Detail Info for: AMC 1959 AMC RAMBLER CROSS COUNTRY WAGON 1959 AMC RAMBLER CROSS COUNTRY WAGON LIKE IN MOVIE "MYSTERY MEN" & GAS MONKEY !

Transaction Info

Sold On:
08/10/2014
Price:
$ 5900.00
Condition:
Mileage:
89590
Location:
San Diego, California, 92117
Seller Type:

Vehicle Specification

Year Make Model:
1959 AMC
Submodel Body Type:
Wagon
Engine:
LARGE INLINE 6 CYLINDER 3.2L 196 CUBIC INCH
Transmission:
Manual
VIN:
Vehicle Title:
Clear
Drive Train:
Fuel Type:
Standard Equipment:
Optional Equipment:

Vehicle Detail

FOR A LIMITED TIME FREE SHIPPING WITH BUY IT NOW FOR THE WAGON ANYWHERE ALONG THE WAY FROM SAN DIEGO UP TO PITTSBURG PA !!! TRANSPORT GUY I KNOW MENTIONED HE WOULD BE IN SAN DIEGO ON THE 11TH. ASSUMING HES ON SCHEDULE PAYMENT MUST CLEAR BY THEN. 8-10-14 UPDATE: FINALLY FOUND AND PURCHASED A NEW OLD STOCK SHIFT HANDLE FOR IT ! 8-8-14 UPDATE: MADE ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE TODAY FROM THE MECHANICS PARKING LOT TO THE STREET ! STILL NEEDS LOTS OF ATTENTION BUT AT LEAST IT CAN ROLL ON ITS OWN POWER DOWN THE BLOCK ! 8-7-14 UPDATE: GOT THE NEW MASTER CYLINDER ON WITH NEW VALVOLINE BRAKE FLUID.THE BRAKE PEDAL FINALLY GOT FIRM. 8-6-14 UPDATE: MOTOR IS UP AND RUNNING !!! DISCOVERED ORIGINAL FUEL PUMP HAS A SEE THROUGH GLASS FILTER SO I TOOK IT OFF CLEANED IT AND IS NOW ABLE TO RUN WITH ITS ORIGINAL MECHANICAL GAS PUMP! IT ALSO HAS AN ELECTRIC GAS PUMP AND WAS ALSO ABLE TO RUN WITH ONLY THE ELECTRIC PUMP BUT HAVE OPTED TO HAVE IT RUN OFF ITS ORIGINAL MECHANICAL GAS PUMP AND LEAVE THE ELECTRIC PUMP AS A BACK UP. HI, UP FOR SALE HERE IS A NICE FOR ITS AGE NOSTALGIC 59 CROSS COUNTRY WAGON AS SEEN IN THE MOVIE "MYSTERY MEN", "JOE DIRT" AND TV "SHOW FAST & LOUD" WERE "GAS MONKEY" SOLD HIS RESTO MOD WITH UGLY PAINT FOR A WHOOPING $35K ! CLEAR CALIFORNIA TITLE ISSUED IN 1970 THAT MATCHES ITS CALIFORNIA 70'S BLUE AND YELLOW SIX DIGIT PLATES AND ID, SHOWS A FEMALES BEVERLY HILLS ADDRESS NEAR LEVEL ONE ENTERTAINMENT, WRITERS GUILD THEATER AND LA MIES MUSIC HALL. REAR LICENSE PLATE HOLDER SHOWS THE NAME OF BEVERLY HILLS CADILLAC DEALER. FROM THIS IM CONCLUDING THIS WAGON PROBABLY BELONGED TO A LITTLE OLD LADY FROM BEVERLY HILLS WHO MAY OF BEEN IN SHOW BIZ THAT WINDED UP A FEW MILES TO THE NORTH IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WHERE MANY SHOW BIZ PEOPLE LIVE. IT THEN WINDED UP A FEW MILES EAST OF THE PASADENA ROSE PARADE AND FINALLY 100 MILES SOUTH IN SAN DIEGO. THE GREAT CONDITION FOR ITS AGE GAS, BRAKE AND CLUTCH PEDALS MAKE ME BELIEVE ODOMETER MILEAGE MAY BE ORIGINAL. IM NOT INTO RESTO MODS: I BELIEVE IN RESTORING A VEHICLE AS CLOSE TO AS STOCK AS POSSIBLE SO PURCHASED TONS OF NEW STOCK PARTS FOR IT. THE FOLLOWING PARTS ARE INSTALLED: NEW MADE IN USA WHITE WALL COOPER FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE, NEW BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, NEW LIFETIME WARRANTY NO RECEIPT REQUIRED DISTRIBUTOR