slide_advantage_redoux Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 (edited) I wish I had never traded in my first car. I had a 1968 AMC Javelin (that's Rambler to all you critics!) That car was sweet. It had been tricked out by a previous owner and was quite fast....quick actually. I never timed it officially, but I can safely state that it went from 0 - 60 in less than 7 seconds...maybe 6. Borg Warner T-10 tranny, Hurst shifter (4 speed of course), 4 bbl carb and dual Thrush glass pack exhausts. Being young and dumb, I thrashed the living hell out of it, street racing most weekend nights. When I last drove it, it was belching smoke, and sputtering down the road, in dire need of an engine overhaul. Now I see restored Javelins and AMXs going for around $5,000 - $8,000. Oh well. And I didn't even think to take a decent picture of it back then. Edited June 7, 2006 by slide_advantage_redoux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Do you think those headlight clusters/front wings would pass our NCAP tests nowadays???? Not made with pedestrians in mind. Mind you, over there you don't have people juts walk out into the road do you, like we have in this country. British cities are a free-for-all with little respect for road markings, zebra crossings, lights or box junctions. That goes for pretty much everyone, from the stereotypical 'white van driver' to many cyclists, cabbies and commuters in general. If you try to observe etiquette and road manners you pretty much feel like you're wasting your time. a-a-a-a-a-nnnnnnnd........Breathe...... Rant over, sorry. Beautiful motor that though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide_advantage_redoux Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Okay, this isn't my car, and unless I win the lottery in the next two days, it will not be my car. BUT, I wish it was! 1968 AMX, completely and perfectly restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Conrad, judging by those pics, the Mark looks like it's in real nice shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Best I can do is go back to 1956/57 ... That's me, but the car actually belonged to a Hawaiian friend stationed in Iceland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 (edited) Had one like this for about seven years. The first American car ever produced that was wider than it was high. Now have one like this: Of the two, I much prefer the Packard. Up over and out. Edited June 7, 2006 by Dave James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 An '88 Toyota Camry. And it probably won't be around much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 minels a little nicer than this one....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAL Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 18+ years and counting...with about 70,000 miles on the meter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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