[AMC-list] Some Progress on the Classic

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have had a 64 Classic (junkyard refugee) for about four years now.  It was a 
curb ornament until the City stepped up parking enforcement, and then became an 
almost pernament resident of my back yard and finally the garage.  Its turn 
finally came last Fall.   It needed a clutch and I think I have posted some 
progress on the clutch here.  I had the existing 9-inch clutch rebuilt by 
Tennesse Clutch in Nashville, TN.   They seem to have done good work and was 
cheap.  The engine had not been started in over two years.   I finally got the 
clutch in and got the shift rod I needed from a Rambler owner in Arizona.   All 
systems were finally go this weekend until I discovered that the tranny would 
not go into reverse.  It shifted fine on the ground and passed a visual 
inspecton.  It actually looks new or recently rebuilt inside.  It's not the 
tranny that came with the car and I've forgotten where I got it.  I think it 
came from a Classic I parted out about four years ago.  Anyway it's a T-96 with 
OD.  I was very frustrated because I thought I had the shifter linkage adjusted 
correctly.  I decided to give the adjustment one more try and I actually used 
the procedure in the manual. I loosened the shift rod trunnions and inserted a 
drill bit to hold it in neutral and very carefully adjusted the shift rods.   At 
first I didn't think I had reverse. then I very deliberately shifted and yahoo, 
I had reverse with no grinding.  I moved the car out into the sunshine and 
started some other refurbishment and cleaning projects this afternoon.   It 
moved under it's own power for the first time and at least three years.  The 
license tag says 2008 and I think I bought it that winter, needing a clutch. I 
was able to start it but could not drive it because the previous owner and 
messed up the clutch.   It has had a 232 transplanted into it and I this 
afternoon I turned it around in the street to face the other way in the garage.  
Then I immediately jumped in my Rambler American with the 195.6 which was parked 
at the curb and moved it back into the drive.   232 vs. 195.6?   There is a 
difference.  Projects remaing on the Classic:  get the fuel gauge working, 
replace the oil pressure sender and permanently install the oil pressure gauge 
that is temporary now, replace the turn signal switch and rebuild the carb (a 
Holley 1931).   It needs paint badly but I'll probably start driving it first 
before taking it out of service for paint.  


Joe Fulton
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