Re: Iron Dukes and other motors

["chevetteroadwarrior" <chevetteroadwarrior@xxxx>]

Once again. Maybe its reliability there looking for, not a top 
fueler. Let em build it how they want, ITS THERES!!!





In gremlintime@xxxx, "John Ferguson III" <liberty_valence@xxxx> wrote:
> The Iron Lung may be reliable, but it's a DOG.
> 
> It needs a nice 360 or 401.
> 
> And my 401 had 250,000 miles of police use, 3 years in a junkyard, 
& 45,000 
> hard miles in my 74 before spinning a bearing.
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "way2phastphil" <way2phastphil@xxxx>
> Reply-To: gremlintime@xxxx
> To: gremlintime@xxxx
> Subject: [gremlintime] Iron Dukes and other motors
> Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 03:24:52 -0000
> 
> According to someone on this list, all AMCs with Iron Dukes 
(That's
> a D, not a P,) are parts cars. WRONG!!! Their basic premise is that 
a
> motor not made by AMC is no good. Well, the PONTIAC motor in my
> Kammback has over 160,000 miles on it. Having owned 15 AMC/Jeep
> vehicles with a variety of motors, it seems that the company of
> origin is not important. As for being a parts car, the Kammy was my
> daily driver for a long time, with about a 120 mile round trip each
> day. Now, I'm spoiled, got an Eagle with an automatic tranmission,
> instead of the 4 speed. Sometimes those that know the least, know it
> the loudest. Drive what you want, but repect what others drive.
> 
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