RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Doing it right

["John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

That quote wasn't a mantra I enjoy...just a built-in thing I can't 
shake. If I could, I'd be out having the kind of fun the guys that 
install those crooked rivets have.

And I wasn't suggesting 'factory-stock' was the only way to be 
'perfect'. I've got pics of a few customs that I'd be PROUD to 
own, even after seeing the cars IN PERSON. But I'm talking HIGH 
dollar projects (six figures, sometimes).

Now..as for getting your Gremlin 'right'...I challenge you to 
name a part I can't locate (given reasonable time to hunt). I 
agree money is a major issue, but given patience and tenacity, 
I've always found what I need. If you didn't, it's only because 
you haven't made the right contact with the right person YET. 
If you prefer not to settle, let me see your 'needs' list and 
I'll see if I can't make a dent in it. If you're fine with the 
decision you mentioned, that's cool, too. In the end, it's your 
car- YOU have to like it first.

Oh..and when I 'critique' an AMC, it should be understood that 
I'd still prefer the worst one to the nicest GM. I over-analyze 
out of love....and anal-retentiveness. :)

I may have slammed the green car harder than I should have. It's 
isn't exactly hideous....but the 'bad' simply blinds me to the 
good initially. If I didn't still 'like' it, I wouldn't have 
bothered doing the photo edit at all. :)

Anyway- keep at it. Your stick-to-it-ness will pay off eventually.

John W Rosa
www.JavelinAMX.com

-----Original Message-----
From: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert

John, you are correct when you say "if it is not going to be done 
right , why do it at all". I agree on what you say, especialy about 
having the money to do it "right". I have owned my Gremlin for 18 years 
and finally started the ground up "restoration" in the fall of 2004. 
Even though I have the ability, the fully equipped shop, the time, the 
ambition, the love of the hobby, I lack the funds. I have already spent 
close to $15,000.00 and I am just starting to go back together with the 
car. I am very picky on what I do and I have already realized that I 
can not make it Factory original due to parts availability, so I chose 
to do what I can to make it a Gremlin to be proud of, but will never 
be "factory" restored. It will be a screamer and it will look good, but 
if you and/or I were the judges, it would be just a Gremlin with shiny 
paint and loud exhaust. Everyone just do your best and make your AMC be 
the car that everyone notices, who cares if it is "factory perfect" 
they never were "perfect" from the factory. Bob from Minnesota.  



 
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