Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Had a FUN day!

[Hal <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>]

Congratulations!!! Now that should have made your
day/week/month/year, I know it would have made all of
mine.

--- gpndave_22 <gpndave_22@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey all - I want to let you know that there is still
> *SOME* respect 
> for AMC here in the South (Alabama at least)! I
> happened to drive my 
> Gremlin by a mall parking lot and noticed a couple
> of radio station 
> vans & some old cars parked around so I turned in to
> see what was 
> going on. I got a free AC Delco car inspection and
> free entry into 
> their GM High Performance Club car show. Not even
> having my car 
> washed, I was hesitant to enter, but was encouraged
> by several club 
> members. The judges were 2 men and one woman from AC
> Delco doing a 
> promotion. The #2 NASCAR (real car) of driver Clint
> Bowyer was there 
> too. I proudly pulled my little Gremlin in beside
> the row of 
> Corvettes, got out the Simple Green and a rag, and
> cleaned a layer 
> of crud off the engine and door sills before the
> judges came around. 
> I thought I was in trouble when the woman judge
> said, "What is 
> that?", but the 2 guys told her all about AMC,
> recounting their 
> memories of the Javelin, AMX, and so on. Another
> nice surprise came 
> at award time. I won the judge's choice award and
> was given a very 
> nice laser cut 'Show Winner' plaque to take home in
> the Gremlin! I 
> also met this lady from Montgomery who said she is
> building a 1974 
> Gremlin up with a 360, etc. We exchanged phone
> numbers and I hope to 
> get some advice & parts from her for mine. It really
> turned out to 
> be a rewarding day, with so many folks stopping by
> with their 
> comments about the car.  Dave
> 
> 
> 
> 


Hidden in Wichita Falls TX

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