I was born a ramblin man

[promking]

Another project.

Another day.

I got this car for 300 bucks, it runs and drives... It needed a brake line and a top. AND a full restoration.

I've never seen an AMC Rambler American Convertible on the road, or at any show locally or ever. No one wants these things, you can't find parts for them. The people that do have parts for them hoard them. The AMC forums are full of muscle car dudes, and no one gives a rats ass about this thing because quite frankly they are slow, and in some peoples minds ugly.

Needless to say I'm going to BAG this Rambler over time, and make it " kool "

First step was to disassemble the car. Blast it.
Metal work
Epoxy Prime
Bodywork
Polyester Prime
Bodywork
2K High Build Prime
Bodywork
2k High Build Prime
BLOCK
2k High Build Prime
Remove Doors, fenders, trunk and hood to jam them.
Install them to test fit again.
Remove them to jam body.
Block & Prime AGAIN
Pressure Wash & Block with 800
Paint
Mask for two tone.
Paint pearl white two tone
Clear
Sit for two days
Block with 1,000
Flow coat the clear.
Polish





Everyone needs a starting point. Here she is in all she splendor WET, and from 10 feet, through a camera she looks pretty good.



Zoom in and find some horror




Holes

So after stripping the VOLVO completely with a DA. I'll never do that again.













Can't buy the chrome moldings new or find decent used ones...




Surprises












Sorry tried to take a picture at the same time.



General shaping of the door


Patches all around, there's no replacement panels available anywhere for this.


First test fit...


First prime & Block










Parts trimmed



Fitment again with the body color jammed



Jammed engine bay


Steel wheel love <3



Little preview of the color on the dash, with it's pearl white two tone accent. My friend shot this with a real camera and a filter to try and capture the color in the sun.


Two coats of base.
Need two more for proper coverage



Mask for two tone.


Clear it





This is unpolished - Flow coat

Over 250 hours so far into this car, and the interior isn't done. It's at the upholster getting redone...
All of the trim is in the process of being gone over, and cleaned. Most of the chrome and stainless trim that the car had, has overspray from the previous restorations, and owners...

Today I'm installing the dash, and polishing the car. More pictures later.

[KFC ONE]

How low will she go?

Will there be gold accents?

[cosmo135]

This is beautiful! I am definitely subbed and would love to see this car slammed on the ground.

[OSSHWA]

This thing is going to be so rad.

[adolfitovr6]

loving the color combination

[ToasterVan]

Now that's build sheet.. Looks great cant wait. have your researched any alternate engines for the rambler?.. this is way differant than most and when you say no wants these car, I'd take one if I had a shop.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

annnd subscribed.

[Dr.AK]

In love with that paint scheme. Subbed.

[Mehowski]

It is really late and I dont know what just happened but I saw a red car and now I see a cool ass looking green car, this is some good shit you got here man!

[MuggingMeatballs]

This is crazy, i like it.

[promking]

Everyone keeps teasing me about the gold accents hahaha.
I'm thinking of a black pinstripe around the two tone... to help tie in the black carpet, since I don't want a white carpet and I can't find a good matching color green carpet.

Dash is installed, and now I'm working on the steering wheel restoration.
Going to paint the steering wheel white pearl as well.
The chrome center is severely pitted, but I kind of like that look. As long as it shines <3

[KFC ONE]

Green for the money, gold for the honey's...

[promking]

Polished her a little bit today. I'm to lazy to upload the pictures now though

[LCG]

Polished her a little bit today. I'm to lazy to upload the pictures now though

I make some ridiculous useless updates to my threads but you win for sure!

[promking]

So the back of the car is now assembled.
Cleaned up the chrome rear bumper.
Installed the NOS tail lamp lenses
Backup lights and the trunk lock.

Trunk line isn't bad, it's not perfect, but this car was such a nightmare basketcase I really don't care. Nothing fit from the factory on these eco boxes. This was pretty much a 1960s convertible Hyundai elantra lol.

You can't find anything for this car.
A) They're rare.
B) If anyone has anything they are hoarding it for their own car
C) They don't want to sell it even if you offer them top dollar for it.

So I'm making with what I have.

Steering WHEEL.
SEE A B C.. Nobody has a clean one that they will sell me, or an aftermarket one that will fit.

So I started to restore the wheel.

Took it all apart, and started repairing the giant cracks all around. The center hub was broken in three pieces,

I'm using SEM problem plastic as my epoxy adhesive to fix and repair the cracks.
I'll be sanding this smooth, and filling with plastic.
Then primer and paint.
I'm doing bodywork on a steering wheel

The steering wheel will be painted pearl white <3