Re: SC/360 Hemming's Muscle Machine April 2004

["amc74hornet" <amc74hornet@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
> Hey Bart and others, I posted thi son the forum eariler, thought ya'll would
> like to read it. The new Hemming's Muscle Machines has a really nice article
> in the April 04 issue. While the car is a "clone" SC/360, to me at least it
> is a WIN/WIN situation.Why? Because the car was rescued from going to the
> crusher, something many of you are familiar with and something I have
> written over the years from my experiences here in Houston. And wait until
> you see the article and the job the owner did with it, boy, that is reall
> ynice. And well, of course there is the "exposure factor" involved. Positive
> exposure like this affects all aMC owners, no matter what your choice of AMC
> sled. So nice to see that, as many times AMCs when featured in other
> magazines are in the back of the bus, shoved in back pages with penile
> enlargement ads and viagra, a dangerous combo! But HMM has the AMC article
> in the front, and keep in mind last month they featured a 71-74 AMX buyers
> guide; and before that a Gremlin X and before that, well, yuo get the
> picture. For $12 it is great to subscribe. Anyhows, below is the short I
> posted on the www.amcforum.net website, enjoy and good night!
> Eddie Stakes
> =============================
> 
> As mentioned in this thread earlier on this forum:
> http://cgi.amcforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Chat;action=display;n
> um=1077347340
> about the 71-74 AMX & Javelin article in the March Hemming's Muscle
> Machines; they followed it up in the new April 2004 issue with this:
> "Recreated Rarity: Can't Find A 1971 AMC Hornet SC/360? Build Your Own"
> which covers pages in full color 28 thru 33. Jim Donnelly is author, photos
> by Don Spiro, and the feature car is a abandoned in a apartment complex
> Hornet that was given new life by owner Bob Green and AMC fan from Cactus
> Cruisers AMO chapter in Arizona (which is also hosting the aMO National meet
> this summer): info:
> http://www.amonational.com
> 
> While this is NOT a "real" SC/360 double kudos for the owner for rescueing a
> Hornet facing destruction; and kudos for Hemming's letting people know that
> you can build one of these 'clones' on the reasonable side, therefore
> keeping hopefully more cars from the crusher this one was facing.
> 
> To me at least that is a double score, as the exposure factor is thru the
> roof and well, this car that got 'left behind at a apartment complex when
> the owners moved' was given another chance by a AMC fan. I personally would
> have rather seen a 'real' SC/360 in the article and expressed this with Jim
> Donnelly months ago, but also told him that I would be happy with any thing
> they choose to put AMC in the magazine also!
> 
> Nice fat plug of my website that was unsolicited on page 10 of the new
> April 04 Hemmings which tells about the SC/360 Registry on my website.
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/bodySC.htm
> Ya'll go take a look at it darn it. I had to totally rebuild that file after
> my website crashed New Years Day and it was a real to do, but has LOTS
> of new photos and info. If any of you have a SC/360 that is not registered,
> please send me your information to put these forgotten musclecars on the
> map!
> 
> Great job by Hemming's again on some positive, colorful, and detailed AMC
> coverage! Eddie Stakes' Planet Houston AMX "home of the SC/360 Registry"

Nice job on saveing a Hornet and makeing a clone. Everyone else makes clones, Thunderbolts, Hemi Cudas and so forth. I was not a Hornet fan when they were first introduce. I was driveing my 65 American 440 twin stick hdtp and didn't care for the new Hornet. I only became a Hornet fan when they introduced the Hatchback in 73. I have come to like the coupe's as I have come to like the 71-4 Javelin's but my favorite is still the Hornet Hatchback, can't you tell I now have 2 of them. The yellow one I have had for 30 years the 12th of this month.
"Doc"