Mexican AMCs by VAM

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx>]

Hey everyone, I thought many of you might enjoy many of these Mexican photos
of cars VAM made in Mexico. There are some strange ones like Lerma's which
are four door Spirits, also Kammback, 76 AMX (this is a trivia question I
have confused people with for years, AMC made some type of AMX from 1968
thru 1982) alos a Pacer, and numerous Spirits and Concords. If you wish to
contact Muricio, please feel free to email him down below, really nice guy,
I loaded all these link son my website's "links" section tonight also, as
there is a big VAM section there.
Eddie Stakes
www.planethoustonamx.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mauricio Jordán Márquez" <rambler_hunter_amx_282@xxxx>
To: <eddiestakes@xxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 2:28 AM
Subject: VAM dealership information


> Hello Eddie,
>
> I sent you a message a few weeks back, but it think you didn't get it. A
> friend of mine from Autos Clasicos Mexicanos borrowed me a 1981 Lerma
> owner's manual and it contains info of the 1981 VAM dealerships and
> authorized service shops. This may help you on the dealership file, it is
> little info but better than nothing. About half of the VAM dealerships
were
> located at Mexico City, just like the plant at Colonia Industrial Vallejo.
> The second plant only made engines and was located at the municipality of
> Lerma in Estado de México, that's where the name of the car comes from.
This
> guy owns not just the best preserved Lerma I have even seen, but the best
> preserved VAM car I have ever seen. I was astonished, the chrome shines
like
> pure Silver, which is the color of the paint and it still is the original
> one and shines and reflects wonderfully. There are absolutely no dents or
> rust on this car. I obviously got pictures, but they are still waiting for
> the film to be used up and then to be developed. As they say, not all is
too
> good to be true. Think of this car as a base model Concord with luxury
> upholstery only. There is no air conditioning, no power locks, no power
> windows, and no remote trunk release. The original owner ordered the
delete
> of all of the items because "they only make trouble." What an asshole. At
> least it still has automatic transmission, great upholstery, and heating
> with ventilation and the single air vent under the dashboard on the
driver's
> side shelf. This also makes this Lerma a rare oddball. The current owner
> said he will move to a bigger house in late this year and he may have to
> sell the Lerma due to lack of space. This is a great chance but I am
afraid
> I won't have the fucking money as usual. I have told my brother about it
and
> he seems interested, which might help, I will show him the car the day I
> return the manual. If I get the car I will get all of the luxury equipment
> ASAP, it currently has some great custom chrome sport wheels that match
> great with the car, I will be debating about putting the originals back on
> or keeping these.
>
> Here is the last message.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Long time no see dude. I hope you are doing fine, and the same for your
> family, hope you have solved any money problems too. I had some problems
> with my Homestead account, I had a mess of files. I had to do one heavy
> clean up and most of the VAM pictures in your links section we either
> deleted or relocated or renamed. With all of these new arrangements, I
won't
> have any problems every time I get and upload any new VAM pictures. Here
is
> the complete directory, they are too many pictures to put them in you
links
> section, so I gathered all of the important ones and left the least
> important ones at the bottom of the list (Misc pics.) For space reasons, I
> had to delete all of the Autos Clasicos Mexicanos pictures, but you still
> have the link there, so you or anyone else can see them anytime. All of
the
> pics in the list were taken by me, the only missing ones are some the
first
> I showed you, the three Americans/Concords from Mexico City. I bet you
will
> love of the Rally pictures and many of the rest like the American ECDs and
> the new 1973 Javelin. The only picture that wasn't changed was the one of
> the red-series 282 engine.
>
> Thanks for passing me Carlos's message. I have found a forum in Autos
> Clasicos Mexicanos and I have started to participate, and it's great that
> now thaks to it many VAM fans are gathering, and it's cool that many of
them
> are still young, most users are between 20 and 30 years old. There have
been
> some Rambler American stories, Rally stories, Gremlin stories, Javelin
> stories and even Lerma stories. You can see those at the AMC Forum in
> English at the AMC Archives, the topic is called "Mexico is grateful to
> AMC." What is cool is that many members are from Guadalajara, and we are
> getting to know each other and planning on local VAM Club of which I
> proposed a name (Generación AMX). We may even launch a site in a free
server
> soon. At the forum I got some info about the 282, and now I am trying to
> gather some VAM memorabilia, or atleast get photocopies or scanning
manuals
> and brouchures.
>
> Now for some news about my Rally, I have met some troubles that took away
> the money I was saving for it. I accidentaly hit the passenger door of my
> shitty 1999 Opel Corsa and had to pay 1300 pesos for the dent to be taken
> out. Add that to the money I had to borrow my parents for a family visit
> among some other things and I ended empty handed. I called the owner, who
