Re: [Amc-list] Ambassador for sale

["Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM" <Francis.Swygert3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The first sentence could be misleading -- that's why I added the
caveats, which I thought covered most of what you did, just not in
detail. 

All the glass is the same -- for the same body styles. The stripped unit
body is almost the same except for the quarter panels and the 66-67
Ambassador stretch. 

One thing I do want to clear up -- the torque tubes ARE THE SAME for
stretched Ambos and all other 63-66 models, one for V-8s, one for sixes.
I recently looked that up in the parts book. The suspension crossmember
is different for the 66-67 Ambo due to the engine setback/longer
wheelbase, but that just affects the engine mount perches. I believe the
side plates must be different -- will have to look that up now! 4" is a
lot of engine setback from the crossmember, but could be done with just
the perches. It's been to long since I've looked under the hood of a 65+
Ambassador! 

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Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 08:51 PM
From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>

Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM wrote:
> All sheet metal, including the dash, will interchange between 63-66
> Classic and Ambo models. There are some caveats -- the change in
> exterior sheet metal and the extended front end of the 66-67 Ambo
means
> some parts won't interchange and some just won't look right even
though
> they will (a 65 door will bolt right up to a 63 and work, but...).
<snip>

This is either misleading or wrong depending upon how you look at it.
For 1965 and 1966 (at least, I don't know much about 63 and 64), the
exterior sheet metal is very different between an Ambassador and a
Classic. The front end stuff is too long (Ambo's have a 4 inch stretch
between the door and wheel well) and the quarters are significantly
different due to tail light differences. I would say the easy
interchanges would be the doors (unless the body lines are different),
trunk lid, and the roof. You could probably make the bumpers work but
they would be very out of place. It is fair to say that these models are
structurally the same from the firewall back and they obviously share
most of the same mechanicals (torque tubes and cross members are
different due to the stretch).


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