Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Hornet 4speed carpeting

["William Renshaw" <lionwren@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

HE-HE... Snappers... I believe what Eddie is refering to is turtles. Good 
eatin's!! Nothing better then a good pot of snapper stew!!



Bill Renshaw Lewiston Idaho
AKA Brother B.
As always....Keep on a Ramblin'!!
1973 Gremlin X "clone" (project)
1970 Original Hornet "plain jane"
1974 Matador Coupe "Parts car"





>From: AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx
>Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Hornet 4speed carpeting
>Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:53:48 -0400
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>Snappers, Davis?
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>From: Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Hornet 4speed carpeting
>Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:52:12 -0700 (PDT)
>Did you say snappers
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>Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:          Doc, you 
>are right and as a AMCer, we usually have to make stuff fit, tweak
>and so forth. However, with carpet, there has been problems in the past. I
>quit carrying carpet kits in the mid 1990's for 68-74 AMX and Javelin. It
>had to do with quality, didn't matter whether loop cut or cut pile. The
>100th AMC I owned in early 90s was a little 68 AMX, 343, AT. I am no
>stranger to installing carpets and bought this set from a major vendor in
>uh, the Sunshine State.
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>I had it almost completely in and realized it was short. About 1/2 inch. I
>had to pull it all up, padding, glue, everything, rebox it, send it back,
>and wait for refund in 4 months.
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>I ended up having it done locally. I would later find out that many carpet
>kits sit on shelves for months, years, and are exposed to heat, cold,
>humidity, everyting and you get what I sometimes call the NOS effect. You
>see it happen with NOS stripes and decals, whereas they have been sitting
>for decades, then once installed, and exposed to heat on a hot summer day 
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>a show, they expand and crack.
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>I could go on here about correct and incorrect parts, and reproduction 
>items
>that are better than NOS and reproduction items that I throw in the bayou
>behind my house with the snappers!
>Eddie Stakes'
>Planet Houston AMX
>713.464.8825
>eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>www.planethoustonamx.com
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 10:30 PM
>Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Hornet 4speed carpeting (was: my z
>code401 matty for sale)
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> > Sorry guy's but to paraphrase John Elle this is a "MOOT POINT". All
> > molded carpet is made from one piece of carpet. The mold and the heat
> > forms the carpet NOTHING ELSE!! With a bit of time, ingenuity and a heat
> > gun or steal the wife's or your hair drier. ( I am bald so I do, LOL )
> > you can make any carpet fit like factory. The so called factory molded
> > carpet I got from Kennedy American last year needed trimming and a heat
> > gun to make it fit properly. Don't tell me you guy's have gone "COOKIE
> > CUTTER CAR" on me and expect put down your credit card to "Year One"
> > and expect to get a dead on repo for your Chamero or Moostang?
> > PLEEEEEESSSSEEEEE. This is what makes us different from the cookie
> > cutter cars!!!!!!!!! Oh you need an original floor pan to make the mold
> > for the molded carpet for a 4 speed car or just be creative like "ME".
> > :-)~~~~~~~
> > "Doc"
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