

Never give up just keep on building the car the way you want it. I have had my Hornet for 5 years now and it's taken that long to get it where it is today. So I get the "pro tour" look for now. I must say I really like the wheels and stance of the car you are building! what are you going to do next with it? I have run wheel spacers in the past. Just make sure to re-check the torque on them from time to time. I used the red lock tight to keep the lugs from backing off with good results.

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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

nice bucket pos

[Compaan-Designs]

Yesterday we fired up the engine for the first time after sitting for 4 years.



We will have a testdrive with the Javelin very soon.

[neki67]

Ga zo door!

[Martin71RS]

it runs on beer!!! that's cool ;-)

[Compaan-Designs]

Haha, thanks
Here's a new video:


It needs a little tuning, but the brakes, cooling, throttle, etc. works well.

We are going to drive with it over a longer distance to test the Javelin at high speed very soon.

[chris08]

I need help with finding wheels for my 69 javelin

[chris08]

Iv been restoring and it's my 1st one

[chris08]

Will 06 Mustang rims fit over the hub an you know