CAP AND ROTOR. NEW SPECIFIC FOR THIS MOTOR 5 YEAR WARRANTY SPARK PLUG WIRES, NEW SPARK PLUGS, NEW SAFETY RELEASE RADIATOR CAP. NEW EXTRA THICK 2 GAUGE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE, NEW POSSITIVE BATTERY WIRE TERMINAL, NEW NEW FRONT GOODYEAR FUEL INJECTED RATED FUEL LINE AND SEE THROUGH GLASS INLINE GAS FILTER JUST BEFORE THE CARB. HAD THE AIR CLEANER BLASTED AND THEN HAND SANDED BEFORE APPLYING THE NEW DARK BLUE METALLIC PAINT AND INSTALLING THE NEW FRAM AIR FILTER. NEW DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL GREASE SEAL AND COMPLETELY NEW BLUE MARINE GRADE WHEEL BEARING GREASE ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL BEARINGS AND INSIDE THE DRUM. I HAVE NEW LIFETIME WARRANTY NO RECEIPT REQUIRED FRONT BRAKE SHOES AND NEW REAR BRAKE SHOES FOR IT. OTHER NEW PARTS I HAVE FOR IT ARE: FOUR BRAND NEW MADE IN USA WHITE WALL COOPER TIRES ( DRIVERS SIDE FRONT INSTALLED ), BRAND NEW BATTERY, BRAND NEW BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, NEW BLUE STREAK CONDENSER, NEW OLD STOCK MADE IN USA FRONT BRAKE WHEEL CYCLINDER, NEW REAR BRAKE WHEEL CYCLINDERS, NEW POINTS, NEW FRONT WHEEL SEALS ( DRIVERS SIDE FRONT INSTALLED ), NEW REAR WHEEL SEALS, NEW REAR TAILIGHT LENSES, REBUILT CARB KIT ETC ETC. *JUST BOUGHT A NEW OLD STOCK SHIFT HANDLE FOR IT ! DID THE FOLLOWING TO THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL: BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL STEEL RIM DOWN TO THE METAL ( DATED 11-58 ) AND PAINTED IT, BROUGHT DRUM BRAKE DOWN TO METAL & PAINTED IT, METICULOUSLY REMOVED ALL OLD GREASE FROM INNER AND OUTER WHEEL BEARINGS AS WELL AS THE DRUM AND REPACKED THEM WITH FRESH BLUE MARINE GRADE GREASE, INSTALLED NEW GREASE SEAL, INSTALLED BRAND NEW MADE IN USA WHITE WALL COOPER TIRE ON THE ORIGINAL RIM. WHEN I FIRST TOOK OFF THE DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE DRUM TO INSPECT AND TO MAKE SURE THE MADE IN USA NEW OLD STOCK BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER I PURCHASED WAS CORRECT AND IT IS, IT DIDNT LOOK LIKE IT NEEDED MUCH AS THE WHEEL CYLINDER ON IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, THE BRAKE SHOES STILL HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF MATERIAL AND THE OUTER MADE IN USA TIMKEN WHEEL BEARING LOOKED IN REMARKABLY GOOD SHAPE AS IF IT HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED NOT LONG AGO OR COULD IT BE THE ORIGINAL ? OLD ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS WAGON BOOSTED ABOUT IT HAVING INDEPENDENT FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS SO THEY ARE LIKE OVERSIZED FACTORY BUCKETS. THE TOP OF THE FRONT SEATS NEED APOLSTERY AND BOTTOM COLORS DONT MATCH SO THEY SHOULD BE RE APOLSTERED. THE REAR TOP OF THE SEAT IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD SHAPE AND HAS THE STOCK BOTTOM BUT THE BOTTOM NEEDS APOLSTERY. THE HEADLINER IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD SHAPE. ALL DOOR PANELS ARE THERE. MOST OF THE ORIGINAL VINYL FLOORING IS STILL THERE AND THE METAL UNDERNEATH IS IN GOOD ENOUGH CONDITION TO FIBERGLASS. I TOOK A POWERFUL CONTRACTORS SHOP VACUME AND THOUROUGHLY VACUUMED UNDER THE STOCK FLOORING MATERIAL AND CHEMICALLY TREATED THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT THREE TIMES IN PREPARATION FOR FIBERGLASSING. THE FIRST PICTURE OF THE MOTOR SHOWS HOW I GOT IT AFTER I INSTALLED ITS AIR FILTER, WITH ITS OLD OVERSIZED BATTERY AND OLD BRAKE MASTERY CYLINDER. THE NEXT PICTURE OF THE MOTOR HAS THE NEW SPARK PLUG WIRES, NEW SPARK PLUGS, THE NEW DISTRIBUTOR CAP & ROTOR, THE AIR CLEANER INSTALLED WITH NEW AIR FILTER AFTER BEING BLASTED INSIDE AND OUT AND HAND SANDED AND ITS NEW BATTERY. THERES PICTURES OF THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT IS LESS THE AIR FILTER, LESS THE NEW BATTERY AND LESS THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER TO FACILITATE HOURS OF SANDING TO BRING SOME OF THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT METAL TO A SHINE IN PREPARATION FOR NEW ORIGINAL PAINT. ONE PICTURE SHOWS THE NEW BLUE ORIGINAL COLOR PAINT AROUND THE BRAKE MASTERY CYLINDER AREA BEFORE BEING INSTALLED. LAST PICTURE OF THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT WAS TAKEN 8-7-14 AFTER NEW ORIGINAL BLUE COLOR PAINT WAS APPLIED IN THE MASTERY CYLINDER AREA WITH ITS NEW MASTER CYLINDER INSTALLED. BRAKE PEDAL IS FINALLY FIRM ! ITS MISSING THE STOCK COLUMN SHIFT HANDLE BUT I JUST PURCHASED AN NEW OLD STOCK HANDLE FOR IT ! THINKING I WOULD NOT FIND A SHIFT HANDLE FOR IT, I BOUGHT A COMPLETE 59 AMC CAR VERSION OF THE WAGON SAME COLOR SAME EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE CAR VERSION HAS THE SHIFTER, MUCH NICER FRONT BUMPER, NICER GRILL, NICER FENDERS AND HOOD. SECOND TO LAST PICTURE IS OF THAT CAR. BUY NOW PRICE INCLUDES THE COMPLETE PARTS CAR IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHEN I RAN IT ON 8-6-14 I FED IT GAS THROUGH A GAS CAN TO THE FUEL PUMP BECAUSE GAS TANK SHOULD BE CLEANED OUT, THE GAS TANK FILL HOSE NEEDS REPLACING, THE GAS TANK VENT HOSE THAT GOES ADJACENT THE GAS TANK FILL HOSE NEEDS TO BE RE ATTACHED TO THE TANK AND THE METAL RING TO HOLD THE GAS CAP ON IS MISSING. THE LAST PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM THE MOVIE "MYSTERY MEN" WHEN THE MYSTERY MEN SUPERHEROS CONFRONT THE VILLAIN "CASANOVA FRANKEINSTEIN" AND BEN STILLER IS ABOUT TO "RAGE" ON CASANOVAS CORVETTE LIMO. A VERY COOL CLASSIC WAGON FOR COMIC CON SUPERHEROES TO RIDE IN. ANY FORM OF PAYMENT INCLUDING PAY PAL MUST COMPLETELY CLEAR BEFORE PICK UP OR SHIPPING. LOCAL CASH PICK UP IS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED. IF YOU DONT HAVE PAY PAL AND WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE, PLEASE CONTACT ME. 619-5184258 THANK YOU.

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