AMC Sundancer 1982

[juhap]

Summer 2022, a hot June day got new car home on a trailer.



Nice...



.. very nice..



..indeed...



But six years in a garage had left some signs...

T-top had turned grey.



Some vinyl paint and a little bit of glue fixed it.



It needed some touch ups... and battery cables.



Looks fresh.



Front seat had frozen motors... out the old ones...



.. in with the new ones... I had Concord seats, so it was easy fix.





A couple of "glory holes"? Oh no...



"Look mom, no holes!"



Rag top had some nasty screws. Needed better, so I bought some right ones.



Starter relay did belong to a John Deere tractor.



Got these fixed.



Cab cover fits nice...



Door window didn´t work well. No wonder if it had to work with this kind of rubber. And this was matter in both of doors.



Glass do not sit well, but I can live with that....so far...



This metal clip was missing, but I had one. So this was also easy fix.



Window motor is kind of finnish design... worked few weeks before jammed...



Doors needed some other work too...



Handles too...



Then it was time to made it street legal... tried to drive it to road test location, but old tires were bad, so it was impossible to drive.
Had to turn back and found a pair of tires and made a new try...



It passed that test. 

I had a new set of whitewall tires waiting in a local tire shop for my Matador Coupe. So soon after road test I had new set of tires under this one.



It has had these stupid European Union lisence plates since its registration 2006...





So I changed those to standard plates. And placed those original Florida plates under them as decoration.



Found a pair of sun visors from my treasure...



Bushings were dead and caused heavy vibes...



Some maintenance done...
Bushings, gas line, and such...


New bushings...





Air hose.



Eagle donated a heater valve...



I wondered why gearbox made noice sometimes... someone had made a transmission mount of his own design... did not work.





So a new one fixed that problem.



After very busy summer it was time to go to winter hibernation....



But I have to do some seat reparation. Front seats are in bad shape as well as rear one...





This is original co-driver seat... but driver seat had fixed years ago... in US I believe... and they had painted old and new leather to get it all same color...



To fix these, I bought a cow hide...

[vangremlin]

Well that is just plain awesome.  Glad there were lots of little things for you to fix because it sure doesn't look like you'll have to do a lot of body work!  Enjoy it once summer rolls around again!

[juhap]

Next summer I´m going to use this much more than I did. But it needs some TLC and elbow grease before and during the summer.
I did order new brake calibers fron Rockauto and bought other brake parts. New bushings and such are needed... And some welding is needed too...

Battery tray and rest of that area are gone and repaired badly...
I have hoarded a lot of used parts (junk says my wife...), so I found this. It is a inner fender of an  Hornet...



After some cleaning I found that i needs some new sheet metal.



I fixed it, now its almost like new.




Both front fenders have many dings and dents and some other paint damages... Engine bay needs cleaning and painting, there has been a battery explosion and acid has burnt though paint... 

And the worst thing is that death wobble like some Jeeps do. It occures ocasionally, but is very disturbing... 

[Artmodels]

For death wobble, we had to replace our idler arm bushings, all front suspension bushings, and a new steering damper.  No more death wobble.

[juhap]

That is just what I thougt, I have to do... replace it all... I´m going to install that steering damper, there isn´t one...

[AMC of Houston]

The Concords didn't have a steering damper from the factory.   Guess it couldn't hurt to add one from the aftermarket.    Trying to use the Eagle version would take a LOT of mods.

[juhap]

Internet helps you... I found a replacement power window cable from a wrecked Olds power seat .