Re: Hornet, two weeks later

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Glad to hear you got the carb and wipers straightened out and the car now drives good. At least you used stock rear gears, so should just be a matter of getting the right speedo gear for the trans. You're using a 904, right? What rear axle? Should be able to look up the gear in a TSM. I have access to all mine now!!

It's a A904, the axle is 2.73:1, tires are dead-stock diameter,
25.3" (205/70-R14's, but equiv. to factory "heavy duty"). If you
could look it up I'd appreciate it!


> I don't know about fitting the Ford wheels, but a set of American Racing Silver Rally wheels would really set the car off! Like the ones I had on my car, but the center is painted silver with a chrome rim and small hubcap. Would be perfect for your white and grey car. The "silver" paint is more of a metallic grey to me...

Well I'm obsessed with this particular look, a mid-1960's italian
touring coupe/american rally car with import-scene interior.
That's what I'm working towards, that 60's naive cleanliness (that
teague's original hornet easily pulls off) (though the greenhouse
is a bit smaller than I'd like, and the wheel flares are 100%
american).

I'm actually contemplating minimizing/eliminating the notch in the
rear quarter: if you look at the early AMX you'll see that's all
AMC did -- simply brought the sheet metal up higher than the
notchback-placed rear window! I've never done such work, so it's a
bit daunting. That sort of stuff is generally done in fiberglas,
but I'm thinking I'd be better of making a steel cap.