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Old 02-15-2016, 10:50 PM   #7
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Default Re: Resurrecting the Rambler

Just a little update this time since only a little time to work on the car presented itself.

Was intending to pull the fuel tank out of the car and tackle some more dirty work underneath but no lifts available again in the auto shop on a Monday. So it was on to Plan B which was installing an HEI distributor in the hole where a Ford/AMC designed one was. It was a fairly straightforward swap, and I added in the appropriate plug wires. The HEI looks so big compared to the old distributor but it clears everything fine. This should get the car running now once we can feed it some fuel. Wiring is all ready to go, even found a couple of hot leads with key off to run the future cooling fan and electric water pump drive.
The other big work was mounting an AMX emblem on the glove box lid. Wow...that one about wore me out!

So, slow going but at least progress was made. When I get the powder blue AMX parts car back home next weekend there will be several body and trim pieces to swap out and sand off, so if no lifts are available there will be other work I can do. But the next critical thing is to get some gasoline flowing and start this car up!
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Brian Saunders Lerna IL
'79 AMX T/SA 3790 currently being resurrected
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