It’s time to part ways with my ‘73 Javelin, after more than 20yrs. Figured I’d post it here first, since the funds will likely go to pinball anyway. Hit me up if you have any trades on my wishlist.

It’s now a project car, due to the small rust in the fenders and rear quarters, but is a good runner in original paint and way better than “barn find”. Engine and trans are not original, but it’s the correct 360 and 727 combo. Tons of upgrades: BeCool aluminum rad, MSD, Mallory UniLite, Edelbrock carb and intake, Hella lights, Hooker headers (not installed), etc…

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I’m 6’3” and drive a Mini Cooper… I am totally stealing this line.

Thanks, I guess I just don’t want anyone thinking they can just pick it up as a daily driver…

It’s a nice survivor example with no filler and original paint… Pretty rare for any muscle car, and even more rare for an AMC.

Here’s a clip of how it sounds:

Carry a spoon in the glove box, that way you can eat the ice cream while waiting for the tow truck. The engine is fantastic and the transmission is the best automatic ever (ZF 8HP), but the Jeep bits are still Jeep.

98% of all Jeeps ever made are still on the road today.

The other 2% made it home.

If you normalize the data, Jeep has about 4x the lemon law buy backs of Dodge, which places it just above Alfa and Fiat in reliability. Honestly, I wonder if Jeep’s poor reliability reputation is related to it also likely being the most modified vehicle. If 10% of RAV4 buyers added a light bar and body lift, maybe Toyota would have a poor rep, too.

Mini says 8 more years before they are fully electric, and had to drop manuals from production due to supply chain issues. Our order for a manual transmission convertible was likely one of the last made (we’re supposed to take delivery next week).

https://www.motortrend.com/news/mini-manual-transmission-supplier-issues/

I’m a relative new comer to OH, so I’d never heard of this… Thanks, I’m 100% going next year!

In a weird coincidence, my dad’s cousin took a road track record from a factory team Cobra with a Mini Cooper back in the late 60’s. Not having any long straights gave the Mini an advantage.
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Awesome project! More importantly…. Does it fit a pin?