Re: [AMC-list] A Great AMC Day: The International 401

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

A local IHC collector has sold me a couple 401s that way also. The 727s I got
had the solid tailshaft. I'll need a sliding driveshaft like an Eagle's to use
those 727s.

Ken 

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Quoting Marc Montoni <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>:

> 
> So I'm working on the yard last Thursday, minding my own business, when I get
> a call from a person I didn't know, who was responding to an ad I had posted
> somewhere, looking for AMC stuff.
> 
> He tells me he has a 72 International with an AMC 401 2-bbl engine with a 2WD
> 727 Mopar tranny behind it.  He says it runs.  I agree to $500 for the
> engine, and he says he will go and pick up his truck from where it's stashed,
> and call me that evening.  He doesn't call me that evening, but he does call
> me the next day, and I jump in the car and run twenty miles out to go and see
> it.
> 
> I pull in the driveway and see a reddish 72 International pickup -- the
> straightest one I've ever seen.  Usually when you see these trucks, they're
> sagging in the middle -- the body lines from the cab don't line up with the
> body lines from the pickup bed.  But this one lined up perfectly.  But I'm
> not an International guy, even though it's an AMC-powered one; and while it
> is a very straight truck with great potential, it's not for me.  It does have
> a lot of rust underneath and in sneaky places that would be a bear to fix. 
> He starts it up, shows me it runs, does a mild burnout to show the trans
> works, and we agree on price.  He'll even pull & deliver, which is awesome. 
> The magic numbers on the side verify that it really is a 401.
> 
> Monday morning, he arrives with the awesome 401 and trans, and we use my
> cherry picker to get it off the truck.  
> 
> So now another 401 is in my garage, patiently waiting to go in my...  Concord
> AMX.  I have R4B's, Torker's, and a newish Performer, along with a small
> selection of Holley & Edelbrock carbs, sitting in storage boxes.  The 727 has
> a very short tailshaft -- I assume that was just for the IHC application, but
> I don't know.  Wonder if it's short enough to match the existing driveshaft
> from the 304/TF-998 that was originally in the car?
> 
> In all, a great AMC day.
> 
> Now I just need to find front spoilers for the AMX.
> 
> Some quiet mufflers and we have a perfect sleeper.
> 
> 
> 
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