Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Crusher Alert/1000+ cars/Georgia

Don't know Bart who in the world would ever thought a Pinto would be worth restoring. You know most of the cars you see at car shows are owned by old men who bought them because they either owned one when they were young are wanted one and couldn't afford it to now. I don't think things will change and when these 20 years old get to be 60 they are going to want the same thing and that will be the rice burners they are driving today. As for as restoring them they won't have to no more than you have to restore most of your muscle cars today. If I wanted a 65 to 73 Mustang all I have to do is lay out the cash and in a month a guy here will deliver you a brand new one. He guarantees you every nut and bolt on the car is exactly the same as it was in 65. He sales every part for the 65 to 73 Mustang that was ever made and for the right amount of money he will put it together for you. That is my biggest complaint with the whole car scene today. Is the 65 GTO I am looking at a beautifully restored 45 year old car or is it really a 2009 car that just happens to look like a 45 year old car. At least with AMC's for the most part you know what you are looking at. Anyway I think I brought this and kind of sorry I did. It really doesn't matter to me what people will be seeing at cars shows in the year 2050. I will be 6ft under a long time before then.

Terry

From: "baadass73gremlin@xxxxxxx" <baadass73gremlin@xxxxxxx>
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 9:04:26 PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Crusher Alert/1000+ cars/Georgia

In a message dated 12/12/2009 8:13:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, traveler@xplornet. com writes:

Hate to tell this but you are wrong - not trying to pick an arguement, but people relate to what they grew up with - Think about that - that is the reason that 90 percent of you are in love with your AMC products - Just like I like those and the Kaisers - it's what we knew when we were teenagers that sticks with us. My neighbout had a 37 McLaughlin Buick Century Coach with sidemounts - Always admired that car and would love to have one someday - but how many relate to that??? very few except perhaps true enthusiasts, and anyone who was familiar with them way back when. How many of to-days youth know what a 51 Ford Coupe or a 51 Merc. Coupe was, or have any desire to own one???? but ask them about something to-day that is common, and they relate to it. How may of you have any desire to own a Model"A"??? not many I would guess, but if you had one when you were a kid, I bet you would like to have one now. History repeats - and a lot of the old timers who owned those old wrecking yard understood that, and those that are left are doing well with them.

Tom

The old cars wether they were shitbox's or prestige automobiles. the fact that they could be made into hotrods or be classics when they got old are the reasons why they are acceptable today. You cannot tell me that one day a 91 Ford Escort will be a car worthy of restoring unless you mounted the body on a monster truck frame and shoehorned a fire breathing 572 cubed BB chevy in it. When cars become plastic riddin fwd 4 banger turds it killed the future of hot rodding and welding on a fart can and putting 67 hairdryers under the hood doesn't make it a hot rod either. The last cars that are fairly new or new that will be worth a damned or the-04-06 GTO, 08-09 G8's 82-92 Camaro/Firebird/ Trans Am, 93-02 Camaro/Firebrid/ Trans Am 79-93 Mustang 94-04 Mustang 05-? Mustang and 2010 -? Camaro 08-? Challenger and maybe a few others but all in all your average fwd 4 banger shitbox won't be worth looking at in the future. We need to quit comparing these abominations to Model T's and other classics of the era. The Gremlin was the target of alotta jokes back in the day and even today but it being a steel rear drive car gave it near endless potential

Bart