[BaadAssGremlins] Re: 78 Concord AMX & more

["rebade1" <rebade1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doc, Eddie, and Bart,
I can now take a deep breath and state that I convinced my son to 
purchase this vehicle. It was listed on E-bay as item #8005401380 and 
we got it for $810.00. So, take a look at it and look at the 
questions underneath as they will explain what the original seller 
didn't in his description. That's why he didn't have many bidders I 
think. I hate the way that paint looks and it doesn't have any fender 
flares. But, another one rescued and will look nice when the work is 
done on it. What do you think of it? I wish it had the V-8, but...

Now I have to find out what Doc was talking about on the fender 
flares...:-)) Anybody have some?

Ralph

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@xxxx wrote:
>
> As you all know the 74-77 Hornet Hatchback is my favorite car since 
I
> have 2 74's. There were not many exterior changes between 74 & 77 
except
> for the grill and tail light lens design. I am not a fan of the 
Concord
> AMX body style. My friend had 2 of them so I got a close up look at 
them
> from working on one. I didn't like the targa band on the roof on 
the 77
> AMX or the 78. My main dislike was the fender flairs used in 78 
versus
> the 77. The 77 flairs looked like they were designed for the car 
where
> as in my opinion the 78's looked like they were an after thought 
that
> some one threw on at the last minute and might have looked some what
> better if they were painted body color like the 77's. Also the 78 
didn't
> have the rubber filler between the body and bumpers front or rear 
like
> the 74-77 Hornet's which only made the ugly 5 mph bumpers look even 
more
> out of place. The rear bumper on the 78 is a 74-77 Hornet bumper so 
the
> Hornet rear filler could have been used. The front being a straight
> bumper would have needed a new one to be made for 78. It might have 
been
> a much better looking car with 77 AMX flairs, they probably would 
be a
> bolt on. I have had 77 AMX flairs and a rear louver on my yellow car
> since 79. The came off a new 77 AMX that didn't sell and I paid 50$ 
for
> every thing  new. For some reason AMC always had a quality problem. 
I
> could see it in my 2 74's. My bought new yellow car was made in 
Canada
> and the orange car made in the USA. The fit and trim, body lead 
work and
> paint are the outstanding differences with the yellow Canadian car 
being
> done much better the orange American car. I think the 78 Concord AMX
> would have been a real looker with 77 flairs painted body color,  
bumper
> fillers, real louver painted body color and Eagle tail light in 
place of
> the ones they used and no targa bar to clean up the roof. Also last 
but
> not least the Javelin AMX grills and the Concord AMX grills look 
like
> they were made in some ones basement with the outer frames crudely 
rivet
> together and the mesh just popped in. As far as to why the 
Hatchbacks
> failed to sell in the late 70's is a mystery to me. This is one of 
the
> best all around cars I ever owned and almost as good as having a 
station
> wagon, you wouldn't believe the things I hauled in the yellow car 
in the
> last almost 32 years. It was designed as a hatchback not like the GM
> Nova bodied hatchbacks which had the 2 door roof line with hatch 
added. 
> "Doc"
>






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