[BaadAssGremlins] Jerry's AMC fleet looking for new home soon!....Possibility found

["Jerry" <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Well, it finally happened, as I found out my aunt is having her 
farm sold, where I have stored about 15 cars for the last 10 years 
or more. I was dreading the day this would happen, but I knew it 
would, so now I am having to deal with finding a new home for them.
  Luckily, my mother gave me some inheritance money early last 
month, she wanted me to buy a new car, but I am gonna buy some 
property instead and buy a "newer" used vehicle to replace my 
aging '72 Bel Air driver, which is eating me up for $60 a week on 
gas. I luckily discovered my Dad's 2nd cousin had a piece of 
property in a nearby town for sale, $18,000, complete with building, 
which is near the farm . I looked it over yesterday when I took a 
trip down to specifically see it. It has a back lot open that's 30 x 
50, with a concrete room which "may" hold 2-3 Gremlins IF I can open 
a big enough opening into it. I'll need to build a privacy fence 
around it, figure another 2K of funds worst case. I have 15 cars, 
but 6 are parts cars, and can be trashed without too much weeping on 
my part. :) INcluded is the '78 GT, it has rusted beyond most men's 
ability to bring it back now, I will gut the interior, save what I 
can, and scrap the body. IT's toast now. Ohio wasn't good to it, and 
my storing it hasn't helped, either. Sad, but probably inevitable, 
as it has too much collision damage plus the rust-outs to really 
save it. When I went down there 4 weeks ago for the first time in 3 
years to make up with my aunt over some family feuding, I found the 
passenger door lying in the weeds, it had fallen off by itself, due 
to the rust. Not a good omen for it. 
  Anyway, I think I can fit the other 7-9 cars in the back lot, 
would DEFINITELY fit if I can open that concrete room up for a 
Gremlin or two. That would take the pressure off my owning all these 
cars and having them at my aunt's place. I'd own my own place to 
store them until I could get to them "eventually". Worst case, I'd 
save only 4-6 and delete some of my "would like to keep'em " cars 
but aren't necessarily highly desireable to me. My priorities are 
the '70 Javelin, '70 Hornet, '55 Chevy Suburban, '74 Gremlin, 76 
Matador Coupe, '57 Chevy 4-door, and my wife's '87 VW Scirocco. The 
V-dub could be sold, but it'd have to be moved temporarily. 
  My main problem now is not knowing WHEN the farm will be sold, as 
there are some negotiations about not breaking the land up at all, 
as it's a historical site. Two parties are interested, but the price 
is $4,000,000, only one has come up with the required money so far. 
I may have months, or ???. I can make this deal happen with my 
cousin's property quickly, and I'm sure since he wants to unload it, 
I could move my cars in ahead of actually OWNING it. LOL. 
  Another problem is my friend Ben Franklin ( a human, NOT a green 
and white bill! Although I have alot more of THOSE friends now, 
too...GRIN!), he has 9 cars stored down at my aunt's farm, too. 4-5 
Javelin AMX types, a '78 Concord, a Spirit or two, and a '62 Rambler 
that's pretty decent except for the back subframe rust. I doubt I'll 
have enough room at first for all my cars AND his, unless we can 
find a way to put some INTO the building, and make sure the floor 
will hold the weight of them all. That may come after I move my cars 
into the back lot, then check out the floor situation later. If 
anyone is interested, the cars are near Crewe / Burkeville, VA, Ben 
would sell any of his cars right now ( he offered the lot to me 
fairly reasonable, but I don't care for those body styles, 
personally - his Email is Ben70amx@xxxxxxxxx if you want to enquire 
about purchasing a parts/project car )
  All in all, I'll be fairly busy trying to save my cars in the next 
2-3 months from an uncertain fate. Well, I KNOW their fate if I do 
nothing! Pfft! Gone...so I guess I'll spend this early inheritance 
money on some property, and maybe later turn it around in 10-15 
years if necessary. Property rarely goes down in value, this one 
needs a new roof, but is reasonably ok for now, so my cousin says. I 
haven't found any other property which is as close, in my price 
range,and has the added bonus of my own relatives being close by to 
keep an eye on it while I'm 160 miles away. All in all, not perfect 
( I'd like a 40 x 100 building on a few acres, hidden, for $5,000 or 
less, THAT would be perfect!), but as close to acceptable for now as 
I'm likely to find on short notice. If I knew I had longer, I would 
take some more time, but my aunt has no idea when any deal will be 
completed, and I'm sure it'll require a few months of moving HER 
stuff out, as she has 1,000 acres worth herself, all of the antique 
furniture in this 33-room home won't go with the sale so she said, 
so it'll be a little while, I'm sure. I just need to secure MY 
property myself, finally. Thanks to Mom, I'll be able to do so now.
  Well, that was long-winded, but now you know my current AMC soap 
opera life. I hope to get outside today and work on an AMC, been 
putting it off, I'm gonna TRY to finally fix the Pacer leaf springs 
after 4-5 years? now. Heat may fry me, but I need to move on some of 
these projects.  So, that's it for this post, will keep you informed 
of my Save My Cars project as it happens. Sayonarra,

JErry Casper
Woodbridge, VA
too many cars, too little time for now...




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