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The Eclectic AMC Javelin: Chapter and Verse on America’s Most Underrated Muscle Car. Thanks to its bold styling, ample power, and upstart nature, the Javelin became a compelling performance car ...
There was the Gucci-edition AMC Hornet and the ... Cardin was a visionary fashion designer who saw the potential in partnerships and licensing—witness the 1972–1973 AMC Javelin, a funky-cool ...
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 ...
AMC also went high fashion, commissioning the Italian designer Aldo Gucci to create a one-off Hornet Sportabout wagon with a custom interior in 1971. Then there was Pierre Cardin.
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.
This is the rare AMC Hornet wagon with a dash of Italian high-fashion glam. 1973 AMC Hornet X Gucci Sportabout Wagon Is Today's Find on Bring a Trailer Skip to main content ...
AMC’s underdog status as a small manufacturer only made the AMC Javelin more of a standout in Trans Am racing. The 1970 Javelin SST Trans Am Edition celebrates that status.
The first model to get the fashion treatment was the Hornet Sportabout wagon, with a special Gucci edition that became available for 1972. Later that same year, Pierre Cardin’s Javelin was ...
1973 AMC Hornet X Gucci Sportabout Is Today's Find on Bring a Trailer. ... One avenue it explored was fashion-themed cars, such as the Pierre Cardin Javelin and the Levi's Gremlin.
AMC chose the latter and the Javelin ended in 1974. [Featured image by CZmartin via Wikimedia Commons | Cropped and scaled | CC BY-SA 4.0] Group 19 offered cheap power.
Among the rarest of the American muscle cars that went racing in the early Seventies — cars including the Camaro Z/28 and the Boss 302 Mustang — the 1970 AMC Trans Am Javelin SST may be the ...
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.