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Autoweek (Jim Shadwick) 11. For Sale: 2 AMC Pacers (Todd Tomason) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:29:48 -0500 From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Hey everyone, ending lurk mode, need parts To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <200608300729.48203.jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Jon! The last time we talked you were trying to get the new carb mounted. It's nice to see it coming along. Looks good! You'd better finish it up while you've got the chance. Before you know it you'll be busy with a wife, kids, and a monthly payment on a Matador station wagon. The only one I can help with is number 7. These should be available new from any of the AMC vendors. I think I bought mine from American Performance, but you can also try Kennedy or American Parts Depot. Later, Todd On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:10, Jonathan Jusczyk wrote: > Hi gang, not sure if any of you remember me, I've been on mega lurk mode > for at least a year now, been busy with finishing school, motorcycles, > and girls (now that's a bad combination if I've ever heard of one). > Graduated in May with two BSes in physics and math (anyone hiring?) and > moved back home to RI. I noticed Dave Borkman is in Saunderstown, > that's not far from me (currently in East Greenwich, RI). I've been > reading emails off an on, but just generally haven't had much time (and > of course was 200 miles from my car for four years). Some brown stuff > hit the proverbial list fan a while back, and that was when I really > sort of went into stealth mode. Glad to see familiar names are still > around. > > Anyway, I got my '73 Javelin back on the road again and it's finally > nearing completion, or at least looking like it's complete. The past > few weeks I've gotten it running again (had a bad battery, and later a > bad starter relay), painted the wheels, fixed the brakes, cleaned up the > volcano caps and put them on, sprung a leak in the radiator, and a few > other minor things. And since I've got some spare cash I'm looking for > some parts I've been missing. I uploaded a few photos to my flickr > account and numbered some of the parts. > > So here's what I'm looking for: > #1: Main driprail molding for the passenger side > #2, #3, #4: top, left, and right side front windshield moldings > #5: bottom rear windshield molding > #6: driver's side driprail corner piece > #7: the plastic clips that are used to attach the chrome trip on the top > of the door, I believe there are 20 in total > Pictures are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepcoma/228361705/ > > If anyone is in the RI/MA/CT area with any of these pieces, I'd love to > drive over there and pick them up. > > One more thing, does anyone know the whereabouts of Bill and Marylou > Kareiva? I bought my Jav from them, they were in Windsor, CT but that > was long ago, I'm sure they'd love to see it. If you're on the list, > please email me! > > Jon > '73 Javelin 304 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:16:49 -0400 From: "Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] AMC a 'Joke' - defined - X - To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <44F55781.28661.5C84763@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII "If a server isn't off, an online "archive" isn't working: where are the posts submitted between 12:44PM and 7:34PM on Thursday, August 24? AMC can't grow beyond a "car joke" status if AMC info can't be accessed. And if AMC as a hobby is a car joke, it may get fewer and fewer laughs each year." john m. === === this morning, scanning the amc-list while sitting at my DeLL rig, half watching SQUAWK cnbc on my 7" flat screen, [ my participation in the Flat Screen Consumptive Revolution ], I flashOmatic'd to the '68 - '71 street racing era of around here: an eclectic mix of warehouse workers, construction understudies & up 'n coming Bank Tellers - car junkies, 'Brothers in Arms' > but this one Saturday Afternoon blew up in memory : a recall'd conversation ABOUT AMC as : 'that Rambler car is a Joke' . I was hangings' my HUDSON on the ShopRite tarmac with some MoPar knuckle dredgers, enjoying the Sunoco 260 wafting the lot, in rolled a '70 Machine - the First I'd seen ever - and it sounded 'Suite 1' as it Tached a 'Blip' - trolling in Neutral - thru the lot - not stopping - just 'post - pissin' for the Blue Oval nest nearest the Exit - Up came the wtf is that quizzies from bewildered future Wal Mart Big 3 participants - 'dunno' - sounds nice - yeah - cool paint - yeah - fuck that > it's a Rambler > it's a Dog......... and wtf'ss a Rambler? got tossed - and it was off wall from there. Testimonies of how that Machine would be punished by Mouses' VW or 'ball-less' Buicks > the Honors were passed around but I stayed out of the conversation, oddly as my 'HUDD' stuck out like a Cheyrnobl Mushroom.. UNTIL....... one bright guy who could read, and exercised this rite piped up with : " nah,....... you're all full of shit....... that car would put you all away..... the AMC Machine has a 390 and is close to 400hp stock.......it'd eat your Lunch - dipsh*t........" I stood and listened to the cigarettes butts stumbling across the Tarmac , bouncing off the knuckles & elbows of our Street is Neat valedictorians - the silence was 'vacuous' - buhht....... interest about AMC & ensuing conversations were genuine - except for the one hold-out, spouted while porpoising a Budwiser / Marlro combo between dumbly