Doc this is a big salvage yard up near you with tons of AMC iron. I'll see
if I can come up with the name of it. I was interested in the 68 Rebel
convertible frame top!
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
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From: <AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Would I pay.....??
> On this discussion I have to add my 2 cents too. I have been on a budget
> my whole life since I got out of the Navy in 1969 and got married at 22
> and raised 3 kids. The oldest is 34 and the baby is 26 now. I had to
> scrimp on my cars so I could properly provide for my family. I had to
> scrimp even more when in 1989 I became disabled. This is one of the
> reasons I became so good at saving and repairing old parts. My father an
> old country trained German mechanic used to say I fixed stuff he would
> throw away and I still do as you all saw with my scuff plate resto,
> plastic and vinal repairs. (Thanks Eddie for the kind words) Part of the
> problem with doing an AMC is that people don't have the drive to spend
> some times years hunting for the parts they need. I love the thrill of
> the hunt. There are no junk yards here that have had any AMC's here for
> over 20 years except one and he is an AMC guy and there have been only 2
> there in the last 10 years. I love the net since it is where I find 99%
> of my parts. I spent 1 1/2 years hunting for the parts for my orange
> cars new interior before I even started to re-do it. The complete new
> dash alone was made from parts from 7 different car with parts from the
> lower 48 states. Between here at BAG and the AMX files I have bought
> parts, been given parts, put onto parts I needed on eBay or a private
> seller. A year and a half ago I came into a large sum of tax free money
> so I didn't have to budget any more but the old Rambler mentality is
> still there and restoring a restorable part is still practiced rater
> than buy NOS or a good used one. Not bragging I could have easily bought
> the NOS sill plates from pocket change out of my wallet. As I mentioned
> earlier the wife is a putz and after riding in the car on 2 separate
> occasions I can see where she dragged her feet on the freshly restored
> sill plate. A better bit of money spent was buying a pickup truck load
> of doors, hood, tail lights, trim bumper inserts, emblem, headlight
> doors, a front bumper and assorted parts from Davis for 450$ delivered I
> think. He also put me onto a set of NOS fenders for 400$ for my yellow
> car. The reason some drivable cars are junked is that no one wants to
> buy them as was the case with the Hornet Davis had, so he parted it out.
> And I took Eddie's advice and bought all these parts just to have since
> I have 2 of these cars. It worked out as the bumper inserts were the
> same color as my orange car and just needed to be cleaned and polished
> and are now on the car. One example of the I can't be bothered to hunt
> for parts is the guy who owns the shop I go to. He told me he could not
> be bothered hunting for parts like I do. He wants to just open a catalog
> and pull out his credit card and order what he needs. Needless to say he
> is building a 69 Firebird with a built Chevy small block 400. He said he
> wanted somthing other than a Camero DUH it would be different if it had
> the Poncho 400 or 455 instead of a Chevy engine!!!!!! But this is why I
> say anyone can build a Ford or a Chevy but it takes a real man to build
> an AMC. Check out the totally repo Camero convert they are building on
> that new muscle car show and featured in Hot Rod Magazine. I'll keep my
> Hornet's thank you.
> "Doc"
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