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["Mahoney, John" <jmahoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Melton liked to own uncommon "cool cars"

http://www.galionohio.com/mainst/adam_howard_house_galion_ohio.htm

(as American as American towns ever got)

http://www.galionguy.com/town/hometown.htm

(if you've never heard of a Howard auto)

http://www.bright.net/~hohenbri/galionempl.htm

(if you need to know where Howard drove)

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/g/galion/galion.htm

As you can see, there's a lot to be known about old cars.  And there's even
more about your CHOSEN late great AMC cars right under your nose.  (Or do
you want me to "stick" that to you also?)

http://www.coachbuilt.com/des/t/teague/teague.htm  

Once again, the BEST AMC info isn't at an AMC URL.  I'd -like- to see it
there --- along with all the other AMC info currently lost in my "space"
---but the AMCyclopedia needs more than Frank, Matt and a few others'
effort: it needs support from every AMC club, owner, expert, historian and
lover to be a great AMC resource.  (It needs a great web-designer, also...)

If opera doesn't play in your garage and workshop (or Fiddy Cent don't
represent while you pimp out your 300C and Magnum...) and you like the AMC
Seventies, there's even more to know about musicians' awesome cars.

http://www.autoquarterly.com/back43_44.html 

Put V. 43 #2 (6/03) on your play, uh, read list.

Finally, during WWII gas rationing, James Melton drove his -electrics- from
Westport [CT] into New York.  That's called both cool AND awesome.

Michael asked

>>
...if I walked into an AMC showroom in 1969 and ordered this car without
disc brakes, they'd build it?
<<

Ralph thought

"My '69 SST came with power disk brakes but think the plain jane came with
regular drum brakes.

Frank stated

"Drum brakes were standard in 69, even on V-8 cars."

Jeff stated

"AMC didn't make disc brakes a standard thing across-the-board until" 1975.

Colin stated

"...power front discs were part of the go-package but were otherwise an
option."

Now let's stop with some words written before AMC braked to a halt ---

"Non-power vented disc brakes up front are optional, as are powered
discs..."

YEARS after the "other half" of a planned AMC braked to its own halt.

http://www.theavanti.com/DiscBrakes.html

Thanks for all the American automotive independents.

Thank an automotive historian for keeping 'em alive.   

But don't thank me; I'm just singing an old-car song.