BODY PARTS WANTED: 66 Classic Convertible

[Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>]

Friends,

Yesterday I went to look at a 66 Classic CONVERTIBLE being given 
away.  It's near Fredericksburg VA.

A tree landed on the car.  Fortunately, it seems to have damaged only the 
quarter panel and doesn't seem to have destroyed much of anything 
else.  I'd like to price out trying to fix her up.

It needs the following panels:

	1) #448-4189 - driver's side quarter panel
	2) #___________ - the gussets that attach the trunk floor to the quarters
	3) #3536298 - panel that goes under the trunk lid and connects the two 
quarters

It will probably also need #351-5649, which is the panel that the door 
striker is mounted upon.

If any of you vendors have these panels, or if any of you with a two-door 
hardtop parts car wish to Sawzall the entire assembly off your car and sell 
it to me for a couple of hundred or less, please write me.

I haven't picked up the car yet, whether I do or not will be determined by 
whether or not I think it can be repaired reasonably.  If I can find the 
quarters (cheaply, I intend to bring it straight to a body shop.

If you have a Yahoo! login, you can see photos of this car here:

	http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanMotors/lst

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Now the fun stuff.  Here's the door & VIN tag codes and their translation:

	BODY	A006681
		A = body built at
		the Kenosha Lake Front
		plant
		0066891 = 6,681st body completed at that plant.
	MODEL	6617-5
		66 = 1966 model
		17 = Classic 2-door Convertible
		-5 = "770" model
	TRIM	671-V
		6 = 1966
		7 = "770" trim level
		1 = black (paint code N-45 semi-gloss, R-86 suede finish)
		-V = "Vinylair" vinyl seats
	PAINT	18-A
		18 = Grenada Green, Metallic
		-A = Acrylic
	CAR BUILT SEQ	W-039595
		W = "West" assembly line, Kenosha Main Assembly Plant
		039595 = 39,595th car built on that line.
	VIN	A6KA75G104671
		A = American Motors
		6 = 1966 model year
		K = Plant of manufacture (Kenosha)
		A = Automatic Column Shift
		7 = 2-door convertible
		5 = "770"
		G = 232 6 cyl 2 bbl
		104671 = 4,670th car ordered & scheduled for production in 1966

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-- Marc