Re: [Amc-list] air shocks on amx & javelins

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I may add that on a 70 Javelin I had years ago, I was driving down Ennis 
Joslin road in Corpus Christi, listening to Styx with 3 of my running 
buddies. Ther was a dip in the road, and all of us knew it was there and 
whoever was driving their car slowed down. Not big dip about 6 inches, but 
enough that if you were going speed limit of 40mph you were suddenly Evel 
Kneivel. I hit it, with all 4 of us in car, at about 35mph. It scraped, then 
car pulled to one side, hear a KLUNK, then SSSSSS/BOOM! Well there goes the 
shock blowing into trunk, dropping car down and taking out my Mickey 
Thompson N50 on top of it. So we were all stranded, stoned and drunk miles 
from anywheres. This is in BC (before cellphone) so first thing we do is 
pull to side of road, curse in english and spanish, grab the beer, (what?!!) 
then walk thru night to the 7-11 3 miles back towards South Padre Island 
drive. We called a cab and went and got JR's Impala, and went to my house 
(stopping to get more beer) ((what???!!) and took a spare tire, as I didn't 
have a spare in the Javelin.

I drove the car home no problem, but it drove funny, hanging down, and 
occasionally scraping. I took it to 6 metal and welding shops down there and 
no one wanted to touch it much less warranty it. I ended up having a friend 
patch it like the link here shown. It was ugly, and no more air shocks, and 
no more back seat passengers, beer only after that day. Eventually I took 
the rear seat out....and carpeted it, and it looked great. Side note here 
was the courtesy lights in the sails I painted blue inside, then took red 
hot screwdriver and poked holes in it. That way, when we were partaking in 
stuff Cheech & Chong famous for inside car, the light would stream then thru 
the dense smoke for a great effect while listening to Scorpions or 
Dreamweaver. That is....until the 6 bottles of Ny-Quil we had stolen and 
drank as night went on kicked in, then would have to sleep in front of 7-11 
or Circle K.  Great effects however sort of poor man light show. And when 
you wake up at 4am...you could walk into the 7-11 or Maverick Market and get 
Doritos, old hot dog, candy, big 32 oz Coke or Sprite then take friends home 
after car aired out.

It was year 1977. (what?!!!) As for the shock tower, the other one was more 
professionally done, and actually pulled the gas tank off to weld, not being 
a Aggie looking inside of tank with matchstick. :~P
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "AMC/Rambler owners, 
drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] air shocks on amx & javelins


> WOW, what a freakin hack job!!!
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> " I was different before people dared to be different"
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> This comes up from time to time and while I personally have had problems
>> (dating back to 1977) with AMX and Javelin series with rear air shocks, 
>> here
>> is a photo below of the damage one caused. As mentioned before, usually 
>> the
>> upper shock tower on the driver side blows into the trunk, as while if 
>> you
>> keep it below 60psi you should be fine, however some insist on more and 
>> all
>> it takes is a small pothole, dip in road, possum or other critter, even
>> speed bump, and below is what happens.
>>
>> The shock tower on back of a 68-69 and 70-74 was not intended to have 
>> that
>> upwards pressure and it flimsy to begin with and anyone who has ever 
>> gotten
>> under one of these knows not much to it, and you can see how AMC grafted 
>> the
>> plate on driver side for the shock tower to basically sheetmetal.
>>
>> So when you are considering air shocks because you want big ass tires, or 
>> a
>> lifted rear or something like that on your AMX or Javelin, consider below
>> photo. I have had abuot 4 of them do this to me thru years and really
>> difficult finding any welding shop willing to tackle, much less warranty 
>> the
>> work if you need the 'air shock patch'.
>>
>> Again, your results may vary, like my old 68 AMX The Red Death had 
>> Gabriel
>> air shocks on it for over 20 years and 170,000 miles with zero problems.
>>
>> This is off a auction on ebay for a 74 AMX:
>>
>> http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u305/skbjrnkv/javelin/IMG_0137.jpg
>>
>>
>> Eddie Stakes'
>> Planet Houston AMX
>> 713.464.8825
>> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.planethoustonamx.com
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