Re: [BaadAssGremlins] The Fight Continues

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Well Bart first of all the 74 Hornet Hatchback is my favorite car, since
I still have and drive my bought new one, I will be 32 years in Feb.
Next I had tried to buy this orange car for 4-5 years before I finally
got it 2 years ago. Since you are now a little more tolerant of people
that use brand "X" motor's in AMC's. If I didn't buy this  99% rust free
Florida car a local owner of a towing company was going to buy it and
chop up this original clean running 6cyl/PS/PDB/AT survivor and make a
race car out of it. You know the engine that he would have used. He has
a reputation of starting a race car project and not finishing it. This
car would have been in the crusher by now from lack of intelligence.
None of my Hornets are driven in the salt and snow, that's what I have
my 77 Malibu for. When the road's are dry any time in the winter I have
one of them out. These are drivers and I drive them all year round,
weather and my old cripple a$$ cane hobbling a$$ permitting. Last but
not least I wanted an AMC as a nice weather dailey driver. I only make
maybe 1,5000 to 2,000 miles on all 3 cars a year. Winter salt is not an
issue. One last thing I do have is the funds to do with as I please
because they are mine, not the wife's, the kids , or anyone's  but MINE.
The 10,000$ I allotted out of the tax free money for both cars I finally
got last year unfortunately has been spent on on the orange  car instead
of both, so be it. I was venting as to the fight it has been
overwhelming on the orange  car doing 99% of the work myself for 2 years
and the fight, no mater what it may be . There was almost  almost  no
progress made today on the orange car. As for the yellow car I will just
have to budget another 5,000$ to 10,000$ for the completion of that
project, I got 12,000$ into that now and I have what ever it money it
takes to finish it.  I built it on nickels and dimes for 8 years and now
I have the cash to complete it. And I don't have to ask the wife for her
OK, I earned it in the last 36 1/2 years of being married. The 3 kids
are grown. Sorry guy's & gals I was there and now I am free. My wife
keeps trying to drag me into this grand father thing, my daughter's  big
time poser stock broker husband that lost his job was trying to go
through my wife, and  my daughter to put the touch on me!!!  You got a
2,000$ British bull dog and a new 4x4 BMW 2 years ago give an old man a
break. 
"Doc"



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• From: <badass73gremlin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:51:35 -0400

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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