Re: Wives & Our Cars (Money)

["lumina333" <lumina333@xxxx>]

 Hear Hear Eddie! Thanks for the support...nice B'day gift for me!! 
The AMC shows have many ladies participating with their hubbies and 
helping with concessions, scheduling, hotels, raffles, etc. I agree 
that more of us should learn to enjoy romping on the gas petal. And I 
agree with the fact that clubs should be more women friendly. Believe 
me, feeling welcome in the boys club really helps, especially if you 
haven't been involved with the auto-love since you could toddle.
-Lu-
P.S.
I am trying to get my 12 year old son interested in AMCs - he liked 
the Pacer but hated having to 'slam that big old door' when he got 
out of the passenger side. Bet he will love the Grem. And he has 
helped me with the engine....knows how to take out a piston properly!

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" 
<eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
> I tell you what we need is more damned women in the hobby in all 
aspects. This is something that many clubs and chapters sometimes 
have a difficult time recruiting. It's not like women never bought or 
owned, or drove AMC products. They were a formidable buying force as 
they are today. It's great to see some women like Cheryl Samuel, Mrs. 
Timmons, Anita Mier, Joan Lukuszewski to name a few AMO Board 
Members, volunteer their time and expertise to lead a major AMC club. 
And on local levels, it's great to see more and more women getting 
involved, whether volunteering for a position in the club like 
Barbara Nave (ya'll know Barb, she has some awesome iron like 500 Cal 
500 AMX, T/A Javelin ect) or even Elda Zinman, one of the driving 
forces behind the recent huge AMO AMC nationals in CA. But don't 
forget those women owners who are actively involved in the hobby, 
even if just bringing out their cars like Lu here, or my wife Paige, 
who has driven many a AMC the past 16 years (she took off to work in 
the 72 Ambassador SST wagon this morning), all are a extremely 
important piece of this puzzle of a hobby we call aMC. Some simply 
support us and roll their eyes when we drag home another piece of 
sh*t, rolling their eyes, knowing it makes us happy while pissing off 
the neighbors and civic organizations, but never thinking to grab the 
old butcher knife and cut off as Bart said 'the old jimmy!' over it. 
> 
> What we do need is more women in the hobby, just like more 
youngsters. This is somethign I have been adamant about for decades 
and tried to recruit kids and ladies, by possibly making the local 
club a little friendlier for them, or even at the big meet here, 
helping them feel involved, letting them know it ain't a all boys 
club. There are many a lady that can kick our asses out there on the 
street and track too, we could go on about Shahan and Muldowney and 
the doors they kicked opened in the 60s for other women too, but 
let's stick to AMC and AMC ladies. 
> 
> Without the support many of the women in our AMC lives, I can tell 
you from a personal standpoint I would not have owned 292 AMCs or 
built the vendor aspect I have in 20+ years. And 16+ of that has been 
with Paige, who quietly behind the scenes has done everything from 
selling sodas in the 110+ degree heat at the aMC SW Regional, to 
design my website, to simply pass out a Planet Houston business card 
on the streets of Houston when someone askes about the AMC Anything 
she is driving. Wish I could clone her! Yes, that would be twice the 
bitching, and maybe two sets of Lorena Bobbitt's jimmy cutting 
shears, but what the heck, I'm a gambling man! 
> 
> So hats off, to all the Women of AMC, they do make a huge 
difference, whether in the national, or local clubs, or in our daily 
lives. 
> Eddie Stakes
> www.planethoustonamx.com
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