Actual Ebay Questions From Live AMC Fans!
Q: great ad! just wish i could bid, but i already have a project
going though. as for anyone wondering eddie is a great seller and if you
have questions about amc's, he knows the answers.
Jul-24-06
A: How about wishing a bid like those wishful Nigerian eamils I get
for $55 millions dollars they want to share with me? I got one from
allegedly from Arafat's widow the other day. No wonded he dead now, woman
wanted 800 pairs of new shoes and Armani stuff. I emailed her/him, hell
might have been RuPaul back saying go to Salvation Army and buy your shoes,
two for $1. Since this auction started I am proud to say I have also won a
staggering 13 Scam-A-Lot Camelot and other Scumalot Lottos. Total excess
wealth around $110 million dollars, loosk like I just might fire up a line
to produce AMX III's and sell them in the $10,000 range too. As for
questions about AMCs, if I don't know the answer, uh, my phone usually goes
mysteriously dead! Thanks for looking, Eddie Stakes
Q: Hey eddie, this is Jay Eichenberg, Bruce Eichenbergs son. I've
spoke with you once or twice. This thing is a basket case, and wouldn't be a
car for someone like me who dosnt have a amx yet that needs parts right.?
Thanks Jay
Jul-24-06
A: Hi Jay, yes, and no. Since you are local, might be a good car to
drag home and tell your dad it followed you home like ugly dog. On the other
hand if it did follow you home, there are a number of still salvagable parts
as mentioned in auction, on it, like Twin Grip, crossmembers, Borg Warner
M-12 trannie, torque links, tail lights, door panels, door guts, door
tracts, to name a few. If you need any of that, then bid, if not, it might
cost you more than opening bid in fines from civic group if you did drag it
home! Tell your cop daddy hi for me. Eddie Stakes
Q: hey eddie, great posting, i enjoyed the laughs. now the $350 bid is
what you'll pay me to pull this fine vintage car outa ya way, correct??
sounds like your having to much fun. thanks again.
Jul-21-06
A: $350 in Canadian Tire Money or FEMA cards left over from the
Katrina Evac. But hell, those people been using those FEMA cards on finer
things in life like wagering, tidee bars, manicures for their pets, what is
up with that, here we call it roadkill. Also big screen tv's so FEMA comes
thru again. I saw a lady from US griping about evacuating Beriut saying it
not done in a timely manner, hello and duh, we could not even evac New
Orleans in 6 months, enjoy your cruise ship aboard the Orient Queen to
Cyprus, maybe her big ass will tilt ship like the one on west coast, those
people all never left buffet line God Bless Em. I love thins country and
American Motors. Someone sell me a Renault LeCatbox now. Take care and
thanks for stopping in, please don't run from this auction! Eddie Stakes
annoying the hobby since 1983
Q: Hey if I buy this can you drive it to Grove City Ohio for me...I
will cook you dinner upon your arrival...and also a free bus ticket back
home..yours truely...Randy Urban..certified AMC NUTT!!!!PS also looking for
70' 390 block
Jul-21-06
A: The EPA probably won't allow this on most highways. Besides, where
would my familiay in the trunk live? Grove City Ohio, eh, The River Is On
Fire! How about those Browns? Never mind. You didn't mention what type of
dinner, could be Buckeye Surprise. And that bus ticket concerns me also, as
we have prison buses here with lots of grates on the windows, looks like
71-74 AMX grills all around the windows you know. And many of them make a
one way trip to Huntsville, north of me, if you know what I mean! You also
put your's truly, I hope you ain't Brokeback Mountian AMCer now Randy, you
starting to scare me boy! Don't make me flog you with a 78 Pacer passenger
door NOS weatherstrip. Ever seen one of those? They double as a tow strap
since the passenger doors on Pacers are bigger, larger, hard, bigger,
harder, sorry, got carried away, but the doors are larger than driver side.
