Nothing like a plain jane stripper with a big engine and dogdish caps. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> > I applaud your convictions Kent! I have to tell you though, 550 wagons are hard > to come by because they were the bottom of the line. Plenty were made, but since > they were "plain jane" strippers with few options and basic power and trans, > they were simply worked to near death and put out to pasture... if there was > much left to put out. People save the optioned out cars with better power and > more trim. Still, I've seen a few bare bones cars restored to all their factory > not-quite-glory. It's refreshing to see one at a show full of their more decked > out siblings! > > --------------------- > Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:22:54 -0500 > From: "KENT ANDERSON" <65marlin327@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > I appreciate those who have asked about the Rebel so far. Let me make a couple > of comments here. I don't want to part it out. It's still a solid car, and is > worthy of saving. The body is very tight, though it does have a few dents. The > floor suffered from the previous owner taking it down through Mexico almost > every year. This car was highly traveled in, and was even set up as their > "hotel room" on wheels. I've removed most of those items, as I had planned on > making this my new daily driver, saving my Marlin for shows. However, I just > haven't had the time to devote to this car. I feel bad about that, as it is a > nice looking car, and shouldn't take all that much to resurect. If I can't put > it into the hands of someone who will restore it, I'll just hang on to it, and > save it, myself, eventually. As I understand it, 550 wagons are pretty rare, > and this wouldn't be too hard to bring back to life. > > -- > Frank Swygert > Publisher, "American Motors Cars" > Magazine (AMC) > For all AMC enthusiasts > http://farna.home.att.net/AMC.html > (free download available!) > > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list