The 1974 model was the end of the road for the AMC Javelin, which lasted from 1969 through 1974 and two styling generations. Those in the know seem to think that AMC may have axed the Javelin due to the enormous costs that would be involved to redesign the front bumper to make it meet the stricter 1975 federal standards, while others suggest that AMC had such high hopes for its new Matador that potential Javelin buyers would just opt for the Matador. Maybe the truth is they just thought it had run its course. Whatever the reason, if you’re in the market for a last year model example, this 1974 AMC Javelin may be a good car for you to check out. Located in Brea, California, it can be found here on Facebook Marketplace with an asking price of $19,000.
The seller describes this Javelin as a running project and says that it has been off of the road since at least 2015, although no other information is given about the car’s history prior to 2015. Judging from the photos, the Javelin certainly appears to be complete and largely original, sans wheels and steering wheel. I believe that’s a Grant steering wheel on the column. The odometer is showing 29,931 miles.
The seller says that his Javelin is equipped with the AMX and GO package, which includes the 360 V8 engine with dual exhaust, front disc brakes, cowl hood, heavy-duty cooling, Twin Grip positraction rear end, handling package, hood stripes, blacked-out area around the taillights, and a space-saver spare tire. Certainly not a bad offering considering this was 1974, and most vehicles even deemed close to muscle car status were beginning to be looked at as taboo. The car also came with factory air conditioning.
Although the seller doesn’t address the subject of rust, he did include a photo of the trunk area, which looks to be in well-preserved condition and you’ve just got to dig that spare tire and red rim. The exterior of the car presents nicely as well, with no obvious body damage or signs of corrosion, and if that’s the original Trans-Am color red paint it’s still looking OK too for its age.
Five photos of the underside are included, none of which reveal anything that would cause immediate concern and seem to validate the seller’s confidence that this is one solid Javelin all the way around. The car has also been on Facebook Marketplace for 17 weeks, so if you catch the seller on a good day he may be ready to make a deal. What are your thoughts on this 1974 AMC Javelin AMX?
Ad says the VIN decodes as 360 2bbl. I thought “GO” package was 4bbl only, with black around the tail light panel. Plus, those look like standard gauges.
AMC experts – what do you think?
where is the cowl induction air cleaner. the go package had a working cowl induction hood and air cleaner.it should have a 140 mph speedo. they don’t show the shifter either. i’m not sure if this a clone or not.
The ‘74s had cowl hoods but not open to fresh air. Clean air act/ EPA rules. This is well known by AMC fans. Weird equipment packages for the last year of the Javelin AMX.
sorry i didn’t know that.. i had 1971 with go pack and working cowl induction.
the last year for the cowl induction air cleaner was 1973. only the cowl hood was available in 1974
No Go
Looks like a Sweet Ride, One could save a lot of money over a RUSY OLD MOPAR for $50,000.00. I’m sure not many of these are cruising around at the local car shows. Not many at the Local Cars and Coffee either.
The $50k buy in shows what car is worth the money to restore. Ever hear of the $1-5 million dollar Hemi Cudas?
I’ve heard of them, Just never knew anyone stupid enough to buy one.
He and George really hate Mopars ,especially rare ones that go for big money in any condition. Now when someone posts a big dollar stripped out ,rotted away Boss 428 ,or a big block Chevelle that’s been burned to a crisp for five figures, you dont hear from them
Credit Amc they sent the Javelin out in style. 3 available V8s all with a decent gear option and all available stick shift or auto. Some nice options were offered, and a car equipped with the “GO” pkg was a real nice plus.
No duel snorkle air cleaner no no GO
In the d-u-e-l of spelling bees, d-u-a-l s-n-o-r-k-e-l wins. ;)
Only the seventy one had the dual Snorkels
There were no dual snorkels or fresh air intake lids on ‘74s due to smog regulations. Need to see the door tag to verify AMX kit or not.
As a senior , i only drive 2 seater convertibles !
As a younger man , i had a camaro, firebird, chevelle convertible love affair and young kids , so i needed the 4 seats and a trunk
Also had a topless lebaron (ugh)
I never had an amx as they made no convertibles but they were beautiful designs and this one looks great
But , the admission price is high
69-74?? What happened to ’68?
29,xxx miles??
I would guess it the second time around for the odometer
My 1974 with a lightweight 232 inline six would easily swing the rear end around (180 degrees) with strong braking and a twitch of the steering wheel on clean pavement. Not much weight on the rear wheels. I wonder if the trick would work in a V8?
Has the younger generation of sellers forgotten that 5 digit odometers roll over after 99999 miles??
My 26 year old son bought a car to flip. He was telling me it had 450,000 miles. He also commented about how far he drove the day he got it, that it must get phenomenal gas mileage.
The car had a 6 digit odometer…the 6th digit being 10ths of a mile lol. He had what we call a 5 figure odometer. He couldn’t figure out why the last digit was black background & white digit.
I think I may have raised a couple morons lol.
Man this always was and still is a great design. See very few of these st car shows.
Just run across this Javelin AMX for sale. I am an original owner of a 1973 Javelin AMX. Ordered it new from Art Post in Kalamazoo, Mi. in March of 1973. It took 7 weeks to build and ship, taking delivery the last week of April. I still own the AMX and is garaged and up on jacks to prevent spring sag. The Javelin and the AMX version were not popular in the 4 years of production. Never really building enough to pay for the original tooling for 1971. The Javelin had gotten too long and heavy for the time. AMC was already in trouble financially, after they spent $50 million to come out with the new Matador in 1974 that failed to sell. The V8″s of 1972 and on, were over stated as to their horse power. The smog rules of the day choked the AMC V 8 and the other V 8’s of the time to death . All in all, AMC continued to make bad choices, as did Studebaker only a few years before. But give AMC credit for trying as one of their adds stated, If you were to compete against G.M., Ford and Chrysler, what would you do?