Re: Pink Plastic Flamingos ,clubs, meets, categories, judging

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

From: Brien NEW YORK eagle registry #501

"SOOoooooooooh... lemme get this straight - 
John.....:

You're saying - someones Custom Ride
should Automatically Disappoint Judges
Prior to Judging them -
since it is something l'ess' - due 
that they are not in Stock / Stock Modified
AMC class ?"

No, and please do get it straight. If the car 
is not stock, it should not be judged as being 
equal to stock in a stock class. Common sense 
if ever there was any. If you alter it, it needs 
to be in an appropriate class (which I'm all for 
creating if it doesn't already exist). The 
'disappointment' comment was originated by Jim, 
on the other side of the discussion. I simply 
turned the word back on itself to show that even 
a defender of the non-AMC-engined-AMCs is 
disappointed when he doesn't see an AMC plant in 
it...and judges should similarly mark the vehicle 
down when against AMC-powered AMCs.

But, then, I can also see the far side of the 
argument, and it goes like this-

This all reminds me of the (sorry, ladies) B.S. of
women suing to get access to men's clubs, teams 
other other organizations. A woman sees a men's 
health club, is denied entry and sues to get access-
and wins. A man tries to join a women's health club, 
and is shut right out.  If he sues, he's laughed at.
The old 'what's hers is hers, and what's his is hers'.
So much for equality.

Show the car where it's appreciated. Don't ask existing 
venues to change for your car. Why not go all the way 
and have a section for Non-AMC-powered Non-AMCs? You 
could bring your Honda-powered Honda Civic, slap an AMO 
badge on the grille and you then start taking the trophies 
from the SC/360s and MACHINES. After all, your 2005-model 
is MINT and ALL-STOCK, right down to the salesman still 
in the passenger seat from this morning's test drive!

Makes more sense to me to start a Non-AMC-powered AMC club 
and hold your own meets. Don't pile in after the hard work 
is done by others, then expect to reap the end product for 
yourself.

Anyway- that's the radically 'AGAINST' viewpoint. It's
valid, but I don't think it's necessary to heed. I've
said repeatedly that a separate class for them sounds 
workable.

Never said don't alter it.
Never said don't show it.
Never said don't judge it.

As for the rest of your note that follows, I'll 
have to await the english translation. It's entirely
too esoteric for my caffeine-less brain this 
morning. :)

John



"Who is flunking' Jury Duty ?

Any Ancestry from Montgomery
Alabama in YOUR background ?

NavelLint?
 
! Wait ! OK_OK...... Got It !:

So : .................
you have Surgery & you wake up
finding  mosey puss has been
facilitated & the nurse starts hitting
on you........while her hand is
under the Blankets (!)..! Wait_Wait !
... ( a friends AMC rolls out from a stop 
light next to another American Made
Muscle Car - and  puts it away
coming out of third gear as 
"The Duce" is 
half way thru 2nd - cause friend has
a 6 speed Auto Trans............
and all she sees are AMC Taillights.........
!Ohh.....Let that one be a FORD! rriGHT?

How much yak will friend get when  p'op the
hoodlum' to find a Turbo 4.0 attached
to the 6spd. ?  eehyy....... not much -
might get asked for an extra Adapter !

OOHhhhh - but let that Bonnet pop
& out spring the Image of an all
Aluminum 4.7 Quad Cammed - Fuel
Injected V8 sporting AMC Badges
- just for *GRINS*-
- an engine friend can shift @ 8,000rpm
- &   you're...walking away pippin' Prozak  ?

Well 2bbl. 360  & a M'onster Tach' makes it right 
and is a very real Option !

You know ,  I WOULD NEVER change 
anything outside of the OEM - on a
'37 Packard Roadster......... or a '56
Clipper Super Coupe!

And I'll ALWAYS smile at those Perfectly
Stock White & Black Eagle Kammbacks -
with Stars & Stripes Flag neatly folded
and Displayed on the Spare... - [..cough..]

BUT - ....... as frens in Lock & Load mode
- Triggering Fuel Pumps against Line
Pressure  Up_Oil Up_ Ignition - 
you won't find thoughts of T'ickleing'
the BBD anywhere in the rack.

Nah-Nah-Nah....... ain't mEeeeE!  I'm the
fellow dumping that Quart of Quaker State
mostly in the valve cover of that AMC mostly
Factory Stock 258  !  

Obviously - f'riend' won't be in Stock nor
Stock Modified > THE defining
factor as to AMC engined or Not 
for those of you who are still searching -
the C'lass' Delineating is still 'Stock'.

P'ure' Stock is for 
the Maschocistic Trembling Few -
who go for Showroom Fresh - 
as from the Factory right down
to Paint Overspray ............
and Damned! I'll be cheering 
you on as I love History Too !
Remember T-Rex ? 

Buhhht .... you got that 40 CD changer in the Trunk 
spinning 'Eddie Money' - next to that T'hree Hundred Dollar' NOS bumper
Jack which still sports the AMC Factory Assemblers finger prints that
you Hermetically sealed on by burning CrazyGlue in a Trash Bag while
holding the Jack with Pipe Cleaners - 
like you saw on Forensic Files ......... ?
 - uh uh uHHuuu !   Better park that Dog Dish sprouting'
stripper with the 'Roll-Ups' over by the Diesel Generators !

In the Kustom show area , you'll notice a Shift
between Capability Players and Capacity
Players -
Not in Stock nor Outa' Modified Stock -
nope, juss Le'Jitt in Klass Kustom,
Yeazzer.......... & I'll see YOU
on the Fields of Honor.


             Brien.
         NEW YORK
   eagle registry #501

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