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1963 Rambler American hardtop
26 feb 2020 April 2007 Feb 2020: A lot changed with this car after I wrote this page. It's since come, and gone... but a lot of the work I...
Steering wheel
by Tom Jennings, edited by Frank Swygert 01-25-2026 What can I say, it's a steering wheel. This one is a 15" Mooneyes special 60's metalflake wheel, made by Grant. No...
T-96 Transmission Overhaul
by Tom Jennings, 04-07-2020, edited by Frank Swygert 01-26-2026 new ~ 2010 The following was written before I broke two T-96's without doing anything particularly stupid to them. I've since...
Gas tank renovation
written by Tom Jennings, edited by Frank Swygert 02-02-2026 Gas tank renovation My cars get older and older... and the problems get weirder and weirder until they all seem normal....
How to assemble Bendix front drum brakes
Written by Tom Jennings 09-11-2022, edited by Frank Swygert 02-27-2026 When I first get a "new" car -- meaning someone's old abandoned junker with 50 years of accumulated wear and...
AMC/Rambler Brake Database
Written by Tom Jennings, edited by Frank Swygert 02-27-2026 This page contains a substantial compendium of AMC/Rambler brake components, intended mainly for cross-referencing and parts-swapping, and finding non-AMC donors for...
Frank’s Brakes
11-10-2025 by Tom Jennings, edited by Frank Swygert (instructions written by Frank) Frank's Brakes Adapter to fit modern Honda/Accord disc brakes to any AMC, even back to 1952 Nash cars...
1963 Rambler American Scarebird disc brakes
Written by Tom Jennings, 01-07-2020, edited by Frank Swygert 12-20-2025 June-July 2012 D'OH! This all applies to a Scarebird kit no longer shipped! The bracket sold now (July 2012) might...
Hotrodding drum brakes
by Tom Jennings, 07-02-2023, edited by Frank Swygert 12-20-2025 Early Rambler American drum brakes, at 9 x 2 inches, are adequate at best, but drum brakes have advantages for...
Rambler 1963-1964 Strut bushing fabrication and replacement
The problem here is that the original part, an overly-complicated two piece assembly, is made of rubber. Old rubber. Newly-manufactured parts are simply not available, and there is no substitute...