1968 Rambler Repower Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Part 1 of our video series documenting the repower of a 1968 Rambler American Wagon. We're ditching the original 232 straight six and Borg Warner M35 automatic in favor of a Jeep 4.0 HO engine and AW4 automatic overdrive transmission out of a 1991 Jeep Cherokee 2wd. This video is an introduction and description of the project already in progress, as well as taking a few bites out of the project by installing a new oil pump on the freshened up engine. Learn some cool trivia about the swap, and pick up a mechanic's trick that'll help prime the new oil pump on startup.
Subbed. Did exactly all of to my gremlin two years ago. I used the fox body 8.8.
I freaking love it!!!!
Interesting choice of project car....
I was there!
So how exactly did you aquire such said car and in such awesome shape
Actually, I got it in trade for work I did on a 1960 Ford Falcon wagon. The Rambler was a customer car with a blown up engine, and we built a high performance 289 that we were going to jam in the Rambler. However, the customer ended up finding his dream car, a 1960 Ford falcon wagon, and not being able to afford to both buy the Falcon wagon and pay me to install the engine, so we worked out a deal where he gave me the Rambler in exchange for my services putting the 289 in the Falcon. Once the Falcon was done and the Rambler was my blank canvas, I just had to cruise the Facebook Marketplace ads until I found an inexpensive two-wheel drive Cherokee, and we were off to the races.
As far as the shape the car is in, that's one of the awesome things about living in Arizona- cars here are naturally well preserved and a lot of times it's like working on a time capsule. I absolutely love it! It beats the heck out of working on the rusty and rotted vehicles that I grew up with in Northern Maine.
Awesome project!!! Take a peek at my channel I have a 64 American wagon and were working on a 78 Concord wagon