79-80 parts book calls for a 29 tooth gear on the speedo cable with 2.73 diff and 195/75-14 tires. Ken Quoting Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Glad to hear you got the carb and wipers straightened out and the car now > drives good. At least you used stock rear gears, so should just be a matter > of getting the right speedo gear for the trans. You're using a 904, right? > What rear axle? Should be able to look up the gear in a TSM. I have access to > all mine now!! > > It's a A904, the axle is 2.73:1, tires are dead-stock diameter, > 25.3" (205/70-R14's, but equiv. to factory "heavy duty"). If you > could look it up I'd appreciate it! > > > > I don't know about fitting the Ford wheels, but a set of American Racing > Silver Rally wheels would really set the car off! Like the ones I had on my > car, but the center is painted silver with a chrome rim and small hubcap. > Would be perfect for your white and grey car. The "silver" paint is more of a > metallic grey to me... > > Well I'm obsessed with this particular look, a mid-1960's italian > touring coupe/american rally car with import-scene interior. > That's what I'm working towards, that 60's naive cleanliness (that > teague's original hornet easily pulls off) (though the greenhouse > is a bit smaller than I'd like, and the wheel flares are 100% > american). > > I'm actually contemplating minimizing/eliminating the notch in the > rear quarter: if you look at the early AMX you'll see that's all > AMC did -- simply brought the sheet metal up higher than the > notchback-placed rear window! I've never done such work, so it's a > bit daunting. That sort of stuff is generally done in fiberglas, > but I'm thinking I'd be better of making a steel cap. > > > > > >