Re: [Amc-list] PEDALS

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

What causes the confusion is some guys idea of interchangeability!
The bushing at the upper pivot is indeed the same on all of the AMC's I have ever seen, ALL of them!
You can and I have take a 68 AMX set of pedals and put them in an American.
The total length was different, the clutch linkage hookup was WAY wrong. The Brake pedal would have been the closest to useable. I had a lot more trouble finding the correct American pedals than I thought I would so I started to work on making them work. IIRC, I redrilled for the brake actuator rod and made that connection. I then proceeded to try and work out how to get the clutch to work.  As I said the Zbar was not even close. On the MAX is wen into the Strut bracket, on the American it goes to the unitbody rail.I was considering whether to try and make it work for real when a local guy told me of a yard near here that was not in the phone book and had a 67 American. That ended me attempt!

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I was wondering about that too Mark.
> A couple years ago Eddie Stakes sent me a set of pedals that was supposed to
> be from a 68 or 69 Javelin or AMX. I compared them to the pedals for a 70
> through 74 Javelin and AMX body. They are not the same. The pedals had a
> slight different bend in them.  I also had a 1979 Spirit AMX, and the pedals
> for that are not the same as the 70 to 74 Javelin AMX pedals or I would have
> kept them and used them in the white 70 Javelin instead of searching all
> over to find a set.
> I don't think the pedals are interchangeable from the small body Gremlin,
> Spirit, Hornet into the larger body Javelin, Matador, Rebel, I seem to
> remember asking some one about that or something. The big body cars may all
> be interchangeable 1970 and after.
> Has any one ever seen an Ambassador or Matador with a manual transmission??
> Rebel Machine yeah but Matador??
> 
> Armand
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amxron@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "AMC/Rambler owners,drivers and fans."
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> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 7:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] PEDALS
> 
> 
> > Did they standardize pedals after 69 or 70?
> > I know that 69 and earlier they are specific and trying to move them from
> one body style to another takes it out of the realm of bolt in.
> > Been there, done that, sold the AMX pedals that would not fit the American
> for a profit though!
> >
> > If you are going hydraulic, then yeah, most any AMC pedal can be used
> since a bracket may be needed anyway.
> > To get the Z-bar to work would tak some extensive reworking and the Zbar
> itself is different and mounted different say from the Javelin AMX line to
> the American. I believe the same to be true from the Hornet Gremlin body to
> the Javeline also. It's been many years since I worked on the Gremline
> clutch linkage so not sure.
> >
> > --
> > Mark Price
> > Morgantown, WV
> > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> > " I realize that death is inevitable.
> > I just don't want to be around when it happens! "
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: amxron@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > You can use pedals from most any 70's AMC. They detach from the bracket
> under
> > > the dash and slide out very easily. Pushrods and z-bars differ from
> small to
> > > big bodies and 6 to 8 cyls. All 4sp bells are the same although I would
> be
> > > tempted to get the Lakewood that uses a gm style trans then you could
> use
> > > most aftermarket trans'. AMC trans' are very limited with available
> ratios
> > > and parts.
> > >
> > >
> > > amxron
> > > 70 AMX
> > > 70 Hornet
> > > 78 FSJ Wagoneer
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