Re: {FORGED?} Re: {FORGED?} Re: my 1970 Hornet project RE:Tilt Wheel

["walt" <amc4me@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all.   Mark,     how did you make the tilt column work,i myself have a
tilt column with cruise in my sportabout,and i really want it in my
American,when stripping time comes.Thanx Walt   Upstate N.Y.
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> That's why Ralph Bought all the plastic from the 73 Hornet I parted out.
It was a one owner 60,000 mile Hornet 258, auto A/C Tilt, P/S Car that was
garage kept in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
> The interior plastic on this car was like new. The problem was the garage
the car was kept in was DIRT floored in the basement of a house. There
wasn't any floors or rockers left to this car at all! It was a shame. Car
had no damage at all. Ran like a top. BUt was as un salvagable car as you
ever saw.
>   I must admit that I hesitated to buy it as I was afraid it might fall
apart on the tow dolly on the trip home. It was so rough when she asked $300
I said, " I'm sorry, but that car is so rough I wouldn't give you more then
$75 for it". She said "SOLD". I towed it home with my fingers crossed never
having even tried to start it. I did start it at home and it started and ran
perfect after 3 years of sitting. I couldn't sell the engine though. I
tried. It is now reduced to crank and rods for my stroker project. I've sold
off all the interior, but the main dash structure. the instrument cluster is
promised to Tom. I also have some interior A/C stuff left.
>  All in all it was one of the best $75 buys I ever made. It helped out a
few guys who needed stuff they couldn't find.  It has contributed to my
American with it's 3 1/4 turn lock to lock steering box and the tilt column
I stripped of the lock and column shift JB and stick welded all the holes
and installed it. It is a sweet looking column, but took a lot of work to
fit the American!
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> Mark Price
> mpriceATwestco.net
> Morgantown, WV
> 69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed
> 65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
> 01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4
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> >I think Tom is right. There is a lot of work involved in trying to make
trim parts out of metal. I was a fabricator all my life and a model car
builder since I was 11 years old. There are some slight differences in all
the plastic trim. Like I said it took me a year of searchng the net and from
a friend here in my home town to get all the plastic parts that I needed for
the interior job. It is not an impossoble task but time consumeing. John
Elie once said to me that Arizona was great for rust free cars but he always
went to the rust belt for interior plastic parts. I am glad my interior is
going to be done soon!!!!
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