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		The Automotive History Preservation Society been in existence since 2010 and - purely with their volunteers - has amassed a library of more than 240,000 page-images of automotive historical materials in digital form. Any Downloadable Files Associated with this Article (Click on the file name to download it) Download Our Flyer! 2013_flyer_v3.pdf
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*Our New Look - and Why
Click on the Thumbnails Below to Enlarge I'm Eric White, president of the Automotive History Preservation Society. I would like explain to the people who may come to our Home page some facts about the Society. The first and most pertinent fact is that we are no longer partnered with Wild About Cars. WAC no longer exists. WAC was an organization that hosted the AHPS Digital Document Library online. WAC shared the philosophy of the free distribution of automotive information, for the sake of sharing. They made for a good partner with the AHPS, but, sadly, that is over. As a result, things have changed drastically over the last two months - AHPS is now exclusively responsible for the entire cost of running the old WAC website. This is not a cheap proposition, especially so since we do not sell any products. We are a  donor/gift driven, not-for-profit model. AHPS owned and developed the online digital library. WAC developed, owned, and managed the sophisticated, high-octane, high-storage-capacity web site that could handle the volume and bandwidth required to move large files, and move more than just a few files simultaneously. AHPS was granted gratis space on the WAC site in exchange for WAC being able to offer our 240,000+ page images as a tangible service to their members. At that time it was an entirely free operation, simply because the WAC business model was driven by advertising income. Our library would never have been possible if not for the good people at Wild About Cars. It was a very good partnership for us and for the hobby while it lasted. AHPS makes no sort of profit from the sale of the materials that may or may not be copyrighted on our site, because we don't sell any of the images loaded there. Making a profit from selling copyrighted material is not legal, certainly not without first obtaining from the owner of the copyright, a license agreement or written permission to distribute. We are an educational/reference/service site only. AHPS is, and always has been, not-for-profit. As a not-for-profit, we cannot take in money in excess of that required to operate the organization - which now means supporting the website, paying any employees (we have no paid employees or officers at this time), and conducting the many costly projects that would advance our main focus, the Library. The Society operates strictly on a donation basis. Donations provide for the Society's ability to function and grow. Each and every member of the Society - including the volunteer staff, our committee members, and our board of directors have all made significant donations to our cause; some even are donating more than $100 monthly just to keep the site running. Understand that it's not about paying; it's about donating to keep the Society going. So if you think what we are doing is a good and helpful thing, we would hope that you would be happy to donate $25.00 or more to become a member and see that we continue to save more and more materials. Donations of $25 or more will also get you a few unique goodies thrown in to make your effort worth it. Think of this - do you belong to a car club or car club chapter, a garden club, a book club, or other non-profit organization? Do they ask you to pay dues to join? What benefit do you receive for that membership? Does a non-member receive the same benefits? Of course not. That is the way clubs, societies or other membership-based groups work. That is the way we work. And we offer different levels of donation - all in consideration of people’s income levels and disposable income. If you cannot, or are unwilling to make a donation, you still have access to 80% of the website, including News, the Technical Section, Ads, Brochures, the Photo Archive, and the Magazine Archive. I hope we can count on your continued support and enthusiasm in this important endeavor. If you would like to donate.  Click on the "Donate" button below. Thanks.