East TX AMC cruise-in Lufkin TX April 14, 2012 - Event Date: Apr/14/2012

Wow, it's been almost a week now and I'm still pumped (and a little tired ; ) after our hugely successful AMC meet.  We did have several would be participants that had to cancel and a few that couldn't make it due to one thing or another at the last minute.  Hopefully, next year they will be able join us for another great and even more successful AMC day here in Lufkin.  It was great to meet so many new friends, reacquaint with ones we've met before and share the day with everyone.  We wound up with a great showing of 15 cars (no, not including the '70 Javelin project in the garage & I didn't have my '74 War Wagoneer there either).  In attendance we had: 3 Gremlins ('72, '77 & '78), 1 '76 Hornet Sportabout (w/360), 2 Spirits ('80 & '81 I believe), 1 '70 Rebel Machine, 4 Javelins ('71, 2-'72s, '74), 2 Jeep CJ7s ('78 Levi's w/401, '87) & last but certainly not least, 2 Willys Forward Control Jeeps (1 '57 FC-170 Willys tour wagon Jeep (1 of 4 built) and 1 '58(?) FC-150), as well as 2 AMC parts vendors who made some sales.  It was a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere that everyone enjoyed and all were talking about attending next year well before the day was over.  We had lots of folks from the community stopping in to check out the cars and even some stopping off the street to buy parts.  We still had 8 cars present by 6:00 p.m. and still had people pulling in to look at the cars.  We finally wrapped it up and formed a 4 car AMC cruise to a restaurant for dinner about 8:15 that evening.