RSS_Auto_Poster
Well-known member
Written by Rowan Horncastle
Unlike say, the Dodge Charger, Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro, the AMC Javelin has never been classed as one of the muscle car greats.With its droopy nose and overly-defined fender lines, it"s not hard to see why it never made it to true pony car poster status. But, nearly half a decade later, that hasn"t stopped muscle car builder Ringbrothers from giving it a second shot with this: a 1972 AMC Javelin AMX called "Defiant".Jim and Mike Ring, co-founders of Ringbrothers, head up the Wisconsin-based firm famed for putting silly power and carbon fibre bodies on America"s finest muscle cars of old. And other oddities like 900bhp Winnebagos. When they sourced this Javelin (once a regular at the petrol station their father ran in Plain, Wisconsin, but hadn"t hit the road since 1977) they were greeted with a time capsule of Seventies nostalgia. They could have simply reconditioned it. They didn"t.
Date written: 7 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9851
Unlike say, the Dodge Charger, Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro, the AMC Javelin has never been classed as one of the muscle car greats.With its droopy nose and overly-defined fender lines, it"s not hard to see why it never made it to true pony car poster status. But, nearly half a decade later, that hasn"t stopped muscle car builder Ringbrothers from giving it a second shot with this: a 1972 AMC Javelin AMX called "Defiant".Jim and Mike Ring, co-founders of Ringbrothers, head up the Wisconsin-based firm famed for putting silly power and carbon fibre bodies on America"s finest muscle cars of old. And other oddities like 900bhp Winnebagos. When they sourced this Javelin (once a regular at the petrol station their father ran in Plain, Wisconsin, but hadn"t hit the road since 1977) they were greeted with a time capsule of Seventies nostalgia. They could have simply reconditioned it. They didn"t.
Date written: 7 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9851
