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Hat tip to http://www.hotrod.com/articles/well-know-muscle-car/  for select upwards the theme of what to exercise with rare one-time documents too every bit dealership items inwards an article by times Tom Shaw;

" There is no telephone commutation archive for musculus machine info. We need an automotive Smithsonian where musculus machine information would go stored, a library of specs, info, too every bit history. The big manufacturers convey piddling interest inwards warehousing this materials for the ages. I loathe to retrieve how much valuable historical information has already hitting the dumpster.

The deep specifications unopen our cars, like SAE reports, AMA specifications, too every bit Manufacturer’s Engineering Reports, were never intended for world consumption. They stayed inwards dealership service departments, technology scientific dependent labs, or inwards the archives of racing organizations like the NHRA too every bit NASCAR. As the years rolled on, enthusiast interest inwards musculus cars grew, spell dealer interest declined.

So the deep technical information unopen our cars remained inwards the hands of a few archivists scattered amid the clubs. So far too every bit together with then good, just every chip the kickoff wave of musculus machine people, the generation that grew upwards with them, reaches one-time age, what testament cash inwards one's chips of their knowledge too every bit research? The function there, inwards my experience, is that the textile is not readily accessible to the adult man on the street, too every bit that should go a priority. The whole thought is to promote the unloosen period of time of accurate information too every bit together with then that error does not gain a foothold. There’s already enough misinformation floating around.

Ever been to the Corvette Museum inwards Bowling Green? I’d for sure like to run across something on that mark for musculus cars. The American Muscle Car Institute, mayhap housed inwards an one-time dealership building, with a big wing to archive irreplaceable musculus machine documents, literature, too every bit history. Need nearly information unopen your car? Pick upwards the shout too every bit ask the reference desk. For a pocket-size fry fee, a imitate of the page testament go sent or scanned too every bit emailed. "

Sadly the irony of selling off these items too every bit not donating them to such an effort wasn't appearant to Tom, too every bit the library he'd collected (some of which yous run across above) was sold to Geoff, who inwards plow is selling it off inwards pieces.

I believe Hot Rod couldn't run across this, mayhap a side release from the 70s features of vans too every bit VW bugs. Shiver. Those were nearly black days the the path was lost. Hot Rod Magazine never recovered. It's been bought too every bit sold several times since, too every bit had to allow out the archives to acquire them digitally stored too every bit cataloged. Now they are inwards the Pete, too every bit Getty has the rights, too every bit sells them. Ho Hum.

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