[AMC-list] Coulda been Great

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Today, since I had to work, and many people don't due to the holday, I thought I 
would drive the Rambler to work.  The traffic should be light
and good weather if forecast.  It's a 56 mile round trip.

Heavy dew last night.  Wiped the car down and cleaned the fog off the windows 
inside, since the windshield leaks and the carpet was wet.

The car started OK but has been having a slight miss on acceleration.  I thought 
maybe the miss was caused by the damp weather and that 

the ignition system would dry out.   I let it warm up some then launched out 
onto US 101 north to Gilroy.   About 10 miles down the road
the miss got worse and I started looking for a place to turn around and head 
back home.  About that time there was a huge backfire and I pulled over 

because it felt like I had run over something in the road.  The jolt was just 
the shockwave from the backfire.  Drive shaft, etc. were still all intact
when I checked underneath, except there was a huge hole blown in my brand new 
muffler.  


I restarted the car and it sounds like one of those fart can rice rockets now.  
I turned around and headed for home, still with the ignition miss.  

I have a factory (A-1 Cardone) rebuilt distributor on the workbench at home with 
a newly installed Pertronic unit in it.  The problem with the miss
has been internittent before and when the car runs good it really runs good.  
Some day I will get this Rambler back on the road.   I think.

Joe Fulton
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