http://www.amonational.com Volume 42, Issue 2 Mar./Apr., 2018 American Motoring Contents Features Columns Amo President’s colum _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAge 3 editor’s notes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAge 4 tecH Questions witH JeFF reeves _ _ _ _ _PAge 8 Amo memBersHiP _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAge 32 History Pick _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAge 14 events cAlendAr_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAge 22 2017 AutorAmA_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAge 6 clAssiFied AmericAn _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAge 45 HAlverson rAcing seAson_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAge 10 HAulin History _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _PAge 23 For tHe long HAul _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ PAge 28 Moving? Derek Dorroh Name:_______________________________ Send Your information to: 12229 Freemont Ln. Raleigh, NC 27613 AMO#_________ [email protected] Old Address: New Address _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Street or P.O. Box Street or P.O. Box City:___________________________________ City:___________________________________ State:_____________ZIP__________________ State:_______________ZIP_________________ Page 2 American Motoring Mar/Apr., 2018 AMO President’s Column Convention information – meaning chapters won’t have to build a new website from scratch when they host a Convention. The reason judging sheets will be available is because the new system will allow us to begin digitally scoring cars at the convention. This will allow the judging teams to look at past Ian Webb scores for a car, and allow the Club to know that all cars AMO President registered have been scored before the end of the banquet. These scores will then be saved in the database, and shortly [email protected] after the show will be available to members to view online. I’ll go into more detail about how the judging works in the next The Board of Directors green lit a project recently that has been newsletter because it is pretty robust, and going to be a very under discussion for some time, and it is something we are all powerful tool for us. pretty excited about it! It is something that I firmly believe will change AMO for the better, and allow us to better adapt to the So, to pull all this together, imagine this: you log into the AMO way our members communicate and live the hobby. website in January and enter your cars into your profile. Then, in February, you log back in and register your 1966 American The project is, at its core, a database. It is a software solution for the national event. When you show up at the event, you give that allows us to better store all of our data in the cloud in one, your membership number, the person asks if you are showing accessible form. This is the most crucial thing we needed to do, the 1966 American, you say “yes”, and you are all set! Then as doing so will allow us to operate the Club – and our shows a week or so after the event, you receive an email notifying – in more efficient manner. Over the past few months step 1 you that your judging sheet is available for viewing. You can has been underway and, as of this writing, nearly complete. also view the convention at AMONational.com and see all the This means that AMO membership is now operating under this awards from the show, complete with photos of each car! system. If your car advanced to Senior Class, the system will know that So I’m sure this sounds like a lead in to a lot of technical talk, when you register, and the judges will too. When judging the and I won’t really bore everyone with that. I’d rather explain car, they will be able to see what you scored the previous year, what this means for the Club as we move forward. so if you were marked off for pitted chrome bumpers, the judge will be able to see and verify if that has been fixed. This will lead First – a new mobile responsive website will be built along to further consistency in judging. with this database, which will still allow you to login in and view American Motoring, but will also allow you to manage In the future, we will be opening up the database to allow your membership, view exclusive club documents, register chapters to manage their membership using the system. for events online, and even look at your past judging sheets. Website hosting, membership management and even judging This site will also act as the portal for registering at the show, at regional shows could be used through this system. This which should help speed up the lines, and will be the hub for all investment by National will allow AMO to offer more value to the Chapters in the future. There are a lot of dimensions to the new system, and we won’t be rolling all of them out at the same time. The new website should be up by summer, and we plan to test the digital judging with a few classes at Auburn. If all goes well, St Louis will be the first Convention that is run entirely on the new system. It will be a long road to get all the wishes implemented, but it will happen in time. We need to fix the important things first so we can cover the basics, then add more features. And for those of you who aren’t online or overly comfortable with things like this, we can still handle everything the way we have in the past and mail judging sheets and renewal cards. I also want to express a sincere thank you to everyone on the Board who have supported this project. Also to Joe Fougerousse and Derek Dorroh who have been involved for the past year in looking at different vendors for this project. Derek has also been instrumental in getting the new system up and running for phase 1 and has gone above and beyond the call of duty! As we move forward, there will be more updates and more information on this project – so stay tuned! American Motoring Mar./Apr., 2018 Page 3 Club Information Editors Notes American Motors Owners Associa- tion (AMO) is a Wisconsin chartered, nonprofit organization, which exists ex- pressly for the purpose of aiding and encouraging the use, enjoyment, pres- ervation and restoration of vehicles Cheryl Samuel Mike Spangler built by AMC between 1958 and 1988. sambo@ jefnet.com mspangler@ jefnet.com American Motoring is the official news publication of AMO, with its principal offices at 2136 Wawonaissa Tr., Fort Wayne, IN 46809. American Motoring Welcome to the world of the editors. Here we sit and look upon an empty page. What is published on a bi-monthly basis with should I write about today? I have been listening to people talk about the cars from the past a total of six issues per year. Issues and how much fun they had growing up. Let us take this a step farther. You liked the cars are due to the members within the first you rode in the back seat of. Does that also mean you enjoyed the families you were raised two (2) weeks of each odd numbered by? Did you appreciate the hard work your father put in every day so you could sit in the month. Subscription is free to all paid backseat of those cars? Do you now understand why your parent or parents were never members of AMO. Permission must be obtained in writing from the editor to home and asked you to do chores? When we look backwards we also have to understand copy, reproduce, or copy through any what made our lives what they are. Some may have grown up in some really hard times. media the materials contained herein. The Rambler you adore now may have been at the highest point of payment for some. Membership in AMO is open to all AMC Not everyone back then was able to pull 800 to a 1000 dollars out and buy new. You were enthusiasts worldwide at $35.00 U.S., taught if you wanted a bike you needed to work to pay for it yourself. The best I was told Canada & Mexico $ 40.00 U.S., Foreign $ 45.00 U.S per annum. Ownership of if you work hard enough we will pay half. By the time you saved your share the interest in an AMC vehicle is not required. Send that bike was gone. membership requests to the Member- ship Director. Contributions to American I was never afraid to work. As Mike tells me, I am my own worst enemy. I keep creating Motoring are highly encouraged. Mate- work for myself. I create charts on what needs to be done. By the time I start something rial accepted is subject to editing and / or revision. The act of submitting articles, I already know what the cost is going to be. This is a habit I learned from being a kid.