Tech NotesWhat:'69 AMC Javelin SSTOwner:Tom LodgeHometown:DeLand, Florida. DeLand recently held its quasquicentennial celebration. In English that means it celebrated its 125th birthday.

This 1969 AMC Javelin is a rare car from American Motors that is powered by a 390ci engine and has been heavily customized with an assortment of performance parts - Hot Rod Magazine ...

And, in addition to helping AMC turn a profit in '68 and '69, the Javelin turned out to be a worthy competitor to the usual pony car suspects. See All 9 Photos.

The AMC Javelin could run from 0 to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds The AMC Javelin could sprint through the quarter mile in 14.6 seconds The rarest Javelin is the 1970 SST Trans Am Editions, of which only ...

This week on " Rides with Jay Thomas," Jay catches up with Michael Shirk to check out a 1969 AMC Javelin SST. Shirk’s owned this car since 1975, and he lives and breathes AMC.

AMC had already been dabbling in performance with the first-gen Javelin, but the 1971 Javelin AMX was an all-new beast. It was longer, lower, wider, and bolder—both on the street and on the track.

Pierre Cardin was a visionary fashion designer who saw the potential in partnerships and licensing—witness the 1972–1973 AMC Javelin, a funky-cool trendsetter.

The Javelin was, of course, AMC’s entry into the pony car wars of the late ’60s and early ’70s, with a run of only seven years, from 1968 through 1974.