Frank. Thanks but I already know this. I want a Marlin that has a tired 343 in it already that I can swap im my good 343. Did they ever come with the 290? Also, for the wife, it will me a mostly stock restoration. Davis --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] what color should I paint my car To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 7:09 PM The 343 will go in a 65-66 Marlin with just a little work. If it has an auto trans behind it all you'd have to do is pull the trans from the bell on both (assuming the Marlin is a V-8 w/auto) and fab some engine mounts. The trans to bell pattern is the same on both -- remember that all the early Borg Warner autos have separate bells. That was to allow many makes to use the same main trans case. Of course it would fit in the American also, with less work to boot! ----------- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:15:14 -0800 (PST) From: Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ?This is my first adventure into a Rambler. Who know's mabe the wife will like riding in it? She actually hated all amc's till she was a Marlin at the Sturbridge show last year. I am fishing for a 67 cause I have a nice 343 sittin here. If the right deal comes along I will build her one. ?but the 67 is cool and I have a friend that has a 66 Nova SS with a 383. It would be cool to build a cooler 67 American and smoke him! -- Frank Swygert Publisher, "American Motors Cars" Magazine (AMC) For all AMC enthusiasts http://farna.home.att.net/AMC.html (free download available!) _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20090125/9efe2471/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list