Re: [Amc-list] was caspers cancer now green weenie's cancer

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Building a clone car could be done on a rusty car just as easy as a nicer car.
It's a little more work, but your doing a lot of cutting and welding anyway.
Have you seen the altered wheelbase straight axle Comet they are building on PowerBlock?
Wow, it has a lot of rust and it did not deter them a bit.
  Around here the shows start at 11:00 on Sat and Sunday and they should repeat tomorrow.
They run on Spike. 
   Anyway they where doing the trunk and it has a LOT of rustout around all the trunk seems seals, floors and other areas.
   I feel better about mine.
Spent the day running some new TV cables. Cleared up some issues I had from too many splitters.
Anyone need to run a bunch of TV's and has On Demand and brodband, Electroline makes a super good booster with return and 8 way splitter. A bit pricey, but man it cleared up all my issues!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Wow, with all this talk about keeping the car straight, I'm thinking the
> green 70 Javelin might be relegated to parts car only status.
> The sills are gone completely from the inside of the car, the troughs don't
> exist at all any more, and of course the trunk pans and rear quarters are
> holed.  Strangely the floor pans in the passenger compartment aren't as bad.
> The roof and pillars look darn good, the fire wall isn't rusted, it's just
> bashed on the left side. The doors don't seem to change alignment when
> jacking the body around, they just fit crappy period.
> I fear I must keep looking for a good enough body to build a TA clone
> from..............
> This one will be a real chore to keep it straight.
> I suppose I could remove sheetmetal from it and hang it on a tube chassis
> car. That wouldn't be the same but it would probably be safer and faster.
> Good luck with Casper
> 
> Armand
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt Haas" <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 9:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] caspers cancer
> 
> 
> > I had this same problem on my 68 American before the front floors were
> > fixed. I had to move the frame sills around slightly when fixing the
> > floors to solve the problem. Speaking of the floors, that is probably a
> > good place to start. I think I'd do the firewall next and frame sills
> > after that.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On 11/14/2008 9:30 AM, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx spouted this sage advice:
> > > Honestly.
> > > If your shell is flexing I would walk away from it.
> > > I would simply start looking for another shell to build on.
> > > Take time, you will find one. Proabably sooner than you save that one.
> > > I know it is special, but if the flex has set you will need a frame guy
> or some floorpots etc; to tweak it back to square. then brace and repair the
> structure.
> > >
> > >   Rebody Casper. He's a ghost anyway...His spirit can live on in another
> shell!
> >
> >
> > -- 
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> > Cincinnati, OH
> > http://www.mattsoldcars.com
> > 1967 Rambler American wagon
> > 1968 Rambler American sedan
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