Re: [Amc-list] what color should I paint my car

[wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I used to do that stuff too.

Now I let them go. Even the easy fixes prove to be to hard to accomplish 
and I have to listen to my wife complain about them so I quit.

I passed on a Jeep deal a while back. Two in fact.
One was a 02 Grand Cherokee with a supposed rod knock for $2200!
110K on it, real clean. I even have the stuff here to put a 4.5 Stroker in it.
It was a loaded up six with Leather, sunroof and everything freakin thing!
That one I should have bought, but I knew I would have had a lot of pain and grief getting it done and my oldest son would have just laid claim to it :-O  No profit to be had there :-(

The 96 XJ for $250 would have been a good deal too.
The guy fixed whatever problem it had and now wants $1250 for it.
Not likely I'd pay that for an XJ with 225K on the clock. Though it probably has another 100k of life left in it if it was treated well.

Ah, well, Have fin and remember to look for later model stuff too. The old stuff won't be around forever!



--
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! "

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From: Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I actually found it on craigslist in Springfield Mass. Guy was asking 800 for it 
> but said it had a small rust hole in quarter and engine had a rod knock. When I 
> went to look at it I found the rear lower quarter was gone, inner rockers 
> rotted, rear floor rotted on pas side. Rear valance rotted, top of fender 
> rotted, So I offered the guy 200 as it seemed like just a parts car with the 
> engine blown. When I came back with the trailer he had it out and running, could 
> hear the noise in the engine. Got it home and put in the other 3 quarts of oil. 
> Guy must have thought it was a 2 quart system? Noise was a lifter, not a rod. SO 
> I registered and insured it. Insurance min was 3500 and only cost me 20.00 to 
> add to my Hagarty policy. Car drove great. I eventually had to put on a muffler. 
> 13.00 for a thrush. 
>  On my way to a show and a guy turned at an intersection into my lane. 3200 
> worth of damage.
>  Dan,
>  Did I tell ya about the 74 AMX I bought for 25.00 and sold for 750 the same 
> week Or the 3 gremlins I bought for 750 and sold the first one for 650 and the 
> 2nd for 450 and have yet to pick up the 3rd? 
>  This is the only way I support my hobby. I did years of trading, buying, and 
> selling to build my gremlin. Unfortunatly not every deal is a good one on my 
> end. I have been hosed too. Like the time I bought a 70 390 for 500. I know, 
> good deal right?  Well, it had 304 heads, and I had to drill out /break the 
> pistons to get the rods and crank out. The lifters soaked for 6 months in 
> penetrant and still were stuck solid. My bad for not looking it over before I 
> bought it but it was an internet deal. 
>  I still think the best deal I ever got was a complete 69 390 short block with 
> about 5K miles for 50.00 from a local. 
>  I put in lots of time to find the deals. Other guys use this time to work on 
> their cars. It is like a 2nd job for me so I CAN work on my cars.
>  Now where is that spirit JK 
>  Davis 
>   
> 
> --- On Fri, 1/23/09, Dan Strohl <DStrohl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> From: Dan Strohl <DStrohl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] what color should I paint my car
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 8:21 AM
> 
> I need to come down and hang out with you sometime. Where the heck do
> you find cars for $200?
> 
> Then again, I know where I can pick up another Spirit for $400.
> 
> 
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:15:17 -0800 (PST)
> From: Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] what color should I paint my car
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans."
> <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <555720.11082.qm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> Ummm It is a 67 American.
> http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t172/GremlinXman/67%20rambler%20ameri
> can/?action=view&current=100_2411.jpg
> ?
> ?And I just made money on a Hornet. I bought a 72 for 200, drove it to
> shows for the summer, guy hit me, and I got 3200 from insurance and sold
> the car for 850.00 unfixed. 
> I picked up a nice clean 70 hornet for 2700. I think I made out ok
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