Re: crusher laws (was: Bart is this near you in FL?)

["amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
> Doc sez:
> Space like I said is a major problem with most people and nose'y neighbors
> that concider old cars junk is also a problem. One of the main reason I
> bought the new Hornet was it was a running driver and I could register it
> and drive it while I worked on it. Also I wanted to use it to replace the
> old 77 Malibu driver that was rusting out around me, and I could not see a
> nice 30 year old survivor being cut up as a race car with a brand "X" engine
> and go to the crusher, as would probably happen to his nice car. That Rebel
> would make a nice cruiser especially with two AMO parts cars for the right
> person. Like I said I hope it finds a good home. We got 2 Hornet's and 2
> Javelins here besides the Malibu and the Slowpar here.
> "Doc"
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> Space is problem for most people, something I didn't mention is some anal
> laws on the books prohibit a non running car in a driveway or yard and some,
> even in your own closed garage! So if you live in one of those areas, buying
> three cars at once is not a option unless you have a place to put them once
> you get them, and in some cases, you might have to pay storage which is
> $30-$100 per car per month, so it can add up quickly. Some of you recall me
> writing about the City of Corpus Christi threatening to haul off, and crush,
> and bill my 78 year old dad for his two AMCs, both ran, but neither were
> licensed, that 74 Hornet Sportabout wagon and also the 79 Concord DL. I
> simply hauled both to Houston, and recently sold the Concord for $300 and
> just placed a ad for the Hornet (gee, this things cranks right up, runs and
> drives, I thought the brakes were shot, they will put you thru the
> windshield, are non power discs!) but just placed a ad in Kenny's Klunkers
> for $500 for it.
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> however, the City of CC did haul off and crush, years ago what many said
> weas the first 72 Javelin built A2C797P100060, body number 8, (was sent to
> Geiman's of Monroe, MI, which was the oldest AMC dealership around in 1972;
> ultra loaded car with 360 4barrel, AT. AC, tilt, tint, Go Pack, Rally Pack,
> Twin Grip, AM/FM, tint, cowl induction hood(!) and more. That was hauled of,
> as was a 79 AMX, 304, 75 Gremlin, factory black, 304, AT, and a 68 Javelin,
> all exist only as photos on my website now. So some municipalities are more
> aggresssive than others about pursuing those criminals like my father who
> had several old cars out of view behind a 6 foot wooden fence. Sadly, you
> could sit on the corner of that neighborhood and homeless would panhandle
> (and steal shit) and crackheads on bicycles would stop by to see if anyone
> wanted any rock! And so it goes.
> Eddie Stakes
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Someone decided it was politically corect to rid the country of the hordes on old unregistered cars that are trying to take over this country. It must be the same A$$ that decided we should all drive cookie cutter 4 door sedans 10-15 years ago or need monsters like the gas guzzling Pford Excersion for the wife to use to go to the store for a quart of milk or a loaf of bread. Crushing AMC's is especially bad as there were less of them made compared to the other brands. Up here in N.Y. where I live they even crush new cars that are only 6 years old and in my town they have closed up 3 of the 4 junk yards here for envirement reasons so thay say. There is one small scrap metal yard down the street from me that ocassionally gets cars and ocassionally an AMC and that is only because the owner is an AMC guy and sells the parts to the few AMC guys around here. Us Hornet/Gremln guys are lucky that these cars was AMC's main stay and lots of parts are still available and interchangable between them. My son grabs any good body parts he can for his 2 Humpster Javelins. Like the guy on American Muscle say's "Don't Crush Em, Restore Em".
"Doc"