I just pulled my Autoweek magazine out of the mailbox this afternoon and there on page 21 is a full page write-up by Leigh Dorrington of a beautiful 1970 TA Javelin owned by Bill Scheffler from Westport, CT with just 21K miles. The overall article is very complimentary of both this specific TA as well as the AMC muscle car initiative from the late 60s through the early 70s. To quote part of the article: "The 390 starts and idles with a magnificent rumble. The power steering is lighter than expected and the brake pedal goes down a long way before anything happens. Push the accelerator though, and all is forgotten. First and Second are short, (but) shift into third and fourth and the car just pulls and pulls and pulls some more." Yep, that would be the trusty AMC 390 and a stock one at that. I an sure he would have been absolutely amazed if the 390 had just a few upgrades like a 750 carb, MSD electronic distributor and even a mild cam along with less restrictive exhaust to take those stock 1970 340 ponies up to say the 375-400 mark or even a little higher which, as most of us old AMC motor heads know, is very easy to do without radical changes to the motor! Regards, Dan Curtis d.curtis@xxxxxxx 602-317-2018 _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com