[BaadAssGremlins] Re: My Gremlin's First Car Show

["jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Pax..was that Litchfield Illinois? Been thru there several times, 
just not to a show.Next time you are there stop at the Atrisan 
restaurant..It's been there since the 40's or so....very good!! I 
wish i had known about the show  ahead of time.My son told me his 
buddy took his Milner coupe clone and got his (Milner's)autograph!! I 
live near Peoria Illinois.  I could have brought my 72 Gremlin 
also...or my wife's 74 AMX.You have a nice looking car man!! 
Later......Joe   In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "paxiljunki" 
<paxiljunki@xxxx> wrote:
> My husband and I took the Gremlin to its first car show.  The 
Litchfield Drive In holds 700 
> cars and there were probably 500 in attendance.  90% were antique.  
We didn't register to 
> be "part" of the car show, but neither did about 100 other old 
cars.  We just paid for 
> admission to the party/movie.  There was a live band ("The 
Excellerators") who played 
> anything from Elvis to John Cougar and they rocked.  Cindy Williams 
and Paul LeMat from 
> American Graffiti were there signing autgraphs before the special 
showing of that movie.  I 
> didn't include pictures of them in my mini-carshow site (<a 
href="http://carson-
> mccullers.com/lj/carshow">Click for Photos of the Show</a>), 
because you really don't 
> want to see how they've aged.
> 
> As soon as I got there a guy came up to me and started ooohing and 
ahhing over the 
> Gremlin.  He told me about his memories of his Mother's and his 
Aunt's Gremlins.  
> Another guy got really excited and told me _alllllll_ about the 
spectacular demise of his 76 
> Gremlin (involving a fallen tree and two other cars).  Then, while 
his wife kept giving me 
> "i'm so sorry my husband's bothering you" looks, he had her take 
his picture next to my 
> car.  
> 
> Yeah, it was the ugliest thing there (the Pinto driver comisserated 
with me), but a few 
> people gawked and I was proud of my beast.  I just wish to hell I 
had hubcaps for it.
> 
> Here's a link to a good photo of my best sandwiched between two 
beauties:
> <a href="http://carson-
mccullers.com/lj/carshow/murdock_carshow1.jpg">http://
> carson-mccullers.com/lj/carshow/murdock_carshow1.jpg</a>
> 
> pax




 
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