Re: [AMC-list] Some Progress on the Classic

[Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow! That is really cool! Does it have the twin stick, or does it have
the handle on the dashboard you pull to engage OD?

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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