Re: [Amc-list] Orange Wins...and saving an old car

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My brother got his 66 Marlin for free from it's original owner.
52K on the clock.
No cowl corners or lower rockers or 1/4's
siezed 287.
He patched and plated and found used 287 to drop in.
A year and a half later he drove the Teal and White Marlin out to the original owners house and took her for a ride.
She sat in it and cried, cauae it was so nice compared to what they had given him.
That is a feeling you can't buy.
He had a new interior sewn up professionally and it looks like the day it rolled out of the show room.
The exterior is nice, but hey, it's Pa car,
 you guys would have junked it.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

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From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> WILLIAM SERCKIE wrote:
> 
> >   Long story short, the car came with plenty of documents and history, and I 
> was able to contact the 3rd owner of the car whom had owned it for somoe 12 
> years.  This family, in their 50's was so glad that someone who could save the 
> car now has it, that there were actually teary moments on their end of the line 
> as they recounted the sentiment of the beloved Rambler...Originally feeling a 
> bit unhappy about the car's problems, the ability to speak with the old owners 
> and gain perspective as to the cars history gave me an entirely new motivation 
> to get the car back together and get it on the road, as I plan to use it a a 
> daily driver in decent weather.  I feel that is someone who is/was not a 
> dedicated AMC'er
> >   ended up with this car, it would already be in the crusher..,
> 
> Wow, thats cool! Maybe you could drop in on 'em later and get some 
> family photos! Not many plain-jane cars come with that sort of history.
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