Hi Baart, no, have never thought about putting
my SC/360 back to stock condition, I didn't like the original color to begin
with. And the interior when finished will match the paint scheme on the
outside. But I have always liked the fender flairs on the 77 Hornet AMXs and
had two sets in my warehouse so decided to use one set on this, and the other
set is on my 74 Gremlin. I like customizing my vehicles as many folks know
however and have been doing that for years. Rarely do I keep one 'stock'.In
my humble estimate, and I have judged many a AMC thru the decades locally,
regionally and nationally, less than 5% of all remaining AMCs are indeed
stock. Not a big deal to some, others are willing to pay $200+ for a date
coded radiator hose or cap. Not sure some of ya'll recently saw that pairof
68-69 AMX/Javelin tailight housings sell on ebay for almost $1100. Compare
that to a set of NOS Challenger same and those sold for $3000 the set. For $3K
we can go racing! Or buy a few Gremlins, Hornets, Ramblers and other fine
autos and have fun with them. There are two files on my website about this,
one is 'rambler mentality' the other is 'altered amcs' both are under the
"parts" file. I love stock vehicles, don't get me wrong, just few out there.
Today with temps in the 70s again (had tothorw
that in Doc!) I cleaned up and took some great photos of my 71 Matador 2door
with 14,000 original miles, as I might put it back on ebay to see if any
bites, but hearing those doors close solidly, smelling the 'original' interior
looking at original 33 year old window sweeps and weatherstrips in mint shape,
that is nice and I commend anyone who takes time to restore a AMC to original
condition or make it nicer that it might have originally came from Kenosha or
Brampton. Everyone's level of restorations is different and I wish them luck
with this! However, when it comes back to my own cars, depending on my mood
swings, I will chop a top off just as soon as drop in a 401 Stroker just as
soon as painting the car original color which I may not like the original
color!
Eddie,have you ever thought of restoring your SC/Hornet
back the way it was?oh and whats the stats on yours
btw?
Bart
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