Not a whole lot of AMCers know that either, go look it up, there are gurus
with all the answers :~P out there. On the 70 390 block, since shipping one
is a real hemmorohoid buster, I would highly suggest either AMC nationals to
the left and right of you where you could usually find one, as opposed to
trying to get one long distance. See one of my previous Al queda, unibomber,
al jezerra, Ted Bundy rambling diatribe manifesto above for details on
either meet. And for all the answers in life, go to generalzod.net he will
set you straight and kneel before planet houston. Good to hear from you, say
hi to the family if I don't owe them money or not my bookie. Eddie Stakes
Q: Hi eddie I have bought a few things from you and was wondering if
you would happen to have a window tract for a drivers side Javelin door
68-69? I bought a passenger side from you a few months ago and am still
looking for the other..I would like to bid on the AMX just for humor sake
but have no way of getting it to North Dakota..If you end up parting it out
I would like to buy the twingrip rearend....Good luck with the sale this
time...Paul pjrkelly
Jul-20-06
A: Hey Paul how about you and me go stealing some DVD's at Wal Mart?
They raised the figure to $25 before they presecute, so that makes it easier
for me to load up! Fools paying $4+ for those little Fresh Cherries Gremlins
and Pacers here on ebay! Why? You can now walk out with 14 of them at Wal
Mart FREE!! At least according to my superior math skills learned in high
school at $1.99 each. I could not fit the 55 lb bag of Old Roy dog food down
my pants, so might have to go steal some Faded Glory Jeans first, XXXXXL,
then see if I can come back for the dog food. My bookie says 2-1 odds that
is bits and pieces of Ol Roy hisself in them bags. No wonder my dogs don't
eat it, be like feeding chicken strips to piegeons. On the window tract.
Damn, you got me thinking about that Wal Mart $25 spending spree, why bother
having gift cards now? On the tact, i probably have some but glass still
might be attached, will have to check warehouse. You know if you, or whoever
drags this off will leave a trail like my ex wife did when walking. Like a
snail, not pretty. I would probably bring torch and take it to Dallas and
cut the T/Grip out and leave it up there. It would make their property
values go up. Only good thing to come out of Dallas is I-45. Take care and
thanks for looking. Eddie Stakes
Q: How much rust is in the rear quarters? What gless is missing? What
chrome is missing?
Jul-20-06
A: No glass. Only chrome is rear bumper, front bumper and I guess you
could call the tailight housings and centerpiece chrome, but those are
there. Rust, the driver side might be salvagable but I would not bet farm on
it. Passenger side is junk. Check description again thru all my big scrabble
words like cat, bone, calculator, sorry, saw that big word on ebay, I just
copied it. But only a few salvagable items on this felon, oops, fellow. Hope
the Ford guys don't realize this is a Ford block in here or they will start
fighting over it like a FEMA card in New Orleans, the way they do over
snorkles. Can I say snorkle on here? I probably have said too much,
surprised this auction still up. Feel free to email me with list of
indiviual wants, AMX, not like Viagra or baseball cards, and I'll see if I
can help, if not, can usually point you in right direction. Good luck with
your own AMX also. Eddie Stakes
Q: is the door tag there? Is it caravelle blue originally? Steve
Jul-20-06
A: There would probably be Idaho! I sold the door tag for $300 less
than what this opening bid is on this fine vehicle! I probably have other
tags here. No Caravelle Blue, but would check for you. You can also have
these tags made by Data Tags on my Vendors List, excellent work. If you
want, I can also have some of my vatos there, when they wake up, make you
one out of sheet metal and ball peen hammer. Not stock, but for a bottle of
Hornitos, not bad. Eddie Stakes
Q: Aw, Eddie, That is without a doubt the funniest posting/answer I
have ever read on ebay. My eyes are still watering as I type. Your sense of
humor is only matched by your knowledge of AMC's. Thanks for making this
world just a little crazier. (Can we call you Crazy Eddie?)
Jul-20-06
A: Hi glad you enjoyed it, as it is all in fun. What I think is
actually funny however is over 100,000 hits on this auction since put up.
