Re: My car show irk

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LOL. I agree with you there, John. I also have a very low tolerance for that Little Nash Rambler song, too. It was OK the first time or two that I heard it. Since then, I usually try to seek out a restroom or something so I can get a break from it.

Matt C.
Toledo, OH
Glass City AMCs
'76 Pacer

On April 18, 2005 Widiker, John D wrote:

> My bitch about car shows is the constant 50's music at 200 decibels. I build
> cars from 1961 to 1974, I could not care less who put the bop in anything.
> The DJs seem to think that 50's music is the end all be all for everyone at
> a car show and it makes my skin crawl. I'd be flat out ecstatic to hear some
> Zeppelin or Doors or Jimi Hendrix or even the Beatles (but just barely) at a
> car show at some time in my life and preferably at a level that allowed
> conversation. One of these days I'm going to end up kicking someone hard in
> their rama lama ding dong.
> 
> ~John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John McEwen [mailto:moparrr@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:53 AM
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Non-AMC powered cars in AMO, and another 'irk'.
> 
> 
> >Snip!
> 
> 
> Hear hear!
> 
> Nothing is so depressing as attending a car show for one marque
> vehicles where there are rows of identical cars lined up neatly -
> separately only by color or esoteric differences.  I occasionally
> attend the local Mopar Show with one of my old Mopars.  However, I'm
> not into "muscle cars" - preferring instead to enjoy the beauty and
> elitism of '50s Mopars.  I own the ancestor of all Mopar muscle - a
> Chrysler 300B.  Occasionally I take my '46 New Yorker Highlander.
> 
> I am somewhat depressed to attend these shows as the emphasis is on
> the very thing that John decries.  I call them "Bubble Gum Cars" -
> four or five basic designs, identifiable by color and an obsessive
> concern with under hood trivia.   He who has the cleanest car and the
> biggest engine is automatically elevated to superiority and all
> others must bow down.  Blecch!
> 
> Meanwhile, all of the interesting cars (not built between 1966 and
> 1973 are lined up in a random fashion around the perimeter.  The
> general public which attends walks quickly through the fields of
> bubble gum and congregates around the perimeter - admiring the
> remnants of their past - while the obsessive few get together to
> admire stamps, tags and decals  (many of which would have been
> removed by the dealer before the vehicle was delivered to the first
> owner) and listen to music by "The 1910 Fruit Gum Company".
> 
> Yeah, maybe it's a generational thing - but I like all cars.  I don't
> discriminate except to feel sadness that so many seem to have closed
> their minds to anything but the tiny slice of history they revere.
> As they mature, perhaps they'll recognize the wonderful nature of all
> of automotive history.  After all, one of the greatest Bubble Gum
> Cars of all is an AMX - even if it did come with engines by Ford and
> Mopar:).
> 
> Maybe, we'll show them the way some day!
> 
> John
> 
> >I think a mixing of the models, accomplished easily by
> >simply letting cars line up as they arrive, would act
> >to 'clean the palate<sp?>' between similar cars. And
> >it would foster more connection between owners of
> >vastly different models by placing them in close
> >proximity, and visitors that might only know about
> >certain, well-poublicized models would see different
> >ideas on their way between their 'known' models, rather
> >than congregating around the ones they know best.
> >
> >A kind of 'forced-intergration' (that'll go over big,
> >using that term!) would get folks moving past all the
> >cars, not able to avoid the 'less-bally-hoo'd' models,
> >or dismissing them because they aren't 'with the big
> >dogs'.
> >
> >I know, I know, not everybody is a 'classist'- I'm
> >not suggesting that. 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. 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.
> >
> >Beyond easier judging, there may be other solid reasons
> >for keeping them grouped that I'm not seeing. Feel free
> >to educate me. :)
> >
> >Anyway, just spitballin'.
> >
> >John
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> RSET


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