Re: [Amc-list] Haggerty News features AMX as an emerging good value

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My wife's first car was a 71 Ford Torino.
In 73 they junked it because it fell apart due to cheap crap steel that Ford had gotten a good deal on. 
  Now does anyone remember that!
Not many AMC's or Ramblers around these parts, as yes they were cheap cars, good cars. The people drove them year around till they actually fell apart....
  Same goes for cheaper model Fords, Chevies and Dodges. All used up and rusted away. Here in the rust belt when you park'em they rust away. Same with the deep south along the coastal areas.
   The people that talk about the AMC's being poorly made and prone to rust over other makes are the same people that think AMC"S 390 is a Ford engine and the 327 is made by Chevy. These people have theri minds made up. Convining them other wise can be nigh on to impossible.
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- "Swygert wrote: 
> As far as rust is concerned, I don't think the AMCs rust out any faster,
> and likely fare better. The exception might be in salty areas. Used AMCs
> were typically the "winter beater" as used cars with low resale value.
> Now that they are getting more collectible/valuable, people are finding
> they didn't fare well as far as rust. Not because they were more
> susceptible to rust, but because they were more exposed and taken less
> care of. People here in Dover are careful to wash cars after the snow
> and ice is gone, unless it's just a beater not expected to last more
> than a few years.
> 
> That's a problem I have with lots of people's snide remarks about
> Ramblers "falling apart" on them. Most of those were bought well used
> (all but worn out!) and hadn't been taken care of because they were the
> beater. The car just happened to last long enough to be passed on/sold
> to someone else DESPITE being badly abused, then someone has the nerve
> to state how much of a POS they remember Ramblers/Pacers/Gremlin/etc.
> being!! The Javelin and AMX fared a bit better because of their
> muscle/pony car image, but a lot of them were beat to death in other
> ways too. 
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