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Hi Davis, no didn't miss the point, and realize
everyone has different goals with different projects with different timeframes!
Good luck on it also,
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Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 1:41
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Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re:Parting
Cars: Would I pay.....??
Eddie,
Yes your sales take longer and you can wait longer, i think you
missed my point. This is my only means of funding my amc project.
Ah, ya'll grip all ya'll want, I STILL have the
record with this 71 Matador two door, shown at the Nationals here in Houston
in 2001. I had it for sale for a record 7 years. It is still here and I have
driven it abuot 250 miles in ten years. The fellow just paid it off finally,
took $2650 for it. Yes, the car has a staggering 14,976 original miles on
it. All documented and lots of original records. Ran it thru ebay three
times and didn't sell, and finally got disgusted and ran it thru no reserve
starting at $1900. My 74 Hornet Sportabout wagon shown here has been for
sale for almost three years, heavily advertised also, but no one will give
me $600 for it. But I sadly have a waiting list of people wanting stuff off
it like package tray, windshield, dash, trans, disc brake setup, grill, roof
spoiler. I did sell the breather lid off it for $30, and the AM/FM for $250.
$250. That is what the radio cost new in it in 1974. I don't think this car
will be for sale as long as the 71 Matador however, as I will part it out as
tired of looking at it and no buyers. The 68 Javelin, AJ, a longtime friend
of mine from 189 west at South Texas AMC, said it is restorable, as many of
the panels are not what one would find up north. But the car was however in
a car fire in 1975 and had sat since, so I'm fixing to take a Sawzall to it
and with many of the rustfree panels, other Javelins and AMXs will live on
for another day to fight the good fight!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:08
AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re:
Would I pay.....??
A better bit of money spent was buying a pickup truck
load
of doors, hood, tail lights, trim bumper inserts, emblem,
headlight
doors, a front bumper and assorted parts from Davis for
450$ 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.
Doc,
You are right. that 74 hornet only had 52K miles on it and it
needed outer rockers, and minor quarter work. It was a nice 2 door. I
tried for over a year to sell it complete for as low as 200 bucks and no
takers! But when it came time to part it the care was unfortunatly worth
alot more in parts. I got the car for free and the money i made from
parting it went to buy more gremlin parts. I am a stay at home Dad right
now and have been out of work since august so the only way I can afford
to get stuff for my gremlin is by buying and selling parts and cars. I
sold my 70 drag gremlin so I could start the build up of a real 500 HP
pump gas motor for my black 72 gremlin.
I was able to use one of the Moser axels from my old BBO Amc
Team Gremlin in my gremlin. I sent the moser (needed straightened) and
the long stock axel and a new bearing I got from Bill. All freebies. to
Moser and for 250 bucks they straightened and recertified their axel and
made a new axel to match the stock so I ended up with 2 nice moser 31
spline axels with new bearings, and new 3" wheel studs. That would have
cost me over 460 bucks.
Just an example of how I save and afford some of my
stuff.
Next I am trying to sell my 69 AMX so I can finish payinmg
off my engine build.
I also have a few 70-73 gremlin X grilles that I plan to
restore and sell. I will be getting a plastic welder soon for that
project. I found that the Plastic Weld system epoxy doesn't hold up to
the violence of racing. So I am gonna try to actually weld the plastic
instead.
Davis
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