unshaven grins - our Mascot. The long and short of it: AMC's were considered 'Expensive' - cool, but Expensive to buy and build. They didn't know where the Dealership was located either. Prices came up - " ...?.. I could buy a.." yah-da-yah" for that ! yah-da-yah...? AMC's were not covered a whole lot after the NASH advertising budget was lost to a penny pinching corporate makeover. AMC spent the monies in the 70s' for very hip Ads, but....... suddenly appearing on the 'Scene' - after years of flat head sixes - the Magazines weren't reviewing them - they were a niche' item - "Expensive" - and rare...... a : "who?" item. So, AMCs' are a 'Joke' - is straight from the lips of the illiterates who looked at pictures, could barely read - found solace amoung other illiterates during a BSsession remembering an AMX or Machine picture seen in Car Craft - vaguely , & would dump on it in order to have someone and something to talk to and / or about for a generous 45 seconds. AND - it hasn't changed much - EXCEPT, that now with the .net and as more 'Culture of Oddly Cool' permeates the Cruise In's, AMC is now strangely, the Darling of the Shows for the Spectators - and many 'other brand' car owners who appreciate 'Art Cars'. This is not to say that you will not catch a heel on the 'ruts' in the Astro Turf while at the Shows: God is still making 'dumb asses' with XXL sleeve lengths - and their slow growth stories revolve around Brand Loyalty and your ride is a pig...... 'perfect dinner guests'..... by any : standard ;) . I was going to pass on sending this in, except the blood trail john 'the impaler' mahoney has been leaving during his rash of AMC Ax Murders recently wasn't attracting any flies - goes to say , collectively, we're a mostly 'bludgeonedly contented' gathering of souls........ ....... so STICK IT where the Sun Shines John M. ! & don't let the Japanese Customs Officers find it in your carry on when they're 'tossin ya' after disembarking ;) and More AMC: - the 'New Thang' Corvette springy parts 'Love In' topic taking hold this week - yEaH bABy ! should that entire'Vette 'loop'd ' front end line up nicely, don't forget: IRS is just a must for anyone 'streeting' an AMC. I knew that Franks' 'Jiggy' Jaguar E- Jag rear suspension swap had left most all with sinus pressure and a feeling of inadequately adjusted briefs ... but I believe for many applications AMC - it would be easier than mounting the 'Vette item and a 'why didn't I do this sooner' super find embellishment. milnersXcoupe NEW YORK ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:38:05 -0500 From: "Munro, John" <John.Munro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] Needing a 4.0 Liter Head for Conversion from 4.2-(86 CJ7) To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <BBF0140983AA224BB73B56B66D78EC590A2D443C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Needing a 4.0 Liter Head for Conversion from 4.2 Liter 1991 or newer. These are high port, H.O. (High Output) heads used on all 4.0L Engines. Head casting # 7120 Hopefully this info is correct ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:54:52 +0000 From: msproviero@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Needing a 4.0 Liter Head for Conversion from 4.2-(86 CJ7) To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <083020061354.9856.44F598AC000D39B7000026802205886172019D0A0790019D9F9C03@xxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain 7120 is 1991-95. Good site for some general info on 4.0 performance: http://jeep4.0performance.4mg.com/ Explore the links - there's little tidbits all over the place. Click on "Stroker" along the top and then on the link in the text that says "From Junker To Stroker", which will take you to his page that talks about part selection for the guy's stroker build and lists a lot of casting numbers: http://www.angelfire.com/my/fan/selection.html -Spro -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Munro, John" <John.Munro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Needing a 4.0 Liter Head for Conversion from 4.2 Liter > > > > 1991 or newer. These are high port, H.O. (High Output) heads used on all > 4.0L Engines. > > > > Head casting # 7120 > > > > Hopefully this info is correct > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 8:49:00 -0700 From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] AMC a 'Joke' - defined - X - To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <31974717.1156952940525.JavaMail.root@web27> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I never got into the IRS end of it, Yet. It may well be easier to do a Jag rear then the Vette. On FeeBay right now in ALamaba is the perfect donor car. 1984 Flood Vette, Tuned port pulled and replaced with a Quadrabog, gutted missing interior, supposedly runs, Salvage Florida title, 16" cenetrlines, good skins, It was at like $300 yesterday with two days to go. No reserve. If it goes cheap it would be as clos eto a freee suspension as you can find. Alas, It is too far for me to try to acquire in my current condition. markprice242ATadelphia.net Morgantown, WV ---- Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > and More AMC: > - > the 'New Thang' Corvette springy parts > 'Love In' topic taking hold this week - yEaH bABy ! > > should that entire'Vette 'loop'd ' front end line up nicely, > don't forget: > > IRS is just a must for anyone 'streeting' an AMC. > > I knew that Franks' 'Jiggy' Jaguar E- Jag rear suspension swap had > left most > all with sinus pressure and a feeling of inadequately > adjusted briefs ... but I believe for many applications > AMC - it would be easier than mounting the 'Vette item > and a 'why didn't I do this sooner' super find embellishment. > > > > milnersXcoupe > NEW YORK > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:03:13 -0700 (PDT) From: russ hathaway <russh97309@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] trapped in the swamps of Salem To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <20060830180313.15108.