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Topic: SC/Rambler Restoration #8 Chronicle.
Posted: Aug/08/2010 at 10:21pm

Send it on out. We will make it all nice and pretty and into a show winner like #3 that recently took best in show just outside of NYC at a major car show where people spent orders of magnitude more than the "little ol' Rambler" cost the new owner yet it still took first place.

Pretty amusing that the ball buster contingent on the forums persist in telling me all the things that I allegedly do wrong on my restorations yet #3 still took best in show despite their imaginary faults. I do all of thest cars to my personal standards and apparantly according to Muslce Car Enthusiast, which featured #4 and 5 in the June issue, and now #3 winnig best in show the way I do them is more than good enough!

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Posted: Aug/16/2010 at 11:43pm

Got some new pictures from today's work on the car. Sorry for the smudge on the camera lens. I am betting it was a big old greasy finger print.

pretty scundgy under the hood and in the engine bay

The repaired center tunel piece that was cut out. It will be finished off with seam sealer to look back to factory original. You just neer know what you are going to find was done to these older race cars before you got hold of them.

this car burned and leaked so much oil the entire underside was covered with sludge.

even more so on the tranny cross member where the sludge is caked on.

even the front end parts were covered in the glop from the very tired 390 that was a true fill the oil and check the gas engine that smoked like a detroit diesel going up a hill

The correct 390 is at the machine shop waiting its turn to be gone through. Right now we are planning on using TRW flat tops with our custom milled piston top to keep the compresssion around 10.4:1. If I put the crossram in it with another 302-2 cam I will most likely do the same engine as the last one with port matched 291C heads, a Gen III cross ram and twin 450 mechanical secondary Holleys.

It is a lot harder to make the heads compatible with the Gen III cross ram but I refuse to mill the very expensive cross ram so the heads will be modified to fit the intake rather than the other way around just like the last kick ass SC/Rambler engine we put together.

Edited by amx39068 - Sep/02/2010 at 10:19pm

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Posted: Sep/01/2010 at 12:09am

Got some new pics of the tear down on SC/R #8 this time of the interior and pulling the dash to be refinished.

The finish body work was completed this week and it will be sealer primered over the next couple of days and then blocked early next week. Rick is pretty much working on this car and the Javelin AMX full time and both will hopefully get their final paint jobs started next week with the Javelin AMX going first. It's been too darn hot in Phoenix to do the full body paint job and there has been plenty of other work to do so now that it is starting to cool down a bit both cars can be painted.

Lower winshield frame area with zero rust. Notice the paint on the doors. These cars were painted white and you can see where the inteior trim color was painted over the original white paint overspray on the door using a quick template that was not even close to being precise. To do a proper restoration, you need to recreate that look even though everything is hidden.

Passenger's side cowl area with just a smidgen of refinish work under where the windshield gasket goes.

Driver's side cowl area. Clean and rust free.

Top driver's side area under windshield gasket. Note just light surface rust which is how most southwestern and west coastal area cars are. When I lived in the Northeast, even 10 year old cars were worse than this.

Dash removal after the windshield was popped out. Pretty nasty under there.

Defroster duct and glove box liner.

scary snake pit. This is a good example of how filthy everything gets when you strip and refinish a car. Note the factory insulation. Everything has to be hosed down and blown out before the car can be reassembled.

The windshield. RIP. It was already cracked so we did not make any attempts to try to save it.

Edited by amx39068 - Sep/01/2010 at 12:17am

Dan Curtis - d_curtis@q.com, AZ AMC Collector Quality Restorations, engines and parts

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	Send it on out. We will make it all nice and pretty and into a show winner like #3 that recently took best in show just outside of NYC at a major car show where people spent orders of magnitude more than the "little ol' Rambler" cost the new owner yet it still took first place. Pretty amusing that the ball buster contingent on the forums persist in telling me all the things that I allegedly do wrong on my restorations yet #3 still took best in show despite their imaginary faults. I do all of thest cars to my personal standards and apparantly according to Muslce Car Enthusiast, which featured #4 and 5 in the June issue, and now #3 winnig best in show the way I do them is more than good enough!
	Dan Curtis - d_curtis@q.com, AZ AMC Collector Quality Restorations, engines and parts

amx39068 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Feb/21/2008 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 4422	Quote Reply Posted: Aug/16/2010 at 11:43pm
	Got some new pictures from today's work on the car. Sorry for the smudge on the camera lens. I am betting it was a big old greasy finger print. pretty scundgy under the hood and in the engine bay The repaired center tunel piece that was cut out. It will be finished off with seam sealer to look back to factory original. You just neer know what you are going to find was done to these older race cars before you got hold of them. this car burned and leaked so much oil the entire underside was covered with sludge. even more so on the tranny cross member where the sludge is caked on. even the front end parts were covered in the glop from the very tired 390 that was a true fill the oil and check the gas engine that smoked like a detroit diesel going up a hill The correct 390 is at the machine shop waiting its turn to be gone through. Right now we are planning on using TRW flat tops with our custom milled piston top to keep the compresssion around 10.4:1. If I put the crossram in it with another 302-2 cam I will most likely do the same engine as the last one with port matched 291C heads, a Gen III cross ram and twin 450 mechanical secondary Holleys. It is a lot harder to make the heads compatible with the Gen III cross ram but I refuse to mill the very expensive cross ram so the heads will be modified to fit the intake rather than the other way around just like the last kick ass SC/Rambler engine we put together. Edited by amx39068 - Sep/02/2010 at 10:19pm
	Dan Curtis - d_curtis@q.com, AZ AMC Collector Quality Restorations, engines and parts

amx39068 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Feb/21/2008 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 4422	Quote Reply Posted: Sep/01/2010 at 12:09am
	Got some new pics of the tear down on SC/R #8 this time of the interior and pulling the dash to be refinished. The finish body work was completed this week and it will be sealer primered over the next couple of days and then blocked early next week. Rick is pretty much working on this car and the Javelin AMX full time and both will hopefully get their final paint jobs started next week with the Javelin AMX going first. It's been too darn hot in Phoenix to do the full body paint job and there has been plenty of other work to do so now that it is starting to cool down a bit both cars can be painted. Lower winshield frame area with zero rust. Notice the paint on the doors. These cars were painted white and you can see where the inteior trim color was painted over the original white paint overspray on the door using a quick template that was not even close to being precise. To do a proper restoration, you need to recreate that look even though everything is hidden. Passenger's side cowl area with just a smidgen of refinish work under where the windshield gasket goes. Driver's side cowl area. Clean and rust free. Top driver's side area under windshield gasket. Note just light surface rust which is how most southwestern and west coastal area cars are. When I lived in the Northeast, even 10 year old cars were worse than this. Dash removal after the windshield was popped out. Pretty nasty under there. Defroster duct and glove box liner. scary snake pit. This is a good example of how filthy everything gets when you strip and refinish a car. Note the factory insulation. Everything has to be hosed down and blown out before the car can be reassembled. The windshield. RIP. It was already cracked so we did not make any attempts to try to save it. Edited by amx39068 - Sep/01/2010 at 12:17am
	Dan Curtis - d_curtis@q.com, AZ AMC Collector Quality Restorations, engines and parts