Re: [BaadAssGremlins] The Mix's Mrs's New Car

[Hal <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Mix, 
Fort Sill is in Lawton Oklahoma just up the road from
me in Wichita Falls Texas. Nice ride.
Hal
--- themixtoo@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Doc, I just noticed yesterday the sticker on the
> windshield that says Fort Sill, so I can assume it
> belonged to a military person. Looks like all rubber
> under the hood has been changed and the rubber lines
> in the brake system will be replaced BEFORE I let
> her drive it. I will clean and repack all bearings
> and I've already recvd a trans filter kit from my
> non-Auotzone (you know what I mean) parts store with
> a new pan gasket in it (as this was one thing the
> previous owner informed me about). I had him make a
> list of everything he knew was 'wrong' since he
> couldn't (wouldn't) furnish me with any past
> repair/maintanence receipts. He was very honest with
> me and even 'showed off' his '73 Black/orange stripe
>    V-8 Gremlin X he's been working on for the past
> couple of years. I invited him to check 'US' out
> here @ BAG.    Gary
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:07:59 -0400
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] The Mix's Mrs's New Car
> 
> 
> Congrats on finding and buying the new car. Did the
> seller say why it
> was such a low mileage car? Everybody seems to love
> them low mileage
> original little old lady cars so to speak. The
> problem usually is
> everything made of rubber is shot. The grease in
> wheel bearings is hard
> and the crankcase is full of sludge rubber brake
> lines are rotted and
> cracked. I am sure you will give it more than a
> casual check over Gary.
> You wouldn't want to turn the wife off after just
> showing some interest
> after 20 years by the car breaking down. I always
> had problems with
> little old lady cars. My son has also. Now my story
> ;-) I gave my
> fathers last new car to my son 2 years ago. He
> bought it in sept 84 and
> died in feb 86. He put 7,000 miles on it. From 86
> till 2003 my mother
> put 3,000 miles on it. I made sure it was serviced
> every 6 months. When
> I gave it to my son and he started using it
> regularly instead of his
> Javelin. You name it and he had a problem with it.
> Before you know it he
> had almost 1,500$ in repairs and that included
> replacing the original
> tires. Them low mileage original cars are not all
> they are cracked up to
> be sometimes. It takes some real work to make them
> dependable drivers.
> Is that car yellow Gary? E9 paint code?
> "Doc"
> 
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Hidden in Wichita Falls TX

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