Projects Oh no! Not another Rambler build.

Picked up at longroof to turn in to a daily driver and a project to have my little brother help me wrench on.

It's a 1961 Classic Cross Country
OHV I-6
Three on the tree
Very rusty
Seized engine
Trashed interior
But straight body and the free price tag help.

My plans are to keep it mild with a mild budget.

Some ideas
Flaked dash/pillars
Bagged
Redo interior
Freshed up engine with "hotter" cam
Maybe open driveline with 4-5 speed
I'm sure it will change as time goes on.

Day I picked it up.




Got some rollers

 

did ya get that from a guy named David, Fresno area? Sitting next to a similar shape 50s dodge pickup?

looks an awful lot like it...

any case, it'll be a cool cruiser. i'd not mind something like that for a daily... can pile all the kids in it, would be cooler than the suburban im rockin' now

 

gonna look cool!!!

 

ur gonna pass on doing an open driveline, if you want to drive it soon

 

No I got it in the LaGrange area. It's the only Classic I've seen around.

 

Too cool, man!

 

After I got off of work me and my brother pulled the engine.





One thing is for sure I need to go buy a camera. I am using my phone currently and need to step up.

 

Great patina. Again great patina. If you didn't hear me I said great patina.

Now that you have my opinion on what to do, or what not to do, with the exterior go and enjoy yourself with this vehicle. I have a '64 Rambler longroof and I enjoy the heck out of it.

 

Give it a good CLR bath and see how well it'll clean up. Cool little wagon.

 

as a kid in the 70's all we had was ramblerswish l still had one or two

what's up with the 60's chevy cab? the next build?

Later

 

Is this a trend? I just bought my Classic Cross Country from HAMBer Toast.

Good luck with it.

 

That's my long term project, it's a 63 SWB very slow build going on that one.

That car looks good, I've seen a couple pictures of it, would mind seeing a few more. Is it on air?

 

Does CLR clean it up nice? I've never heard it used before.

 

Can't wait to see more!

 

yeah CLR is great for surface rust on paint

 

There is a chevy longroof on here that the guy did a CLR bath on and then clear coated it. Came out looking great. Search CLR and you will find it, the thread is good size so have some time to read it.

My first car was a Rambler 65 220 coupe you could see the muffler thru the hole in the floor in the back seat. Miss that car.

 

Right on, that wagon is sweet!! Last night I accidently came across in a search a guy bagged a '63 4 door sedan on a s10 forum step by step pictures. You can get the engine free by filling the engine block full of diesel fuel, or even marvel mystery oil, plus fill cylinders full of mystery oil. Let it sit a week before trying to attempt to turn engine over. Also pull the valve cover and smack the top of the lifters to make sure they are not stuck, or push rods will bend.
David

 

You have a link for that 63 i'd like to see that. You have any pictures of yours?

 

Damn! I just got a 62 Classic 400 Cross Country for FREE last week from a buddy who lost his storage. If you think yours is rusty... Come on out here. It's complete except engine & trans and very salvageable to me. Plans are for a straight axle & open drive (not hard, really, even on these cars) with a Pontiac powertrain, preferably an early 389, but we'll see. I gotta rebuild the firewall and 2 feet of floor, so I can set back the engine under the cowl if need be.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is sweet ass project, keep us posted!

 

On Google type in "bag the rambler S10 forum". It should be the first link that shows up. If you type in bagged rambler, Theres a ton of them.
David

 

If this were my car I would pull the front fenders and check the troughs for severe rot. I have a '62 wagon that is 100 percent better looking than yours and I'm dealing with some rust issues. Don't take that the wrong way, its just these cars have their own rust issues. Great looking project!!! Is its name "Rusty".

 

I gotta admit those old Ramblers are growing on me. I had a 63 Classic I drove as a daily driver a couple of years ago. Good luck

 

Pulled my front fenders... The rot in the trough (and the lower pillar) on the left side only(?) is no joke. All repairable as far as I am concerned, but a bit surprising. My firewall is junk around the blower motor too, and the floors are rotten up to the front seat and nearly perfect all the way back from there. The outer body is damn near perfect, as are all underbody rails. One friend described it as weird and that's the best I can come up with too.

 

one piece at a time here is my thread it might give you some insperation

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=439498&highlight=ramba