Re: [AMC-list] 75 J-10 central Coast

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

Well, if you need a truck, that's it! Would love to have it. Would you deliver to SC (the original -- South Carolina, not Southern California!) -- for gas money? 

Axles would be Dana 44s, front and rear. Probably a three speed if manual shift, though some had four speeds by 75... I think. Has something like 3.54 gears, so you need 30-31" tires for it or highway rpms are a bit high. Probably gets 9-10 mpg around town, 12-13 on the highway, but will pull anything in low range (practical top speed in low range is about 45 though... I go up a steep drive with a load in low, then stop when I get on a level or down grade and switch to high for traveling). That's why I have a six though! Throw an EFI system on that 360 and it would probably get 3-4 mpg more, especially if geared a bit better for a road truck. I think 3.31 gears are more common in Wagoneers, and what I'd like to have, but in my case 3.08s with my four speed (1st is 3.82:1) and shorter tires (28-29" in stead of 30-31") would be a big improvement -- they got stupid with gearing in the 80s, mine has 2.73 gears, way to low!!

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Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>

My favorite local junkyard has a 1875 J-10 in front of their office for sale.  It's a 360 4-bbl according to the VIN.  It's up on a car hauler so I can't look inside.  The cab body is good.  There's some corrosion bubbles around the floor level of the bed.  Short bed, gold in color.  Good tail gate.  You can get it for $750 or less.  It's exempt from California smog testing. I noticed that it doesn't have an AMC 20 rear axle.  Would it be a Dana? 

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