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



Gary no apology is necessary. I was just stating the amount of work it
takes to hide the plate behind the door pillar and all the tools needed.
My way the average person with a 4" grinder and a cut off wheel, a drill
and a pop rivet gun can make the repair and make it look neat.
"Doc"



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Gary,
 I don't think that's the way Doc took it
 Davis

themixtoo@xxxxxxx wrote:
Sorry Doc, I meant no disrespect. all your helpful tips have been nothing but top rate. I apologize.  Gary  
 
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Sent: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:42:37 -0400
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] The Mix's Mrs's New Car

Repairing the door jam striker plate mounting "my way" looks factory if  you make a nice plate with rounded edges and the rivet mounting holes  are nice and even. It also makes for a nice looking job if you paint the  plate and the rivets the door jam color. I also did it on the pass side  too even though it didn't need it. The ones on my yellow car are still  fine
 after 25 years. I didn't do a hack job as you and I probably have  seen on many other AMC's. To repair these with out seeing the plate you  would have to drill out the spot welds on the channel that holds the  floating nut inside the door pillar, weld in the plate and weld up the  holes and than weld the channel with the floating nut to the plate,  grind and fill and then paint the door pillar. Sorry way to much work  for me on somthing "I" will only see for a second when I get in the car.  It had a large 3-4" washer with smaller ones on it to hold the striker  bolt on when I got the car. Now that was ugly and a hack job. Mine is  invisible to all but the purist. Since this is no 100 point resto I am  pleased with the job.   "Doc"        ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->   <FONT COLOR="#000099">Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy   technology. It's free.  </FONT><A HREF=""http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/YtqqlB/TM" target=_blank>http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/YtqqlB/TM"><B>Click   Here!</B></A>  --------------------------------------------------------------------~->        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/     
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Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] The Mix's Mrs's New Car
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:02:51 -0400
Well, it's not perfect but repairable. The drivers door striker has been repaired 'your way' but I guess that's ok for my wife. No rust in the wheelwells or the doors, no hloes in the floor (but I haven't gotten' my fat a$$ under it yet) exhaust has a leak just in front of the muffler (not at the manifold) and the tranny has a small drip. Going to need the door glass outer 'fuzzies' because these are totaly gone and if not fixed right away these 'nice' doors won't last long around here. Gary   
 
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Sent: Wed, 24 May 2006 05:54:19 -0400
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Gary, nice to see you found an honest person to deal with. How is the  body rust wise? It looks real clean from the pic's.  "Doc"        ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->   <FONT COLOR="#000099">You can search right from your browser? It's
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From: themixtoo@xxxxxxx
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] The Mix's Mrs's New Car
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 12:17:51 -0400
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
 
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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"        ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->   <FONT COLOR="#000099">Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new   email arrives  </FONT><A HREF=""http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/YtqqlB/TM" target=_blank>http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/YtqqlB/TM"><B>Click   Here!</B></A>  --------------------------------------------------------------------~->        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/         


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