Vehicle Description
1973 AMC Javelin AMX - 2 Door Fastback Coupe - Light Green over
Black - 360cid/220hp 4bbl V8 - Automatic Transmission - Factory Air
Car (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this 1973 AMC Javelin
AMX on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's
possible that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the
car due to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access
all the more than 150 photographs, as well as a short start-up and
walk-around video, please go to our main website: Garage Kept
Motors.) The 1971�€"74 Javelin AMX shone brightly in the pony car
galaxy �€" Hagerty Media, July 2019 Hemmings told a bit more of the
second-generation AMX story: ...the tall rear spoiler and meshed
grille, were incorporated into the 1971 redesign of the sleek
fastback Javelin, thanks to input from racing legend Mark Donohue,
who, along with team principal Roger Penske, had rocked the SCCA's
Trans- Am racing community by switching to the Kenosha-based brand
(Penske also began racing AMC Matadors in NASCAR's top division).
Much like the winged Mopar's fender cutouts-and-covers, AMC's
enhanced fenders homologated the design for competition, providing
more space for meaty racing tires while lowering the front end,
which ultimately reduced drag. Offered here is a 1973 AMC Javelin
AMX, one of 5,707 produced for that model year. The car sports a
professional-quality respray in medium-green-metallic over black.
Showing 85,916 miles on its odometer, it has traveled 85,916 miles
in all, or fewer than 1,800 miles per-year on average since it left
the Kenosha, Wisconsin AMC factory. The AMX's VIN is decoded below
and verifies the original engine and drivetrain. The exterior
metallic, medium-green paint displays excellent shine overall and
no noteworthy flaws. The finish is smooth and all proper
surfaces-including the door jambs and the underside of the trunk
lid-were included in the re-spray. The color was an excellent
choice as it represents the Seventies zeitgeist even as it nicely
highlights the AMX's styling, in particular the fender humps and
Mark Donohue TransAm-race car-inspired rear-deck spoiler. A black
T-stripe of the correct period design graces the car's hood. (To
best assess the quality of the paint and trim finishes, please be
sure to view the close-up photographs of the car in the
accompanying gallery.) Chrome bumpers, side mirrors, twin exhaust
tips, and AMC-original-design door handles all retain excellent
surface shine, and the front blacked-out grille is undamaged. Cabin
glass and lighting lenses are clear and undamaged. Badging consists
of red-white-and-blue AMX emblems in the grille and on the hood,
sides, and rear spoiler; a single round Javelin emblem is properly
in place below the rear spoiler. Factory-original, styled steel
wheels with chrome trim rings and American Motors-branded center
caps are mounted with Cooper® Cobra Radial G/T raised-white-letter
tires. Inside, the color theme is all-black. Handsome,
diamond-pattern-stitched fabric upholstery covers the stock,
high-back front buckets and rear bench, with the same material
covering the parcel shelf. Black door trim is accented with a
turned-metal-look insert with an AMX emblem. The original, 3-spoke,
brushed-metal-trimmed steering wheel with American Motors center
emblem frames a driver-oriented, 3-opening instrument cluster;
engine monitoring gauges, 140-mph speedometer, and combination
tachometer with analog clock, all set in the turned-metal-look
panel. Push-pull style operator controls are arrayed on a shelf
fronting the cluster. A Sherwood® audio head unit is mounted in the
factory-radio location above slide-lever controls for the heat and
factory air-conditioning. The grab-handle-style shifter for the
3-speed automatic transmission is located on the black center
console. Cabin carpeting is also black. Under the hood, the
360-cubic-inch, 220-horsepower, American Motors 4-barrel-carbureted
V8 features added fl
