John Vitale

My good freind has been gone for 10 years. John was probably the foremost AMC guy on the west coast of Florida. He belonged to the Suncoast Amc club from its beginning and founded the Group 19 AMC club (now defunct without his leadership) in St Petersburg. He helped build many members cars including my own. He is sadly missed. I will never forget this mans freindship, generosity and knowledge nor his untimely death leaving behind his wife and 2 young boys. We shared many long phone calls regarding any and all AMC factoids and together went to the NAMDRA nationals in Cordova 2001. I went away from the AMC world for a few years after his death and bought a new 2006 Vette and a restored 71 Stingray roadster. I got the urge to go back to my roots and built a 73 Matador Machine 401 clone a few years ago and just recently re-purchased my 1980 Spirit after 20 years that I bought brand new and will now re-build once more into a street terror. In the Spirit will be his 401 shortblock he built 10 years ago that I have had stored all these years..........You could call it Karma. I call it Carma