Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Car show trophies,fair or not?

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Doc wrote:
"I agree with Eddie. Half of the Ford/Mopar/GM people now a days don't even 
know what an AMC is. I go for the fun of going out. I appreciate a nice car 
even if it is not an AMC. Don't hit me Bart!!! To bad more people don't have 
some of the same ideas as me."

Hi everyone. My name is Eddie. I am a AMCholic. I once voted for best of 
show a red 32 Ford Vicky. Looking at that car was like eating a bottle of 
Viagra and I could not control myself. I gave it my vote over a AMC, Chevy, 
and Olds. Sort of have a soft spot, and sometimes relapse on a handful of 
vehicles, 32 Ford Vickys are one of them. So are Cords, Deucenbergs (sic), 
Auburn Boattail Speedsters to name a few. Also like 1970-71 Barracudas with 
the overhead gauges up near roofline. Not sure why. I might be in the wrong 
support group.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Car show trophies,fair or not?


> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote:
>> Hi folks, many of these mixed make car shows are not for originality, 
>> they
>> are for show only. Fun, not competitive. I've been involved in many of 
>> these
>> thru the years, and most judges either just LIKE  a vehicle or someone 
>> has
>> really purdee paint. Sometimes the 'best of show' if given to a old timer
>> who might not have much time left on this old earth.
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>> If you ever get into the photo galleries of my website, there are dozens 
>> of
>> cars I used to show at different meets, and many at the Astrodome 
>> AutoRama
>> which is a 5 star ISCA show. Not cheap to do, but standards are different
>> than AMO judging. In other words, standards vary from meet to meet. One 
>> meet
>> you will win a first, next meet you won't place, and next meet win a 
>> second
>> place. Don't read too much into it.
>>
>> Some of the judges can't even spell AMC. At the Muscle Car Nationals 
>> here,
>> the judges were going to deduct 10 points off every 68-70 AMX 'because 
>> the
>> owners had removed the rear seat'. At the Astrodome, my 70 r/w/b Donohue 
>> was
>> judged mistakenly twice, while the poor bastard who had paid $56 to show 
>> his
>> stunning 72 Javelin, which was parked next to mine in the club display, 
>> got
>> passed over. In other words, they forgot to judge his, and judged mine
>> twice. He was pissed as he should be. I took a first, but was 'full 
>> closed'
>> for the show, that means as the car would be seen on the street, closed
>> doors, hood, trunk, which are automatically -30 points for each. however 
>> I
>> was only one in the class, so won a big 5 foot trophy which with dozens 
>> of
>> other trophies, as shoved in a forgotten corner of warehouse covered with
>> dust and parts.
>>
>> Bart basically said it in one sentence "maybe this was the wow factor".
>> Again, don't take it personally, there will be times you win first and
>> didn't expect to even place! It all evens out, just don't forget the fun
>> aspect of being there. And from my own personal experience in showing 
>> over
>> 150 AMCs from the 1980s-on, if one goes to a meet expecting to win 
>> something
>> they will be disappointed. Go to have fun and if it happens, it happens,
>> just enjoy the meet and the folks there.
>>
>> Now let's see some photos of your Gremlin, post a link please.
>> Eddie Stakes'
>> Planet Houston AMX
>> 713.464.8825
>> eddiestakes@xxxx
>> www.planethoustonamx.com
>> email volume is currently
>> light; 4-7 day reply time;
>> call if important
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steph" <fastchevelleg@xxxx>
>> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:58 AM
>> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Car show trophies,fair or not?
>>
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>> > Hi everyone! We went to a car show the other day. There was 100 top
>> > trophies and then there was 10 trophies for best amc, mopar, chevy, 
>> > ect.
>> > Anyway we got # 14 in the top 100. Then there was 2 amc's up for the
>> > Best amc trophy, one was our 74 Gremlin and then a 69 Javlin. The
>> > Javlin got the Best AMC award. My husband and I went to look at the
>> > Javlin that won. It had a chevy motor, so how could it be the BEST
>> > AMC?????????????    Check out my pic
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> I agree with Eddie. Half of the Ford/Mopar/GM people now a days don't even 
> know what an AMC is. I go for the fun of going out. I appreciate a nice 
> car even if it is not an AMC. Don't hit me Bart!!! To bad more people 
> don't have some of the same ideas as me.
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