Ollie's 66 American Convertible

Its been a great year for The Rambler. He logged 18,000 miles on the highways and by ways of America this year. We attended AMC events in Kenosha, WS, Dayton Beach, FL, Temple, TX and Boulder City, NV. NSRA events in Springfield, MO and Pueblo, CO.

I have finally got my exhaust header issues behind me now.

On our trip to Boulder City I had to turn on the heat a few times and I am smelling anti-freeze. I kept a good eye on my water and never used a drop.

Today I pulled the heater core and I see this........



Of course there is a bit more disassembly than expected, always is..



Going to re-carpet and a couple of interior upgrades.

Have not located a heater core yet, looks like I am going to take it to my radiator shop and see what my radiator man wants to do.

Having AMC Fun,
Ollie

Man, Ollie. You are getting your money's worth out if your great 66 Rambler. Having major league AMC fun! Love to see all the things you are working on.

Ollie, I take it your latest exhaust gasket - header fix cured the problems in that area???

Status update on my heater core. Larry, my radiator man is going to build a new one. My end tanks are in great shape so he is going to replace the core. Ordered the new core so he should be done by Monday or Tuesday depending on how fast the core gets here. $140 so not to bad. Not a $39 chevy..........lol

Cleaned up my heater box and freshen up the motor paint.



Should even smell better. After I cleaned out the dried up anti-freeze I sprayed it with Free Breeze....hehehehehe   



I have been getting water inside the drivers floor when it rains. I have not had that issue until I changed my gas pedal and its been getting worse. I figured out what's the problem. I had to change the gas pedal to cable and I have holes in my fire wall.

When I first did it I glued rubber over the holes. It worked ok till the glue dried up. All the water is coming in the fire wall. Now I am going to fiberglass up all the holes.



A few other mods have made a few more holes.

Having AMC Fun,
Ollie

232jav3sp wrote: I've got a water leak in my Rambler as well. Looking like the cowl. Looking forward to our cars spending quality time together at shows!

Water leak in the cowl.......that's what I thought too and one of the reasons I was not to excited about starting repair. Upon inspection everything looked so good, no visible rot at all. I did a "live" water hose test and I almost drown. All the water was coming in thru holes in the firewall. I was surprised !!

For Sure.....we can mate our Ramblers. What's going to be the offspring? A 3 door hatch back with a sunroof ?????   

Picked my heater core from the Radiator Shop today.
Looks like new money.



To cold today to play in the shop. Its in the 40's today. I heat with propane bottles and Mr. Heater units. I would have to use both heaters with both elements running to warm up my shop. Tomorrow will be 10 degrees warmer. I can deal with that.

Did get my first coat of fiberglass firewall repair done.

Having AMC Fun,
Ollie