Re: [Amc-list] 73 Javelin Parts Car

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I had a friend back in 78-79 that bought an honest to [insert higher power here] 67 Caprice or Impala.
2dr hardtop loaded with a 427 in it for $75!!!  I could be off a year or two. he found it while working a road cleanup crew as summer job. They'd been clearing along a road and he saw it sitting by shed, so he went back after work and saw the fender badging!!!
   The woman who owned sold him "that old thing" for that measly $75!  
He towed it home and got it running.
   You guessed it, he pulled the engine and junked the car! It was a nice car too. He then offered the engine up to me for $300!!! I turned him down. It was 78-79 and that was big money to me for a chebbie motor...
   Of course I actualy bought a 71 Torino that someone had transplanted a 428CJ motor trans and rear into for $175! It was sideswipped but repairable, I pulled the engine and trans and sold them, sold the N case 31 spline rear.
Junked the body...

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I would agree with you Mark,  the trouble seems to be that Ambo's aren't
> getting the interest that the other cars are. I do know a couple guys who
> have Ambos that they found and are keeping them because they are collector
> guys. When the value of AMX's, Javelin's, Machine's and SC/Rambler's gets to
> be way up there, people will begin looking at the other cars with a more
> appreciative eye. Now if the AMBOs and Hornets and Matadors can survive
> until then is another question/problem.
> If this will console you at all, I used to, and I'm sure others have too,
> part out big boat GM cars too, just to put that 396 into a Camaro or
> something, so it isn't just occurring in the AMC hobby. Thing is, now those
> big boat GM cars are worth more so they survive a little better. Mopar is
> the same way. So is Ford. All of them have been through the routine. If you
> read Car Craft, they always talk about grabbing engines out of salvage yards
> from big cars to take home and put in muscle cars or whatever.
> 
> Armand
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Archimedes" <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] 73 Javelin Parts Car
> 
> 
> >
> > >> Parting out a
> > >> perfectly good car really isn't such a bad thing as long as the end
> result
> > >> is not crushing what's left. Let's face it, race cars have to begin
> > >> somewhere, and parting out nicely preserved cars to make them into race
> only
> > >> cars is a very good way to save AMC iron.
> >
> >
> > I was referring to "tunnel-vision parting", where a guy will take a
> driveable, not-totally-rusted-out Ambassador, and tear it apart just to get
> the 401 motor out of it.  I agree that rustbuckets that are probably not
> salvageable are OK to part.  On the other hand, how many AMX's have been
> brought back to life with new floor pans and quarters and other work that no
> one would bother with on an Ambo?
> >
> > I can't count how many eBay auctions I've seen that go something like:
> >
> > "401 motor and other parts from a cherry, unrusted original lo mile
> Ambassador...  I drove the car home, ran perfect....  Other parts available
> as well..."
> >
> > I know, it isn't my business...  Yes, a lot of these are non-car guys,
> just wrenches trying to make a buck.  But a lot of them are AMC hobby guys
> who will destroy a perfect Ambo just for the motor for their AMX.  I think
> it's a shortsighted way to particpate in the AMC hobby and in all
> probability will shorten the life of the hobby in the long run.
> >
> > We in the hobby all need to get in the habit of taking a model we wouldn't
> normally save for a ride before parting it out.  Just to see if a smile
> doesn't come to your face.
> >
> > -- Marc
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