Now that is funny, but also ironic! However have received a number of calls,
and emails, from people who have either found the parts they wanted off my
vendors list, or just bought a old car off the amcs for sale file, and 1
just called to say hi, had not heard from him since early 90s. So to me,
well worth the $50 spent to put this up. And of course, a few don't care for
my sense of humor, or humour if you are Canadian, so those who gripe will
always have unfresh AMC feeling. Maybe there is a market for red, white and
blue AMC logoed tampons for those folks. Not sure if that would be a
authentic Group 15 Accessory, or depends on shape, a Group 19 Speed
Equipment Option. Hope my wife don't read this or I will need some Group 15
Band Aids when she whacks my butt for typing this! But after almost 18 years
together and over 300 AMCs and 2 kids with her later, she is sort of used to
it. Sort of like a bizarro Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne. Since Ebay is allowing me
900 more characters: Auction hits, a little over 100,000; 37 calls, 161
watchers, 56 emails, of which 3 found pars from my Vendors list; 2 bought
cars from AMCs For Sale file. Website over 7000+ hits on hidden counters.
And hopefully some of those will join AMC/Rambler clubs in the Links
section, and also visit those great AMC Online sites in there....and maybe
some change plans and hit the AMO Nationals in Dayton, OH July 27-29, and
the NAMDRA Nationals in Cordoba, IL Sept 14-16. It's all good. The
fun....priceless. Well, unless that old unfresh feeling crops up. And as I
told another ebayer who asked, no, you can't get that smell out of the
parts. Eddie Stakes
Q: Yo, Eddie, How do ya get the smell out of the parts?
Jul-20-06
A: You don't get the smell out of the parts. Have you ever hit a cow
with AMC? My dad, God bless him, did in Louisiana in the 60s, and darned
thing rolled over hood of 62 Rambler, and hit windshield, blowing all sorts
of cud into car. Not sure why cows have 4 stomaches but this one had
obviously been to buffet. He changed much of the interior splatter, new
glass and carpet but could never get the smell of death out of it. And no
amount of incense worked. There is a photo of a 73 AMX on my site I bought,
long story but condensed here, the owner was killed and stuffed in truck,
and the car, inclduing Pierre cardin interior, has some big holes in it. The
guys who killed him are doing 40+ years each, but I bought that car, got
spooked by it and sold it 1 1/2 hours later for $1500. And it also had that
cow like smell. I had to look at your question again as I thought it said
smell out of pants, of which I had all sorts of tips for removing those as I
eat a lot of Mexican food you know. Some clothing I have to throw away
however. Thanks for looking at auction, not clothes, Eddie Stakes
Q: eddie why don't you MC the dinner/awards cerimony in Dayton next
week? The car hobby needs a glowing luminary such as yourself to energize
these AMC gatherings. I would buy a ticket.
Jul-20-06
A: Eh, easy answers on this one. Because the host club wants to sell
banquet tickets, not scare people off or make them lose appetite with tales
of nutria gumbo! Not sure about luminary, that reminds me of that lady on
the Chernobyl bikeride or several times I have been a judge of the Houston
Livestock & Rodeo Chili Cookoff. No THAT is glowing. Usualy for a few days
can't sit down. But I love habeneros. On the aMO National banquets, I always
suggest to people to go for several reasons. Not to laugh at the Quebec
people who sleep at the table, not that we could understand their French
accent anyhows if awake, but sometimes you can pick their pockets and use
their American Express travellers checks, or cheques as they like to call
them. And not to laugh at the Ohio chapter when they have one too many
Rolling Rocks and stumble and drop big 5 foot trophy. Aw, ok, that is funny,
but get to keep a piece of big trophy if it shatters towards your table.
