Re: Fw: 72 gremlin maybe for sale :)

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--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
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> Eddie Stakes
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Debbie Doerrlamm 
> To: eddiestakes@xxxx 
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 10:47 PM
> Subject: 72 gremlin maybe for sale :)
> 
> 
> Hi Eddie, Debbie from Long Island NY here - not sure of you remember me or not.. anyway.. I'm considering selling my Gremlin.. was wondering if you could tell me the best places besides ebay & Hemmings to list it..
> 
> 1972 232 6cyl 
> immaculate
> top notch paint, interior new, other than that completely stock, I have all documentation and lots of memorabilia and a ton of the matchbox cars - tho not all will go buh bye with it if I do sell :)
> 
> 135 HP 232CID
> Automatic Trans
> Air Cond
> Power Steering
> Tinted glass
> 
> Undercoating
> Radio AM PB
> Full Wheel covers
> Vinyl interior
> Bumper Guards F & R
> Remove White Wall tires
> 
> 
> The car was featured in 2003 Hemmings Orphans calendar (Miss January) and in Hemmings Special Interest Autos Dec 2002 with a 6 page spread.. 
> It took 
> you can see some pics at:
> http://www.wkdwich.com/gremlin.htm
> 
> The car took jr. bronze in the AMO Nationals 2000 in CT it was the 1st time I showed it and only time in a national.. takes trophies every time I do take it to a show.. was part of an ad in the New Yorker early 2004 and ran in a Veterans parade down 5th Ave in Manhattan 2002.. I ran it at West Hampton Motorpark in the 2000 Nostalgia Drags (had a blast there and coulda come home with a trophy if I didn't red light!)
> 
> It'll probably break my heart to sell it, but I don't drive it much or even take it out much any more.. too busy, hubby too busy and we have 3 other classics here - 78 & 84 caminos and he just got a 32 open roadster.
> 
> Have you got a clue as to what I might think to get for it?? The body shop own who painted it is saying like 10k, Dave says maybe 8k
> 
> The biggest issue is the seat padding needs to be redone, there is simply too much there.. and *I* feel the brakes suck, Dave says it's cause I don't drive it enough - there is minor , very minor stuff coming back thru the paint but you really have to look for that.. I'll have to take some better pictures if I decide it has to go..
> 
> thanks for your time 
> 
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I remember that Gremlin from the 2000 AMO show in Ct. I may even have a pic. of it. To bad they didn't bring the car to the Ardsley show last month since they are not far away
on the Island. The only Gremlin we had there was the Mix's. By the list of options I see why the brakes don't work to good and non use is only part of the problem. It appears to have non power drum brakes. On the point of what price to ask for it, even for a mint one 8-10,000$ is a bit much. The more popular and rarer AMX's, Javelins, Machines and SC/360's command that kind of bucks and more. You all know my preference is the Hornet Hatchback but I am sorry there is not one out there worth 10,000$ even to me, not even a 100 point show winning 77 Hornet AMX. And I could afford to pay the 10,000$ in cash for one too. There is no money to be made restoreing Hornet's or Gremlin's as it is a labor of love for us. Even on the high end cars some times the best you can do is break even if you are lucky. It's a shame she has to sell the Gremlin, but for the asking price I don't think it will sell anytime soon. 
"Doc"