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Volume 16 Number 4 July- Aug. 2007
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Volume 16 Number 4 July- Aug. 2007Volume 16 Number 4 July- Aug. 2007AMX-Clamation!!!
As expected we had a great time at Kenosha 2007, and the pink AMX was also a big hit at the Mopar Nationals in Columbus. I really didn’t know if we’d make it to either event but with luck on our side we struck out for Wisconsin with less than 20 miles on the car, the Kenosha trip was basically a 1,000 mile test drive! Now that things have settled down a bit it’s time to look around and address the things which I’ve ne-glected for the past two years while the car was under construction. These include my family (guilty), house and yard, and even North Coast AMC. After much consideration I have decided that after 8 years as president of NCAMC it’s time to pass the torch to someone else. I actually considered this after 4 years but there didn’t seem to be much interest then, the Fall Colors Tour was still happening and everyone seemed to be OK with how things were running. How-ever for the past couple of years I have been too busy to plan the tour, or much of anything else club related. Although I still haven’t heard any complaints (likely because our great newsletter has held the club together) I certainly realize that someone else with more time and energy could probably take the club to the next level. So, in the interest of democracy, I am seeking my replacement as NCAMC president and treasurer for the next term of 4 years. The job isn’t too difficult, it’s mainly keeping track of the membership roster and club finances. I have submitted the annual financial report and contributed at least one article for each issue of the newsletter. There’s also some general decision making as well as coordinating with the AMO chapter rep in order to maintain our charter. Really that’s about it! The ideal candidate will have been a NCAMC member in good standing for the past 4 years. If you have the time, ambition, and would really like to see the club prosper please contact me directly, my infor-mation is on page 2 of the newsletter. Depending on the level of interest we may have an election or I may just appoint a replacement. Either way I’d like the new president to take over effective January 1, 2008. I have enjoyed leading North Coast AMC into the 21st century after a solid start by our founder, Bob Browske. I plan to continue my involvement with the club and really look forward to a positive change in leadership. If you’re interested in the job please con-tact me ASAP!
American Motors Ramblings Scott Campbell
Contact Information... President/Treasurer Advertising Director Newsletter Editor Scott Campbell Dale Veverka Javlynn Sue Leair 5340 Columbia Rd. 6934 Brookside Rd. 4904 Edsal Dr. Medina, OH 44256 Independence, OH 44131 Lyndhurst, OH 44124 Phone: 330-725-3824 Phone: 216-524-5977 Phone: 216-381-7859 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
NCAMC Webmaster West Side Coordinator East Side Coordinator Ken Walker Shaune Zavertnik Don Moyer 8800 Tiffany Dr. 1254 Catherine Dr. 9027 Lakeshore Blvd. N. Royalton, OH 44133 Brunswick, OH 44212 Mentor, OH 44060 Phone: 216-392-5699 Phone: 330-220-7264 Phone: 440-257-5615 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Deadlines...Sept./Oct. newsletter – Sept. 15
Sept. 5 for articles/August 22 for classifieds
Nov./Dec. newsletter – Nov. 1Nov. 1 for articles/October 22 for classifieds
Exhaust Notes…… Hotel rooms are available now for the 2008 AMO International in Kingston, Ontario. For more information contact Glen MacDonald at (905) 826-9393 or [email protected]. Looking for something to do on Labor Day? The North Coast PT Cruisers are holding a Coats for Kids cruise-in at the Boulevard of Flags behind the Eastlake city hall from 1 to 6 PM. All cars are welcome. The donation of a new or gently worn coat is requested. Cash dona-tions are accepted too. Door prizes, 50/50 raffle, silent auction, a live auction beginning at 3:00 PM, and a DJ. For more info, contact Marvin Dicker: [email protected] Phone: 440 338-6571. Looking for a little road trip? Check out American Parts Depot, APD, 6th Annual Car Show & Open House on September 8th. Lots of fun, food, music, and gifts, plus the annual town wide yard sale. Questions? Call APD (937) 678-7249.
2007 Car Show ScheduleFor an up to the minute show schedule, visit the NorthCoast web site http://clubs.hemmings.com/northcoastamc
Sept. 2: 26th Annual Richard A. Teague AMO Midwest Regional Meet. Veterans Memorial Park - Genoa, OH. Held in conjunction with the 21th Annual Glass City AMC Show. Contact: Mike Turner (937) 865-0940, Casey McGowan (740) 321-1308 or Randy Hensinger 419-483-9917
Sept. 6 - 8: NAMDRA ‘07 AMC Nationals. We will again have AMC Drag racing, Car Show, Swap Meet, Car Corral, Free Picnic, Awards Program and more. Contact: Jock Jocewicz at [email protected]
Sept. 8: American Parts Depot - 6th annual car show & open house American Parts Depot, 409 N. Main St., West Manchester, OH; Phone: (937) 678-7249 Lots of great music, food, fun and gifts!!
Sept. 16: Picnic at the Marr’s (also known as The Javlynn Sue Birthday Bash) 1 - 4 pm 4610 Chestnut Road, Independence, Ohio; Phone: 216-901-9165 for directions & details After the picnic we’ll head to the Southwest Cafe cruise-in
Sept. 29: 7th Annual Ed Anderson AMCRC Regional Meet. Carillon Historical Park. Contact: Casey McGowan 740-321-1308
From Debonne to Super K
Welcome New MembersPaul Dewit Butch & Chris Smith
Top:At the Debonne Winery car show from left to right - Paul Dewit’s ‘73 Javelin, Butch & Chris Smiths’ ‘74 Gremlin and Javelin Sue’s ‘73 Gremlin and ‘74 Javelin
Bottom:At the Super K Mart in Mentor -The pattern here is ‘73 Gremlin, ‘74 Javelin, ‘74 Gremlin, ‘73 Javelin
Denver 2007
Visitors were greeted in the lobby by this dapper gentleman seated in his early Rambler.
