Those 57 Golden Hawks were sweet looking cars. Did you ever see a 57
Packard? They were like the 57 Hudson (Hash) they use the 57 Stude body
and added some horrible trim to it and called it a Packard.
"Doc"
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: harold losey <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:06:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Car show trophies,fair or not?
Hey Doc, I can remember most all those rides but if I had only one car to be able to afford/drive it would have to be a maxed out 57 Golden Hawk in white and gold. And we aren't old, heck I'm not even mature yet.Hal
AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:Damn Eddie you have the same hang up's on old cars as I have except for
the Cuda's. You forgot the 40 Ford Deluxe coupe, the first Lincoln MK-1
V-12 along with the 56-57 MK-11. Cord's and Deusey's and Auburn's and
the 53 Stude's and the Packard Caribbean are on the top of my list. God
I feel old, most of the people here don't even know these great car's.
Now everything sold here has no heritage except as a copy of some RICE
crap.
"Doc"
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:10:15 -0500
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Car show trophies,fair or not?
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
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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 p aint. Sometimes the 'best of show' if given to a old timer
>> who might not have much time left on this old earth.
>>
>> 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 pla ce! 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,fa ir 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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>> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> 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.
> "Doc"
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