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thanks for the advice i think ill take it to
the show if i can, i atleast want to paint the engine bay before spring but no
job for paint lol
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Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 7:58
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Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re:
Terry's Gremln: (was: Is anyone going to the Amo ev...
Charles I would take it just like it is. You will probably
be the only Gremlin
there and you will be surprised how many people will
comment on it just
because it it a Gremlin. At the cruises around here you
get the $75,000 Street
Rods parked next to the car you wonder how it ever
made it there. I have been
going for 9 years and mine is a lot less than
perfect. I have been saying I am
going to fix it up but never have done
it. This AMO event might just be the
inspiration I need to spend a little
money on it. I know there will be a lot
of good looking cars there. While
I am planning on taking it no matter what
this might be it. I might take
Eddie's advice and spray off the engine. I
could take the air pump off,
dig out that chrome valve cover I bought for it
five or six years ago and
put it on. I could paint the air cleaner and find my
232 stickers. That
should help it out a lot. If I go for a cheaper material
for the seat as
long as it half way mathches the color that shouldn't cost me
too much. It
is a bench seat and the passenger side is perfect is just the
driver side
is shot from my fat posterior. The body is is decent shape the
only really
thing wrong with it is the rust spots on the doors where some
amateur (me)
tried to fix it. The hardest part to paint it is going to be
getting the
50 coats of wax off of it where I tried to make that 28 year old
paint
shine. I have been hesitant about having it painted because I didn't
want
to spend thousands of dollars on a paint job for it. I might take Eddie's
advice and go for a cheaper paint job. That wagon looked pretty good. I
checked out a local guy who advertises cheap prices with the BBB and they
don't have any complaints filed against them. If the paint job looks 1/2
way
decent I might spring a $159 for the stripes that Phonex graphics
makes for
it. I haven't got any estimates but I bet for around $1500 I
could have a nice
looking Gremlin. Not that I think it would win any
prizes but it would dress
it up some. To me a Gremlin is unique because it
is a Gremlin of course mine
being my mothers gives it quite a bit of
sentimental value to me. I know this
might upset some on this list but if
I really wanted a hot AMC I think I would
go for a Javelin or an
AMX. Now if I was like Doc and retired I would love to
have a nice
Hornet or a Concord for my daily driver. What ever I would do I
will have
my Gremlin until I die.
Terry
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