Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Fw: Press release- Selling The Steve Green AMC Collection at Auction in Charlotte, NC

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joe, double click on the jpeg photos and the cars will appear if you are 
talking about the email I sent. If the website of auction house, you have to 
search for AMC and a number of them appear.
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:37 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Fw: Press release- Selling The Steve Green 
AMC Collection at Auction in Charlotte, NC


> HOW do you view photos of the cars?? thanks,Joe   --- In
> BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@...> wrote:
>>
>> PS: I am sure you have heard of this but it came in anyhows, looks
> like they
>> used my VENDORS list to email folks, not bad idea. Steven Green was
> a buddy
>> of mine, still is although he probably would not recognize me. Hell,
> would
>> probably not know anyone, as he came out of bar drunk in NY, Yonkers
> area
>> where his warehouse was, and got hit by cab and I understand sort of
>> vegatable now. He called me in the 1990s as there was several cars
> he was
>> interested in, one was the last Matador coupe built, and the ONLY
>> white/white Matador coupe/Barcelona built and this last Matador was Dick
>> Teague's, given to him by employees of AMC! The other was a 74 AMX
> Maxi Blue
>> with only 1000 miles on it. Both were in a cave below Kansas City
> and had
>> come up for sale, there are lots of caves below that area where
> people store
>> stuff, even Hollywood films and government records as it is same
>> temp/humidity year round. The Teague car had 6600 miles on it and
> what was
>> astonishing was the photos that went with it.....from frame being
> dipped,
>> painted, dash installed, to marshalling yard, to Teague sitting in it
>> getting the keys in Milwaukee. Absolutely breathtaking and I told
> Steve I
>> wanted some of those photos, and would pay handsomely for copies. I went
>> over the car several times over period of days in St. Louis after I
>> convinced Steve to buy it.....and the AMX, he paid something like
> $19K for
>> the AMX, don't remember what for the Matty, but he brought the Matty
> to St.
>> Louis AMO national meet in 99. Then I went over the AMX in Berlin,
> CT at the
>> nationals in 2000. In 2002 he bought my 77 Matasdor Barcelona coupe
> that had
>> 41K miles, I bought it from old lady here named 'Miss Rust, as she
> could no
>> longer drive it, and it was #12 in a whopping string of original
> owner cars
>> I bought in a ROW. I detailed it and then took first place in class at
>> Astrodome ISCA show with it. Fun car, I joked I could use the lush front
>> seats in house as couch, those Barcelona seats you will find are
> better than
>> what anything on market now, just big fluffy things. He bought my
> Barcelona
>> for $3400 and along the way, he had a transport pick up several
> other AMC
>> across the country he had just bought, quite a avid collector, and a
> class
>> act if you ever met him his enthusiasm was unrivaled by many, just a
> good
>> hardcore AMC fan who wanted to preserve cars, whether they were high
> dollar
>> AMXs or no market Matadors. photo 0972 is the 1000 miles Kansas City
> Cave
>> AMX (my moniker from mid 1990s) and photo 1007 shows the Teague last
>> Matador, built, last Barcelona built, only white/white one made,
> given to
>> Teague in 1978.
>> Eddie Stakes
>> 713.464.8825
>> eddiestakes@...
>> www.planethoustonamx.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tom Mack" <tmack@...>
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Hello AMC fans!  Attached are some photos of the 47 AMC cars we
> will be
>> > selling WITHOUT RESERVE at the AUCTION@AUTOFAIR at Lowe's Motor
> Speedway
>> > in Charlotte, NC on April 3&4.
>> >
>> > Steve Green was a huge AMC fan and he collected them at his every
>> > opportunity.  His health forced the recent sale of his collection.  We
>> > are proud to have been selected to move his collection to new
> owners and
>> > collectors.
>> >
>> > There are many very interesting cars in this collection and I'll only
>> > name a few:
>> >
>> > The LAST Matador produced, and was originally owned by Dick
> Teague, AMC
>> > and Packard designer. 6,000 actual miles, About 15 more Matadors
>> > 78 Matador Barcelona, 5K miles, formerly of the Lew Brown Collection
>> > 74 Javelin AMX, Maxi-Blue, formerly of the Dick Rodekopf collection,
>> > only 1,700 miles
>> > 3-Amx's, 2-4-Speeds, one automatic
>> > 5- Pacers, one with only 1,000 miles
>> > 74 Matador Oleg Cassini with the rare 401 V-8 and only 20K miles
>> > 2 - Gremlin X's with low miles
>> > Several Station Wagons
>> > 70 Rebel "THE MACHINE"
>> > 79 Spirit with a rare 4-Speed and only 10K miles
>> > Much more
>> >
>> > Auction information, photos and descriptions of most of these cars may
>> > be found on our website at www.tommackauctions.com or call our office
>> > toll-free at 1-888-TOM-MACK. Phone bidding arranged.
>> >
>> > Thanks, and we hope you can be in Charlotte in April!
>> >
>> > Tom Mack
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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