A photo album of the life and resurrection of the American Metal Products car, (or AMP CAR), built and submitted to Kaiser-Frazer in 1948, which resulted in the design and production of Kaiser's "Henry J" model. Why not learn more about Henry J. cars and the Kaiser-Frazer Owner's club? go to: http://members.tripod.com/~ben1937/kfoci.htm tw....... Update, October 22, 2005: Final painting has begun...go to last page! Update, Nov. 14, 2005 = All of the panels are painted, albeit with some really bad runs on the fenders and doors, likely due to inadequate lighting and zealous carelessness on the part of the AMPster "director." Further sanding is being done on the two rear fenders, the worst panels, and they are almost ready to be reprimed and painted again. VALUABLE LESSON: Don't try to paint more than about two panels at a time - (but have another one prepped and ready to paint in case I have too much paint left in the gun - this stuff has a short "pot life!" tjw.....CHATROOM FOR THIS PROJECT IS: - -- (Because of an insideous recurring spam advertisement, the chatroom for this site has been changed to ; http://www.theautochannel...ere%21&frame=frameset ).. - June 2, 2006, Except for interior wall and door upholstery and headliner, and some horn switch troubleshooting and a few other minor details, the AMP car is done today. Further work will have to be done at a later time, as time, parts, and finances become available. It has been seven long years, and many other projects await my attention. Thanks for visiting the AMP Car Project site!! Tom Wilson. http://www.theautochannel...frame=frameset......SEVEN LONG YEARS, FROM FEBRUARY, 1999 TO JUNE, 2006...THE A.M.P. CAR PROJECT .... CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO ENLARGE, THEN BROWSE FORWARD AND BACKWARD THRU THIS SITE TO READ THE CAPTIONS.
SCANNER LAYOUT OF AMP CARBURETOR FLOAT GASKET AND ACCELERATOR PUMP
We are looking for a rebuild kit for the AMP car's Stromberg carburetor. Here is a scan of the float bowl top gasket and the accelerator pump piston. The piston is 2.5 inches long, and the bore is 5/8 of and inch diameter. We now find a stamped mark directly on the top of the bowl cover = "34-46A" which we now suspect may be the carburetor #. tw
dear tom, it appears that you have a "BXV" or "BXOV" carburetor. yours might be an industrual application. Dodge used a similar carburetor in the 40's probably toward the 42-48 era. the number you found probably is the carb #. it is in the correct location. i had a stomberg on my 67 fury 318 and the number was 19-273, so that series of numbers is a reasonable possibility. find a carburetor shop that has been around a long time and does all sorts of carburetors. strombergs were used on buicks up to about 1961 as well as old gmc trucks. someone who works on them and is familiar with them will know where to get parts. also find a NAPA store that has been around a long time, especially one that has handled their echlin fuel system parts long enough to still have a unit parts guide. it's an old paper catalog with listings by carb# not vehicle application. they usually list the repair kit, float and possibly a choke thermostat or needle and seat. you will want to look for the oldest guy there, as he will probably be the only one who will know what you are talking about. good luck! p.s. you could try fred kanter in boonton, n.j. if you have no luck elsewhere.
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