The AM Forum

Taking up AJ1G's suggestion for a thread on the subject. Here's a photo of mine, taken last summer in Montgomery,NY across from a little luncheonette that my wife and I stopped at. The car is a 1964 Buick Skylark.

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Nice Skylark!
Here is a photo of my Dodge D400 1967 Fire Truck.
Have had it for 31 years now!
Powered by a 318-3 (Polysphere), transmission 4 speed manual with single speed rearaxle.
I have not had it on the roads for many years, due to brake problems and the lack of time to fix it.
Now I have all the stuff needed, new or overhauled just need to re line the rear shoes.
13000 miles on the clock.

A couple pictures of my 1965 M151A1 with its AN/GRC-106, VRC-12 and URC-110 last summer at the York PA MVPA show. Have lots o fun in the field with this running different HF Nets, NPOA along with other events. The 106 runs a couple hundred watts USB or fake AM with USB plus carrier. Typical set up for long range communications in the sixties thru the early eighties before everything was replaced with Harris ALE stuff and then satellite.
May look a little tight in the mutt with all those radios but there was also a teletype variant of this installation (AN/VSC-2) that included a MD-522 modem the same size as the radio, a full size teletype machine and the associated security equipment.

I have several - '61 Plymouth Fury, '41 Lincoln Continental, '39 Ford Convertible, and my latest, '63 Shelby 289 Cobra.   It's a Superformance replica, not a kit.

Couple more

Never had a vintage car, other than those that weren't vintage at the time but would be now. But I did have this:  Thirty foot Scarab, twin 454 cube GM big-blocks, 400 HP each, 75 to 80 mph depending on water conditions and how loud the wife was screaming.

1946 Ford 8N tractor.  Has 4 speed main and 3 speed "Sherman" under/direct/over transmission..I rebuilt the mainframe/engine 20 some years ago and parked it in the corner of the hanger...2years ago I dug it out and finally did the sheet metal work and paint and put it together.  It has a bush hog field mower on it and it works for a living..

1952 M38 with GRC-9 radio set.

1978 Chevy Caprice Two Door Sport Coupe. Looks like granpa's car but underneath is set up for road racing and runs a 450 Hp 355 small block by racer Ken KC2UDZ. Also in the stable Ford P71 Crown Vic cop cars, a 1998 and 2006, and 2001 Merc Grand Marquis former FBI sled.

Out North of Phoenix on a monsoon day.

3-53N Detroit Diesel, 5-sp OD, 11.00-18 tires.

GRC-8 radio.

73DG

The green '71 Series IIA Land Rover which received an extensive, frame off rebuild a few years ago. The blue 1966 IIA was build from parts and pieces of more than a dozen different trucks. The '71 is fitted with a similar vintage CIR Astro 200 HF radio and a Kenwood 2 meter radio. The '66 has a Yaesu 1500 and a 11 meter whip mounted to fill an existing hole in the tub.

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One of our sons with my Howard The Gem, the son being 4½ and the machine 65 years old. (the photo is 6 years old)
The Gem is a very serious piece of equipment made in England.
Engine is a J.A.P. 600 cm3 flat head, dry sump lubrication, looks like a motorcycle engine from late 1920's.
Runs fine and does a phenomenal job!

Restoring a 1966 Ford 120 garden tractor. 12 H.P. Kohler engine with hydro-static drive. This baby did the grass cutting and snow plowing for the 30 years we lived in Lorain!

A few more!

Great to see so many are similarly....afflicted!

Have a few projects here as well.

Best of the bunch is dad's 1950 Lincoln that he got as a project for us back around 2003-4 sometime. 31K original miles when he bought it. He left it to me when he passed on in 2016 and I drove it from VT to VA with my buddy Dean/N1DRA (brother to Brian/W1LYD) in August of 2018. Made it with zero breakdowns, what a fun trip! Daughter nicknamed it 'Big Linc'.

1966 Imperial convertible is a bit of a star-crossed project, coming along slowly.

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1955 International R-140 factory 4x4 pickup project. Just underwent a successful heart transplant last month, running and driving for the first time since 2014.

