Lovely Rita
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    • Hemmings Classic Car
    • The Start
    • On the Road
    • Back in the Day
    • Before and After
  • Restoration Part 1
    • Tear Down Day 1
    • Tear Down Day 2
    • Taking Stock
    • Interior
    • Engine and Transmission
    • Tailgate and AM/FM Radio - Nov 2009
    • Floor
    • Engine Compartment - Dec 2009
    • Engine Compartment - February 2010
  • Restoration Part 2
    • Update - August 2010
    • Sept. 2010 -THE ENGINE IS IN!!!!
    • Steering Column and Wheel - March 2010
    • Stripping and Console - December 2010
    • Stripping and Paint - Jan 2011
    • Feb 2011 - Paint and Upholstery
    • Badging - March 2011
    • Interior - April 2011
    • June 2011- DONE
    • New Roof 2012
  • Car Shows
    • Cactus Cruiser Show 2010
    • July 2011 - AMO International Convention
    • Nov 2011 - Las Vegas AMC Reunion
    • AMCRC National - June 2012
    • Flagstaff Route 66 Days Show
  • Other Cars
    • 1973 Ambassador
    • 1972 Wagoneer
    • 1966 Marlin "Arlin"
    • The New 1966 Marlin
  • Grand Canyon AMCRC Chapter
  • Thanks

The Stuff that Makes it Go

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The engine is the AMC 327. There is a good article here about this motor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_V8_engine
The 1957 Rebel, equiped with this engine, was the fastest American production car of 1957 except for the fuel-injected Corvette. Our car is special in that it has a two barrel carborator instead of the standard four.The transmission is a Borg Warner automatic "Flash-o-matic". 

The bad news is a coolant leak sometime during storage caused rust in the engine and it would need more work than we thought.  The camshaft was also very worn.  The good news is the transmission was like new.  The further good news is an NOS cam was located, and the engine wouldn't need extensive work.

The interesting news was that a large dead rat was found in the exhaust manifold.

More pictures will be posted as work progresses.

UPDATE 2/2010
We're getting close to having the engine compartment ready for the engine. (Yay). We just have to get the snow to melt a bit before trying to trailer the car back to the engine shop.

It's a mite snowy around here this year.

We ended up boring the engine .03 over, and found the pistons to fit. Once we take the car back to the shop, the transmission and the engine get put back in, and then we check out the rear end, which is the last big question mark.  I am hoping we are lucky and it's good.

I can't wait to see it start to go back together!

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