Re: [Amc-list] Ambassador for sale

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Is it ussterly incompatable? Or does it need the adapter plate the P/S boxes used up til the early 70's? IIRC someone one makes adpate rplates that may work. I saw it listed on a website, Flaming river or Borgeson etc; They listed one for an earl 60's Chevy, You need to gather the box numbers to sort all that out. I have a spare plate here, you never know when you might need one!

Well I didn't look at it with an eye to adapting... the old
box is really small, it has a triangular pattern, but it's a
different triangle and rotated about 90.

Like everyone says, anything's possible :-)

I used one of those spacers to "transport" the hole pattern from
the old '63 steerin box to the 73 parts car. They are handy to
have around.




>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Sandwich Maker wrote:
>>
>>> and it should be easy to retrofit saginaw integral ps - didn't the '65
>>> or '66 have it?  the ps gear would mount with a sill plate adapter
>>> anyways, and probably take the existing pitman arm.
>>
>> Just checked; the 63-65 steering box is utterly incompatible
>> with the 70-up box. Frank solved this problem though in his
>> 63 Classic.
>>
>>
>> I distinguish between "bolt-in" changes and ones requiring mods
>> such as drilling cutting or adapting, and unless someone is
>> hot-rodding I assume what people want is "bolt in" (or really
>> close to).
>>
>> I don't mind hot-rod level changes personally, none of my cars
>> are stock/collectable but those sorts of mods are ALWAYS more
>> work than they appear, and you almost always "discover" little
>> subtleties that smart factory engineers built in; clearances,
>> bolt access, size, weight, etc... these are all fine for project
>> cars, but for daily drivers a "surprise discovery" that a new
>> strut bushing requires 4 hours of fiddling and adjustment is
>> not usually welcome. In a hot rod it's part of the project!
>>
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