Re: [AMC-list] Was: Anyone have ...now headrests

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Some of the 3x series are water cooled. The tranny in my 67 American is 
water cooled and I'm sure it's a 3x (perhaps 37). I do know that the 
tranny in it now was from a 68 American wagon with a 232.

As far as the headrests go, I'm pretty sure those were mandated in the 
late 60's. It looks like they may have been mandated as of Jan 1, 1969 
(October 1, 67 for vehicles purchased by the feds). Prior to this (1969 
date), you could order either a driver's side headrest or both sides.

One other topic mentioned in this thread was shoulder belts. Those were 
mandated for the front seats in cars manufactured after Jan 1, 1968. 
Prior to that, they were optional on 1968 models.

Matt

On 6/10/2009 9:58 AM, Frank Swygert spouted this sage advice:
> Probably a car that the dealer just ordered, or what the factory sent 
> after the dealer ordered a base model American w/232 and auto trans. 
> Maybe they did just have a seat with headrests sitting around and 
> nowhere in particular to put it -- things like that have happened!
> "AS" was usually in front of the model number of the trans from BW. On 
> the example tag in the 69-71 TSMs (the same photo in all three) the 
> number is "AS2-40", indicating a Model 40 auto trans. The big BW autos 
> have "AS8-11" (or 12) on them. I think AMC guys came up with the "M-40", 
> etc., as an abbreviation for "Model". The other numbers are internal to 
> BW and really aren't needed for ID by the end user/mechanic.
> I always though all the 4x series were liquid cooled, but to make them 
> air cooled really just takes the air cooled torque converter and 
> corresponding bell housing. The 3x and 4x uses the same bell pattern 
> anyway. The 4x has provisions for a liquid cooler though, the 35 doesn't 
> for sure, and I'm reasonably sure the 36 and 37 don't either, but might. 
> So the 4x series may have been available as air cooled in the American 
> -- your experience sure indicates that anyway.
> -----------
> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:17:19 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Don't ya just have to wonder why someone would check off on those seats 
> in a base model, add a 232 and auto, and NOTHING else?
> I have the 3:31 TGrip in it now, but it had 3:08 open diff when I bought 
> it.
> This is also the car that I found to have the auto trans that was tagged 
> as an S-42 aircooled trans.

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mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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