Greetings from a newbie!

[purple_swirl@xxxx]

I brought my baby home last weekend after replacing the fuel pump and 
a rubber hose at the seller's home. It was a 60 mile ride back to my 
place...the car had been in storage but had been maintained by the 
seller's father...started up etc. well, the old girl just sailed 
home...a lifter making noise but that was all...the power in the V8 
was something else...she wanted to fly! i slowly got her up to 60 mph 
on the freeway...this morning when i went to start here. the float in 
the carb was stuck..so i will have to do something with that..but i 
drove it around town today...vroom vrooom vrooom! engine purring like 
a kitten...roar, roar, roar...power steering and brakes are 
supreme...question now is...restore to collector's edition...or put 
in some higher performance stuff...intake manifold, carb, exhaust? 
hmmmm...i am going to paint her the honda inca pearl gold, and try to 
get a detail person to copy the hockey stick stripe in black...in any 
event i will be pulling out all the stops to make this one a great 
car again!
PS..only paid $435 USD for this car($650 Cdn)...she was so fun to 
drive today...can't wait to get her fixed up and take her to AMC 
meets in the pacific north west...and hang out with other Amc buffs! 
the odometer reads 43,000 miles...only two owners...the second one 
bought the car in '85 but only drove it a short distance to college 
and back...the condition of the seats might lead me to believe it has 
turned 100,000 but I don't know..it may well be that the 43,000 are 
original. 

Freddie
ps. posting a few pics in the album