FS 1986 Dodge Aries SE wagon

this car is probably as close a survivor that I know of.

I bought it from the original owner 2 months ago.

the original Goodyear Vector full size spare tire is in the back, never been
used.

The owners manual, warranty manual, window sticker and broadcast sheet is in
the glove box.

it has a vinyl interior, in very good condition. Headliner could use some
tightening, and a couple seams torn in back of drivers seat.

72,000 miles, 2.5 L 4 cylinder, automatic, AM/FM radio, SE package,
mechanically sound.

small things that need to be fixed: air conditioning needs charged, power
steering resivoir has a small leak, wiper linkage broken.

car has never been wrecked, non smokers,all original paint,very presentable

pics can be seen at www.fotki.com/betrtimes

previous owner bought new battery at Wal-Mart a year ago, I bought new
tires, and had oil changed approximately 200 miles ago.

car located in SW Arkansas.

asking $1500.00

please repost where needed

870-584-8416, Mark

thanks

 

Mark, please don't post for sale ads here, this is not a for sale newsgroup.
The people
that read this group aren't looking for things to buy. While we
make exceptions for the rare classic - like a '60s car - your car isn't rare
or a classic.
Particularly since your asking $1500 for it - you can well afford an ad in a
local paper.

You also didn't put your e-mail address in which is considered bad form for
anyone
selling anything.

Appropriate places to sell this are:

any of the *forsale* groups like alt.forsale, and misc.forsale.non-computer
http://littlerock.craigslist.org/
http://www.ebay.com

Ted

 

gee, Ted, sorry........ will not do that again

the car was build when Lee Iacocca was President of Chrysler. I see he is
doing commercials for them again.

I did some research, and found a quote from Mr. Iacocca that fits very well

"if a guy is over 25% jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95% jerk"

Ted, are you working to beat Henry Ford II's record??

 

No, but you just did.

I would have thought the reception of your spamvertising over in
the alt.autos.antique newsgroup would have given you a hint but apparently
not.

You have an Ebay account, Mr.
I-use-the-same-UID-on-Ebay-that-I-use-on-Usenet
and your feedback shows that you have sold a number of things on it, so you
know damn
well how to sell a car on Ebay. But, do I see a car on sale on Ebay by you?
NO!
Ever thought of listing your car for $1550? Of course not because you
already
know that nobody is going to buy it for that.

Since you have bought plenty of things on Ebay you know that an Aries don't
go for any 1500. Check out item 4569910175 do you really think your station
wagon
is going to go for more than that?

Kelly Blue Book for your car, non-functioning A/C, good interior is about
$700
you can look it up online at http://www.kbb.com You have never posted a
lick
before in this newsgroup, never contributed anything. You came here
probably
thinking we are so Chrysler fanatical that we would be falling all over
ourselves
to pay double the going rate for your wagon. Now you find out we are just
as
pragmatic as the next guy and your pissed and disappointed and so your going
to be a nasty little boy with your snippy little mouth. Good way to get
customers!

Did I insult you in my first response? Hell no! I asked you, politely with
a please,
to take your advert to a forum that would be more receptive, and gave you
several so you didn't even have to stir your lazy ass to bother looking for
one.
But rather than spend the time digging up one of the multitude of
car-for-sale-online
places you chose instead to waste your time scratching up some 20 year old
quote from a guy that has been on the golf course for the last decade, in
one
of the most lamest attempts to make a flame I've seen.

The fact that one of the most pathetic flamers I've seen in a long time as
even tried to flame me is far more insulting than the miserable excuse for
a flame that you spewed forth. Man o Man I knew I've been out of
the game for a long time, but I must really be rusty if a lame flamer
like you thinks you have a chance of a shot at me.

Ted

 

It was a weak flame job. It's true that this car really doesn't qualify as
'antique', but since
it's almost 25 years old it'll soon be regarded as a 'classic' car. However,
as far as value,
it's worth whatever someone will pay for it, whether $500 or $5,000. Hell,
I've seen Pacers
go for $1500 on Ebay!


Terry M.

 

Yes, But Pacers are worth it!

