You are correct and the biggest fuss when Mopar took over AMC besides them
going back on word that the Kenosha plants would stay open 5 years then changed
and decided to close in months, was the sheer amount of inventory of AMC and
Jeep stuff still in pipelines that was sadly, lost. Somewhere on my site it
talks about whole dealer inventories being bulldozed in west Houston, we are
taking 18 wheelr stuff. Not only here, the editor of AMO magazine talked about
same landfill inventories on outskirts of Kenosha in 89-90, so was rather
widespread. I do not know if same happened when Damlier/Benz took over Mopar in
'a marriage of equals' nor do I know what has happened now that Chrysler is now
Italian Fiat, yikes, didn't see that coming!
In the same file on my site (sorry, don't remember what file it is in) also
mentions that Mopar is not in business to keep another company's history alive.
This is one of the oldest files on my site from early 90s.
Yikes, and in a conversation with Kenoshans recently, my views and
sentiments were echoed that Kenosha don't give a squat about their history like
Snap On Tools or AMC/Nash/Rambler, all the big money has come in from Milwaukee
and Chicago so now lots of McMansions and those folks only care about where next
latte is coming from. A Kenoshan said Kanosha has basically become a Chicago
suburb.
Some of you remember everyone raising funds for the Kenosha transportation
museum years ago, some, like Jock of NAMDRA was even collecting pennies for the
funds, all of it counts. But the powers that be didn't seem to care much about a
'transportation museum' and when finished was only a fraction of what supposed
to be, almost a afterthough. However, someone decided to build a 'civil war
museum' up there and the pork flowed, representatives, senators, you name it
falling over each other to write bills and secure funding for that. I don't
think of Wisconsin when I think civil war. Sort of like I don't think of lakes
when I think of Ohio, or don't think of Vikings when I think of Farve.
Point is you are right, no, they could care less about parts, much less for
obsolete marque. I was on NTB and Discount Tire sites just today and there is no
listing for AMC. They have other obsolete marques, but had to do search for
tires by sizes, not marque. And so it goes.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 5:08
PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Franks
Custom Fiberglass closes up shop
Unfortunately
I don't think the big 3 really cares about supplying parts for vehicles past
10 years. Whatever is left in the inventory till they sell out and it becomes
NLS.
Scrapin dies don't surprise me.
Olly
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:52:44 -0500
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Franks Custom Fiberglass closes up
shop
I honeslty don't know but sort of like AMC related. Long ago and far
away, AMC decided to junk the dies to cast 1/4 panel for 68-70 AMX, I believe
it was 1974. I don't recall specifics, but if you have ever seen some of the
original dies they are rather huge and takes 18 wheelers to move them. Flash
forward to late 80s and Mopar had the dies to do the 68-70 AMX & Javelin
fenders, however one is they wanted $250,000 for them, and two, I don't
believe the machinery still even existed to press them, so you would have
these huge dies, but nothing to press them. They melted them down and sold for
scrap for $800, sort of reverse, or perverse rambler mentality. If....(I
honestly don't think it was still in existence) but if, the machnery still was
around to use, and press fenders, Mopar could have made a limited run, say
200-500 fenders per side and easily sold them for $350 a pop and made some
serious money, but easiler to take gov tax writeoff. But no, don't know if it
was Mister Fiberglass.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 11:43
AM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Franks
Custom Fiberglass closes up shop
Any word who purchased the Franks molds?
Was it Mister Fiberglass outta Detroit that the molds got
crushed?
Olly
From: Eddie Stakes <eddiestakes@planethoustonamx.com>
To: BaadAssGremlins@yahoogroups.com
Cc: amc-list@amc-list.com
Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 11:00:57
PM
Subject: Re:
[BaadAssGremlins] Franks Custom Fiberglass closes up
shop
Last time a fiberglass place went out of business they crushed all the
molds. I don't remember the name of the place but they were rather big
fiberglass supplier in 90s. Hope someone can buy some of the molds not that
they would make it to destination if someone bought them but still, I would
bet some of the stuff is really reasonable price wise....hurry I believe
October 10th last day to contact them, then chances are anything left gets
tossed.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:36
PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Franks
Custom Fiberglass closes up shop
That's 2 bad. I wonder who will buy the AMC
molds??
Olly
Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:14:44 -0500
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Franks Custom Fiberglass closes up
shop
Franks Custom Fiberglass has shut down.
Too bad, what a bunch of
nice folks.
http://www.frankscu stomfiberglass.
com/
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@
planethoustonamx .com
www.planethoustonam x.com
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