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Alberta68 
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 Topic: 68 Javelin buildPosted: Oct/27/2020 at 8:00pm |
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Winter is kicking in up here in the great white north so I am going to post up the story of my Javelin. Bought the car with newspaper route money about 35 years ago at the age of 16 or 17.. The routine back then was drive it hard, fix what breaks and repeat.
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Alberta68
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Posted: Oct/27/2020 at 8:02pm |
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A few years back we took the car completely apart and over the next couple years I built an engine
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Posted: Oct/27/2020 at 8:06pm |
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in the fall 2 years ago me and my fearless friend dug it out, gave it a power wash and loaded it up for a trip to an open bay at work.
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Posted: Oct/27/2020 at 8:15pm |
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I am in the pipeline coating business so we used a blast unit on the engine bay, inside cab, underside and trunk of the car and then got to welding in a couple patches where the spilt beer opened a c couple spots in the floor.
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Posted: Oct/27/2020 at 8:26pm |
 We built a poly paint booth and painted everything up and it actually turned out great |
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Alberta68
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Posted: Oct/27/2020 at 8:54pm |
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The plan was too put everything back together at that point but I found the Control Freaks IFS online and that was the point the plan flew out the window
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amxdreamer
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Posted: Oct/27/2020 at 9:59pm |
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Cool project, looking forward to updates.
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Tony
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Ollie
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Posted: Oct/28/2020 at 7:04am |
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Looks like you got you a great helper for your project. Following along !!
Having AMC Fun, Ollie
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1966 American Convertible -- "The Rambler"..SOLD
1974 Postal Jeep -- "Rapid Delivery"...SOLD 1969 Rambler 220 post car--"Road Warrior" 1989 Jeep Comanche Pioneer, 4.0L, auto, 2wd |
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Billyfrank360
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Posted: Oct/29/2020 at 9:08am |
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Great project. Looking forward to this build.
Cheers, Billy
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Alberta68
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Posted: Oct/31/2020 at 11:11am |
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The front suspension was where we started. The guys at Control Freaks were great to deal with and the install was mostly trouble free. Biggest issue was the hooker 1 7/8 headers with the power rack.After some head scratching we modified the #1 tube and made it work. I wonder if anyone found an easier fix..
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