Someof the best memories of these meets are the banquets. Some come to mind
as Kenosha and door prize number stuck under drinking glasses and chairs,
and you get to keep the stunning hand made table centerpiece. In Houston we
did a AMC Bingo, and people still talk about that, lots of fun and everyone
thought they had won. And sometimes the legends who worked for AMC, could be
anyone thru the years from a CEO, race driver, designer, clay maker,
lineman, factory worker, head of some department like auto show displays for
instance. All have a story to tell and many of them are getting up in age
and many have passed on, their stories etched in our memories in that brief
moment at a national meet at a banquet. And of course, it is always fun to
see people's expressions when they win something also. Some look like deer
in headlights, some look like can't handle the suspense and hurl like Garth
on Wayne's World. So go if you get a chance and they have not sold out of
banquet tickets. Yup, the food is always good too! Eddie Stakes
Q: Eddie, Sorry to see you have encoutered the deadbeats of the world
on this car. Do you have any of the numbers from the VIN, door tag and AMX
Dash#? I would like to put this 'thing' in the registry...I like to have
every parts car, vin, dash# etc that I can find, a list of AMC options, you
can leave out the swamp added items. Any AMX (2 seater), that you can help
me add to the Registry that Lee started would be very helpful, since I don't
get to the south west shows very often. Thanks so much. I can send you
plenty of forms and your help in getting the iinfo out would be gratefully
appeciated. Ross Peterson
Jul-19-06
A: Hi Ross, no numbers from VIN or dash, those sold off long ago. Non
stock options include Phil Donnahue Group 19 spoiler, sponsored by Home
Depot. Special Order Rustoleum P1 Classic Black Indoor/Outdoor Paint, Dick
Teague ordered Black bucket seats. AMX anti sway bar for taking out small
animals who get in path like possums and coons. Group 15 Accessory dash
cracked in half when I pulled it out and put it back in. I may add that also
happened a lot in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s and is why I have 7 kids. Damn
those dollar store condoms. And the Texas A&M Aggies who sold me the used
ones saying they still good for a shot or two. I will have to contact the
EPA to see what all swamp options are not listed in the Group 15 Accessories
catalog or Dealer Order Form however. Some may be banned by US treaties and
illegal, and some might also be protected by Endangered Species Act. Oops,
time to cook another spotted owl, damn those are good with some garlic,
adobo, rosemany, cumin and cracked pepper. Almost as much fun as Cajun
fishing, just light a stick of dynamite, toss in water, pop, fill the net,
it is better than going to Diho Vietnamese Market here in Houston, same
items, except cheaper. As for the Registry. I was honored to meet Lee back
in the 90s. Unfortunately, our paths crossed that one time, but it was
memorable and glad to see to documenting cars. They are in good hands with
you, I also have been documenting cars since 1980s, at AMC and non AMC
meets. Note there is a Registry or two on my site under REGISTRIES. Not sure
if one of them is your's but would be more than happy to add you if not
there. And that goes for all who stop in this auction, if you are
registering AMCs, and want to start, or continue a dormant registry, let me
know and will add you. Take care and thanks for stopping by my auction,
Eddie Stakes
Q: This listing is a classic, I'm printing it and framing it !! Yo da
man !!! Chris
Jul-19-06
A: I cringe at the word frame. Last time I remember using that word I
was in Harris County Jail here in Houston, Texas. Framed. I may add the jail
food, like Chuck E. Cheese menu, has not changed since 1970s either. Same
wake up call for inmates at 4:30am, you get a semi rotten orange, some
steaming, scalding hot grits whihc taste like bondo, and might be bondo,
some crackers, and a small thing of juice which is 100% sugar to blow out
your kidneys. Aod God forbid you have to go to the toilet in the cell, as
Mongo, which is usually the largest prisoner in there, and usually wanted
for heineous crime like chopping head off 98 year old lady to steal her
lipstick and 86 Yugo, Mongo still likes to use roll of toilet paper as soft,
comfortable pillow to doze off. Decisions, decisions! Wake Mongo, Mongo get
mad. Mongo paper, no yours! Or, just writhe in pain, squirming like Snoop
Dog after a good stick of Thai. Framing word scare me! Eddie Stakes Inmate
#301664647
Q: Was it running when parked last ?
Jul-19-06
A: I'll give you some hints when it last ran: John Belushi died. Italy
last won World Cup. Ozzy Osbourne bit a head off a bat. Michael Jackson's
Thriller album sold 20 million copies. Delorean motor Company goes bankrupt.
AMC's SX/4 sold a whopping 10,445 units while the hybrind Kammback sold 520
units and total Eagle production was a dismal 37,797 units. Anyways this
booger last ran in sorry, can't tell you yet....and note it is a Ford 390,
possibly a Ford 427, in there. I have had some tell me it is a 390, others
saying it might be a 427, whihc would be well worth more than what opening
bid is. I can tell you under the car has it's own ecosystem of centipedes,
spiders, 3 inch long Texas red wasps, scorpions, snakes, and other critters
like fire ants. Those damned fire ants. Sure ain't tough when you pour gas
on them. Oops, gas $3 a gallon, let's just stir up nest and WD-40 them with
a lighter. Thanks for looking and the year was 82. Eddie Stakes
Q: After reading your listing I'm guessing silly questions don't
bother you much so hear goes. Are those front seats original? P.K.
