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Kenosha, July 24th, 1998
Note: Upon viewing my pictures after processing, I found my own personal preferences caused me to get far more photos of some models and years than others.
We all do this, I suppose.
But if you have good pictures of cars I missed, let me know and I'll be happy to add them to these pages.

Friday morning, Al and I did breakfast, where else, but at the Javelin Restaurant before heading for the swap meet. In the parking lot was a gorgeous 304/3spd Gremlin X from California. Once on the grass, we saw an enormous gathering of sellers and buyers and the items they were trading, as well as many beautiful cars that had formed a mini-meet.

Al and I split up for much of it and I eventually located 'Javlynn' Sue Leair and her '69 Rambler, and we strolled the field up and down, taking pictures and spending money as we went (I knocked out $200 in the first 40 minutes on small stuff!).

We chatted a bit with several other Listers and non-Listers, including Frank Swygert at his AIM tent (and checked out his awesome 4.0L Classic), as well as Mr.AMC himself- Larry Daum, Eddie and Paige Stakes of Planet Houston AMX, Jeff Kennedy of Kennedy Amercian, Glen Hoag, Rob Clutter, and Tim Hansen, among others.

Here's a whole pile of pics of cars at the swap meet...many were for sale!

The middle '67 American belongs to Bob Hodson,
and the Gremlin is the car Sue Leair was ready to buy before she found her Red Gremster (see 'Monday' in the article)






The white AMX V8 at right, above, was brought to the swap by Bob and Darlene Gurney, and sold in just 10 minutes!

And if you wonder what the whole scene looked like if you were standing there
(and you don't mind a long download), check out this panoramic photo!
And, yes, the multiplied Gremlin was intentional!
An AMO officers meeting drew Sue away and after a bit longer, Al and I were sun-beat and departed the park, spotting a few more sharp cars in the lot and out on the street (3 AMCs in this last pic below!).


This Eagle SX/4 now belongs to Howard T. Perry.
We next headed to Liberty Park in time for the Classic Car parade. What a range of models and years! It was short, lasting for perhaps 40 vehicles and 15 minutes, but it was great to see them all rolling by.




When heading to my car, we spotted this sharp Penske-Donohue clone in the parking lot.
We went back to our hotel to freshen up, and spotted a sweet '72 Hornet SST in the lot.
Then, it was off to the List-member dinner at Ruffolo's. About 15 AMC cars showed for that dinner, and numerous List members like Ken Ames, the Koos's, Tim Hansen, Steve Corbin and so on. I may be wrong on this point (since I had one very large/powerful drink), but I do believe my table (Ken Ames, Larry Daum, Al Stirbens and myself) were easily making the most noise….and it only got worse (better) when Sue and Bob arrived following the went-on-way-too-long AMO meeting. It's possible at some point that we elected Sue the "Official AMC-List Goddess", though it's doubtful any of us is in the position to make that decision 'official' (hehehe).
The following pics are a few that came out after shooting in very dim light. They show the Ram-Air setup of a 401-powered '73 Javelin.
We realized we still had time to catch the Drive-In theater's showing of 'The Man with the Golden Gun', and our table piled out into two cars and headed out (WooHoo! Sue rode with me, and my newly acquired stash of parts made it impossible to take on another passenger. Planned? You decide!). Shortly after departing the restaurant, though, the lead car took a wrong turn and headed for locales unknown and after a few feeble attempts to get their attention, I changed direction and left them to their ill-aimed fate, and rushed to make it to the theater on time. The other car never got to the theater, but all aboard were at the show the next day. I parked in a good, close to the screen, and well-centered spot, angled the car just so, and got comfy. Since Sue had never seen the film before, I was psyched to watch her reactions when the cars finally took to the streets. Even better was that the moment that the smallest portion of the Matador's C-pillar was spotted, the people watching the film starting flashing headlights, honking horns...a few of the more powerful V8s (and my little 2.0L rental) even revved their engines in appreciation....it was a loud, blinding riot…and I can't imagine what the snack bar workers were thinking!!
A 7MB MOV file from the film.
After the movie, I drove Sue back to her hotel where we sat up, chatting and drawing pictures, until 4am when neither could stay awake anymore, and I headed for my hotel and zonked out.
On to Saturday...