The first-generation AMC Javelin displayed something of a split ... a "Twin Grip" limited-slip differential, a roof spoiler, a large-faced 140-mph speedometer and 8,000-rpm tachometer, Ram Air ...

Everyone, that is, except for poor AMC. Formed by merging ... plus custom-engineered front and rear spoilers. Unlike Detroit’s hot small-block pony cars, the T/A Javelin wasn’t a homologation ...