Jul-18-06
A: Earthling. You have actually confused me, and for this you win a
prize. Are those front seats original. Yes, they were originally in a Pinto
i think. Maybe Maverick. You see, it seems the fellow I bought this car from
who let it sit since 1983, might have used the same bong I did. And like
some, I guess believe a Ford 390 is a AMC 390, which it ain't but can't tell
Ford people that as they have all the answers like that goofy azz DrZ Mopar
guy, not sure what that is about in the commercials, send his butt and
moustache back to Stuttgart. But this car ended up with a Ford, not AMC,
390. And Ford seats. And some Ford front suspension which baffles me but
they didn't win anything like you. I also just noticed with my limited
vision and short term memory you are called PK. That is not short for Pink I
hope. There were Pink AMXs made and have some photos of them, 68s and 72s,
on my site. There is also that singer named Pink who I would like to spend 5
minutes with, which would probably be 4 1/2 minutes too long before I need a
nap. Sigh. Or maybe that penicillin I mentioned above. Or both. But no, not
AMC seats, and the 2X4 under the driver side one don't go with the car; I
might need that to make another one of a kind Phil Donahue Spoiler like on
this, might be a market for them to people who actually paid to see Fast &
Furious movies; thank you for your question. Eddie Stakes
Q: Those deadbeats wouldn't pony up 450 bucks for that masterpiece?
Friggin' idiots, funny auction too, it's guys like you that make eBay
worthwhile for the rest of us! Keep up the good work!
Jul-18-06
A: $450 bucks. I don't want to make anyone miss a payment on their
double wide with polyester curtains and a redwood fence. $450 is 5 or 6
Heneikens at Bush or Hobby airposts here in Houston. $450 would buy someone
a good dose of penicillin after they dated my ex wife. Actually $449, and
save a dollar for Dollar Store condoms I guess. Speaking of infectious
diseases, have I told you about how to cook tacos on a intake manifold of a
AMC V8 or 6 cylinder? Really good on fishing trips to Corpus Christi. Maybe
I put the recipes here, after all, I have had many many Cajun friends
thanking me about those big azz nutria rat things I mentioned earlier. Some
good recipes like jambalaya hoo dah. I had a lady come into the club
tonight, hell, they come in all the time, but this one was telling me that
her relatives came over on the Mayflower. So did VD. That $449 above might
be needed now. Eddie stakes
Q: GREAT LISTING!!! YOU HAD ME LAUGHING OUT LOUD!
Jul-18-06
A: Stop laughing before you wake neighbors! You don't want them
looking over and see your TV on late at night on Adult Swim/Cartoon Network
watching Pee Wee's Playhouse you know, that is how rumors start! I am still
waiting for some homeless aMCer to email me saying he has not found any
documentation that Kenosha made this vehicle! And I guess I pizzed off the
Packer fans too. My yard was decorated with old dried out brats and hunks of
cheddar cheese this morning. Well their evil plan backfired. My dogs ate the
old cheese, whihc means they no long have the squirts. And my kids boiled
the brats and they were good as new. Anything cleans up well with a big old
boiled pot of nutria! To learn how to cook these big azz rats simply google
NUTRIA RECIPES. I feel like Bubba on Forrest Gump: you can boil em, fry
them, sautee them, squegee them, kabob them.....thanks for looking, and
don't yak when you read the nutria recipes, people really do et dat dere
stuf! Eddie Stakes
Q: Love the ad! Wish I had the cash to actually come get the car, but
since I don't, I won't bid. P.S. The car looks better than a few I've
driven, and the rustoleum looks a lot better than my KSC Javelin. (Krylon
Spray Can)
Jul-18-06
A: Rustoleum is not cheap! For what I paid for a can, I could have
bought 2 Gremlins, a Pacer and possibly a Hornet. And you don't get 1/2 the
buzz using it that you do with Krylon in a enclosed area either, windows
closed, no ventilation, everything it says not to do on can, go ahead and do
et. i helyghy endousre doiing thtas is guud, seeh yuose at nesxt gratfulr
deadh chonshert.....
