I know you sold it, but my nephew is looking for his dad's car which whose last known whereabouts was Hamilton ohio. If you bought it from someone there, please let me know. He is looking to buy it back. Thanks
Definitely has cam in it. The 304 was a dog. But then it was smog motor. Small bore small valves. The bores too small to take the 360 heads with bigger valves unless you relieve the top of the bores. That doesn't mean you can't put bigger valves in though. But the valve seats were induction hardened in the factory.
Gorgeous!! My parents had the 258 cid straight 6 76 Wagon in Beige took us across Canada towing a hard top tent trailer - never let us down, served the family very well
AMC gets a lot of crap for it's styling but the Hornet was a nice looking car. I always thought it's styling was similar to the Japanese imports of the day, and it's size more truly compact.
Mark, compare it to what other auto manufacturers were putting out at the time. In 1959 it was the Nash metropolitan. In a year or so there was also the Falcon. This was stronger, more comfortable and had an optional V8.
@@rogerrussell9544 The Rambler American was about the same size, but had better space utilization (unibody vs. the Lark b.o.f.). The Metropolitan was a much smaller car than these, assembled by Austin on an Austin chassis. Of the American, Tom McCahill wrote, ""There isn't a better buy in the world today." AMC sold 91,491 Americans in 1959.
@@boggy7665 The Rambler Rebel was larger, and probably more directly comparable to the Studebaker Cammander or a few years earlier. But the independents had some quality cars! They had limited development dollars, American Motors spent more on looks, Studebaker didn't have the torque tube for example, something that you couldn't see. Which was a better approach? Well, American Motors did last longer. But... if you want a car to restore now there is a huge advantage for Stuudebaker. Parts availability. You can order the front turn signal lenses for the lark from the Studebaker International Parts Catalog for less than $20 each and they come in the original Studebaker box. For the American Motors Cars, there is no similar outlet for parts.
@@rogerrussell9544 American was roughly the same size as the Lark. Rebel was a larger car. Nash/AMC were unibody pioneers. All their cars were unibody from 1949 which improved space utilization. The Lark had a high floor owing to its body-on-frame construction, and the interior was relatively cramped as a result. As for parts, if Chrysler/Iacocca hadn't wantonly destroyed the AMC parts when they took over in '87, the situation might be better for AMC parts.
We wanted to use it as a street cruiser and with the 3-speed box, it made more sense to use 3.73 gears to match what was already in the swapped wide-track front axle.
