Contacts
This chapter is the first, because it is nearly impossible to keep a classic car on the road without connections to fellow aficionados, clubs and specialized vendors.
If you are in the United States, it should not be too difficult to find the right people. In Europe it's not as easy, although there are some clubs and a few vendors for AMC parts, mostly in Scandinavia and Switzerland. The links page shows you the most important sources of information on the internet. First of all, you should subscribe to the AMC mailing list and the Pacer list, where you can get advice from lots of competent and helpful experts. The AMC list has very high traffic (some 100 e-mails a day), but you can also get it in digest mode or just post to the list and read it online.
Clubs in Europe
- AMC-Club Switzerland/Deutschland/Österreich/France
- Schweiz und deutschsprachiges Ausland:
Cristina Rychen
AMC-Club Schweiz
Kägenhofweg 8
CH-4153 Reinach
Mobil +41 79 3456 471
chantarella1969@yahoo.de - France:
Jean-Luc Jeandin
42, Rue de Colmar
68140 Munster
France
téléphone +33 3 89 77 04 41
jeandin.jl@wanadoo.fr
- Schweiz und deutschsprachiges Ausland:
- Swedish AMC/Rambler Society
Clubs in the USA
American Motors Owners Association
There are more clubs in the U.S., but these are either local or focused on other parts of the hobby, like racing or cars of the fifties. See Links.
Mailing Lists and Forums
AMC List (high traffic)
AMC Pacer Mailing List (low traffic)
Literature
A must for anyone who wants to work on his car is a repair manual, like a Chilton's or Clymer Shop Manual. Not bad for a start, but as soon as you want to do real work on the car, you need a TSM (technical service manual). The best source for such prints is, once again, the World Wide Web, e. g. Ebay.
There's a print magazine available for fans of America's independent manufacturers, especially AMC: AIM (American Independent Magazine).
Recommended AMC Literature:
- history: Foster, Patrick R., American Motors – The Last Independent, 1993 Krause Publications, Iola, WI, USA (currently out of print)
- data, equipment, numbers: Gunnell, John A. (editor), Standard Catalog of American Motors 1902-1987, 1993 Krause Publications, same location (currently out of print)
- purchase: Mitchell, Larry G., Illustrated AMC Buyer's Guide, 1994 Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI, USA
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