ABOUT US

Kennedy American is a worldwide supplier of parts for all American Motors cars. We are located just outside of Columbus, Ohio in West Jefferson. Since 1992, AMC parts have been our only line, full time, not a "side line", so we know your American Motors car.

Our staff has years of AMC parts experience, so you can be assured of getting the correct and best parts the first time.

Our 3200 square foot warehouses are stocked full of original, quality replacement, reproduction and select used parts for all years of AMC cars from the 1940's to 1980's. Many of the reproduction parts that are available were developed exclusively or jointly by Kennedy American. We continue to invest funds into reproducing more needed parts to restore and preserve AMC cars.

Kennedy American supports the AMC hobby and participates in and sells parts at many major AMC shows from Connecticut to Arizona, Wisconsin to Texas, and Michigan to Florida.

AMC owners expect and deserve more… An exclusive AMC parts supplier, not some GM or Ford supplier who happens to want to "make a few bucks" on the few AMC parts he can get and knows nothing about AMC cars or cares. A company that is staffed with people who know, drive, and have a passion for AMC cars. A company that is committed to stocking and developing more needed AMC parts, not a local parts store or chain who will just "order you what they can still get "or "match it up with something". A company that has always supported the AMC hobby. …and Kennedy American is the answer!

OUR HISTORY

Kennedy American can trace its roots back to 1974 when company founder Jeff Kennedy started working for Dick Clifton AMC in Columbus, Ohio. Jeff's first job was to prep the new 1974 AMC cars for delivery . After a few months Jeff's boss had a meeting with Jeff to discuss advancement and it was decided to train Jeff for the parts department. After a few months the Parts Manager decided to retire and work part time and Jeff was promoted to Parts Manager. It soon became obvious that many AMC dealers would not put the extra effort into getting the harder to find, less routine parts. Soon telephone calls started coming in from all over the country for hard to find AMC parts especially for Javelins and AMXs. Our first catalog was created, a three page parts list.

Since Jeff owns these cars himself, he had a personal interest in making sure that parts were available. When AMC would discontinue certain parts Dick Clifton AMC would purchase the remaining inventory. Jeff and his parts department staff had become one of the top parts departments in the country and was often number one in their zone. As time went by, some of the inventory would run low and the part would have to be made again, with AMCs help many parts were made by the original supplier, while new sources were found for others. In 1988 American Motors Corporation merged with Chrysler Corporation and shortly after Dick Clifton AMC was sold to a local Chrysler dealer and became Byers Jeep/Eagle. A couple of years later the parts were moved into the Chrysler dealer and the Jeep/Eagle dealership was traded for a Dodge dealership. In July of 1992, Jeff decided that this was the wrong direction to go with the AMC parts business and purchased the entire AMC parts inventory and Kennedy American was born.