Re: Eagle's (Kammbacks/ crusher news

[KSiroonian@xxxxxxx]

Trying to restore some of the good ole regular models of any make has to be more for the love of the hobby or the emotional value of the car, as even non amc cars probably wont bring much as an investment, but I think most peopel find the value in restoring something due to a special memory or event that they can enjoy regardless of the possible ROI. Or they justr palne like the car. Thats what is important to many. But, I guess thats why we used to find many pretty good shape AMC cars in the junk yards, just not worth it to fix up due to the cost of labor and parts versus a new or other previosuly enjoyed used car. On a similar note, I re vistited a junk yard near me recently that I had not been to in a few years, heard this place had 3000+ cars, a real old place. And many amc's due to the strkng amc business in the area. Well when I went back last week, they had been in the process of crushing 2500 cars over the last  year or so, due to the price of steel. They were crushi!
 ng everything, regardless of make, and this guy never got rid of anything. When I asked if he had any amc's he said there might be one.... over there down the hill. Well, shocked I was, as I passsed a 79 pacer wagon LTD, pretty well crushed, but a few good pieces, then an alliance sedan, it looked like a convertible, not much left to that, another alliance, then a 77 hornet wagon, red with the wood panels, some good trim, hood and grille, and pretty decent red individual reclining seats, an 80 concord 2dr and 81/81 spirit sedan- both with the gm 4 cylinder. it seems like those gm 4's are appearng more, a matador coupe, and I think another concord or spirit. I wasn't prepared to grab anything- didnt brng any tools and really didnt expect to find anything, so only took a few things, will be back to grab some more if they are still there, though not much good on any of this stuff, other than the hornet- he'll have to pull the front of it away from a tree. It was a quick, last !
 minute trip. Kind of nice to know that, as a percentage of stuff, ther
e was still a few amc's. I heard he had lots of amcs before, so I wonder what was really good that got crushed. Oh well, cant save them all. regards.
Regards.



On April 19, 2005 Jesse wrote:

> Though you might make a few pennies on a runner if you
> get it cheap enough, I would not plan on making much
> on it.  Sure it was rare and (IMO) a pretty cool car,
> but that doesn't make it valuable to anyone else.
> 
> I have found that saving AMC's has to be a labor of
> love unless they are one of the High Performance
> models or a pristine example of something else.  Last
> year I could hardly give away a 68 SST Ambo 2 dr 343
> HT that was a running driver (though far from
> pristine) and ended up selling it to a non AMC
> enthusiast.  No hard feelings, but it drove the point
> home.
> 
> For a perspective on your Kammback, I sold an SX4,
> running and driving for $800.  Everything worked on
> the car; it had one rust spot in the rear wheelwell
> and needed an exhaust, but the fellow was able to
> drive it home.  That price doesn't leave much room for
> repairs and acquisition cost... regardless, I was
> happy to save a running driver from the crusher, which
> is where it was headed.... would still have preferred
> to made some money though!
> 
> This car sounds great if you want to keep it.  I have
> a Kammster and LOVE it!
> 
> Have a great weekend,
> 
> Jesse
> 
> 
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