Re: [AMC-list] nice 74 amc hornet spoortabout in auction no reserve

[wrambler242 <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack, Eddie kinda says it is not his. Soooo? ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Dale" <mercendarian@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:26:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] nice 74 amc hornet spoortabout in auction no
> reserve
> Dear Eddie: You don't tell us the engine/transmission/does it have AC.
> And you should try to beg, borrow, "steal(borrow with INTENT to
> return, after copying the parts!)", Gucci-parts, because that could
> add as much/more than what it would cost to do, and Ensure that your
> highest price was reached at auction. It's a color that some
> Gucci-sportabouts came in. I've seen several, and they are AWESOME.
> You'd need seat-covers, door panels, and the emblem which was on the
> front fenders mid-way between the leading edge of the front door and
> the rear of the front wheelwell. The Gucci emblem could be done as a
> 3-D replication, or as a sand-cast of pot-medal, painting/enameling &
> plating it once it cools, and because they were straight-stripes of
> various colors, an upholstry shop COULD "reproduce" the
> Gucci-striping, on new/old seat bottoms & door panels. You'd SAY,
> maybe, its a HERESY to take a Non-Gucci and make it a Gucci--it
> wouldn't match the
> trim code on the door. I don't know if the trim would say "spec" for
> special, or what. I...would say that I knew of a guy that wanted one,
> and when another one got wrecked, he changed-out the interior/emblems,
> and I would excuse it, because people could THEN SEE how COOL AMC cars
> could Be, back in the day. I don't see it as any different than some
> of these Classic-owners taking a sedan body off of a Pierce-Arrow or
> Packard and putting on a long-wheelbase roadster-boat-tail body, or
> other exotic. I didn't see the interior from the pictures, and often,
> if the interior isn't shown, it's damaged or simply "tired" and
> needing a "redo." I hope this helps. Oh yeah, they didn't offer the
> Gucci-Sportabout in '74, but they did in '72-73, and should have in
> '74, imo.
> ________________________________
> From: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: baadassGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 7:40 PM
> Subject: [AMC-list] nice 74 amc hornet spoortabout in auction no
> reserve
> My beautiful all original 1973 AMC Hornet Sportabout station wagon
> will be sold at a no reserve auction this Sunday, Feb 24th at
> McCormick's classic car auction in Palm Springs, CA. Check my car out
> here:
> http://www.classic-carauction.com/auction_details.cfm?pagesubid=37&auctionid=5796
> Tom Hamilton tommgb2001@xxxxxxxxx 818-551-1872
> not mine above but looks like a clean car.
> Eddie Stakes
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825 days
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/
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