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AMC Other (1953)
for sale

Price: US $315.00

Description:

The car is in pretty good condition.
The base engine in the American is a 195.6-cu.in inline six-cylinder, AKA the Super Flying Scot. It was a flathead (or L-head) design that traced its roots back to a pre-war Nash engine, but in the American, it used a 3.13-inch bore, a 4.25-inch stroke and an 8:1 compression ratio to make 90hp and 150-lbs.ft. of torque. A single-barrel Carter YF carburetor fed by a vacuum booster type fuel pump helped keep the fuel consumption down to a stingy trickle. There is nothing remarkably good or bad about these engines. They tend to be reliable and simple to work on, and parts are still available from a variety of sources.
The interior was spartan, with a simple non-padded dash and bench seats front and rear. The uplevel Super interior came with padded armrests, a sun visor, cigarette lighter, foam cushion front seat, roll-down rear side windows and additional interior lighting.The interior looks good and the tube radio even works. Heater is not hooked up. I live in florida and decided not to plumb it when the engine was rebuilt. I drove this car around alot until I had the stroke. It has the optional hydromatic (automatic type) transmission. It was rebuilt when the engine was gone through.
The American's front suspension uses upper and lower trunnions( rebuilt last year) rather than ball joints--it actually draws heavily from Nash's front suspension system. If serviced regularly, this system will last almost indefinitely under normal use.
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