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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/