Bucket Barry Rambles On

[tortron]

 

[kyteler]

Gas torch some heat into the drums and give them a smack with a hammer, I'd imagine the shoes are essentially bonded to the drums and all the mechanisms are rusted up. 

[anglia4]

More story to come on my lunch break 

[CUL8R]

Nice work enjoying it already!

[RUNAMUCK]

Fuck yeah!

Go grandad!  

[kyteler]

Good stuff. 

[Transom]

Hell yes go grandad with the waste oil you beauty 

such a brutal looking car - spent some of my teens in a mates rebel 7-up to pay for the gas and many hotbox sessions at the beach 

[kyteler]

Actually, that reminds me, I think I've seen more Ramblers in sheds than on the road.  Were they particularly susceptible to rust or motor problems or simply hard or expensive to get parts for? 

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

Mate had one. Put a 350 in it, remember it bellying badly hooning over a railway line and ripping the fuel tank open...

[igor]

Always liked the look of these things. Good to know the waste oil trick works. My Standard Vanguard got the same treatment in the mid '90s. 

[anglia4]

44 minutes ago, kyteler said:

Actually, that reminds me, I think I've seen more Ramblers in sheds than on the road.  Were they particularly susceptible to rust or motor problems or simply hard or expensive to get parts for? 

Not sure to be honest. Haven't had a lot to do with them in the past.

[The Dude]

3 hours ago, anglia4 said:

Not sure to be honest. Haven't had a lot to do with them in the past.

Ok good news they are kinda considered mopar in the USA and parts are available for them in the usa, bad news, they arnt as common as a chevy or ford.

just a few quick questions, sorry for the obvious sounding ones.

1. is the handbrake actually off (slack cable and adjusters off), and is it in neutral, not park.

2. have you tried towing it backwards?

try putting a bit of pressure on backwards and hitting with a hammer, otherwise its wheels off and hit drums with a hammer. to be honest ive never had a car that didnt come off by being jerked backwards.

 

Doh I just read the new bit, glad to see it finally released its hold. 

Looks a really decent start to a project. 

[The Dude]

Oh horipito has a few of these there in various states

[anglia4]

Yeah dads been over to Horopito already and collected a new bumper, front guard, and maybe a couple of other bits.

Lots of Jeep stuff seems to be the same as well. 

[The Dude]

29 minutes ago, anglia4 said:

Yeah dads been over to Horopito already and collected a new bumper, front guard, and maybe a couple of other bits.

Lots of Jeep stuff seems to be the same as well. 

Yes the six cylinder is very very similar, and the 70s v8 too

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

What engine is in this one...?

[anglia4]

Its got the 6cyl in it at the moment.

We've got a shed full of cars with 60's tech carburetted V8's though, so the AMC donk won't be returned to the engine bay once it comes out.

This is getting something much more modern with the idea that it can be a real driver, should start every time you hit the key, and there should be no reason that you wouldn't trust it to drive to the Coromandel for the weekend.

[tortron]

ecotec v6 i can only imagine

[locost_bryan]

Since Chrysler bought AMC, a hemi from a 300C should keep the DNA intact.

[locost_bryan]

16 hours ago, kyteler said:

Actually, that reminds me, I think I've seen more Ramblers in sheds than on the road.  Were they particularly susceptible to rust or motor problems or simply hard or expensive to get parts for? 

Hard to get parts for.  Only 300-600 cars sold per year between 1958 and 1971. Assembled by Motor Holdings in Otahuhu from 1958-62 (alongside VW), before Campbell Industries took over and assembled in Thames from 64-71 (alongside Peugeot, Hino, Datsun and Toyota).

Rambler assemblers at Motor Holdings Otahuhu in 1962.