Roached '72 Javelin Build for 24 Hours of Lemons!

[Bulletpruf]

So, I picked up a fugly - but solid - '72 Javelin roller (no engine/trans) a week ago. I wasn't in the market for another project, but I think it will make the perfect 24 Hours of Lemons project so I pulled the trigger. Anyway, it was originally a 304/automatic car. Other than the MIA drivetrain bits, it's reasonably complete.

It has power steering, power brakes (4 wheel drums) that will be upgraded to 4 wheel disk brakes.

The rear diff is an AMC 20, likely with 2.87 or 3.15 gears, and the dreaded two-piece axles. I've got some scar tissue with these; I drove a '79 CJ7 with a 360 and spun a few of these axles on a few spirited off-road excursions.

The body is remarkably solid; the fenders and quarters are damn near perfect. There's a bit of rust around the trunk lip and some spots in the floors that will need to be patched, but that's about it.

I've been stripping it down to get it ready to get a cage installed and I need to start thinking about a drivetrain, too. The easy button is to keep it AMC, so I'm inclined to pick up a complete AMC 360 (easy to find and inexpensive) and mate it to the close ratio T-10 that I was saving for my '71 Javelin.