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 So I'm leaving the library and it is raining. The first rain since Aug 2. Everyone left their windows open and an office "secretary" comes out at a fast clip. She is dressed perfectly, short tight skirt, perfect heels, nice rack, etc. Definately not hired for her typing skills. Her car is an Avalon and it is open, so she walks in the grass to close the window. Her heels sink into the suddenly wet grass and she goes down. She is trying to maintain some dignity and stay perfectly groomed, but it aint gonna work. Her hands and knees get dirty, her heels are mired and she is at a weird angle. Her dress is riding up and she is trying to stand and pull down her hem at the same time. What a show. Now I know you guys and gals are saying I am cruel for not assisting but I am laughing, inside of course, my fool head off at the sight of a grown adult being trapped by a two foot patch of grass, in the middle of the city. Finally an appropriatly dressed woman comes over to assist and my fun is over. Yeah, I'm evil......Russ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:25:18 -0400 (EDT) From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker) Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Needing a 4.0 Liter Head for Conversion from 4.2-(86 CJ7) To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <200608301825.k7UIPIq00872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> " From: "Munro, John" <John.Munro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> " " Needing a 4.0 Liter Head for Conversion from 4.2 Liter " " " " 1991 or newer. These are high port, H.O. (High Output) heads used on all " 4.0L Engines. " " " " Head casting # 7120 " " " " Hopefully this info is correct so far. #7120 was used '91-5. #0630 was used '96-8 and is nearly as good; #0331 '99-up and is widely considered crap: small ports and prone to cracking. only plus: coil pack mounting bosses for dis. the intake that goes with the #0331 is better than the '91-8; some say it's good for 20hp - and a like amount of torque - just by itself. it still fits all ho heads. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:25:07 -0400 From: "Mahoney, John" <jmahoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] IRS To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <E8DF38ACFC17F94998DE284C5CE4582A02202C5F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I cut instead of pasted yesterday's figures, >>too wide. iirc pacer track is wider even than the '60s big cars. so I'll take a second chance to do it right. >>Sly, the Pacer front clip isto wide for the small cars. It could Wider than '70s ['69+] bigs also: 60.2 F/61.3 R v. 59.901 F/60.001 R. Why write: "It's some Nash Rambler" and not "It's a '69 AMX 390/325"? Old cars that aren't butts of jokes earn respect through performance. On the racetrack, on the show field, and in [paper and online] print. MCR might add an AMC to its recent coverage of the 1974 Buick Apollo. All they need is a growing and spending collector car market for AMC. Start that trend with your own words and actions: virtual and online. Leave the "no va" stories to the other guys. And don't believe those "The name meant 'Nova, Omega, Ventura, and Apollo'" historians either. If AMC is as hot as you profess it is, and you're cool being AMC fans, then put the pedal to the metal and make AMC information better than. Pick a make; choose an era: learn from the worst; model on the best. Mark wrote: >> Some of the similarities in the specs from the C4 Corvette to the 65 Ambassador is scary and has me dreaming bad thoughts! << and he was dreaming about suspensions; what would he dream if he knew who worked on development of the -last- new car RAT designed for AMC? Such AMC spirit would show in the shine of the real Bloomington gold. That's the kind of information that should make Big 3 fans take a new look at "dumb old Rambler" --- but it's also the kind of info no real AMC fans seek. It might require looking beyond comfortable confines, studying seemingly unrelated things, and keeping an eye open for the unexpected. It might demand hard reading and involve major headwork. If head work is a way to make more AMC power, head work is ridiculed? Stop and smell the carbon: before you --- and AMC --- are fossilized. You think I should lay another "unknown" aspect of AMC history in an online lap? You think you -deserve- to read more than AMC historians have told in their many fine published words? You're joking, right? AMC is not a joke. Sometimes, everyone needs to slow down for a good laugh. "Anyone who's restoring a Rambler is beyond help anyway." - Red Green Against my better judgment (unless that train left about ten years ago), I will lay something else on you. Before the Tarpon, before the Marlin, before the '67 Rebel and Ambassador were finalized, three 1963 cars were built in a Big 3 plant. It took production convertibles off an assembly line and sent them to an even more specialized plant. The cars were torn down and rebuilt: their hoods, front fenders, front and rear