Re: [AMC-list] amc titles & saving AMC intermediates

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
Nice looking 74 Matador coupe in rare Brilliant Green color

http://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/2660465647.html

And Marc mentioned:

What's the deal with all these people who want to sell a car but aren't organized enough 
to get a title?  I'm seeing a lot more of this lately.
Maybe it's cuz titling fees have gotten so friggin' outrageous that more people are 
thinking it's not worth it to bother.  I know in VA it costs a minimum of $50 ($35 minimum 
tax, $10 titling fee, etc) just to get a piece of paper that says you own a parts car or 
future project car...
-- Marc

Most 'bonded' titles are in the $250 range now. To me still a bargain to secure a car you 
may or may not fix up or may/may not part out.

This beautiful 67 Ambassador wagon with 343 4 barrel the guy emailed me months ago with 
photos, was basically looking to give itaway if someone restore it. Uber rare color and a 
woodie to boot:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1967-AMC-Ambassador-wagon-343-4bbl-restorable-extra-spare-parts-shop-manual-/290621296042?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item43aa610daa

although he mentioned it 'might end up as parts car' for someone fixing up a AMX or 
Javelin. Which....is what has happened to thousands of 'big body' AMC cars thru years, 
cannibalized for their engine, or trans. I'm a big fan of six cylinder Javelins but few 
exist as many people even in 1970s, used to drop 390s, 401s or Chevy something in 
there....or they got parted out to use parts on AMX or V8 Javelin. A lot of this was and 
still is, supply & demand you know.

Not big, if any, market for four door, or wagon AMC anything. There is rare 360V8 N code 
Hornet Sportabout wagon in Phoenix now for months. Rare car! There is a neat 69 Rebel 
wagon for sale in New Orleans craigslist for sale for $4K/obo, nice car but will be hard 
to find someone willing to give 1/2 of that for it sadly.

Shoved down at near bottom of the AMCS FOR SALE file, formerly the Shut Up & Drive Lists 
on my site is some thoughts about 4 doors and wagons.....written back when Al Gore 
invented the internet while filming love story or whatever that drivel was. It talks about 
how hard a market it was.....in the 1980s....for 4 door and wagons to sell.

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/Shut_Up_Files/amc_for_sale.htm

Even though 4 door and wagons were integral part of aMC day to day bread and butter sales, 
still tough to sell in 2011. So someone buys a say, Ambassador 4 door with 401 for $1200 
and out comes drivetrain and sell it for more. Sad to say but that is how it has always 
been, and that is coming from a big fan of 'intermediates' Ambassador/Rebel/Matador 
series. 

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