Re: [AMC-list] rebuilding older cars (was: cash for clunkers)

["Dan Strohl" <DStrohl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank-
Interesting idea. It may not work in the U.S., but maybe it'd work in a
foreign country that imports all of its cars anyway? Say, any one of the
Caribbean island countries. Maybe even Cuba if the trade embargo is ever
lifted - they're already used to rebuilding old cars.
dan




Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:17:17 -0400
From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] cash for clunkers
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The idea that an entire car could be recycled AS a car again got me to
wondering about cost and such a few years ago. I did a bit of research
(admittedly with a lot of "guesstimates" for some pricing, but based on
reasonable research) on that. The goal was to take a fairly common
mass-market car like the GM A body (82-96 Chevy Celebrity, Pontiac 6000,
Olds Ciera/Cutlass Cruiser, Buick Century) and totally rebuild them into
like-new cars. The A body would be easy to change the looks since the
body shell has a flat front and back with a relatively thin fascia.
While the main car looks the same across the board, the fascias changed
enough after several years and between brands that the cars were easy to
face-lift -- exactly what the designers had in mind. It's a nice
mid-size car that was reasonably well built too.
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