Your right Eddie....Thats what Grandma's are for. Is to sit back and tell tales of how things used to be. And Grandpa's also. I still have one Grandparent left and she is in her 90's and coming for a visit next week!! I havent seen her in...shit, YEARS!! I do
owe he quite abit...she was where I stored my Gremlin for around......17 years!!! It was just like it was when I put it in her garage. SO, I do owe her the respect of being my Grandmother and for not selling my car!! I know she has stories to tell, if I hear any good ones...I will be shure to pass them on to everyone here!! Another thing that will bring back memories....more than anything else...is smell. Ever smell a blown up motor? The smell of burnt oil and really hot metal. Yeppers! That motor is post toasties!! I used to do alot of cooking when I was younger and when I walk into any kitchen, just the smell brings back memories of cooking. Desiel also brings back the memories of my time in the service. The smell of burnt desiel fuel brings back the memories of the old "duece and a half" and the old 5 ton dump trucks that I used to drive into the ground!! Strange. Isnt? Bill Id.
From: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Anyone ever notice the one small little problem with an AMC car???
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:37:46 -0600
Bill, that happens with a number of models. Another horn beeping problem is
with 70-71 rim blow equipped cars. Back then it was novel to drive around
with your hands in the 10-2 position (which is not taught anymore by drivers
ed!) and should you turnj a corner, you accidentally beep the horn. nowadays
if some dumb contraption (and I have always consider the Rim blow in 70-71
AMC & Ford one of the stupidest ideas out there) but
nowadays if someone
equipped a car like that, you would see a rise in people getting a cap in
their ass.
Speaking of grandmas, if mine, Maria DeAlcala, was still alive, she would be
turning 114 this year, so in same age group as your's Bill. They could tell
stories of when the auto first was built, and how many different automakers
in the US in the 20s and 30s. And who had quirks like the horn above; quirks
like Tucker roving headlight, or gas lamps in a White, or did Duryea build
the first automobile. Or if they were into cars as much as many of us are
here, chances are they were wooed by the new Ramblers, Nashs, Hudsons, Ajax,
and maybe as kids they rode their Jeffery bicycle too. Quite some stories to
tell....sort of like everyone on here has a story from a different area, of
the country.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
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From: "Bill Renshaw" <lionwren@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:08 AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Anyone ever notice the one small little problem
with an AMC car???
>I would always know when my Grandma would come home for the weekend. I
> did the same damn thing yesterday with my Hornet. When you get somthing
> out of the back seat, the front head rest rests right against the horn!
> LOL!! About scares the crap out of ya and then everyone looks at ya as
> if "what the hell ya doin' that for"? Its funny how the little things
> bring back memories. Miss my Grandma? Of course I do. She would be 105
> if she was still around. Bill Id.
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