Re: [Amc-list] Thoughts on the Kammback that's on Ebay right now?

[hydeparker@xxxxxxxxx]

Thanks for your input, Dave.  

I guess more what I have in mind is along the lines of "Can I use the Kammback as a basic, stock driver pretty much as is?"  


I'm sure the little 2.5 4-banger is a bit underpowered for a heavy car made heavier with the 4x4 underpinnings, but that's okay.  (After all, I got through most of my late teens and early 20s in a 1970 VW bus, so even a riding lawn mower seems torquey and spry in comparison!)  But is the engine that bad?  Will I be replacing head gaskets every 10K miles?  Is the carburetor on that engine a shitty design that floods and gets crudded up easily?  Is it impossible to find the end cap for the front bumper? You know, that sort of thing. . . 

I have to say, since I've never owned an AMC newer than a '64, and I'd never really been that interested in post-67 AMCs, but I'm really intrigued by the car.  I've always liked to drive oddities, and even by AMC standards, the Kammback is an odd and rare bird! There was a Kammback at Kenosha in July, and I about pooped my pants I was so excited to see one live and in person!

- Justin

> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:13:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Amc-list]  Thoughts on the Kammback that's on Ebay right
> 	now?
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> have a nice vision dancing in my head for that car. i
> can see a BUILT 401 sittin in place of that wheezy 4
> popper, and a 727. make a great wheel stander/sleeper
> car there.
> 
> or, second idea...
> build you a 4.6 supercharged, and drop in with a 5
> speed, leave the all wheel drive. have you a little
> "preruner" style car. light, all wheel drive, plenty
> of wheel travel. may have to trim out the wheel wells
> a little....
> 
> well, you asked for thoughts on the car....
> 
> dave stohler
> http://picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
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