Re: [BaadAssGremlins] I attended a show on July 25th

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxx>]

Where are you getting that heat shielding for the shifter cable? I need some for my project. Went thru 3 cables already!

 A 401 and you didn't go n get it ? I think I am gonna faint.

 Davis

Plywoodchicken <petriew@xxxx> wrote:

> I decided to attend my first show with my Grem. Admission was free 
> and it was in my home town, so why the heck not?
>
> I almost didn't make it to the show because my shifter cable had 
> melted thru the night before (too close to the hedders) and wouldn't 
> shift the tranny. I had to jury-rig it and managed to get it "good 
> enough" to make it the 40 miles either way. I now have a replacement 
> cable and was tipped off to an orange rubber tubing that is lined 
> with asbestos. You can put your finger inside the tube and hold it 
> over a lighter without even feeling the heat. Tubing is only about 
> $2 a foot. I think I'm gonna sheath my cable in that stuff...
>
> The first guy that walked up to me after got the car parked thanked 
> me for bringing a Gremlin "Cuz you just don't see them anymore". We 
> chatted for a few minutes and he went on to tell me about
> the friend 
> that used to have one (with a 304).
>
> I had many such comments and was pleased to see even the younger 
> crowd (under 21yrs old) actually know what a Gremlin was and ask me 
> all kinds of questions. I'm sure its the first one they had seen in 
> real life (as opposed to McDonald's commercials)
>
> Another guy came up and told me about the Gremlin he used to have 
> with a 401 in it. He no longer had the car, but thought he had the 
> engine laying around on the farm. I told him to gather up his parts 
> and sell them on Ebay cuz he could be sitting on a small gold mine.
>
> Another guy and his buddy came up and he was really excited. "They 
> used these Gremlins to build Race cars with" he said to his pal. I 
> nodded and chatted with them about it and told him that people still 
> do that, just harder to find them now. He was pumped about the 
> subject. That was cool :)
>
> I was the only AMC there (not surprisingly) out of about 140
> cars.
>
> The funniest thing I heard was some guy walk by with his buddy (these 
> guys were probably late 40s and should have known better).
> He said "Oh, an AMC. That's probably a Javelin. They came out with 
> the Javelin first and then the AMX".
>
> I couldn't believe my ears! I laughed out loud and he looked at me 
> kind of funny as he walked away... I didn't correct him.
>
> Only had one guy say he wouldn't buy it even if it was for sale for 
> $500. I wasn't there at the time, my wife told me about it. Kinda 
> glad I wasn't there for that comment cuz I would probably have been 
> very unkind towards whatever crapheap he drove to the show (probably 
> a '68 Rustang Coupe.. one of MANY that were there.. bleech, get 
> original already.. get an AMC!)
>
> Anyway, just thought I'd share a little bit of my experience. I've 
> got one other car show to go to this summer (more of a cruise night) 
> and then the Grem goes to the farm for the winter. Not
> before I do 
> some Tuning and Testing all over the city, heheh.
>
> Sorry for the lack of brevity. I'll shorten up the next one.
>
> PS: Oh yeah.. I posted some pics of the car (and me) at the show. 
> Check them out in my Fatpillowman folder.
>
>
>
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