Nash six vs. AMC six... ?

andyleonard wrote: Tom I have a "never bored/never turned/never apart" 58 flathead auto on the floor with the crank out if there's any data you want. Your work has been extremely helpful to me getting the Tomato back on the road. Anything I can do.....

Do you still have another 61-63 body? Except for a change in the upper trunnion (50-53 looks like big car upper trunnion, not sure if the change in small car upper trunnion was 54, 55 or 58) and the MC relocation all the 50-63 chassis are pretty much the same. 52-56 Statesman is similar, and of course the Ambo. An Ambo with a 258 or 4.0L EFI would be nice!

The flat-head six bottom end is the same as the OHV. The only PITA thing is it uses large head mushroom lifters. Can't get the lifters out without removing cam first. Of course they are solid lifters so really don't need to come out. Oh, that reminds me, PITA #1 (lifter removal has to be... well, #3...) is adjusting the lifters! Have to go through the side covers, hard to do with engine in the little body. PITA #2 is removing the head with all those studs. Over the years the studs rust in the holes and it can be a bear to remove the studs or get the head off over them. I don't recommend trying to remove -- they can break off in the block and have to be drilled out. I've had to use about a 15 degree steel wedge to get one off, driven with a hammer between block and head! It was about 2" wide and did no damage to sealing surfaces. Luckily it's something you rarely have to do until it needs rebuilding (or it would be PITA #1!). That was my first Rambler, and a piece of lock washer had dropped down a spark plug hole without my knowledge. Nice little funnels around the sparker holes! Fell right on top of the piston and made a nice banging when cranked after that tune-up! Always check around sparker holes before removing...


Edited by farna - Aug/24/2017 at 6:17am

Let me try to do better...
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/d/1953-nash-rambler-country/6267658069.html

Not so sure about this big one...
https://bakersfield.craigslist.org/cto/d/1950-nash-sedan/6259065950.html

And if you REALLY love big Nash cars... (not for your purposes... but not a bad price for what it is...)
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/1957-nash-ambassador-sedan/6260842413.html

I have a '59 wagon that fair game. I planned on dropping it onto an S10 but the projects have piled up. Body is decent. Motor sized or so I'm told. I stole the rear for my '58, so that would be something to deal with. It's pink. Haul it away and make it a "Lemon"...