A JAVELIN THAT STICKS
WHEN A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SPECIALTY CAR builder, chassis manufacturer, and ex-road racer decides to develop a restomod for himself, you may assume that the resulting creation will showcase every part his company offers. But that’s not how Jeff Schwartz of Schwartz Performance in Woodstock, Illinois, approached this project. “We build so many cars with our full chassis designs that the bar is set pretty high for what I like to experience when I drive,” he explains. “But my goal was a mild setup for this project. Using my knowledge of chassis engineering, I just wanted to do a few tweaks to get a really nice cruiser that still handles well in the curves.” Inspired by a friend’s road racing ’72 AMX (featured in #77, February 2010),
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