I have the Autogen 2500. I works very well but fortunately I haven't had to use it much! I had one car which had a very weak battery. I tried the normal hookup which wasn't enough so I used the boost button which did the trick and got the car started. Well worth the price and it compact and...
I have that book. There are things in there I don't remember seeing in the cartoons. And I got a kick out of some of the prices they came up with for stuff Wiley used.
Don't know about forums, but there's this club. Plymouth Owners Club: Some Members' Cars Thye have tech advisors for most all antique eligible years from 1928 right up to around 2000
It is a real place. I went through there last November. Past the Olympic ski jump which is a hugh structure that sticks out like a sore thumb in the middle of the forest and mountains, There is also a big training center which covers a lot of ground with many buildings.
I took the drivers ed class at my high school in a '68 Cutlass but the main part of my practice was in a '62 Rambler American, 3 on the tree. Took my test in my dad's '68 Sport Satellite Wagon.