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

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Yeah, but having the attendees "walk around a little more" also gets them at least glancing at other cars, and realizing their favorite wasn't the only one AMC made worth keeping. Maybe the next time they see a forlorn 74 Hornet sedan sitting somewhere they'll think it just might make a good driver to keep miles off their favorite, or a 58 Ambo sitting behind a barn/in the woods and decide it could look like the one they saw at the show with "a little" work (we all know "a little" often turns into a boat load!). It won't help the real "elitist" who thinks that the pinnacle of AMC development and design was the Javelin (or two seat AMX), but it will help the average enthusiast. 

The main reason for grouping cars together is to help the judges out though. I've been a judge before -- nothing like having to walk the width and breadth of a show field, much less FIND the cars, in a timely manner. It's not a big problem in a small class with a dozen cars, but the big shows...


On April 18, 2005 Tom Jennings wrote:

> > 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.


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