Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: 78 Concord AMX & more

[AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx]

Not a bad looking car for 810$. I think Eddie is right about the 78
flairs next to impossible to find and just like the front air dam on the
77 it is the one nobody seems to have or will part with it if they do
have it.  Being on line for 5 years I have only seen 3 sets of 77 Flairs
with the front air dam intact. Since Rick on this group had given me a
lot of parts for my Hornet 2 years ago when I came across a complete set
including the intact front air dam for a 77 minus one rear flair I put
him onto the seller. He wanted the front air dam for his Gremlin. The
guy why god only knows broke up the set and sold Rick just the 2 front
flairs and the air dam. I bought the rear window louver. Next time was a
year ago when some one here put me onto a complete set including the air
dam on eBay which I paid 175$ for plus shipping. It came with 3 extra
flairs. I bought a rear window louver from the sellers brother and other
parts for my orange Hornet from each of them. One had parted out a 77 &
the other a 78. I just bought a complete 77 set from John Rosa a month
or two ago just for the front air dam. The flairs were in fair shape as
John said since they were riveted and Bondo'd on the Hornet he sold that
the guy that is putting a brand "X" motor in it. The front air dam was
fine. I needed that for my yellow Hornet whose dam was damaged 20 years
ago when I hit a chunk of snow and ice that fell off the underside of a
truck on the highway. If you can't find a 78 set and want the 77's I
have minus the front air dam you can have them cheap as I have no use
for them. Be advised they are in fair shape and will need a fair amount
of work to make them presentable. These are made of a rubbery plastic
similar to the bumper covers on modern cars so now there are all sorts
of materials to repair them now that there wasent 20 years ago. The main
rust area in the floor to look for is mainly on the drivers side foot
well where the fire wall meets the floor pan and probably on the pass
side to but not as much. Also the front part of the rockers and the
usual rear quarter wheel well rust. Also check the metal fuel lines
coming from the tank. I had to replace a rear section of them on my
friends 78 Concord 2 door sedan and his 78 AMX. I recommended replacing
the whole fuel line but he was cheap so I just replaced the rusted
sections. I hope this helps. Good luck with the new car.
"Doc"



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• From: "rebade1" <rebade1@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:00:42 -0000

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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