Re: DID ANYONE ON THE LIST IN THE BAY AREA LOOK AT THIS CAR?

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, JOE FULTON wrote:

> The aluminum 196 had a full flow oil filter on the oil
> pump like the later sixes.  This car could have an
> aluminum six.

Yeah, all the aluminum sixes are full-oil, the iron 195.6 is
partial flow (basically a fancy-pants head on the old flathead
(grumble new-fangled "valves in head" that'll never catch on).

> From what I can tell, the alum six is a fine motor -- but they
keel over dead if not maintained right, mainly cooling system
issues (overheating, corrosion from unchanged juice) and the need
to retorque heads (what putt-putt commuter will do that!).

Water pumps may be unobtainium.

I would love to build one of those motors! Other than the
mechanical-advantage things that Dick Dotson points out, they have
no real strong suit compared to the 64+ motor, they're just really
nifty. A little turbo on one in an American would be just
kick-ass.



> Joe Fulton
> Salinas, CA
> --- fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On June 8, 2005 Richard Truesdell wrote:
> >
> > > I'm still looking for a $500 car for the Double
> > 500 next Saturday (with the possibility of flying in
> > from Detroit on Friday) and saw this one on eBay
> > that hasn't sold two or three times:
> > >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4552567603&category=5357
> > Doesn't look bad if the bid stays low.
> >
> > I notice that it's listed as a '64, but the engine
> > (195.6 OHV) has the '65 oil filter configuration.
> > AFAIK, that was a 1-yr deal, with AMC going over
> > completely to the 199-232 line in '66.  '65's had a
> > full-flow oil filter arrangement with the filter on
> > the oil pump as shown on this car.  '64 and before
> > had it mounted on a plate at the top front driver's
> > side and was partial flow that ran off the oil
> > gallery.
> >
> > Of course, who knows both the history of this car,
> > and what AMC did.  Maybe a few of those engines
> > slipped into the '64's...
> >
> > Jim Boone
> > Mims, FL
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