[AMC-list] HMX back on the road!

["Dan Strohl" <DStrohl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With the long winter up here finally over (*crosses fingers, knocks on
wood*), and with a couple other projects out of the way, I finally made
it back out to the garage this past weekend to tighten a few nuts,
reinstall the exhaust system and plop a fresh battery in Project HMX.
First twist of the key and the stroked 4.0L started right up like I had
just run it last week. Backed it out of the garage and figured, with the
sun shining, I needed to take it for a spin around the neighborhood,
which turned into a spin around town. 

With the rebuilt rear suspension, it finally sits level (it was looking
like a taildragger before with tired rear springs and newly rebuilt
front suspension), and after a couple spins around the block, the 4.0L
finally rubbed the sleep out of its eyes and woke up. I still have some
minor squeaks and rattles to address, but it ran without a hiccup. Looks
like hell - parts from at least four different cars make up the body,
and half of it's still in primer - but paint can wait. I'm gonna drive
the wheels off it this summer.

First things first, though, it needs a front-end alignment. Does
everybody with a 1979 AMX running radials just go with the stock
alignment specs?

dan
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