68 Ambassador restomod

[yellowsportwagon]

A friend gave me this as a rebuilder. The original front suspension was broken so I went a different direction. I put a Revell NASCAR chassis under it. The 401 AMC engine came from a Jeep Honcho kit. Iceman Hellcat supercharger and Steven Zimmerman’s beautiful wheels round it out.

[moparfarmer]

Looks real good and color and stance are spot on..Very well done and super clean..

[bisc63]

+1; that's a really nice looking model! Well done.

[Venom]

Very nice. The wheels fit the body style nicely and the paint color looks great!

Edited January 22, 2022 by Venom

[Bills72sj]

VERY NICE! Well executed restomod!

[ChrisR]

LOOKS GREAT!

[Dodge Driver]

Great job on the mods while staying true to the factory look.

[yellowsportwagon]

3 hours ago, Dodge Driver said:

Great job on the mods while staying true to the factory look.

Thanks man! I feel most sixties car look their best before some yahoo starts messing with the body. I feel if they sit right with  the right wheels and some modernizing of the suspension and engine that’s all they need. 

[cobraman]

Very classy looking model, well done.

[FLHCAHZ]

Very nice!

[afx]

Awesome!

[PappyD340]

Looks fantastic, well done!

[Snake45]

Very very VERY nice and something you don't see every day! Extremely well done and model on! 

[Scott8950]

Nice job

[1972coronet]

Great save ! Your choice of colours really ties the whole look together. Good on you for keeping it AMC-powered, too !

[Beamerman]

Amazing! I´ve never seen one build cool like that! Great job!

[espo]

Beautiful looking build. When built in this fashion you can see just how good looking these cars were if done correctly. I like the NASCAR chassis as this also gives a nice stance and suspension. The paint finish and color along with the trim details look great. 

[Koellefornia Kid]

Awesome! Never saw an Ambassador looking that nice! Great colour, wheels and stance! ???

[Can-Con]

Love that !! Great to see something unique. ???

[Sportabout]

This is cool AMC and very clean build.
Very smart decision to change the chassis because Jo-Han used wrong coil spring and torque tube rear suspension in this model although '68 Ambassador used open driveshaft and four-link axle-location system.

[yellowsportwagon]

37 minutes ago, Sportabout said:

This is cool AMC and very clean build.
Very smart decision to change the chassis because Jo-Han used wrong coil spring and torque tube rear suspension in this model although '68 Ambassador used open driveshaft and four-link axle-location system.

True I forgot about that part

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Tim!

Wow, very nice, unique, and worthy of a booth at the SEMA Show. You dared to be different, bravo!

CT 

[bogger44]

Dude that is wicked awesome!  Great choice in going with a NASCAR chassis, that stance is just right.  I'm in agreement with leaving the body alone (though I'm usually ok with some small mods) when restomodding cars from this era, suspension, wheels/tires, and engine are all that is needed.  

[satterwhite78]

Beautiful!  Hadn't seen any posting of late but knew something good was gonna come out of your garage!

[yellowsportwagon]

16 minutes ago, satterwhite78 said:

Beautiful!  Hadn't seen any posting of late but knew something good was gonna come out of your garage!

Chuck I haven been as motivated as usual since I had my shoulder rebuilt. Not because of the shoulder just not in the mood I guess. But it’s coming back and I’ve got a metric ton of unfinished projects!!