Re: mail Digest for 5 Apr 2006 in hour 11:00

[Michael Bailey <route66rambler@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> > From: AMC74Hornet@xxxxxxxxx (Mr. AMC)
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 07:23:59 -0400
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> MacsOrphanCarGroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>         mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Grill Resto Work
> 
 ..The materials I
> have used are plastic model sheeting, plexiglass,
> the Plastic Welding
> System 2 part epoxy, JB Weld and Crazy Glue Gel. The
> flat black paint
> will be Plasticote sandable primer, the silver will
> be East coast Argent
> silver rally wheel paint, not a bright silver. Then
> it all will be
> topped off with Eastcoast's Diamond satin clear.
> 
--------> I may have missed this earlier, but where do
you get the plastic model sheeting?  Do hobby shops
still sell that kind of stuff?  Heck, are there even
still hobby shops anymore? :)                         

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 Subject: Re: Positive Press For AMC's For A Change
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:22:13 -0700
> 
> On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 03:26, Mr. AMC wrote:
> > It's about time we finally see some significant
> positive press for our
> > cars that doesn't have a snide remark attached to
> it. I say we should
> > all support those publications. I just subscribed
> to Hemmings.
> 
> Oh yeah, Hemmings Classic Car (and Muscle Car) are
> very very AMC
  positive... 
> 
> Hell there's a Gremlin on the cover this month. I
> think EVERYONE here
> should get one, or both. 
> ...they cover the fringes
> of the muscle car scene, not just the usual
> suspects.
> 
> We asked for it, we got it, support it!


-------> Hear, hear! Harrumph! Absolutely we should.


> > Subject: flower cars, Re: mail Digest for 4 Apr
2006
> in hour 20:00
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:24:54 -0700
> 
> On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 08:04, Michael Bailey wrote:
> 
> >         ----------> I know an old orphan car guy
> here in town who owns
> >         a 39 Ambassador flower car.  
> 
> What in our tar-nation (asphalt see to sea) is a
> flower car?!
> 
--------> A flower car is a specially built limousine
made and modified just to haul flowers, for things
like funerals, weddings, parade etc.  They look sort
of like an el Camino version of a hearse. Some of the
modifications include things like water tank and pump,
coolers on board for bouquets and stuff like that,
custom rear windows and coachwork(all hand-beaten).
There is a flower-car society and also a more general
purpose service or utility car society. I'll see if I
can find their names and contacts if you're
interested. 


> 
> > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:15:26 -0700 (PDT)
> From: russ hathaway <russh97309@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: 70 AMX grill
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Route 66; You asked the very question that I posed
> to
> a hot rod shop in town. The grill on my 70 looks
> good
> once all the plastic stops vibrating. I don't
> approach
> the grill from the front anymore, either.
> The shop will make up an aluminum grill with running
> lights and blinkers from a gremlin (nice chrome
> housing) for about $700. It will be solid, shiny and
> about 3X cheaper than a replacement grill. Plus a
> local guy has offered me $5oo for my old grill.
> I have pondered this route for about a year
> now.....Russ
> 
-------> That was originally Hal Lynch who posted
about possibly going the billet route.  We talked on
the phone, and it was just a difference in
terminology. He was talking about handcrafting, i.e.
in sheet stocks, where billet is actually a solid
chunk, like an ingot.
  I went through some various possibilities for
methods and materials, and I think you've hit on it
right there. The only other really suitable way at any
real price point is in fiberglass. With something like
a 70 AMX, those prices are probably cheap. If you're
reading this, Hal, maybe you and Russ should get
together on this. I think if you can put together a
quantity of 5-10, you might get a slight break. There
could be a market there, with real grilles going over
1000 bucks.
mike




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