Re: [AMC-List] 1974 Javelin AMX sold for $37,400

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From: "Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Date: Friday, October 6, 2006 07:16 AM 
> From: Jeffrey.Bohler@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> In Hemmings Muscles Machines auction section, it tells the story of a 
> 1974 
> Javelin AMX, 401 4-speed, that recently sold for $37,400 at Russo and 
> Steele's Monterey auction. I hope no one on the list actually paid 
> that, 
> but what I find interesting is that the article says that Russo and 
> Steele 
> portrayed that of the 4,9XX Javelin AMX's produced in 1974, less that 25 
> of 
> them were delivered with the 401, 4-speed combination. 
> 
> Would someone please verify that this is false? Anyone know how many 
> were 
> actually produced with the 401 4-speed? 
> 
> I am thinking they abbreviated the description for the article, and that 
> maybe less than 25 were produced with the drive train, color, options, 
> etc, 
> that I might believe. 
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> 
> Under 25% 401 four speeds is most likely a fact. Only real driving 
> enthusiasts want sticks, and there aren't that many in the US, and there 
> weren't in the 70s. Drag racers prefer autos due to consistency and less 
> drivetrain impact. Since the mid 60s most cars produced in the US have 
> had automatic transmissions. In the early 60s most had three speed 
> manuals, with autos optional. Four speeds were always in the minority in 
> US produced cars, though sticks did make a bit of a come-back in small 
> to mid sized cars in the late 80s and the 90s. All full size cars are 
> autos, and most mid sized even now. Well over half of small cars are 
> automatics as well, probably no more than 25% are sticks. 
> 
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WOW someone got took of bout 20K
Bart M.
73 Gremlin 360/T10 project
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