Q: AMX DUDE, you da man. Hadn't laughed so much since the pigs ate my
baby brother! I was going to list my prototype 69 343 car, but maybe I'll
jus rent a U-haul and MOVE to Houstontown. YOU guys are having
tooooooooooomuch fun!!!!! That Superdome stiff might have been a little
rough? Either way, great kids you borrowed. KEEEEEEEEp up the good work. Da
Gator
Jul-18-06
A: Pigs eat baby brother. You know the big AMC Jefferson WI car show
had 112 cars and they rosted a pig, hope little brudder didn't pop out of
the pig like hoochie girl in cake. Don't list your 343 prototype unless it
has same Phil Donahue spoiler like mine, and Jeffords rumble seat. I can
steal more chairs to make a rumble seat for you if you want, those Packer
people are seldom sober and usually face down on floor after kickoff
anyhows. Go Pack Go. ZZZZZZ. I really hate to clean up after them, they seem
to vomit a lot of German potato salad and brats, man, makes for slippery
mess, but my dogs lap it up, so no waste. Eh, Superdome, yes, sort of rough
on Saints fans, hope Reggie Bush helps that team get above .500 this year.
Bad joke of day: Why don't New Orleans havea professional NFL team? Because
then Baton Rouge want one too. Geaux Saints! Eddie Stakes
Q: Planet Houston you are two kinds of crazy. Crazy enough to write
that crap and so crazy you think nothing is wrong in writing that crap.
Planet Houston is a well respected AMC/AMX dealer. I have see you around
since the 80's and the Texas sun must have fried your brain. Are you selling
cars or just stroking your ego? I can't believe Ebay lets you write that BS.
No wonder people don't pay. You scare them off with that Jack Nicholson on a
bender routine!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul-18-06
A: Yes and yes. Crazy, crazy, not sure abuot well respected, feel like
Bob Seager sometimes, took him 20= years for people to discover! I'm more of
a poor man's Galen Govier. Yes, Texas heat fried my brain, as did a lot of
other things back when these cars were new in 60s/70s. But I sold my
American flg boxes of Zig Zag rolling papers years ago, and also auctioned
off my red, white and blue, US Bong years ago. Maybe should have kep that
creative thing. I am selling cars and inflating my ego, had to hire more
illegals to help me carry ego however, some of them are hiding in the trunk
there with Crash The Clown. So far, not one person has ID'ed Crash The Clown
there in the photo....but he was with AMC's Hells Drivers, and commonly
popped out of trunk after a stunt, or jump. Now I open my trunk here and my
familia pops out hiding from La Migra. I really do not know how they got
that 48 inch plasma screen in the trunk of the AMX, but it looks great, but
don't go with car. Ever wonder how Ebay lets people uh, write stuff, go
click on TOTALLY BIZARRE category, where you will find Dennis Rodman and
Virgin Mary Grilled Cheeses, and can put a billboard on someone's boobs for
instance. Fun! I am not related, repeat, not, related to any of those folks.
The deadbeats didn't pay originally as much more important things in life
like Virgin Mary Grilled Chees sandwiches mentioned above. Or moon pies.
Ever have a moon pie and Mountian Dew? 2 of 5 main food groups you know.
Jack Nicholson. I think his best role was in Tomm,y but I am pinball player,
also liked The Shining...thanks for looking and writing, now go clean out
your 1964 Ambassador ashtray and instead of dropping that change in toll
booth, use it to bid! Eddie Stakes
Q: That has to be the funniest thing I have ever read. Thanks for
having such a great since of humor over everything, you seem calmer than I
would have been. Good luck with this. Can you please send me more pictures
of the cars you have for sale. Thanks Ken in Arizona. sobe_69_99@hotmail.com
Jul-18-06
A: Hi Ken, I am usually more calmer after a triple mocha frappino, of
which I can then drive from Houston to your state of Arizona in 2-3 hours.
On the cars I have for sale, my own cars are on front page of my site, just
click on the links. However, if anyone else is looking for a car to buy,
click on the AMCS FOR SALE and also AMC CLASSIFIEDS files on my site. On the
amcs for sale there is 100 cars for sale posted each month, and in the
classifieds, others for sale also, good luck and thanks for stopping by.
Eddie Stakes