On below comment......there are too many people intimidiated by
other's cars. This is not
new and have seen hundres of people NOT
bring their car out to a meet because 'it is not
restored' or 'it
is not perfect' the list is endless. When we did the nationals here in
Houston in 2001 the excuses I was hearing were beyond belief. 'My
car has bondo' and 'the
interior is not done' (yet they had driven
600 miles to the meet) or 'mine is not stock'
(less than 3% of all
remaining AMCs are, duh) or 'I don't have the $20 entry fee' (of
which I would offer to pay their fee so their car would be on a
once in a lifetime
showfield) but the list goes on....this was at
one meet.
Bottom line is there is, and should be, room....for
everyone on the 'showfield' and
speaking for myself, I love
projects just as much as rotisserie America Cup winners. They
all
start somewhere. The Planet Houston award has always been given to
cars that are
'under construction' as it is inspirational to
others that they see your car in this
shape, and knowing that as
time goes on, it will undoubted get better. That is part of the
fun of going to these meets. You get ideas for what your vision is
for your car. Those
trendsetters look great on a Gremlin, that
Hornet hatchback looks awesome with a SC/360
scoop, that
Ambassador looks nice with 16 inch Dubs, how did they get a blower on
that
AMX, and too bad AMC never offered a Javelin convertible like
that.
As for BAG members, years ago when the amxfiles.com was
the big hoodoo, someone brought up
the idea to make small badges
and give them away to amxfiles members. The badges were
cheap pin
on, plastic cover with amxfiles colors of big bad green/orange/blue on
top of a
140mph speedometer. This was the biggest AMC event in
history in 1998 in Kenosha and over
10,000 people attended and if
I recall, they ran out of badges, over 1000 of them. It was
neat
to see so many different faces put on a email, or phone call, a voice,
but the
camradirie was second to none and this was not a paid
group, nothing, just good group of
aMCers wanting to put a face to
a name. Too bad it has never been done since, but maybe
big future
AMC event have some BAG ID's for folks to ID each other, or maybe bum
money
from or hunt down perhaps :~P
Eddie
Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxwww.planethoustonamx.com
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To:
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Sent:
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 4:01 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re:
2010 AMO Show and Dream Cruise
>
>
> --- In
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themixtoo@... wrote:
>
> Hey Gary from Cleveland, I'm Gary
who grew up in Elyria but has lived in Michigan since
> 1969.
If I'd known any BAG members were going to be showing their Grems I
surely would
> have stopped to talk and I'm sure compliment you
on your Grem. My "marginal" comment was
> based upon cars I saw
with no engine compartment dress up, modified interiors or "ratty"
> interiors, too much modification or just plain not
spectacular to look at cars. I am
> sure yours was not any of
the above and I apologize for missing it and not giving you
>
the "props" you probably deserved for your hard work. My 1973 Grems
are posted in my
> folder under photos so you can see what I
compare against. Do you have a photo folder so
> i can see how
great your Grem looks (even if not in person)??
> Gary from
Elyria living in Farmington Hills, MI
>>
>> Had a
great time at the AMO Nationals. Had an aweful lot of folks stop and
and talk to
>> me about my "a bit marginal" Gremlin. How
come you didn't stop and say hey? I've been a
>> long time
member of BAG, and other than the drag division Gremlins, I still
think my
>> Gremlin was the Baad Assed one of the bunch
Gary 'The Mix' from Cleveland,
Ohio
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
-----Original Message-----
>> From: gremlin_corvette_guy
<gremlin_corvette_guy@...>
>> To:
BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Sent: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 8:53 am
>> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins]
2010 AMO Show and Dream
Cruise
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> For
all who might be interested the 2010 AMO convention and show in
Livonia, Michigan
>> was a nice success despite the 90+
degree heat on Saturday. Lots of AMX's and Javelins,
>> only
a few Gremlins (and most a bit marginal on their condition), one or
two Marlins
>> and an SC 360 like yours Eddie. Wally Booth
was there as was Shirley Shahan and her
>> racing legend
stuff. Swap meet was awsome. Finally found a pair of great tread, no
dry
>> rot, D70 X 14 Goodyear raised white letter polyglas
tires for a cool $100.00. Been
>> serching for these for at
least 5 years now to complete a second set for one of my
>>
Grems. All in all very nice crowd and some fine looking cars that
people brought out of
>> the woodwork. Saw cars from NY, PA,
OH, and of course all over Michigan.
>> This week/weekend is
the 16th annual Woodward Dream Cruise and temps will be nice and
>> cool for hot running engines. The big day is Saturday but
folks started cruising a week
>> early and will continue
right up until Sunday morning. I plan to be out with my Purple
>> 73 Gremlin this year and got it fired up on Sunday.(Again
this year the 88 Vette has to
>> stay behind in the
garage!?!) Will take some pictures to post in case any of you all
>> might like to see some of the 40K classics that show up
all week. Definitely the AMC
>> contingent is in the
minority,, however, those of us with AMC collectibles always get a
>> favorable nod from the crowds as there always is an
abundance of classic vettes,
>> camaros, GTOs, mustangs, and
just about any other clasic and special interest car that
>>
still rolls on 4 wheels.
>> Getting ready for the cruise is
almost as exciting as when the Mrs. goes shopping at
>>
Lover's Lane, but cars vs sex - who ever made a comparison like
that????
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