bumpers, inner and outer doors and trunk lids were handmade in --- fiberglass. They were rebuilt as, gasp, fastbacks. They also were given new rear suspensions. (If you're as smart as you think you are, you know from which '63 car...) They were sent to the left coast, where their motivation was questioned, and a mysterious ministration (smoke and mirrors) was done to their iron hearts. They were about to face the world --- at least the world of Ford, Mopar, and the last of the independents (do you know all you want to know about the final racing history of -Studebaker-?) --- but they never did. No, something happened. And then were to be sent to the trash heap of automotive history. How sad. The rest of the story is fascinating. They died, yet they lived. They did exactly what they were built to do. "Now how," you ask, "were they related to AMC?" In two ways. For now and then. I'll let Mr. Milner write that. And illustrate with old photos. My ax has become too dull. Best, Imp PS --- For Brien (or anyone else who can't recognize tongue-in-cheek): A spark ignites an engine that drives an old-car hobby to a race lead. Would I spend ~40 years and lots of money if I thought AMC was a joke? Only if I really was crazy. And would AMCs be expensive v. Big 3 if more others thought similarly? Only if car nuts really are. Cause then AMCs wouldn't be joke fodder: "Ramblers" wouldn't be funny. A "Civic" was a barrel of laughs when a "Javelin" was a sharp machine. Honda is not a joke in 2006. Build [the best AMC community, network, and hobby] and they will come. Bash [the good and bad truths of AMC] and they will continue to laugh. Look beyond the AMC myopia. Open your eyes: to success. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:46:52 -0500 From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] ebay offerings To: <baadassGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <030901c6cc99$6be32a30$e8f3b148@piageedc1iqa5q> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Here are a few unusual ebay offerings this time around: Offenhauser valve covers: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330023630842 Rare 70 AMX heated rear window with switch, junction box http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330023631573 A set of 68-69 AMX Javelin tailights with housings http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330023632069 1966 AMX I auto show press release photo http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330023632481 Mission AMX Playboy poster http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330023636245 More to come including Spirit louvers, 71-72 AMX front bumper guards, ect. Here is the main link: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZeddiestakesQQhtZ-1 Eddie Stakes' Planet Houston AMX 713.464.8825 eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.planethoustonamx.com Email is currently HEAVY 5-12 day reply times, call if important ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:08:08 -0600 From: Jim Shadwick <idahoamx@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] Autoweek To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <44F660A8.6020505@xxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Check this out.... http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060828/FREE/60816012/1027/FREE -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/432 - Release Date: 8/29/2006 ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:44:10 -0500 From: Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AMC-List] For Sale: 2 AMC Pacers To: AMC List <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, baadassgremlins <baadassgremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <200608310644.10071.jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 For sale. Not mine. Contact the seller at mistyrayns@xxxxxxxxxx ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [K-cars_amccars] 2 AMC Pacers Date: Tuesday 29 August 2006 18:59 From: mistyrayns <mistyrayns@xxxxxxxxx> To: K-cars_amccars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I have 1975 & 1976 Pacers who are looking for a good home. I know there are enthusiasts (like me) out there who would really enjoy fixing up these cars. The '76 is red and was actually my 1st car as a teenager, and I accidentally used it to hit a road sign. It has a leaf spring through the floorboard...it hit the back of the driver's seat. It also has some minor front end damage and is damage to the rear corner on the driver's side. My husband installed a really nice stereo, but when we parked it, we took that and the seats out of it to save them from the weather. Unfortunately, the stereo was stolen, but we still have the seats. It has a clear title. The '75 is light blue and I had intended to use it as a parts car for two reasons: one, I don't have a title, and two, the floorboard is rusted through in several places. The seats are white leather and still look nice, though. I wanted to keep them until we saved enough money to fix up the '76, but one mortgage and two kids later, saving is the opposite of what we're doing. They've been sitting in a field for about six years. Anyway, if anyone knows someone who'd like a project, email me. The cars are sitting in Sibley, Missouri, which is about 30 minutes east of Kansas City and 10 minutes east of Independence. EMAIL ME FOR PHOTOS OR MORE INFORMATION! Thanks, Misty ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list End of AMC-List Digest, Vol 7, Issue 56 ***************************************