So, I have located a 73 Javelin survivor (one owner car) that a friend purchased simply to save after the owner died and the wife and kids decided not to keep it.  I am in final negotiations for the purchase.  I am posting because I don't know a lot about Javelins although I like 73 and 74 humpsters and ones that are fairly basic (for my budgetary needs).

The Javelin has been in southern California for its life.  It was a Orange car but was repainted once in red.  One day I will repaint it the original Orange color.  From a rust perspective it is almost perfect (some bubbling at the bottom of the driver quarter panel) but no rust through anywhere.  Never wrecked (was up on stands for 17 years in a garage) until my friend purchased it.  I don't think it has a single dent on the car.  It has a very nice running 360, air conditioning not hooked up, power brakes and steering.  It did have a vinyl roof that was removed before painting it red years ago.  The interior is intact but needs carpet and reupholstering, including seats and a few cracks in the plastic gauge panels.  All the gauges and electrical work.  Door panels are good (just dirty from sitting), headliner is perfect.  My immediate plans are simply to buff it out and drive it.  By the way, it has all the emblems and additional trim from the drip rails, back window and vinyl.  I'm not a big fan of vinyl so I won't reinstall vinyl but was thinking of reinstalling the trim one day and painting it black in lieu of the vinyl replacement.  Other than that, I plan to keep it mainly original.

However, before I consummate the transaction, I wanted to get some advice from the sage Javelin owners on the Forum.  Again, it is a basic car in a sense but I wanted to know how hard it was to find dash/gauge parts, a front grille (cracked in a couple of places), or repair the grille?  That's about it.  Any tidbits of wisdom from Javelin owners are welcome.  Thanks.  Some pics below:

 

It's a driver for sure. 

304-dude,  I saw camjam's thread on his Jav.  A real beauty and inspiration.  Don't know if I can live up to Cam's great work.

When I buff it out I'll post a before and after.  Until then, I'll take turns with it and the 69 Rambler (which flat out hauls arse).  The white 68 American I bought last year in Arizona from a wonderful 95 year old WWII vet original owner (original project car or great donor) will need to go.  

Giddy as a kid on Christmas morning.  But still on another learning curve!

Congratulations! Start a thread to keep us updated. You'll be a happier person to keep it a driver - trust me on that! 

I'll be adding more to mine here soon with the stuff I've been working on.

The Jav will be driven often with slow progress on some of the things I mentioned.

Curious about the Hemilina, is it mainly a show car or do you drive the snot out of it?

One more question, besides peeling out, is there a tag on an AMC 20 that would allow me to determine if it is a limited slip?  In other words, what is the best way to tell from inspection?  Thanks.

Before:

After:

I´m working on my 1973 javelin AMX in Spain. 

Your car looks very nice already. 

For me is very difficult to get new parts becouse the Atlantic Sea is stuck on the way.

For that reason and lack of money I´ve to put more imagination and work on the process. I´d found that most of the times you can restore or repare things. 

I´d got tons of help from the forum. I´ll be happy to give some back and help if I can. 

Just as an example for interior I did cover the plastic in leather. It´s not original but looks and have a touch very nice. 

Bye.