Re: [Amc-list] How 'bout a Chevy?

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think he was just trying to get a rise out of one of us Rambler
heads.....................
If he wants to spend his money on a SBC let him, who cares, he's the one
that will have to live with it.

I think I'm gonna go to my plastic surgeon and have my belly button removed,
then I won't be like any of
those SBC lovers ever again, there just a dime a hundred dozen you know,
ROLF.


Armand
I was different people before different dared to be

Hey you, come back with my belly
button.........................................





> $10K and that's cheaper than an AMC engine???
>
> Not a lot of support for a SBC swap around here.......
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> " I was different before people dared to be different"
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Clarence Milstead" <cmilstead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Thursday afternoon I took my cars to my favorite garage for their annual
> > state inspection, they passed with flying colors, even the 36 year old
> > Gremlin. After the inspection I looked around the garage, in one stall
was a
> > sharp looking 1966 Ford with a 390 4-V engine complete with chrome valve
> > covers, it was getting a tune-up. In the next stall was a Jeep that they
> > were removing the front cap and radiator from. The mechanic was the same
one
> > that put the 3.55 gears and posi in the Gremlin. The Jeep had a 258 six
and
> > it was coming out and a SBC was to be installed. The mechanic said he
had
> > probably done 20 of these swaps. I told him that I might want to put an
AMC
> > 360 or 401 in my Gremlin one day. He said he could do it but it would be
> > easier and cheaper to put a SBC in.  This SBC came from a pickup that
had
> > been rolled and totaled but the engine was not damaged. It will have
fuel
> > injection and all of the modern goodies. He showed me the wiring harness
and
> > computer that was on the workbench. I asked about the radiator and he
said
> > they bought a special radiator for the SBC that worked fine. Then he
showed
> > me a Jeep outside that looked great and had been lifted a little. He
said
> > the owner had over $10K in the SBC engine alone. Out of my price range.
He
> > said he thought he knew where an AMC 360 was located but it didn't have
a
> > transmission.  I'll probably never do anything but if I do the SBC would
be
> > tempting. Cheaper and parts available everywhere..
> >
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