Re: [BaadAssGremlins] My big score
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Re: [BaadAssGremlins] My big score



Eddie,
Went there and all they talk about in the introdution
are V8s. Do they both cover the sixes also?

--- Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
http://www.planethoustonamx.com/main/amc_literature.htm
> scroll down to the power book and performance
> american style, it has the 
> info there but any questions ask!
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hal" <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] My big score
> 
> 
> > Okay Eddie,
> > my little 258 is fixin' to go in for some
> overhaulin
> > so what is the "Que Passa" on that I6 literature
> of
> > yours.
> > Hal
> >
> > --- Eddie Stakes
> <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Eh, I am a big fan of six banger Javelins, and
> >> always kep them stock sixes.
> >> I'm a V8 man, but hell, you can do a lot with a
> AMC
> >> six also, but I simply
> >> like to keep them stock, great gas mileage and
> great
> >> looks. Sort of like
> >> older Mustang or Cougar with six.
> >>
> >> One 68 Javelin I used to have I drove regularly
> >> between Corpus Christi and
> >> Houston, and it was a 232, AT, on a 16 gallon
> tank I
> >> would use 12 gallons on
> >> a 220 mile trip, rather decent. I try that with
> say,
> >> my convertible Machine
> >> with 401 and it has a penchant to sniff out every
> >> Citgo, Conoco and Shamrock
> >> station along the route!
> >>
> >> If you ever go to some of the national meets,
> take a
> >> extra minute or two to
> >> check out two cars that come to mind, both
> Javelins.
> >> One is the stunning 69
> >> red Javelin owned by the Knapp's in Kenosha, six
> >> banger, I believe it won
> >> the America's Cup so retired from active showing
> >> now. The other is a 70
> >> Javelin in Big Bad Orange I sold to Carter
> Schmidt
> >> in Minnesota...built in
> >> the first week of production Aug 69. Unusual as
> it
> >> was loaded, AC, PS, PSB,
> >> tint, console, you name it, and then you open the
> >> hood and there is skinny
> >> Kate Moss looking factory 258! You would think
> that
> >> it would have some 900hp
> >> blower induced whatnot, but no, trusty six. He
> >> restored that car and you
> >> have to see it to believe it, better than
> showroom.
> >> And a six.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, while most of us would rather
> waste a
> >> set of rear tires at a
> >> stoplight putting away brand x, the sixes are
> >> something to discover again,
> >> especially with gas hitting $3 a damned gallon
> this
> >> summer. American Motors
> >> had it right witrh their misery cars in the early
> >> 60s, and then had to play
> >> catch up again in 74/75 with OPEC embargo. So
> before
> >> you gut and toss the
> >> six, have some fun with it.
> >>
> >> And for those of you who might not consider a six
> >> race fodder, I sell copies
> >> of AMC Power Book which has some info in it about
> >> sixes. So does Performance
> >> American Style, I also sell copies of. Or I could
> >> point you to Ed Fernandez,
> >> I still remember seeing him run that six Gremlin
> at
> >> Cecil
> >> County......putting up 11's....
> >>
> >> As for the topic of this called 'the big score' I
> >> just figured someone was
> >> sleeping with my ex wife again!
> >> Eddie Stakes'
> >> Planet Houston AMX
> >> 713.464.8825
> >> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> www.planethoustonamx.com
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: <AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:57 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] My big score
> >>
> >>
> >> > 300$ is around the going price for a disc brake
> >> set up and maybe he can
> >> > sell the rest of the parts. There weren't a lot
> of
> >> 6 cyl Javelins made
> >> > but some one may want the parts. So it really
> is
> >> not a loss. Some one
> >> > with a Rebel or Matador with a 6 might want to
> >> swap in a V8. Besides he
> >> > got the rear for a good price.
> >> > "Doc"
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> 
> 


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