FOR SALE - FREE: 66 Classic Convertible

[Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>]

Friends,

I decided to pick up the car described below, but I have been trying to 
nail down a contractor for a garage to put it in for five months now.  I 
have **finally** gotten a contract with one, thankfully.  It's going to be 
a nice garage, too -- 21' x 60'.

However, I've probably worn out the owner's patience, and since it's still 
going to be another two months before the garage goes up, it would be 
better to offer this car to anyone who will get to it faster than me.

If you want it, it's FREE.  You just have to come and get it.

One request - there are few enough Ramblers left.  It would be better for 
the hobby if this car were preserved/restored rather than parted.  There 
are already plenty of Classics left in junkyards, even today -- and THOSE 
we likely can't ever get back.  If you want this one, please commit to 
restore it.

I will help you make arrangements to get it.  Call 804-288-2766 or write me 
at Rambler@xxxxxxxxxx  Thanks!!

If you have a Yahoo! login, you can get copies of the photos I took of the 
car here:

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

If you don't have a yahoo login, they are free (although they do ask a lot 
of nosy questions (but who said you had to answer them truthfully??).


> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:04:30 -0500
> From: Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: BODY PARTS WANTED: 66 Classic Convertible
>
>
> 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
>
> **************************************************************************
>
> 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
>
> **************************************************************************


-- Marc Montoni