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For what it is worth, Houston is almost 10,000
square miles. There are not a lot of mechanics that know AMC anything anymore,
the money is all in newer cars with chips and modules. However, I know several
old school mechanics some as close as two blocks away, who can take apart a
engine and put it together in sleep, or rebuild a whole front end on weekend.
They are not the norm anymore. Anywheres. Whether
for AMC, Plymouth, Studebaker, Olds or many other "orphan" marques. And as time
goes on, expect it to get worse.
As for the 76 Gremlin, there was millions of Pintos
and Vegas made, but you don't see them rolling around anymore either so why
would one expect to see a fellow Gremlin? Think about all the 70s cars one don't
see in daily commute, many of them, no, most of them, had higher production than
anything AMC. My 72 Ambassador here had something like 5200 made, but I
guarantee you it is the only one on the road, driven daily, in probably not only
Texas but a six state area.
Michigan had some of the highest volume of sales
for American Motors in the 50s/60s/70s and there is more AMCs left in your state
than all of AR, LA, OK, MT, ID, UT combined.
Again, two keys here: One would be to get involved.
Did you know (or attend) the AMC Nationals in MI several years ago? There was
over 250 cars on the showfield alone, few National meets
can get anywhere near that total. By involvement, I
mena join the AMC chapters near you, either Michigan club of Glass City south of
you.
If not willing to get involved, and this goes for
anyone, then you are missing a wealth of fun and information, get togethers, and
just hanging out with people from all walks of life.....but SAME interest: AMC.
A big problem is too many people rely solely on the
internet, myself included. But the internet ain't going to get me off my fat ass
and out to cruise night. Yes, it might tell me about it, but it is still up to
me to shine (pick a AMC) up, and make time to go out.
A great example is recently on this same site,
someone didn't want to take their Gremlin to a meet for fear of being
critisized, shot down, laughed at (from the Carrie movie "their all going to
laugh at you!!" Spielberg's first great movie) but they went, had fun, and
ironically enough, won something. There is a major lesson to be learned there
whether one owns a piece of shit Gremlin in 8 shades of bondo, to a low miler
rotisseried AMX with $50K restoration. Again, get involved.
The other key is partially mentioned above. The
internet is a great, wonderful tool, however it is there to supplement one's old
car experience. Yes, you can learn how to change a gasket, where meets are, find
parts, ect, but at the end, or beginning of the day, it is still going to be up
to you to put key in ignition and drive to meeting, meet, swap, or whatever.
So contact some of those chapters, ask what events
they might have coming up, and chances are you won't be only Gremlin there, much
less lone AMCer in a sea of Ford, Chevy, Mopar & Imports. And by getting
involved and being at that event, you represent all AMC fans. So have
fun!
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX 713.464.8825 eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *email is currently HEAVY Call if important* www.planethoustonamx.com __._,_.___
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