Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: nos gremlin grille

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My point exactly down below as to where AMCers may or may not be. Some still 
have the luxury(?) in 2006 of having spare items around to fix up their 
particular vehicles. Some items are outright obsolete no matter where one 
might be at or how many meets they can attend. Yes others feel there is a 
bottom less pit of AMC items out there that will always be available. 
Unfortunately not so, as in the last 10 years we have seen a tremendous 
amount of sheetmetal, glass and chrome destroyed or lost forever. Right 
behind it is plastics like grills, turn lamps and stop lamps, dashes,a nd 
right up there in same group is stainless moldings like drip rail moldings. 
I sold my last set of drip rail 68-70 AMX moldings last year for $200 per 
side. Tough to get of safely, tough to reinstall safely.

Yes, sometimes people actually need the items, other times sheer 
speculation, but that is nothing new, even back in the 1980s people were 
buying stuff for resell like Rally Packs. It is capitalism nothing more 
whether we like it or not. It still goes on and like cannibalism of AMCs, 
happens. I mentioned here a few months ago I talked to a major west coast 
vendor who bluntly told me "we can't buy them quick enough" (to part them 
out) talking about AMC vehicles.

And so it goes!
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 11:58 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: nos gremlin grille


> -EDDIE..MAYBE someone just NEEDS the Gremlin parts and has NO
> Gremlins anywhere near them in salvage yards to get parts from?? Yep
> Eddie. I've bought some Gremlin parts on ebay in the last few years.
> I've bought various AMC/AMX/Ambassador/Gremlin parts from you before
> also.The one 1/4 panel on ebay i DID buy .....YES..it was late night
> beer induced(YOU GOT OUTBID AGAIN)bidding!! My car is virtually rust
> free...except one 1/4 panel. I've collected some spare parts for
> it....BECAUSE I NEVER INTEND TO SELL IT...I LOVE IT , AND WILL  KEEP
> IT UNTILL I DIE!! Now...i've seen guys at the NAMDRA AMC Nationals
> buy up ALL of the available 401 engine parts and then say...."gee now
> i have a DOZEN 401's"!! Those are the horders or  money  makers when
> they resell. More $$$ than brains, or whatever. One dude bought THREE
> 401's a couple years ago at NAMDRA. Didn't even get his hands dirty.
> Rich looking dude...had them all loaded for him into a BIG fancy
> trailer !! My problem at  times is......NO parts around here sooo
> ebay is it!! Now i let people know when i find AMC's / AMC parts
> around here ....just to help out! Usually ...the ones i find are NOT
> ones i need...just my usual luck!! BUT if i can help out a fellow
> ANC'er..why not. NOW to the guy that said...bid high to make him
> pay...THAT'S just childish bullshit man!! Joe-- In
> BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@...>
> wrote:
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>> I think futura289 is Joe Gray here on this site. Not sure. Hell, we
> have bid against each other a few times. Sometimes I see something
> that will finish off a car and I get stupid myself on evilbay,
> knowing full well all I would have to do is
> simply.....pick....up....phone....and call many of the people I have
> dealt with the past decades on my vendors list to see if one of them
> have it, and well, usually non fee-bait prices.
>>
>> Good and bad on ebay. Good is that everyone must remember there are
> AMCers in far flung places that can't find anything for their AMC
> Anything. So ebay is a big mall basically. Ok, garage sale. On the
> other hand you also see stuff you passed on at that AMC national or
> regional for $100 sail to hundreds of dollars more on fee bay. You
> have people seling things on ebay that have reproduced only one or
> two items, this is their way to sell. You have hundreds of people who
> are not members of any AMC online place, nor member of any national,
> local, regional AMC organization like chapter or club. So their only
> ties to find anything they need is believe it or not, off ebay, so
> they usually pay premium prices for not getting involved by paying
> dues or, well, joining something like this House of Bart. And then
> you have auctions themselves. How many of you have ever gotten a hard
> pee pee (ok, Lu & a few other quit reading now) but how many of you
> have ever been involved in a live auction? I have and used to go to
> 20-30 auctions PER MONTH, sometimes 2-3 a DAY here in Houston in late
> 80s/early 90s at police, storage and salvage auctions. I would pick
> up whole cars for $20-$100 each. That is right, 73 P1 black 401 AMX,
> Pierre cardin, bought it for $450 for instance. My site is littered
> with these cars I picked up. Anyhows, you get 'caught up' in the
> auction process and tend to sometimes get stupid. And it don't help
> when ebay sends you quick YOU HAVE BEEN OUTBID! notice by email or
> text, so you go bid again. So sometimes, whether at live auctions or
> online auctions shit happens during the auction process.
>>
>> Ebay is good and bad. Sort of like a 59 Cadillac fins. You either
> love it or hate it there is no in between. Hopefully whoever ends up
> with say, this grill, is not a speculator wishing to 'cash in' on
> Enron stock 4-5 years from now and is someone who generally knows
> that the NOS parts have simply vanished in the last 10 years, and
> this could be their last chance to get one for their personal car!
>> Eddie Stakes'
>> Planet Houston AMX
>> 713.464.8825
>> eddiestakes@...
>> www.planethoustonamx.com
>> Email is currently HEAVY
>> 5-12 day reply times, call if important
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: baadass73gremlin@...
>>   To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>   Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:10 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] nos gremlin grille
>>
>>
>>   Forget about bidding on it as the infamous 'futura289' who has
> bought about 56,million dollars worth of Gremlin parts of evilbay.and
> outbids even the most hardcore i.e Davis LOL
>>   Bart
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