Mark Donohue's 1970 AMC Javelin edition project took 4 years to complete, and is finally freshly restored and ready to hit the local show circuit.

Thus, the Mark Donohue Special was born, built from January through April of 1970, it not-so-coincidentally ended just prior to the beginning of the Trans-Am racing season and ended with 2,501 units.

Granted, the Javelin never got a 400+ horsepower version to compete with the HEMI 'Cuda and the COPO Camaro, but AMC built a few cool limited-edition versions over the years—the Mark Donohue ...

Thus, the Mark Donohue Special was born, built from January through April of 1970, it not-so-coincidentally ended just prior to the beginning of the Trans-Am racing season and ended with 2,501 units.

Doing this was simply a matter of ramping up production on the Mark Donohue Edition Javelin, of which 2,501 were built. As a small company, AMC didn't, as a matter of practicality, ...

Mark Donohue took the championship, and the AMX beat out factory-backed entries from Ford, ... In a world dominated by big-name muscle cars, the 1971 AMC Javelin AMX was a rebel with results.

Having campaigned it successfully in 1970, with racing powerhouse Mark Donohue under the stewardship of Roger Penske no less, ...

Indeed, there were a lot of kinks to be worked out. Donohue finished 39th, 35th, 44th and 15 th in their first four starts. Victory did come on the road course at Riverside on Jan. 21, 1973.

Things took a sharp turn outside this unholy matrimony when Javelin enrolled Mark Donohue in 1970, taking back-to-back titles in 1971 and 1972.

Stories about mark donohue - June 17th 2025. autoevolution News Cars Moto Driven Classics ... Perfectly Restored 1970 AMC Javelin SST Mark Donohue Edition Is Pure Eye Candy.

Announced at the start of 1970 production, the Mark Donohue signature-edition Javelin was based on an SST model fitted with either a 360 or a 390 V8 and backed by either a console-shifted ...