The big nut died at the end of 66. so it was used in pre 67 199 cars. IIRC it was only used in the 66 199 cars if they had the manual trans too. I could be wrong about the trans making any difference though. You should be glad you did not get one of those buggers. even Tom's love for the obscure old school tech will proly not survive an encounter with a "big nut"... -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> > What I said was my 67 American with 199 *doesn't* have a big nut rear > end. The parts book doesn't show this setup either. > > Matt > > On 3/31/2008 1:46 PM, Frank Swygert spouted this sage advice: > As Matt stated, only 67 and earlier cars with 196 or 199 used it. I > think AMC used it behind 67 199s just to use up stock on hand. > -- > mhaas@xxxxxxx > Cincinnati, OH > http://www.mattsoldcars.com > 1967 Rambler American wagon > 1968 Rambler American sedan > ================================================================= > According to a February 2003 survey of Internet holdouts released > by UCLA's Center for Communication Policy, people cite > not having a computer as the No. 1 reason they won't go online. > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list