RE: [BaadAssGremlins] amc on musclecar on spike tv

[Terry.Atkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I remember when AMC's were new. They didn't get any respect then so why do we 
expect them to get any now. I graduated from high school in 68 and every one 
got out of school and bought themselves a hot car. A lot of Mustangs, 442, GTO 
and Cameros. There was only one person in our group that bought a Javelin. It 
was a girl. While everyone told her it look good and it did we still thought 
it was inferior to the big three. Now that was when they were new so why 
should things have changed. Lets face all these shows and magazines are geared 
up to sell to the guys who are buying and restoring the cars. For the most 
part they are the baby boomers. They have grown up and now taking their 
401K's, savings, retirement packages and investing it in the cars they either 
own are wanted to own when they were kids. Don't think many of them were 
dreaming about AMC's. Don't know about you guys but I am glad it is like that 
if I start going to cars shows and a bunch of Gremlins start showing up I 
don't know what I would do. I think I would lose interest in a hurry. The 
biggest reason I am into the hobby is because I know I will have the only car 
like it there. 
Terry


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> Oh, I ain't asking for equal time. Only that when 
> time IS given to our cars, it not be spent bashing 
> them. You never hear those snide comments about 
> Camaros...and you can knock them easily and never 
> tell a lie. Imagine a commentator saying this on 
> Hot Rod TV...
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> "Now, sure, this Z/28 is fast and sharp looking.
> But be prepared to be one of several dozen at 
> every show you go to. You won't score any points 
> for uniqueness."
> 
> NEVER happen. Mind you, the exact same words can be 
> a compliment or an insult, depending of which you put 
> first. Example-
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> "While the 390-V8 and M12 4-sped were a potent setup,
> no matter how you slice it, in sales, it was too 
> little, too late."
> 
> Sounds beter this way...
> 
> "While it may have been too little to late in sales,
> No matter how you slice it, the 390-V8 and M12 4-speed 
> were a potent setup."
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> Prowess overcomes the sales rather than sales defeat 
> the prowess.
> 
> But the mags and TV show choose to use the negative 
> take when talking about AMCs and do the opposite to 
> bolster the egos of the Big-Three fans (their bread-
> and-buter)...and so the myths continue to get spread
> all these years later.
> 
> Look at all the mags that STILL claim HP died in '72
> when it's the rating system that changed. They blather
> on about 400HP '68s and '69s and bash a '72 300HP car
> when the drivetrains were nearly unchganged.
> 
> John W Rosa
> www.JavelinAMX.com
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> Eh, I might chime in here too. Both sides. AMC don't sell. 
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