 

I was afraid someone was going to say that...!
I must admit, at one point in muy life I owned a Gremlin....then smashed it
up
and found a Hornet, so I combined the two cars into one,
called it a Gremnet. I put Hornet and Gremlin emblems on it.
I'm not kidding, I really did this, wish I had a pic of the thing.

Terry M.

 

I was at Disney a year or two ago, and parked about as close as you
could get to the main entrance was a BEAUTIFUL green Gremlin. It was
clearly restored and looked like it just rolled off the showroom
floor.

I guess there's been enough time for the healing if I could call that
sucker beautiful...

 

Do you have a pic of it? It's funny, if you see a Gremlin or other AMC car
at a
car show, they invariably attact a lot of attention...people like something
that looks
different, I guess...Back in the '80s I had a friend who had a nice v8 in a
Hornet
wagon, it was a 360 or 401 or whatever the big AMC v8 was back then. The
car was incredibly fast, not bad looking either! I wanted to do a conversion
like that
until one day I saw a '68 Camaro RS for sale on the side of the road, I
bought it
on the spot 'and the rest is history.'



Terry M.

 

Nah, but come to think of it, I had my camera and should have snapped
a shot...

Look at the bright side, all the money you saved on cheap Chevy parts
could add up and you could eventually afford to spend a mint tracking
down those impossible to find Hornet fenders and emblems.

 

Look at the bright side, all the money you saved on cheap Chevy parts

I think I've admitted this before on one of the ng's, I STILL HAVE
some gremlin and hornet emblems, I should put them on Ebay....



Terry M.

 

{SNIP}

As soon as I received my licence, I saw a beautiful dark green metallic
Gremlin X fell in love with it, but the engine was shot, so I couldn't
afford to put the money into it if I had bought it. AMC was at the styling
pinnacle for Domestics in the 70's, My uncle had a Matador, and the coolest
car to me was the fishbowl with the v-8.

 

AH, brings a smile to my face to here others actually admit that AMC might
have made a decent car or two. I have two Javelins that I'm trying to turn
into one in the garage right now and hope to eventually find a V8 Hornet
Like the one you mentioned. When I was getting old enough to think about
driving, it was the two seater AMX that made me drool.

Mark R

 

A buddy of mine had a 1968 AMX he bought as an investment. It
deteriorated in his garage. I think we all know the moral of this
story...

 

I've always liked Javelins, a LOT of people do, they get a lot of attention
at the car shows
I go to. Finding a v-8 Hornet might be really difficult, you might have to
find a good 6 cylinder
Hornet (now and then a good ones comes up on Ebay, and they usually are
inexpensive)
and swap in a v-8. Good luck with these projects...


Terry M.

 

All you need to do is travel back in time. Back in '74 0r '75
a neighbor brought home a new light blue 2-door Hornet with
the 304 V-8. A couple of years later he traded it in on a full
size Pontiac...

-'dreas

 

Hmm, interesting, maybe there are more of them around then I thought...
I've seen some v8 gremlins but not hornets...

Terry M.

 

I don't see too many AMC's around here. This is more of a Ford
and Dodge kind of town. I see a lot of Darts and Falcons and
the occasional 60's Valiant and Comet, or even 70's Mavericks.
70's Dusters are conspicuous by their absence, but I did see
a '72 Javelin last night stuck together with lots of bondo and
just begging to have the bodywork and paint completed...

My car is about the rarest. It's a '68 Montego Coupe. There's
only one other similar to it in town, but I did see a black
convertible once or twice driven by a very old lady. There's
one '69 coupe out there, and I once several years ago saw a
'68 four door in a dealer's lot. I wanted to buy it, but it
was already sold. I'd like to find that elusive '68 wagon for
camping trips and strapping the canoe to the roof. I bet there
are two or three of them out there still in running conditon
somewhere between British Columbia and Florida...

Eventually that V-8 Hornet will turn up just like that '78
Porsche 928 in great condition with a five speed that I'm
looking for will...

-'dreas

Always too many cars, always too little money.

 

Amen!

Mark R