There was a car gathering in the "big city" next to us. A city of hard knocks but the guy that organized this did a great job. A couple of live bands, a DJ, classic cars and people came out in droves.

Oh and Captain Clam Cake was there, but I didn't get a pic.

AMC, gone but not forgotten. We rode in a Pacer once. Rode nicely at 80 mph.







A REAL MG, metal bumper and all



It was a mob scene, hard to take pics.




Rick said this car had "trips" Guess that's important to car guys back in the day.



Kit race car?


British car (kit car?) with Corvette engine


And the new Camaro, on the bigger side to me....

 

And when did you invite us to this meet?????

J/K Looks like a great way to bring a little joy to an area going through tough times.

 

My sister called me after work to remind us of the event.

They have it every August. I'll call you next year.

 

Neat pics of the cars, havn't seen a Machine in a long time.
Levi

 

Machine?

 

^The red white and blue Rebel.

 

Really? Didn't know it was called that......

because????

 

Just a special model with more HP, interior features and a unique paint scheme.

 

Google is our friend:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=...aq=f&oq=&aqi=g4

 

They say BMW is "The Ultimate Driving Machine," but before the now-legendary German brand took that moniker for itself there was another, far more humble car, that dubbed itself simply "The Machine." It was built, not by Bavarian Motor Works but by American Motors, and despite its mundane underpinnings, if The Machine had ever squared off against a contemporary BMW, it would have blown it back into the Black Forest. Which is not to say The Machine was the ultimate "ultimate driving machine," but in its own idiosyncratic way the American Motors Rebel Machine, a model you probably don't remember, but a model whose single year was a great one, somehow, someway deserves to be considered among the Greatest Cars of All Time.

Interesting.

I still remember one of the early AMC commercials where they had a guy running up some stairs on the "tail" of the "Big Three Execs.....

How things have changed.

Rick's early work years were with his brother, and another man who opened up the area's first AMC dealership. When I met him, he had a yellow 1973 AMC Hornet with an 8 cylinder three speed manual transmission. He had real good tires on it, (I don't think they were snows) and that car got us to his place safely during the blizzard of 78, when other cars were stuck on the road.

That was a few years ago...and apparently the tire lesson took a detour until this week.....