Re: Gwen goes to Hollywood - 'Little Car' a Splash !'

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Gwendolyn Ann Smith wrote:

>   I even recognize that -- amongst Rambler Classics -- the 1964
> model is not going to be the one people will really eyeball, preferring
> the 1963 Car of the Year, for example.

I dunno -- the 64 is the 63, with a few minor refinements, even. I
prefer 64.  So do two other Classic nuts here in LA. (Might makes
right, right? :-)

> This is why it surprised me that my car made it in HCC.  ...
> Yet I *like* to see the workhorses.  I enjoy seeing a Classic or
> American, or in those later years, a Matador, Hornet, or what not.  It's
> part of what made AMC, well... AMC.  And if you look at these cars, well,
> they may not be the zippy Javelin or hardcore Machine, but they can be
> pretty attractive, functional, and fun cars to have around. :-)

The best car coverage in Hemmings Classic Car is precisely that,
the workhorse cars. The have most of the pieces of the more
notable ones, usually -- body lines, driveline components, etc --
just not all at once. Plus, when all the lemming magazines hover
around the campfire of the overly-familiar, Hemmings gets to mine
the literally thousands of models that everyone ignores. There's
always some damn thing in there I've never heard of.  Very smart
of them!

I still await my issue of HCC, but your car I'm sure is up there
with the best of the best; a great example of an industry-making 
car in top notch shape.