[AMC-List] Educating...

[<francis.swygert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 06:46 PM
From: J. Johnson <imfatdad@xxxxxxxxx> 
I have an ironic tale to spin about educating about AMC's..  I recently
met an older fellow with a 64 American 'vert..  He is insistant that
the 232 engine he has in it is made by Chevy.  "That old 190 something
was a piece of trash, I love that AMC put these chevy 232's in starting
1964"...  I really dont know how to correct him, or if I should..
respecting elders and all....  I cringe when I think about him
spreading this info to others though....
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Well, you can't "educate" anyone that's not willing to listen. Some old
guys just don't want too -- especially from a younger man. Of course
some younger guys don't either. On hotrodders.com some kid came on
insisting that his Nova had 5x4.5" wheels. Even when a coup[le people
politely told him of his error, he still insisted, though he did add
that maybe he was measuring wrong (nice of him!). When someone posted
how to measure he had nothing else to say, so he must have! But the
point is he posted that the Nova had the pattern after a couple people
had already stated that Chevy wheels wouldn't fit (of course I pointed
out that everyone forgets about AMC!!). I doubt "your" guy gets out to
many AMC shows, or any shows. So I doubt he'll be doing much harm. 

I once told an old guy that I didn't want to buy a Fairlane I went to
see. He still insisted on trying to sell me the car, that it was in
perfect mechanical condition except for a burnt valve, and had been
babied all it's life. I finally stated that something had to cause the
burnt valve. At that point he got mad and told me to leave, while
walking swiftly for his truck. We were out in the country, and though I
was a kid (18 or 19) at the time, I grew up out that way too! I
seriously thought the guy was going for a shotgun!! He had a limp --
turns out he was going for his cane, apparently thinking he was going to
give us (I had a friend with me about the same age) a thrashing for
being disrespectful, though I had been polite up to that point. It
really ticked me off at the time that the old guy thought he was going
to strike me with a cane, but we had already made it to the car and
started backing out. My buddy thought the same as I and wanted to run
for the car, but I grabbed him and told him we were NOT going to run
from the old geezer, we hadn't done anything wrong, and I wasn't going
to let him think he'd intimidated us -- which he had been trying to do
the whole course of the "sale". I doubt "your" old guy will want to take
a cane to you for doubting his word, but he might... ;> 


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