Re:leaving notes on Gremlins...

[Gremlingts@xxxx]

 I have in the past just left notes on the cars. The best way is to put it 
in a plastic bag, so if it rains, your note won't turn to mush! LOL. If 
talking to the individual in person, after knocking on the door, you should 
be polite and respect their privacy if they don't wish to show you the car, 
or sell it....or if they quote too high a price, then don't disparage the 
value...YOU'RE the one who enquired! Just say no thanks, and walk away, and 
thank them afterwards. Nothing I'd hate more myself, than someone nosing 
around wanting to buy my car, then drag it down to try to get it cheaper. I'd 
basically tell them to go visit someplace REAL hot! LOL. Most of all, be 
respectful, I would never go up to their car, in the person's yard or 
driveway, and start giving it a once-over without the owner being present. On 
the street, that's public domain, and being enquisitive is legal. :) I'm sure 
you'd like the same courtesy, so don't make a potential seller angry or 
defensive by being overly brash in your approach. 
I can honestly say I've never bought a car after having left a note on 
it. Usually they don't want to sell, or they're asking too much. I've bought 
most of mine either thru contacts or chance encounters, or ads, or auctions 
where no one else wanted it. If someone is in legal possession of it, there's 
usually a reason - sentimental, or think it's worth too much. I know a 
country lady who's a friend of my aunts, she has a Concord, around '81, that 
she wants $1,700 for....but she'll never get her money out of it. It's been 
sitting for years, now, has had it's share of problems, and she put money 
into it, now it's sitting. It will probably never run again, as she won't get 
her money out, and won't sell cheaper. So, that's the way it is with some 
people. I'd probably give her a few hundred for it, if it ran or only needed 
minor repairs, maybe more, but what she asks is unrealistic. Oh well. 
Ads in newspapers sometimes work, too. Looking for an AMC car. Sometimes 
it works, sometimes not. Worked for Mike in Colorado. Took him about a year 
to find one that way, then he found two more afterwards! LOL. But it depends 
on location, some places may just have NONE, and there's nothing you can do 
but hunt further afield, maybe try to advertise in papers a few hundred miles 
away even. Many times it's just luck or circumstance that brings you one. You 
may can try to see if a junkyard will call you if they get one in, to sell to 
you. A long-shot, but possible. They usually tow junk vehicles. Better yet, 
call some of those ads where they say they'll tow the junk car for free, and 
see if they run across any AMCs, and if so, to call you first, so they can 
make some money. Worth a shot. :) Well, good luck, Craig, I"m swimming in 
Gremlins here ( 5 at the house, 3 for sale withing a hundred miles ). Maybe 
you oughta leave CA. LOL. Anyway, have a good holiday,

Jerry in Virginia