Tom’s 1963 Classic 550 Wagon

written by Tom Jennings circa 2007, edited 12-1-25 by Frank Swygert. Some links go back to Tom’s site, www.ramblerlore.com

Considering I’ve had this car since 1989, it has very little presence on my website. I have a ton of pictures, I’ve driven it completely insane places, I’ve documented lots of things, they just haven’t made it here. I’ll remedy this in the next year(s) or so. Unfortunately most of the photos are chemical prints, on paper, you know, photography?

How I fit a Howell TBI kit.

• I sold the car in April 2011, after 23 years. It went to a good home! Here are some detailed pics of wear and tear of 47 years of service.
• I’ve driven this car all over the place in the U.S. though mainly in the Southwest, and on roads and deserts that only the four-wheel-drive people go; nothing macho, I go really slowly in the rough, and get out and walk scary stuff.
• Various pictures of car guts and other stuff;
  reasonably random.
• Random and somewhat old travel photos; reasonably random.
• Retrofit of aftermarket air conditioning ; completed two years ago, I will “shortly” turn this into a how-to. Text is written and
  all.
• I’ve run this car on propane (LPG) only since 1988. For some reason I took pictures of new LPG tank install, from 1996. I replaced the far-too-small Siamese 18 gallon (16 gal fuel capacity) tank with a big 35 gallon (28 capacity) proper one. Cost me $600, worth every penny.
• Here is what used LPG sparkplugs look like. I change spark plugs every two years for no good reason. The engine had about 200,000
  miles on it at the time.