1951 Farmall Super A, picked up as a yard mower when we were in NC after the wee JD 112 couldn't keep up. Awaiting its arrival at the new location in the coming weeks.

And for Buddly....1966 John Deere 112, basically their first lawn tractor (110) with a larger engine and hydraulics added. It couldn't handle the lawns in NC (3 acres of field grass-turned-lawn) so I sold it to a young JD engineer from GA who was thrilled to get it. Even had the original headlights and blade attachment with it!

That's a Kohler engine on the JD, Todd! That K series motor was used on EVRYTHING back then.

My 1950 Oliver 77 and the wife's 1983 Dodge D250.

What a great bunch of vehicles - love every one of 'em!

You're right on the 110, Bud - it had a 8hp Kohler. The 112 had a Techumsuh 10hp. Lost track of how many head gaskets I blew.

Just got email tonight from the hauler that my Farmall will be arriving Thursday. Haven't seen it since the last time I mowed the lawn down there in Sept 2016 then parked it at my buddy's family's place.

So you've probably heard that over time, some owners start looking like their pets. It can happen with cars, as photo 1 proves.

And be careful if you run into the AM Gangstahs in a large, black Packard. They mean business or....yyyyYAYello....sumpthin'....

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This "vehicle" belong to my brother, IRUS U1200K with a Hatz diesel 10 hp.
If required, you can engage the PTO and all of a sudden it is 4 WD!
It works surprisingly well in terrain, BUT it requires quite a lot of strength to handle, if you're not prepared the steering handle can hit you seriously!

This is what has been keeping me quite busy.  Found sitting in a garage for the past 16 years.  I purchased it and have been restoring it since June 2019.  The car is essentially stock with 50K original miles.  I replaced the entire interior and had the gauge cluster completely restored along with engine and exterior detail work, suspension work, a complete all welded custom exhaust, tires and the list goes on...

1969 American Motors AMX
1 of 8293 produced in 1969
1 of 195 with "Big Bad Blue" paint option
"Go Pack" option - HD cooling, suspension, stripes
390 V8 / 4bbl
425 ft./lbs. torque
3.54 posi rear
Borg Warner T10 4 speed w/ Hurst shifter
Power steering
4 piston power front disc brakes

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My 1925 Model T
First year that ford made a pickup

A few "BEFORE" shots...

Love the AMC.

About 28 years ago I ran into a guy who had barns of them. Probably 30 to 40 AMX and Javelins.   He lived halfway between Reno NV and Carson City.

IIRC nearly all ran or where being restored.

Haven't talked to him in probably 25 years, but he sure did have a nice bevy of American Motors cars!

--Shane
KD6VXI

Got some teens and twenties cars. Mostly Dodge Brothers but also a '12 Buick and some old tractors.

65 Mustang I restored it back in the early eighties.

1965 Beach Mk4B sports racer & 1987 license plate holder

1974 Dodge Dart with Slant Six. I know people want to put a V8 in these, but the six is so bulletproof, I want to keep it. I have done total rebuild the front end, from bearings to brake drums, and replacements of many other suspension/mechanical items, and even had the front seat re-upholstered using the original vinyl and replacing the old cloth with 'duck cloth' and firming up the seat cushioning itself, and modding the tracks so it will move back 3" more for the taller folks. Have the rest of the parts (ac compressor, some electrical stuff. etc) so it is almost done. Rebuilt the distributor, but put it back in a tooth off, so it won't start and now has sat, so the gas is bad probably. It has been a labor of love though and not far from ready.

I was surprised with two things on this old car: The front anti-sway bar was apparently an option on these and this one did not have it. The holes are there from the factory, but never installed. Wow it was like a wild ride going around corners, but I guess many cars were like that back then. Now it sticks to the road as it should with a new heavy duty one. Also, the power steering - these things steer with one finger, no effort at all. The sweetest thing, no rust.

I have to sell the thing though, sewer line is busted and need to pay for that! What a monstrous expense for three guys dig a 2 FT deep ditch and put PVC pipe in it. It's got to be a racket. Shoulda been a plumber instead of an engineer.

What a great bunch of mechanical classics!!   I know you guys have more classic projects out there.....Ill show you mine, if you show me yours..