Re: Auction in Missouri

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: It would be nice to account for the rarity of a car nowadays before 
making a demo derby runner out of it, but back in the day there were many 
more of these rigs around (they don't build them like that anymore!) and 
it's nice that there are members of both camps to have the dragsters (to 
show you what could be wrung out of a car like yours) and the 
preservationists. You gotta have balance! (A lot of Jeepers cried when JP 
Magazine chopped up a rare panel van FSJ with barn doors in the back. I know 
I prefer that setup to the cantankerous FSJ wagoneer/Cherokee tailgates!), 
but it was theirs to do with. I wonder how much hue and cry there would have 
been if I were to show the lifted '58 Vette 4x4 I made years ago? (that body 
didn't work well for size, and was swapped out for an AMX that had severe 
unibody rot)


Subject: Re: Auction in Missouri
Message-ID: <20050711.234620.-16578311.0.NAMDRA@xxxxxxxx>
From: Jock J Jocewicz <namdra@xxxxxxxx>

Tommy,
  In your post (below) you said: "I think it's a shame that the owner
didn't take the rarity into account before butchering it into a drag
car."  Boy, this brought up old memories of 2 national/international AMC
clubs that used to tell their members that NAMDRA members were butchers
because a lot of our members modified, souped up, etc. their AMC's and
drag raced them, not restored them to concours condition, show quality or
trailer queens. One of the aforementioned clubs is now defunct but NAMDRA
is still going strong. I personally feel that each person has the right
to restore, modify, race, trailer queen or whatever their AMC's and
whatever turns them on and more power to them. We all have the things we
enjoy and as long as they are legal - go for it. But what boils me is you
saying someone that makes a drag car is a butcher. I don't know if you
have ever drag raced for fun or money but I think I can safely say that

those of us that race our AMC's really enjoy doing so, win or lose.