When my co-producers and I first announced that we were making a documentary about the history of American Motors Corporation, a few of our fellow AMC enthusiasts voiced a surprising complaint: Once ...

Muscle cars were so common then that many of them sat on dealership lots for weeks or months; many of those same cars, like ...

now made 285 hp and 390 lb-ft. AMC retained the 360 cubic inch V8 as an optional engine in the Javelin and Javelin AMX throughout the second-generation Javelin's run, which ended in 1974.

AMC claimed a modest 340 horsepower from these motors — 25 horsepower more than a stock 390 cubic inch V8 ... costly and silly to produce both the Javelin and the AMX, two cars that ...

The big, 4.165-inch bores of the 390 were topped by newly developed cylinder heads ... The efficient lines of the 1970 AMC Javelin, understated compared to the brawny, flared curves of the final ...

The SST was a sportier version boasting a 390-cubic-inch V-8 making 325 ... Like most of its rivals, AMC entered the Javelin in the SCCA Trans Am series, which reached the height of its popularity ...

Is this SST a 360 or a 390 car? Well ... Yes, the first-gen Javelin didn't come with a 401, but AMC added it to the lineup in 1971. Rated at 330 horsepower and 430 pound-feet (583 Nm) of torque ...

Craigslist There’s a 1970 AMC Javelin Trans Am ... with the optional tricolor paint scheme and a tuned-up 6.4-liter (390 cubic-inch) V8. Capping off the collection are a pair of 1969 Hurst ...

Many classic muscle cars, including the American Motors Corporation (AMC) Javelin, do not get the recognition or praise they deserve, despite the latter producing cars like the Javelin.

Built from 1967 to 1974, the AMC Javelin is an almost forgotten pony ... The range-topping, 390-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) V8 rated at 315 horsepower was potent enough to give its Detroit competitors ...