Re: [Amc-list] HOT ROD: AMCers hate us!

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I was one of the first to rant,
then tought WTF, we got coverage and some cool drawings!!!
Back to that whiskey....

P.S. Still trying to convince my wife I'd rather come to SF and yes the jolopnik stuff looks interesting.


--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> In the current issue of HOT ROD, there's a special section up
> near LETTERS about all the hate mail AMCers sent them.
> 
> <rant>
> 
> I almost can't believe so many AMCers wrote hate mail HOT about
> the AMC April Fools article. OK, I can see being fooled for
> a minute (umm, that was the point...) but come on, how could
> anyone really believe that
> 
> (1) a long-dead manufacturer could somehow revive itself
>     in this dark era for U.S. car making
> (2) without anyone noticing a buildup of manufacturing plants
> (3) having done so, that they'd revive 30 year old models
> 
> "The only thing worse than being talked about behind your back,
> is not being talked behind your back" -- dying in silence is
> far, far worse than a little joke, backed up by some genuinely
> enthusiastic what-if drawings of updated old cars.
> 
> There's three AMCs in the first 20 pages of the current issue,
> for someone's sake. HOT ROD, and the car world in general,
> doesn't hate AMCs like they used to. Especially now that Ford
> and GM are both pulling "AMCs", business-wise.
> 
> That AMC-hating thing was a generational issue; kids don't have
> that "brand" baggage crap that we grew up with. It's over. Drop
> it. They're all old cars now, and more and more appreciated
> for what they are.
> 
> If you go back and look at that article again, you'll see that
> the drawings were lovingly done by someone who really likes AMC
> cars. Even if those are not how you personally would imagine
> them to look like.
> 
> </rant>
> 
> My father got me a sub to HOT ROD a couple of years back. I
> really wanted to hate it. It's filled with camaros and vettes
> and all the usual common stuff -- but there's been a solid
> thread of novel cars, and lots of AMCs, certainly compared to
> the past! Some of the how-to articles are actually good. It's
> part of the reason I'm drifing towards customs and hot rods,
> using AMC as a base. Camaros and Novas pay the rent I guess...
> 
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