Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Hi everyone

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- harold losey <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ralph,
>  Welcome, You are in good company here. We have
members from all over the us and a few international
members as well. 
 Feel free to as any ? you wish as no ? is dumb. 
 Davis 
 Amc Team
 72 gremlin X 360 auto 12.66 @ 107 
 70 Gremlin 343 auto 
 81 spirit under construction 401 auto 9.?? @ 13? MPH

 
> Ralph Bade <rebade1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I joined the group about a week back and have been
> watching the posts.
>  
> Background: I purchased my first '79 AMC Spirit with
> a 304 5-speed manual back in 1980 and had that until
> I tied the knot and had kids. Had to sell that and
> boy was that a bummer. Picked up an '83 Escort wagon
> and life was never the same. Well this year, the
> kids are out of high school and I finally was able
> to put together the coin for another '79 Spirit GT
> that someone placed a 401 into. I bought it on Evil
> Bay. I was told it had been stored in a barn for 8-9
> years in Indiana. Has the Indiana title. They didn't
> connect the A/C or the power steering pump on the
> engine. The carb is an Autolite carb. Has a floor
> shift 3 speed auto. When I picked it up the engine
> was started for me by pouring some gas in the carb.
> So I know it runs. I made the first decision to
> change the oil when I go home, as it was started
> with oil that was blacker than the Ace of Spades.
> Not what I would have done. The fuel tank was
> completely full, so I don't know if it has rust in
> it but the gas is probably a
>  little old. First thing I have to do is pull the
> radiator and get it boiled out, as the guy said he
> pulled the thermastat out and it was not
> recognizable. He put in a fuel pump and starter in
> it just to get the engine running. He said he had
> them around and had put them in.
>  
> He had a collection of a Rouge, Rebel, Gremlin, and
> a Javelin that he got back from the body shop the
> day I was there. He had a 401 that was blueprinted
> and designed by Mike Pearson near the Twin Cities.
> He said that he had used Honda rods for it.
>  
> I plan on getting the mechanical stuff done to get
> the car drivable. First all the fluids and filters,
> plugs, wires, distrib. cap, the brakes checked, and
> the radiator. Oh, and some new tires. Does anyone
> have any suggestions for me before I get that done
> and forget to do something important that will cause
> me some headaches?
>  
> Regards,
> Ralph
> AMC Spirit GT 401
> Save the AMC's!!!
>  
> P.S. Bart, for a new site like you mentioned, check
> out the Maverick Comet Forum at www.maverick.to. I
> have to go there as I'm helping my son restore his
> old Maverick. Sometimes they don't come in on my
> dialup connection, but they appear to have a format
> similar to what you were talking about.
> 
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