Terry, part of the fun is just being there....with your AMC. Unless it is
Mitchell, no one will diss your car. I can't tell you the times thru the
years people have brought cars out to AMC meets and others are more than
happy to say 'hey I see you need a grill, that vendor over in section B-9
has a NOS one cheap' or 'where are you from? I know a good paint/body man
(or chrome place, or interior place, or suspension place, or performance
place, insert own here) near you'.
If concerned about the engine bay, go to a dollar store like I do and get
several cans of engine cleaner, that foamy crap works wonders, then hit it
with a sprayer, I go to the car wash and pop it with 800 lb pressure, you
would be surprised the shit flying out from under the hood. Last time there
was a nest of possums, three illegal immigrants, some old leftover tacos I
cook on the intake manifold, a dead sparrow that got sucked into the
incomplete Ram Air system, two screwdrivers (hey, gimme those) several
emissions lines, the breather lid, it was MAYHEM.
Maybe I should tell ya'll about operating a cutting torch, but better not as
we have a Fire Ban here in Texas due to drought.
As for paint, a cheap paint job from Maaco will do wonders for your car
also. No one says you need to do a concourse $5K-$10K paint on it. My white
1982 Eagle custom wagon shown here was painted by Maaco in 1992.....that was
14 years ago.......over 100,000 miles ago......and over 100 AMCs ago. Still
looks great in 2006. Total cost, no bodywork? $450. Something to think
about! Take care,
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Terry.Atkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Is anyone going to the Amo event in ohio
this year?
> You have me thinking Eddie. I was going to enter my Gremlin in the
> display
> only class. What you are saying even though my the bottom third of my
> Gremlin
> is black primer with a red stripe on it with Gremlin in stick on letters.
> I had
> to do something to cover the bondo I have in the bottom of the doors. The
> engine has 30 years of grease and the air pump is disconnected that I
> should go
> ahead and enter it and let it me judged because who knows and who cares. I
> might just do that. When I go to the local shows I keep the hood shut and
> I
> heard more than one person say it must be a Gremlin X with that paint job.
> Terry
>
>
>
>> Ya'll take note of what Terry mentions below. " The one I went to in St
>> Louis had
>> about 8 or 9 Gremlins but no 77's or 78's that is why I was so upset I
>> didn't
>> take mine." Terry, if you would have taken your's chances are if judged
>> you
>> probably would have taken at least a Bronze Award. And to boot, been the
>> only one of it's kind there. I took photos of every vehicle on the field,
>> and there was a number of vehicles I didn't see. Don't recall seeing a
>> Concord wagon, or 66 Rebel, no 80 AMX, no 67 Ambassador convertible
>> although
>> two 68 Rebel convertibles, of which one is shown here. And like the
>> NAMDRA
>> AMC Nationals, you will see classes with no entries. It all depends on
>> what
>> shows up and where. There have been meets (regionals) I have sponsored or
>> attended where all the cars are 68-70 AMXs, but few 71-74 Javelins or
>> AMXs,
>> on the other hand, some, I have seen what I like to call 'the bread and
>> butter attack' you see dozens of Ramblers,
>> Hornets/Gremlins/Concords/Spirits/Eagles, and also station wagons and
>> four
>> doors. These are the 'bread and butter' cars that kept AMC in business
>> day
>> in and out, so ti is refreshing to see them on and at meets! Don't be
>> shy,
>> you with friends, don't let that BBG Calif 500 AMX car intimidate you
>> just
>> because a $10K paint job. The field is there for cars, all of them, from
>> six
>> shades of bondo to cars that have made special arraingements to come from
>> museum to display. Besides that is what my Planet Houston AMX award is
>> for
>> thru the years, it is for cars that "show the most potential and
>> promise"..............some owners go the course, some leave as is, no big
>> deal it is all good. A number of other clubs are now also giving these
>> types
>> of awards as many times it is a incentive for the owner to keep going and
>> stay the course on whatever it is they started! I would like to know what
>> happened to the 70 Rebel Machine STATION WAGON in Atlanta I gave this
>> award
>> to, would like to see it now!
>>
>> But go to these meets, as you will learn. Take photos, it might help in
>> your
>> restoration down the road, you can find parts, meet people and best of
>> all,
>> have a lot of fun in 2006 with people who share the same interest as you
>> do....in AMC.
>> Eddie Stakes'
>> Planet Houston AMX
>> 713.464.8825
>> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.planethoustonamx.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <Terry.Atkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Is anyone going to the Amo event in
>> ohio
>> this year?
>>
>>
>> > The show is in Dayton Ohio. The show itself is Saturday July 29 they
>> > have
>> > things planed for Thursday and Friday. I have motel reservations and
>> > plan
>> > on
>> > going up Thursday and comming back Sunday. The one I went to in St
>> > Louis
>> > had
>> > about 8 or 9 Gremlins but no 77's or 78's that is why I was so upset I
>> > didn't
>> > take mine. I noticed at the AMO site a 78 won some kind of award last
>> > year.
>> > Terry
>>
>>
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