Re: Auction in Missouri

[Jock J Jocewicz <namdra@xxxxxxxx>]

Tommy,
  In your post (below) you said: "I think it's a shame that the owner
didn't take the rarity into account before butchering it into a drag
car."  Boy, this brought up old memories of 2 national/international AMC
clubs that used to tell their members that NAMDRA members were butchers
because a lot of our members modified, souped up, etc. their AMC's and
drag raced them, not restored them to concours condition, show quality or
trailer queens. One of the aforementioned clubs is now defunct but NAMDRA
is still going strong. I personally feel that each person has the right
to restore, modify, race, trailer queen or whatever their AMC's and
whatever turns them on and more power to them. We all have the things we
enjoy and as long as they are legal - go for it. But what boils me is you
saying someone that makes a drag car is a butcher. I don't know if you
have ever drag raced for fun or money but I think I can safely say that
those of us that race our AMC's really enjoy doing so, win or lose. 
 
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:16:41 -0700 Tommy Clayton <top_cat57@xxxxxxx>
writes:
> I spent Saturday at the Sherm Smith car auction in Cape Girardeau, 
> Mo.  Wearing my AMC T-shirt, I went seeing if there would be any 
> Kenosha iron among the 300 or so vehicles auctioned.  A Metro 
> hardtop (billed as a '50 model) went through before I got there.  I 
> would say it was a 3- or 4+ car and should have brought around 
> $2,000, but what do i know?  There was also a nice hunter green '69 
> Javelin SST, 390/4-speed.  It was apparently entered by a dealer in 
> Indiana.  It sold for $17,000.  I would have guessed between $10,000 
> and $15,000, going in.  It was nice, but not perfect.  And finally, 
> there was a '60 American 2-dr. out front on a trailer.  It's owner 
> apparently had Rambler mentality as he didn't want to pay an auction 
> fee!  It had auto and cont. kit and a $6,500 price tag, which I 
> considered about $2,000 too much.  But if anyone's interested, the 
> number is (618) 525-6346.  
> Another thing: on ebay is a '62 Rambler sedan delivery.  This is the 
> first one I've ever seen, and was not even sure one was ever made.  
> I think it's a shame that the owner didn't take the rarity into 
> account before butchering it into a drag car.  Am I the only one who 
> feels this way?  Opinions?  
> Tommy Clayton
> Caruthersville, Mo.
> 
> '69 AMX 343/4-spd, #12495
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