Re: [AMC-list] Oh WHAT THE GD HELL?

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I'd tend do agree with Eddie.
Think of it this way. We have all seen the nightmarish things people
will do to a car, buying every piece of plastic chrome crap.
Stick on Hoodscoops. All that crap.
It could very well be an experiment that has failed.
Greg Taylor bought the Lowrider Grabd Cherokee he has dubbed Lowredo.
Yeah it is not evryones cup of tea and I see he caught some flack for it.
So what?
Engine compartments often come last on non stripped it to the bones projects.
For the home shop guy, it really stands to reason, especially is you're driving it.
You do the compartment first and then spray the car with out strong ventilation you get
overspray up under your maskind, then have to clean the mess up.
Do the engine compartment last and hell you can shoot it outside with the major part of the body up wind if need be!
  I did my engine compartment last and while it is slightly less perfect then it shows on net pics
it is clean and I think it looks darn good.
  I have it posted on photobucket under wrambler_242 user name. try the search with a capitol W if the small one fails. I'd link it but I'm not logged into PB and my connection has been flaky this am.
  Anyway, do the engine compt last plan, and run out of steam, there you go, that's what you get.
Show it with the hood closed. Experiments can often be undone too...

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
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: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Oh WHAT THE GD HELL?
> 
> Years ago I donated a car to Aldine(?) might have been Aleif high
> school where they take a 
> vehicle and their automotive class strips it, paints and details it to
> learn different 
> methods of bodywork and chemicals, bondo, fiberglass, ect. The cars do
> not end up as 
> showcars either, more of patchwork chariots, but end result is that
> all those in class 
> learned a profession. I know one car a guy donated a little black 68
> Javelin, 232, AT WAS 
> indeed 'restored' and then went on to local shows like Autorama, good
> job by all those 
> kids who participated in that project, they nailed the black perfect,
> better than AMC 
> paint job. Not sure what happened to the car, last I know it was out
> in Katy west of me in 
> 1992.
> 
> This one Javelin looks to be a cosmetic experiment whereas someone was
> testing out their 
> painting skills perhaps. The reason I mention that is not because the
> engine bay, but look 
> closely, while someone did take time to remove the fender amber lenses
> for paint job, they 
> didn't bother to remove fender "J" trim, windshield trim, hood trim,
> rrear glass trim (is 
> chipping away), 1/4 panel "J" trims and trunk horizontal trim, even
> antenna & trunk lock 
> got painted over, it would have taken minutes to remove those, so
> probably someone testing 
> their new paint gun & air compressor possibly.
> 
> Reminds me of Dick Teague customizing his own AMX generation ago:
> 
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/press_photos/68_amx_teague.jpg
> 
> different "end result" though!
> Eddie Stakes
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bldfw" <bldfw@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Why does anyone go through that kind of trouble and expense and do
> absolutely NOTHING to 
> clean up the engine compartment??  That takes away for the entire end
> result!  Shows no 
> commitment.
> 
> Bill
> 72 Gremlin (still a shell, but a painted one!)
> 
> In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, hotrod74gremlinx@... wrote:
> Who the hell would RUIN a javelin like this???
> 
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1973-AMC-Javelin-w-Blaster-Kit-Custom-Paint-NO-RES-/170590367243?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item27b7fa6e0b#v4-36
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