My 1967 AMC Marlin Thread

Fuel consumption upgrade complete! Four photos below. Installed the custom Mark Whitener (Lightning Racing Carbs) 750 annular double pumper with an ME Wagner adjustable PCV valve. The souped up 390 intake was upgraded to the RPM Air Gap. It revs noticeably quicker over 4000, and thinking I might want to install Pypes race mufflers now! A one-inch spacer is the most that’ll fit under the hood with a three-inch air filter. Used a spacer with a PCV port so I could route the PCV under the primary barrels how I like to. The adjustable PCV along with all the adjustable bleeds and jets makes it easier to tune a sweet rich idle and as lean as you want for highway cruising. I use BLP stuff. The motor has just over 3,000 miles since it was rebuilt, it’s breaking in great!

My Stockton custom AMC eight-slot wheels are on the Marlin and I like them! More photos below.

The centers were put in custom wheel hoops. The back are 15x8 with 4-1/4 backspacing. The front are 15x7 with 3-5/8 backspacing. Semi-gloss black powder coat. Shiny new center caps and trim rings. 255/60 tires in the rear and 235/60 in the front. Everything clears nice around the suspension and front disc brakes and mandrel exhaust system. All the steering and suspension parts except the front springs were replaced, and it has a rear sway bar, so the wider rubber enhanced the handling even more. The 14x5.5 OE wheels are also in powder coat but in boxes along with the OE wheel covers. I know black is getting to be really contempo these days but I like it on these wheels, and I think it'll compliment the red nicely...someday.

Custom red oak arm rests! Four photos below. Been looking forward to this for years; all it took was learning a co-worker had a woodworking side-hustle, and three weeks later, here they are.

There's not a recessed edge for the OE metal trim piece to snap into because I wanted the full piece look, and I didn't think the trim was very attractive on the OE arm rests in the first place. And the rear rests do not have provisions for the OE ashtrays. The holes are filled with buttons bonded to a magnet stack that snaps to the mounting screws. 

The previous owner had SMS rejuvenate the door panels. The door panels are what gave me the idea for the wood arm rests in the first place. We tried to match up the simulated wood grain on the door panels and chose red oak for the arm rests and then stained them in satin walnut.

The compulsory comparison! My OE arm rests are back on the car until the door panels are installed.

This was my favorite part of the process. Two photos below. The Marlin was ordered with a lot of cool stuff but not rear speakers. Designed custom custom speaker inserts with the 1960s AMC logo. The rear shelf was bleached from the sun but looks much nicer after cleaning it up and a few coats of SEM trim paint. I like it!

Spent a few hours replicating the logo and trying to get the colors and letters looking authentic. Talk about the perfect application for a circular logo. Secured them with a couple 1/4-inch bolts and lock nuts, and looking snazzy!