Will it start?

Not a tractor but it used to be the farm car. Does that qualify for this forum? LOL

1962 Rambler Classic in dad's estate. I am going to sell it but plan to get it running first. It hasn't been driven for 40 years but I had it running 10 years ago until the fuel filter plugged. It has power steering, power brakes and air conditioning. The power brake booster still works but the power steering and air do not work but I have the parts. Anyway, just for old time's sake I plan to get it so it will propel itself but that's as far as I am going with it. The interior smells pretty good, no mouse smell thanks to my herd of cats. I see you tube videos of guys who pull a dusty old car out of a shed and get it going well enough to drive it 500 miles home. That's not gonna happen to this one.

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Handsome tank for a DC Case on the shelf? CM

My mother had one very similar...don't remember what became of it. I think it was a push button automatic. When it became AMC, my
brother bought a 232 six matador?? later on we had a Hornet wagon.I had good luck with the AMC cars, solid and dependable, for me
anyway. gobble

Those Gas Monkey guys will probably give you $50 for it and then turn around and sell it for several
thousand either as is or after they smear some paint and bondo on it.

If the fuel filter plugged up when you ran it 10 years ago that's a pretty good sign the gas tank is full of crap. And that didn't get any better in the 10 years which followed. First step would be to either clean or replace the tank. For the purpose of just getting it running you could probably hook up an auxiliary tank of some sort.

Probably wouldn't hurt to use Old's method and put some ATF in the cylinders also.

the body looks pretty good yet on the old Ramblin Rosey. is that a v8 or 6 banger ?

I have a Dodge D-50 4X4 truck that ran good but the fuel filter would clog in less then a mile of driving. I don't need it so I parked it and it has sat ever since. Ran good but pulling the fuel tank off of it would not be easy

I used to have a '64 one of those, loaded. What a POS.

If thats vice grip garage hes a funny guy with his 1 liners

Neat older car.I would change fuel filter
and hook a temporary fuel line from the
pump to a boat motor fuel tank.Once
running good you can decide on what you
wish to do with the main fuel tank. Good
luck

The Case gas tank is the reservoir for the hydraulic press. It is much too big for the requirements of the press alone. When I burned wood for heat I would bring in a wagon load of wood and use the pump on the press to raise the wagon to get the firewood to slide to the back. I needed a bigger reservoir to satisfy the big cylinder in the wagon hoist. This gas tank was what I had available to make a reservoir out of.

The Rambler has a 196 cube inline six and it has three on the tree with the old style overrunning overdrive. When the air conditioning worked the cold air came out of the top of the dash through two doors that can be flipped up. It was very cold air, did a good job. That little 6 cylinder didn't have much power to begin with and when the air conditioning was running it had even less. I will have to look at the carb again but I suspect the air conditioning kicked out when the throttle was wide open for passing another car (hah!). Maybe I am thinking of another vehicle from back in those days. I do plan to hang a spare gas tank because a new inline filter will probably plug right away.

Top end is 80 MPH so it is no speed demon and certainly not a mountain climber!!

I have watched that Vise Grip garage guy. It's fun to watch him. I am certainly not going to get this car in good enough shape for someone across the state to drive it home. The right front wheel just slides along so there is more than just power train to work on. A rear wheel was sliding making a black mark on the shop floor when I pushed it in but it might be in gear. The doors were frozen shut so I couldn't check the shifter and the loader tractor I used to push it didn't know it was pushing anything anyway.

Some neat Ramblers in the link below, some are pricey. I see one in Saskatoon (next province over east like your dad's car for $750) advertised on Kijiji (like Craig's List). That guy who replied with the "POS" comment, not a nice fellow at all whoever he might be. I'm sure you dad would have like to been introduced to him, that'd be fun !!!
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Could be that the brake drum is rusted enough to stop it from turning, front and
back wheel. Some of those had an aluminum block engine, they are quite hard to find
since many warped the block or head due to overheating which in itself, resulted
from blown headgaskets due to failure to retorque the headbolts at the proper
interval. If it has a remote oil filter, usually located on the upper left front of
the engine, it's likely the cast iron block. You may be able to demand a higher
price for it if it has a good aluminum 196. Good luck with it!

Ben

I think JFinMI was referring to the one "he" owned. No need for the drama.

Fearless: Well obviously he was referring to his own, that's exactly what he said in his reply. Surely you didn't think I thought he was talking about the original poster's car did you? Drama ..... hmmmm ...... but thanks for stepping in and passing judgement.

Centash this is a cast iron block engine. I overhauled it many years ago. The mistake I made was to just re-ring it but there was too much cylinder taper and a few rings eventually broke. Also, me being young and inexperienced I did not look at the backs of the bearing shells. It came from the factory with .010 undersized mains on the crank. I put standards back in and after it warmed up the oil pressure went down to near zero. Just one of those rookie mistakes.

I just got the hood open and had to pull out about a half a bale of corn stalks and one dead possum as a bonus. No damage except the possum had one vacuum hose for lunch. I forgot it takes a very thin wall spark plug socket to get the plugs out. Had to grind a socket down to get it to fit. The cylinders are bathing in ATF. I half heartedly tried to turn the engine over using the fan and it would not turn. Will find out tomorrow if it will turn over or if I will have to sell it with a stuck engine. I don't have a lot of time to mess with it.

Years ago, we loosened one by pulling the plugs, oiling the cylinders up and
rocking the car back and forth while in high gear. That engine replaced the
aluminum one in my dad's 63 and ran for years. They were a pretty tough old motor.

Ben

I once did a fan test and thought the
engine was locked, not so it was the
alternator, boy that was a relief.