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

["scott" <amysmygirl2003@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks for understanding Eddie.. Its sad to see yet another Amc go 
down the tubes. When I sold the cord it was under the conditon that I
could buy it back after she was done with it. Well we all know how 
that went. Help keep as many amc's on the road as you guys can. I wan 
my children to know how good of a car any Amc car is. 

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" 
<eddiestakes@...> wrote:
>
> 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@...
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "scott" <amysmygirl2003@...>
> 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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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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