Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: nos 77-78 gremmie grill

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx>]

Scot, don't be afraid to put the grill on. I joke with people all the time
about sleeping with 70 aMX grills, those are rarely found under $100 and
have sold as high as $1500. To some, they will say, 'hell, I paid only $600
for the whole car' well that is nice, but then they drop $5K into drivetrain
(or more), $2K into interior (geez, 2 leather buckets recovered will set you
back $800+) and so suddenly they have to simply bite the bullet to finish
off the job.

The biggest problems: Some folks don't realize you can't pay 1970 prices for
1970 parts. A new/NOS 1970 AMX grill for instance in 1970 was $23.84 if I
recall. If I could find them for $233.84 in 2004 I would buy all I could
find. Not that the remaining few 1970 AMXs need a grill. But the ones that
do would gladly pay say, $350 for one. Or higher.

Picking up, or fighting for, the few remaining NOS parts out there is simply
nor for everyone. And everyone should have a budget. However, if you have
sunk x amount into your car, and you need a final few detail parts, you
simply have to look far and wide to hopefully find it. We do not have the
luxury of a parent company. We also do not have the luxury of a multi
million dollar reproduction market although inroads have been made, again,
look at you car. Any AMC car. 6 classic. 58 Rambler. 75 Gremlin. 84 Eagle.
73 Javelin. 69 Rebel. Even some of the more popular models and collectibles
like SC/Rambler, Machine, AMX, SC/360. Same deal. A majority of what you
look at inside and out is not out there anymore and has not been since
roughly 1994. So we have to make do.

Again, this is not to discourage anyone, as if someone can fix up and
restore a 1936 Cord, 32 Vicky, 20's Graham-Paige, 50 Merc, then you can do a
Rambler too. It will cost you, and no one wants to lose money on a vehicle
either shuold they decide to sell.
As fine as it is and with all the awards, do you think that stunning BBB 70
Donohue will fetch $80,000?

It's not the reason many, no, most of us fix up these cars. I could give a
rat's ass what any of my cars are worth and I have over 100 trophies thru
the years collecting dust in the attic. My 68 Rebel is one of the rarest
Rebel's ever produced, and has a paper trail from day one. Who cares? It is
probably worth about $8000. If I worried about what just a fraction* of the
AMC's I have owned thru the years are worth, I would probably specialize in
something else. But I don't so I guess you are stuck with me!

Regardless, it is sometimes depressing to see the waste, cannibalism and
desctuction of all these fine cars. And people fighting over the remaining
scraps. Or doing without. Or learnign the wonders of JB Weld......
tube grill? I like it! NOS or excellent used grill, I like it too!
Eddie Stakes
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A couple of weeks ago I bought one of these grills for my 77. I
have a custom made tube grill in mine when I bought it. I called
Eddie back in May and he told me it would be expensive or hard to
find. I did not want to spend that much , but that was one piece I
needed to make the car look right. Now I'm afraid to put it on after
the car gets painted because something might happen to it, oh well
LOL.
SCOTT






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