Petes Patriot `69 AMX
 

Mike Pearce recently brought back the Petes Patriot to Cruise Weekend in Kearney Raceway Park this past weekend. He was on his way from Maryland to L.A to attend the Southern California AMC club on July 28th and 29th. Following the trip to L.A. he will be bringing it back to Kearney, NE to put it into the new museum at Cabela`s, they now have a Classic Car Collection. It will be on display for one year there.

Along with the Petes Patriot will be the "Steak Maker" which Steve Mercer owns. If my notes are correct it was the original `68 Petes Patriot.

Below is a page put together from the original pictures I took when Mike first brought it to Kearney in 2002, which he had just finished restoring. On that day the original club members were on hand, including Gene Peterson, and Lou Downing, father of Rob Downing the Co-Crew Chief for Greg Anderson.

http://www.krpi.com/Results/mikepearce/petespatriot.htm

I also have a video shot that weekend of it going down the track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9gLE...ature=youtu.be

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GULP! That famous car now has an automatic trans in it! Blasphemy!

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x2

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which Cabelas?
there's a bunch of 'em...

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X3

they COULD have hollerd if they needed somebody to drive a stick...

i GUESS i could have been persuaded to go back to nebraska for that...;)

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At Kearney, NE

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I was in Omaha when Lou Downing broke the drivers seat in Pete's Patriot on the launch. He ended up where the rear seat would have been but didn't loose control and brought it back to the pits safely. When he got out of the car he said "well, I found a new way to lose a race"..............Just like it was yesterday............man, I am getting old. LOL

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i figgered (as they're from that area),thanks, next time i'm back that way i'll have to stop.

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That happened a bunch on the old AMC full recliner seats!
I pinned the recliner handle on my '69 AMX street car after I ended up layind down after yanling 2nd!

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that reminds me....