Re: [AMC-List] Blasphemy

[<dornbos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi gang

What this really comes down to is wether or not we should have some say in what each other does with their own vehicle.

I really don't know why I'd care what brand of motor anyone else puts in their car. Personally I do like looking at all-AMC cars but that's only a personal preference and isn't even close to me saying anything like "they should've kept it original."

I've even seen people who have sold their vehicle and then got angry because of what the buyer did with it after he bought it. How strange! Unless the seller wants to give the buyer some say in how he spends the money the buyer gives him, then he should expect no say in what the buyer does with the car after he buys it. It's a sales agreement, not a partnership agreement.

There used to be a Corvette here in Michigan that was covered in camouflaged adhesive vinyl. The owner did a really nice job of it but quickly found out that it antagonized a lot of fellow Corvette owners. This is America folks! Unless you believe the same way as the Muslim extremists who bombed NYC a few years ago, we are a pluralistic society which believes in INDIVIDUAL freedom. What I really hope (as an American) is that everyone does whatever blasphemous thing they want to with their cars. That's being American. Unfortunately, what this guy experienced with his Corvette is some kind of underlying feeling amongst many Corvette owners who see all Corvette owners as partners in a cause to uphold the public image of the Corvette and this guy violated their narrow view.

I feel the same way about the AMC hobby some times ... that there's an underlying feeling amongst many AMCers who see all AMCers as partners in a cause to preserve these cars so they can survive for some future generation who might want them. I feel no need to preserve much of anything that isn't mine. In fact, I think my AMC will fade away in my lifetime, in other words, that I'll use it up. I don't really care that there will be one less AMC (or pure AMC) for the world. (If someone really doesn't want to see that happen, my 1973 Matador is for sale for $2500 with the motor broke.)

When the AMCs are "gone" as they surely will be, then if I'm still alive and want another hobby vehicle, I'll buy whatever is cheap at that time, probably a GM with that Vortech inline-6. I just think it's strange that along the way, any car hobbyist in America would have to put up with crap from other hobbyists about his choices.

Doug Dornbos
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