Re: Non-AMC powered cars in AMO, and another 'irk'.

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, John W Rosa wrote:

> 'To me' being the operative term. To many, myself
> included, the engine is the heart while the body
> is the soul. Separation of the two is an injury.

To each hir own!

> As long as there are ninnys out there calling our 360 a
> Mopar V8, and our 390 a Ford, those ignorant statements
> will be backed up when they see actual non-AMC plants in
> our cars.

I personally don't care or attempt to appease the opinions of
idiots.

Plus, I'll say again, I'm far more interested in non-stock-but-all-AMC
classes.

> Other negatives are that, to the visitor, putting two
> cars of the same model next to each other invites
> comparison to an Nth degree. Suddenly, your rare,
> excellent car is something less because the one next
> to it has one more option or one less nick in the paint.

Well, that *is* the point of judging! To find that your neighbor's
motor has all AMC fanbelts and mine are from NAPA.  It's not a
personal assessment. (At some point, excessively anal attention to
detail may start to look like a character flaw, you may be glad
your car is less perfect :-)

In most events I've been to, you can be on the field and not be
judged. That's fine to me.

> I am saying that, being at several
> shows, I've seen large disparities between the foot
> traffic thru the Hurst cars section and the Matador
> and Ambassador areas.

... and at all-make shows, around the vettes, novas, ad
nauseum. No accounting for taste!  It sounds like you want to
modify attendees taste and behavior which simply won't work.
"Forcing" them to view Ambo wagons parked next to race-ready AMXs
will simply cause them to walk around a little more.

I would also like to say, I've never been to an event where I did
not have a good time or where I felt like the host club was doing
a bad job. I've volunteered to judge etc too.



> I'm certain it can be discouraging
> for some of these owners. If the cars were properly blended,
> foot traffic would equalize all over the field, and such
> 'less-known' cars would get a few more glances, questions
> and comments. Certainly, the 'top dog' cars would only
> flourish by comparison with a stripped 4-door sedan on one
> side and a beige wagon on the other. Yet, those other two
> cars might get some more kudos, too.

But owners probably want their car judged with other cars.

> Anyway, just spitballin'.

Likewise!! :-)