Re: [AMC-list] 63 Classic wagon

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Well hell, glad it worked out! I wasn't really worried, just ... you know
s**t happens :-) 20mpg! wonder why measures were so low? that's what it
ought to get.

the squealing belt could be the A/C belt if you had that on. that oddball
idler causes the belt to not wrap enough of the pulley. i'm sure you'll
figure that out in 30 secs. also, there was this odd resonance in the dust
shield/torque converter cover. the casting broke aeons ago, so there's a
kludgey clamp (reliable though) keeping it from rattling. Rap it with your
knuckles, if it's rattling it'll be abundantly obvious.

yeah, 232 and that dinky air-cooled trans is far, far more rugged than
anyone ever gives them credit for. iron and aluminum don't lie.

I'm not worried at all -- it went to the right person.

It's the perfect car for that 'special project' -- you're not harming a
cherry resto or original, it's been a hundred different things for me, might
as well be a couple to you.



On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 19:06, L.D. Lyons <ldlyons@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Got back home tonight at 7:30, Had a great trip, got lost in Vegas for a
> little while Fri night about midnight, but got lots of looks. Sat drove
> across Utah to Grand Junction CO. People were  slowing down to see what it
> was I was driving, turning around and waving. Sunday Morn drove through a
> snow storm in the Rockies up by Vail,. Trucks were throwing dirty snow and
> sludge all over as they drove by, gotta love them vacumn wipers. Tom the car
> got an avg of 20.1 miles to the gallon of gas at 60- 62 MPH.The wagon ran
> great. will have to check out the belts though, the alternator belt was
> screeching  when I would get up to 65 MPH I just used it as a governer to
> keep me slowed down. Sorry to say I didn't get any pics, forgot my camera.
> I'll take one in the morn and post it to my photo bucket. I will post
> updates on the wagon as I work on it, gonna use it for a very special
> project.
> Butch Lyons
>
> -----Original Message----- From: russ hathaway
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 1:03 PM
> To: Rambler Nash Jeep and familyAMC
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> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] 63 Classic wagon
>
> Butch; When you get a chance write in and tell us all how the trip went. I
> did the same trip when I bought a car in Idaho and I have done the same a
> couple of times.
> A couple of guys bought a 67 Rebel wagon that I mentioned on the list but I
> never heard how the trip went. They came up on the Greyhound and drove the
> car back to SF. Im sure some of us who wonder how to get a car back to its
> new stable would like to hear the story......Russ
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