Re: [AMC-List] AMC-List Digest, Vol 8, Issue 14

["Gary Parente" <grparen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Gary Parente





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>    1. Re: Item number: 330008960552 (Sandwich Maker)
>    2. Re: Item number: 330008960552 (Mark Price)
>    3. Re: Mustang II Front suspension
>       (francis.swygert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>    4. Re: ebait: 330008960552/golf/scotch (Eddie Stakes)
>    5. Front Shocks for 63 American (JOE FULTON)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:29:50 -0400 (EDT)
>From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
>Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Item number: 330008960552
>To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>" From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>"
>" Hi John, well, on the golf course, having a swill. I hope that golf cart 
>is
>" AMC powered, and you not letting Paris Hilton drive it, let her drive
>" something else! Don't check your AMcyclopedia, check your video library
>" :~O). Speaking of scotch, I hope John is having a scotch, AMC's marketing
>" for the new AMX was just that in 1968. Back to 19 sixty eight.....
>
>being of scottish extraction - though not a golfer - i feel the need
>to interject a few comments.
>
>we all know that they call it 'golf' because all the other 4-letter
>words were already taken.  and 'golf' is 'flog' spelled backwards.
>
>but why do they play 18 holes?  well, it was the tradition to have a
>shot of whiskey after every hole.  now a shot glass is 1.5 oz and a
>bottle is 26...
>--
>amc content: no amcs were harmed in the production of this posting.
>we now return you to your regular amc program.
>________________________________________________________________________
>Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
>internet rambler                            is to see what all have seen
>adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 19:17:44 -0700
>From: Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Item number: 330008960552
>To: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>	amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>Geez, I'm jealous!!!!!!!! Man you guys can type a lot!
>My finger hurts if I try to type that much!!!!!!!!!
>--
>Mark Price
>markprice242ATadelphia.net
>Morgantown, WV
>
>
>---- Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi John, well, on the golf course,
>LARGEST SNIP IN HISTORY GOES HERE!
> > Ignore that shentensh: I may've put a put where I shoulda put a Pat.
> >
> > Fore!
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>Message: 3
>Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 03:24:27 -0000
>From: <francis.swygert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [AMC-List] Mustang II Front suspension
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>Date: Thursday, September 7, 2006 01:41 PM
>From: markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Anyone want to see a Mustang II suspension in an America?
>This one is pretty visisble for a look see.
>
>eBay Item: 200023321638
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>
>I saw this and saved the photos. Pretty neat installation, but still a
>lot of time, work, and money for no real gain. Modern rebuilt trunnions
>will accomplish the same for less time and $$$. If you're going the show
>car route and just have to have large front brakes and flashy suspension
>pieces, this is the way to go. In other words, if you have the money and
>just want to do it, take the time and money to do it right like that
>installation. Just don't expect anything more than "gee whiz" factor.
>Handling and ride may actually be worse -- there's a reason AMC used the
>high spring mounting since the mid 50s!
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>Message: 4
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 23:37:39 -0500
>From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [AMC-List] ebait: 330008960552/golf/scotch
>To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>"being of scottish extraction - though not a golfer - i feel the need
>to interject a few comments."
>
>Arrrr. Some of the place I have worked here in Houston have been
>Scotch/Irish/British pubs. One place, Grif's, the Irish national rugby team
>was in town for a exhibition. Guess what? So was the English national team.
>So they both end up at Grif's. I would rather fill a room full of Isralies
>and Palastineians than put those two groups together. Some serious hate
>there. It is easier filling a room with Auburn and Alabama fans on game 
>day,
>or for Iron Bowl than mixing up those two. Maybe Texas and Texas A&M fans 
>in
>same room. They....just...do...not....LIKE EACH OTHER.
>
>Hmmm...those Scotties did like Coors, and almost 20 years later I still am
>baffled at that, but all of them were drinking Coors. We had Harp, Guiness,
>Bass, over 30 beers on tap, but they wanted Coors in a can. Did I mention
>they like to sing? It looked like a Willie Nelson concert in there, not a
>full set of teeth. Of course I have heard those Brits like to eat 
>toothpaste
>on crackers, God knows they don't actually USE the stuff, would hate to be 
>a
>dentist in Britian, would go out of business.
>
>AMC content. When all hell broke loose in southern Lebanon a few weeks ago,
>they shows a lot of people escaping to Syria. In the ensuing madhouse to
>escape and in the traffic which looked like hurricane Rita here last year,
>there was a glimpse of a AMC wagon in traffic. Appeared to be a mid 1970s
>Ambassador or Matador, you could only see the back end of it. Not the first
>AMC seen caught in war...years ago when Iraq invaded Kuwait, people were
>fleeing to Jordan. Not one, but two AMCs were seen, a Hornet and a Gremlin,
>both loaded with people.
>
>Ah, onto better things, my guess is that Mahoney after a few pops is
>dreaming of this
>http://www.planethoustonamx.com/stuff/anglea_3.JPG
>hope he had a good 'score' no pun intended. As for scotch, here is a good
>page with all your favorites. Or to learn differences, and rate them from
>Glenlivet to Glenfiddich to Glenmorangie, have poured them all.
>http://www.scotchwhisky.net/
>Why buy that restored AMX (or two) when you can get a good scotch for
>$38,000?
>http://wealthwonders.blogspot.com/2006/06/high-end-liquors.html
>Cheers to Kenosha!
>
>Eddie Stakes'
>Planet Houston AMX
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>Message: 5
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 22:02:48 -0700 (PDT)
>From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [AMC-List] Front Shocks for 63 American
>To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>Are the FRONT shocks for the 63 American really rare?
>There's a pair on Ebay I may bid on, but I haven't
>seen a listing on Napa online for them and
>rockauto.com doesn't list them.  I have not checked
>the AMC vendors or Kanter.
>
>Also, was there an exhaust manifold gasket on the OHV
>196?  I have dismantled three of these engines in the
>last year and I can't remember whether there was a
>gasket or not.   My 63 American will need one freeze
>plug replaced (along with that pipe running along the
>engine to the heater core) and so the exhaust manifold
>will probably need to come off soon.
>
>Progress report:  I had four 15-inch x 4 1/2 inch
>station wagon wheels powder coated dark grey this week
>to replace the skinny four-inch wheels on the
>American.  I have new whitewalls and 63 dog dishes to
>go on the wheels to spiff it up some.  Can't leave
>well enough alone.
>
>Regards,
>Joe Fulton
>Salinas, CA
>
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