So, there must be a hell of a lot of associated respectability that comes with a 4 year degree from McPherson college, 'cause this young woman just graduated and got a job managing Craig Jackson’s personal collection, and curating at Barrett-Jackson is her first job after graduating

or is it her daily driver? A 401 AMX Javelin!

Julia Berger’s AMX is 1 of 745 made with the 401 Go Package

the 401 Go Package was an extra $499, which netted the engine plus Handling Suspension (heavy duty springs and shocks and thicker front anti-roll bar), a fiberglass hood with cowl air induction, where the drop in vacuum under hard acceleration triggered a switch that opened a wide flap at the rear to pull intake air from the high-pressure area near the windshield’s base.

Also the Go Package upgraded the car to a heavy-duty cooling system, Twin-Grip differential, power front disc brakes, 15-inch Rally wheels, and E60-15 Polyglas raised white-letter tires,  plus a four-speed stick or the Borg-Warner Shift-Command automatic.

The AMX stood apart from the standard Javelin with a flush-mounted mesh grille featuring large round parking lamps. A spoiler at the back of the roof and another on the decklid, plus distinctive T-stripe on the hood and blacked-out rear body panel amped up the muscle car persona.

That's got to impress the job interview people when you cruise up in this cool beast! THEN you pass over a copy of the college degree, and I think that probably nails down the job for you.

Sports Car Graphic recorded 0-60 in 6.5 seconds and the quarter-mile in 14.3 at 98.8 mph for the Go Package 401 AMX they tested

It looks like she started with a better than average long term storage example of a project car, it had been parked in a Virginia barn for 23 years.

that had been owned by her stepmother’s old high school friend.  She decided to do a full rebuild on the 401, using aftermarket pistons to get 10.5:1 compression. A Holley Dominator EFI setup replaced the Motorcraft four-barrel carb.

Rather than rebuild the original automatic, Berger installed a General Motors 4L80E transmission and replaced the rear with a Ford 8.8-inch unit.

For more modern handling, Berger lowered the Javelin using QA1 coilovers up front and double-adjustable shocks in the back. These were not made for the Javelin, so she had to do some machining in front and had to relocate the rear shocks to make everything work. She gave her Javelin a set of American Racing Torque Thrusts, 15x8 inches with 225/60R15 rubber up front and 15x10 inches with 295/50R15s out back.

It took her 30 months to finish the car, just completing it this April, only 3 months ago

Either she's smarter than most teens, or someone told her the path to riches and fantastic cars lay in being a private collection manager, because that was her goal since high school.

In high school, she took auto body and auto tech courses. At McPherson, her focus was collection management, and she spent summers working for private collections.

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