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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/