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IIRC the five mile an hour bumpers weren't absolutely mandatory until calendar year 1974. Of course thei meant that 74 models would have to have them unless the company made a change in the middle of the model year. Were any 74 Javelins actually built in 1974? I know less than 30,000 were made, but I'm pretty sure they weren't all built between September and December 73.  I seem to recall mention that AMC got an exception from the gov't for the Javelin because it would be the last year of production from somewhere though. That makes more sense.

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original message -----------------------------------
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 08:47, Mr. AMC wrote:
> How did the 73-74 Javelins get away with the rubber blocks and the rest
> of the AMC line up got them ugly huge 5 mph bumpers? At least on the
> Hornet's they added the rubber filler piece front and back. That helps
> the look a little bit so it is not so obvious that the 5 mph bumpers
> were just an after thought.
> "Doc"