Re: [BaadAssGremlins] The Gremlin Garage "Ark" receives it's first AMCs...1 by 1...

[Hal <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,
If you want a trip to see some non-rust bucket cars
you need to tour down to Texas. We have some fine old
yards but you have to search a bit and then there is
NM and OK.

--- Paul Hancock <kwikbiker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello Jerry, I enjoyed your posting. If you do
> decide to part out the Gremmie  I could use some
> interior parts. My front seat in my 74 is pretty
> much made of duct tape. Need a good rear bumper
> also. 
> Also, for anyone who read my posting last week I was
> on a road trip last week from Mi. to Ne. to get a
> car and did check here there and in between for JL
> cars at Walmart but no luck. couldn,t find a one. We
> did however see a whole lot of corn fields, cows,
> cows, and a very rusted car in Ne. that was supposed
> to be rust free and solid. 1800 mile round trip for
> nuttin. Good thing there,s a lot of bars in between.
>  Paul in Detroit
> Jerry <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Well, being
> without a job DOES have it's advantages, it frees up
> 
> alot of time to do personal projects. I went down to
> the farm on 
> Wednesday evening this past week, and Thursday
> morning I started 
> pulling vehicles from the lower field to the
> driveway with my Jeep 
> Cherokee. First was a '55 Chevy Suburban, 2nd my '70
> 4-door Hornet 
> SST. The Sub was the first to arrive at the Garage
> on Thursday 
> afternoon, the Hornet Friday morning. SPent the
> afternoon getting 
> the '70 Javelin out of a chicken house, dinged the
> rear quarter a 
> bit getting around a pole, but it should pop out ok,
> minimal damage. 
> The javelin was roll-backed Saturday morning.
> Unfortunately,  time 
> ran short( and rain arrived), so I had to stop at 3
> vehicles.  Hope 
> to get 2 more done this coming week, then stop until
> the garage 
> doorway into the shop is opened up, I can get at
> least 2 vehicles in 
> then, probably, but still have to clean out stuff
> inside the shop. 
> But once that doorway is opened up, I should get all
> my vehicles I 
> want to save off the farm and into the lot and shop.
> I just did a 
> graph line plot of the lot and garage space, and cut
> out squares to 
> represent the cars I have to move ( Matador Coupes,
> Gremlins, 
> Spirit, VW, 57 Chevy ), and I managed to get them
> arranged so 4 fit 
> in the shop, and 8 in the lot. 2 or 3 vehicles will
> only be 
> temporary, as I'll either cut them up, or sell them.
> Then I can move 
> some more down from my house. :) 
>   But at least the goal of getting my cars off my
> aunt's farm and on 
> to my OWN property is under way! I got the 3 most
> important I wanted 
> to save, if the rest don't make it, well, I'll
> sacrifice them. I 
> can't keep all my projects and parts cars forever.
> Here's several 
> that will be going -
> 
> '74 javelin , hit hard, being cut in half, saving
> rear quarter half
> '79 Spirit D/L, V-8 chassis, some rust, maybe sell
> or part out
> '87 VW Scirocco 16v, wife's car, for sale
> '75 Matador X coupe, to my friend Jay for $100,
> rusty, missing parts
> ??? '78 Gremlin GT, VERY rusty, rear hatch area is
> shot, frame 
> rusted out up front, windshield pillar twisted -
> keep or part out? 
> Levi interior. Help me decide!
> 
> Others which may show up are a '70 Javelin 360 car
> chassis only, 
> still at the farm, but not mine, but might wind up
> that way. And a 
> whole lot of parts and a few Honda Motorcycles. 
>   So, the project which started back in the summer
> with my purchase 
> of a building and empty open lot is nearing it's
> completion, Phase 2 
> with the garage door opening cut into the wall
> starts this coming 
> Saturday, I hope! Once done and the door installed,
> I won't be 
> spending much money on the building for awhile.
> Probably work on the 
> bathroom floors, they're rotted and shot now, need
> replacing. 
> Another winter project. But at least it'll be
> inside, and some cars 
> will be, too. I intend to get the '70 Hornet and '70
> Javelin running 
> again, and maybe get antique tags to drive them
> locally. But I need 
> to concentrate now on my final push to save my cars
> still on the 
> farm. If things go as planned ( Ha! ha! ), I should
> have most moved 
> by end of February.  
> So, that's my AMC weekend report, the Gremlin Garage
> is starting to 
> fulfill it's promised function. I also found a '72
> Gremlin X, the 
> local junkyard owner who was flatbedding my 3 cars
> had JUST picked 
> it up 60 miles away on Friday, I looked it over,
> some rust, but 
> decent. 258 motor. he doesn't want to sell it, he
> LIKES Gremlins, 
> says he has 3 more over at his other place, and he'd
> show them to me 
> next time I was down. I think he intends to keep it.
> But he has 
> another one stored for some guy who hasn't come back
> for it in a 
> year, and he said he might get a lien againest it,
> it's a western 
> rust-free Gremlin,not sure which model/year. Ah, the
> joy of 
> Gremlins. LOL. Well, that's all for this evening,
> later,
> 
> Jerry in Virginia
> 
> 
> 
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