Re: New AMC book.... what would you like to see??

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

I'd like to see restoration guides as well but to do those justice, you'd 
have to focus on a particular car and probably even have to break things 
down by body style since there are some major changes that happened over 
the years.  Outside of the "glory cars" (and Jeep), there aren't many 
models that would support the effort required. Met's might but I'm not sure 
what else would.

Also, how many shows are there where AMC's are judged on how accurately 
they're restored? AMCRC doesn't do this type of judging (unless the 
national events are different than the regionals). I know the one AMO 
regional I attend regularly doesn't. Both of these club regionals are more 
show and shine type judging and you hardly need a restoration guide to make 
a car look nice. Unless there is more competitive judging at more shows, I 
just don't see the demand. Of course, you also have the problem that it's 
tough to get people to volunteer to judge at shows which makes it difficult 
to do the type of judging that would drive demand for a restoration guide.

Matt

At 07:25 PM 12/8/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> Do a restoration handbook with a basic AMC background history. A do it 
> yourself book for dummies like me. You know  "AMC Restoration for Dummies"
>
> Jay in FL.

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