A custom-made SC/Rambler sofa was one of the raffle prizes.
AMCers flocked to Rosie’s for good food and a good cruise-in spot.
Participants of the Racing Class were among over 200 AMCs in attendance.
A Gremlin and suped up Pacer bask under the sun in the 90 degree heat.
An AMX with a very limited modi-fication package known as “The Piranha”
The actual AMX-3 prototype featured in the latest American Motoring
A postal Ambassador, part of Terry Gale’s vast collection
An all-Ohio judge team judges a Rebel in the Rambler Class.
Shirley Shahan “Drag-On Lady” and Javlynn Sue
The Drag-On Lady faces off against a Gremlin at the Bandimere Speedway.
A few special AMCs including The Drag-On Lady and Wally Booth’s cars
Kenosha 2007
The Kenosha History Center
Plenty of red, white & blue before the parade
Above: Heavy on the red, white & blue, two of which are Wally Booth cars Bottom: A variety of AMCs
Despite the rain, AMCs (including Bob Hodson’s SC/Rambler) took
over The Spot.
Thankfully, sunny weather prevailed on Saturday. Approximately 350 cars
showed including some Gremlins.
Rebels at The Spot
The parade line-up: About 125 cars were in the parade.
More AMCs at The Spot: I’m telling you, we pretty much took over!
Check out the color shifting paint on that suped up Met.
AMCs, Nashes and Ramblers of all shapes and colors attended the Kenosha Homecoming.
More Tidbits! Shaune Zavertnik
Custom Chuck Barris tv Banacek AMX 400 at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum!
At the Mopar Nats, Scott’s pink AMX sure got all the lovin’.
At least somebody knows how to treat a SC/Rambler right!
Some more red, white and blue!
Rambler Ranch Elizabeth, CO
Independence Home Days 2007
Out of the 600+ cars, 450 some are AMCs.
“The Field of Dreams” includes parts donors and cars waiting restoration.
The newest building at the Rambler Ranch houses many of the 600+ cars. The Pacer on the right once belonged to Scott, our club president.
In the other building were the older Nashes, Hudsons and Ramblers. The vast memorabilia was just amazing!
Here’s another one of Scott’s cars that he sold Terry Gale, the owner of the Rambler Ranch.
This is too cool! I’ve never seen a factory race Pacer in person like this.
Classified CornerDale Veverka
Waiting for the mailman can be one of the pleasures of a person on vacation or a retiree but this teacher enjoys the arrivals of Hemmings Mus-cle Machines or Cars & Parts because the thrill of the hunt begins. Scan the cover for a feature picture or maybe one of those special inserts or dramatic feature titles that start the AMC blood to boiling. Nothing. But, let’s look at the Table of Contents, maybe just some auction news will feature an AMC sale. WOW! An AMC restoration article and a great foreground picture of a ’70 AMX. The August 2007 edition of HMM is well worth the $4.99 news stand price to anyone consid-ering a 1970 AMX restoration. A comprehensive set of over two dozen pictures grace the six page article written by George Mattar. The article makes a disclosure that is not news to any AMC enthusiast (finding NOS parts for an AMC is almost impos-sible). The car pictured was one purchased by Jim
Webb of Webb’s Classics Auto Parts in Huntington, Indiana 20 years ago. Webb is in the enviable position of having set aside unbe-lievable amounts of NOS parts. The extensive list is enough to require a drool bib. From gas tank to seat backs, rim-blow horn kit to wood grain dash overlays the list goes on and on. Many of the pictures provide useful views of the resto-work. The car was placed on a lift to receive its engine from below to protect the new paint. Rear quarters were attached with high-tech glue rather than the usual welding. Hope it works as adver-tised. Beautiful job Jim and if you happen to have any spare NOS parts to donate my address is on page two. Left: Webb puts on the parts in this HMM picture
August 2007 Cars & Parts magazine reports on the Char-lotte Autofair auction. One car of particular interest was the sale of 1958 Rambler Cross Country wagon with a match-ing teardrop camper that fetched $21,320. In the Taillights fea-tured Jeep prototypes. The Jeep marquee has a rather unique parentage situation. Jeep has counted Willys, Kaiser, Ameri-can Motors and Chrysler as parents of the “Jeep” name. If Chrysler is sold it may pass
along the Jeep name, too.
Dan Koch signed off in the last newsletter as Member Profile editor because he has run out of mem-ber profiles. I for one will really miss his feature and would remind anyone in the club who hasn’t passed along a member profile to take a few minutes to do so as soon as possible. Dan does a great job in making whatever you pass along to him fantastic. In the same vein, we have had no new classifieds for 4 months. We try to run each ad in two issues, we changed the deadline for ads and we still have no new ads. Should we eliminate the Classified section, too?
For Sale:None
Available:1969 AMX that I just had re-stored but my wife and I have health problems and are unable to take care of it. I am in Florida for the winter. We’ll be back in May to sell it. Kenny Everall [email protected]
Wanted: Metal bracket or brackets needed to mount the glove box in ’68-69 Javelin or AMX. Also correct Spartan LO note horn with coiled metal trumpet for same car. Help! Scott Campbell [email protected]
Above: C&P’s pic of 1958 Rambler sale
5340 Columbia Rd.Medina, OH 44256
