Re: [BaadAssGremlins] The Fight Continues

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From: AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx
Date: 2005/10/07 Fri AM 07:48:56 EDT
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
	AmericanMotorsModelbuilders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] The Fight Continues

In my 40+ years of messing with cars and I mean all brands not just
AMC's from 50's and 60's classics to all out race cars I have never has
so much trouble with one car as I have had in the last 2 years with this
orange Hornet. No matter what I do it it's a fight, nothing ever fits
right, up dated conversion kit's, repo or original factory parts. I know
I am a pain for fit and finish but this has gotten to be ridiculous. If
some one had offered me 5,000$ cash yesterday for it I would have taken
it and the loss of the other 5,000$ I have in it and my 2 years worth of
work. After almost 8 months on this interior job I figured I was closing
in on the finish of the job except for the !@#$%^ bucket seats being
upholstered. 3 weeks ago I started on the last item to be installed. 
The dash. Granted it is made up of parts from many different cars (5)
but almost nothing fit's without a hassle. The latest is while fighting
the inst. panel in I knocked the speedo lens loose after fighting the
inst. panel in. I was able to pull it out with masking tape and super
glue it in without removing it another time. The super glue fogged up
the edge of my nicely polished lens a little. While screwing on my new
brake "T" handle after moving the wiper delay box I screwed it in to far
and it ruined the lettering on the handle. That's no biggie i'll just
buy another for 3.75$. Now I wire in the elect kill switch and test
everything and it is OK. With a good charge of the battery the car
starts up 1-2-3. I hooked up the speedo cable as my friend was to busy
as his helper did not show up for work and he was swamped with work.
What a trip that was twisting my fat crippled old A$$ in position to do
that, I was lucky that my back didn't go out. Now I figure I am in for
some smooth sailing as I now just need to install the package tray. I
figured i'd just go for a test fit of the brackets and see if the holes
in the kick panels and all lined up with out the factory gauge pod
installed. I used kick panels out of a non package tray Gremlin a friend
gave me. I used the original broken Hornet ones as a template to drill
the mounting holes for the package tray and when I installed them the
holes lines up with the holes in the door pillar fine. I install the 2
"L" brackets and they do not have the right angle to let the package
tray go in far enough to allow the screws on the kick panel to line up.
There is little or no adjustment on them. I had been up since 2am and it
was 4pm and actually found myself about to doze off under the dash. It
was time to call it a day. I just don't understand it, it's not like I
am an amateur and have never done this before. This winter I will be
happy to do some easy work on some AMC models for a change. I will be
heading out in a while to my friend shop to give that car hell again. I
have 3 cars, my Chevy is down with a brake problem non one can find, the
orange Hornet is not driveable yet. Thank god for old reliable my yellow
Hornet of almost 32 years.  
"Doc"


Doc,why then did you sink all kinds of money in this thing when you had the yellow Hornet halfway there alls it needed was a paintjob and a V8 and a good V8 rear and it was done as you had the interior of that thing totally awesome.Also all that money into the Orange Hornet and you plan on making it your daily driver?even on salted winter roads?
Bart








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