Re: almost amc/eagle premier

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My dad still works at Tewells in Uniontown, Pa and just a month or so ago he towed two Premiers to the junk yard and sold them for scrap! One was beautiful and needed a transaxle only.
The other ran and drove perfect, but was all beat to death and ratted out. Both cars had under 100,000 miles on them. They simply could not find anyone, including my dad, who was willing to take the trans out of the running car and put it in the non running car!
  So, They junked them both!
  I'm glad I didn't find out about them till after the fact!
Or I'd have taken them. I drove Premiers when they where new and while being just another quirkie Renault all dressed up they did run and drive nice. Especially out on the highway. They had excellent road fell for an 80's car. Nice tight stiff steering at highway speeds.

Mark Price
mpriceATwestco.net
Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
65 Ambassador 990H flood victim parts car!
01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4



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From: farna@xxxxxxx
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:48:41 -0400

>I agree -- sytle wise they are a rather "timeless" modern design. I think longevity was one thing AMC/Renault wanted, given the cost to re-tool cars nowadays. A simple grille/taillight revision on occasion updates the car nicely, as was done to turn it into a Dodge Monaco for a little increase in sales. 
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>Since Renault pulled out of hte US market and Volvo stopped using the PRV V-6 around 1995 repair parts are expensive. Even tune-up parts (rotor and cap) are a bit pricey for the things. If it needs anything beyond that most people just toss it out since it doesn't have much in the way of resale value after it was "orphaned" by Renault then Chryco. Resale was just a little lower than contemporaries when it was still in production (everyone knew it wouldn't stay around for to long, it seems, and dealers didn't push them). Water pumps even have to be ordered. So when it came time for mid level maintenance (what I'd call a water pump, and maybe even timng belts... wait a minute, I think it uses a chain) or more major repairs, they were just parked. And god forbid there was a problem with the ZF auto transaxle! Those are used in Porsche, BMW, and some VW cars, though I'm not sure if it's the exact same model. Pricey to repair to say the least! 
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>On September 7, 2005 eddiestakes wrote:
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>> I always thought they were rather stylish, especially the interiors, for
>> their time and would not look out of place in 2005 body wise. Most were
>> rather loaded. 
>> If I
>> recall, it also seems that most of them had rolled 100K, so not sure if they
>> would get to 100K and OD; 
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