It is not so easy with AMCs...aka #1 finned oil pan made

What can you do if you MUST HAVE an aluminum oli pan for your AMC V8?

Do it yourself...

Got pattern almost done today. I used old sheet metal oil pan and a lot of bondo and TLC.







Started with this...

 

Nice work...Can't wait to see it in aluminum...

 

Very cool... and a lot of hard work!

 

Looks awesome. Did you make pattern oversize? It will shrink when cast. Love stuff like this.

 

nice ,when will you pour it? like to see finished

 

"when will you pour it" next week some day

"Did you make pattern oversize?" yes, it is 1.3 % bigger than original

"and a lot of hard work! " yes! over three weeks... and my finger tips almost died to day...

 

Looks real good! Been battling same problems for quite a while.... Gotta love AMCs though.

 

I have an AMC nut of a friend who would love at least one of those if not more!

 

Nice work!!!..
Pretty soon you'll have people knocking on your door saying.. "I want one"...

 

Very cool. Would you like to make one for my 409 Chevy?

 

I too know a couple of guys that would like one of these.
Looks good.

 

Nice work on the pattern. I also make some, so I know how long it takes ..

 

Another Awesome Post!

 

^^^^^ x2

 

Hey, try bulltear.com or bjsoffroad.com they m,ay already have what your looking for. I have a grandwagoneer so I know all about the AMC headaches!!

 

if they turn out good, which I am sure it will, I bet Bultear would like to put them in his catalog! Pretty cool by the way! I have an amc blower intake I wouldn't mind casting some day! Why did you have to have it and what is it going on?

 

Thank you of those kind words...


"Why did you have to have it and what is it going on?"
It is for good looks... I´m going to use it on my blown AMC 360 and tf 727 with finned oil pan.

"bulltear.com or bjsoffroad.com they m,ay already have what your looking for"

No, there are any cast aluminum oil pans (or finned ones) for sale.. I bought one local made727 "no name" oil pan, so I didn´t have to make it by myself...

"Pretty soon you'll have people knocking on your door saying.. "I want one"... "
It is my luck that there is Atlantic ocean between us...

"I have an AMC nut of a friend who would love at least one of those if not more!"
I know, I have some friends who like to have some, too...

 

Bad Ass.....

 

Do any of you Hambers know, if there has been any cast aluminum oil pans for AMC V8s?
I have asked this on AMC forums, but they haven´t seen any... Only welded aluminum sheet metal ones, for racing use.

 

It looks like this now and it is ready to be an aluminium one...

Here you can see what is inside of that thing.

 

What do you think?

 

damn man , outstanding work

 

That came out great! Congrats! So......are you going to polish it?

 

VERY nice casting. Now spool up the mill and finish it up. Are you going to polish it like all that other aluminum in the pictures, or leave it as cast?

Edit: I see Master of None beat me to the polish question, he must use more than one finger to type........

 

very impressive!!!

 

Wow! That is nice.

 

Double WOW

 

Sweet!!!

 

Very, very nice!

 

Very clean casting! Have you done work like this before?