Re: [BaadAssGremlins] another sad day pisses me off....

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reading Scott's letter below reminded me of a sweet 66 Ambassador four door 
I once owned, bought it for $200 from original owner. Inside would take you 
back in time with all the real chrome on the dash. Good running 327, just a 
solid Texas car. The only problem was the torque tube driveshaft. Not sure 
anyone here has experience with those but to describe one would be like a 
toothpick inside a straw. I could not find any place here in Houston willing 
to work on it. This was in the 1980s. So I decided to sell it, and sold it 
to a fellow who worked at Mmam's cafe as a waiter, or $225. I let him know 
that while the car ran and drove fine, it would need driveshaft in the next 
few months, as it would wobble and make some noise around 50mph, otherwise 
fine. He said no problem and gave me cash, drove it for some months and I 
used to see it at the next apartments I live on Westheimer in west Houston. 
One day I noticed it had dust, and it had been months since i sold it, but 
just seemed to sit there, then got a apartment red notice sticker. So i went 
up to Mama's cafe and sat in his section and he told me the driveshaft went 
south, but 'he had gotten his money out of it' and I asked him if he wanted 
to sell it back, maybe I could fix it or at least move it so apartments 
would not tow it. I never heard from him and next time I saw it the car was 
at Pick A Part on Wallisville road. And no one picked anything off it in the 
six weeks it was there, even though it had all rare chrome, stainless, 
glass, four barrel intake, mint interior, no one touched it. That car exists 
only in photos I have of it now, but sad to see shit like that happen.

And it happens, and has happened, all too often since the 1980s sadly. Can't 
save them all but sure try, whether Gremlin, Concord, Rambler, all are 
hopefully worth preserving unless parts cars to help survivors!
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "scott" <amysmygirl2003@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:26 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] another sad day pisses me off....


>I used to have a 82 concord 4 door sedan, It had 50,000 miles on it,
> the keys looked brand new.... I put brand new brakes, new radiatior,
> gas tank and alluminum valve cover. In all I sunk 2,000 dollars into
> the car... I sold it to a Girl down the street (my relitives girl
> freind) because she was in need of a dependable car. Well they scraped
> it one year after I sold it to her.... They gave her $50.00 for it.
> People are so stupid... the car was in good shape still. I wish I never
> sold it now. Oh well rant off.
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