> has updated the registry of the car and now it has plates. I told him to
> sell the car if someone wished to buy it and to give them/him/her the
green
> light. If I am able to gather the money before someone else spots the car,
> it is still mine. The teaching job hasn't worked, I really hope I can get
a
> freaking job soon, any fucking job that gives any little more money than
the
> one I get every week, any little help is always better than nothing. Among
> other updates, the Rally now has its missing hubcap back (front passenger
> side) and the right tail-light in place, don't know if the blubs and
sockets
> were fixed though and I didn't check if they got or atleast improvised a
gas
> cap. The rest of the things were still missing (mouldings, wheel and
bottom
> chrome, antenna, passenger side remote mirror, hood release, etc.) I have
> taken a new picture of the right side, but it is still in the film.
>
> Just one question you might help me at, how do you open the trunk of a
> Spirit liftback with a Spoiler? The Spoiler blocks the keyhole, the only
way
> to open the trunk is with the internal release button inside the Glove
box?
>
> It's glad to see you again, take care.
>
> Mauricio
>
> Here is the index of pictures, there are several new ones I never showed
> you. Hope you enjoy them, plus several of the old ones that I re-scanned
and
> improved.
>
>
> Javelin, Javelin SST
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/DF_1971_javelin_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/1973_javelin_01.jpg
>
>
> Rambler American, American, American ECD, American GFS, American D/L,
> American Rally AMX
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1973_rambler_american_01.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1977_american_ecd_01_2.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1978_american_gfs_01.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1979_american_rally_amx_01.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1979_american_rally_amx_02.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1979_american_rally_amx_modificado_2.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/198X_american_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/198X_american_02.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/198X_american_03.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/198X_american_dl_01.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/198X_american_ecd_01.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/198X_american_ecd_02.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/198X_american_ecd_03.jpg
>
>
> Rally AMX, Rally SST, Rally GT.
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1980_rally_amx_01_2.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1981_rally_amx_01_1.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1981_rally_amx_01_1.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1981_rally_sst_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1982_rally_sst_01_1.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1982_rally_sst_01_2.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1983_rally_amx_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/198x_rally_amx_01_2.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/198x_rally_amx_02.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/198x_rally_amx_03.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/198x_rally_amx_04.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/198x_rally_gt_01_2.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/vam_rally_amx_198x_modificado1.jpg
>
>
> Gremlin, Gremlin X
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/1977_gremlin_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/1978_Gremlin_x_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/1979_Gremlin_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/19xx_Gremlin_x_02.jpg
>
>
> Lerma
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/198x_lerma_cuatro_puertas_01_2.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/198x_lerma_dos_puertas_02.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/Puebla_198X_Lerma_01.jpg
>
>
> Jeep CJ7, Jeep Wagoneer
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/198x_jeep_cj7_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/198x_jeep_cj7_02.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/198x_jeep_cj7_renegado.jpg
>
>
> Classic
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/197X_classic_amx_01.jpg
>
>
> Pacer
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/197X_Pacer_01.jpg
>
>
> Miscellaneous Pictures (the least important ones.)
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1977_american_ecd_01_1.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1978_american_rally_amx_01.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/american/1979_american_rally_amx_modificado_1.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1980_rally_amx_01_1.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/1982_rally_sst_01_3.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/198x_rally_amx_01_1.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/rally/198x_rally_gt_01_1.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/1978_Gremlin_01.jpg
>
>
http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/198x_lerma_cuatro_puertas_01_1.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/198x_lerma_dos_puertas_01.jpg
>
> http://www.mjmpicz.homestead.com/files/vam/198x_jeep_wagoneer_01.jpg
>
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