EXHIBIT 4.2

                        AMERICAN COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
       AMENDED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS AND CONSULTANTS RETAINER STOCK PLAN
                                FOR THE YEAR 2003

     1.   INTRODUCTION.  This  Plan  shall be known  as the  "American  Commerce
Solutions,  Inc. Amended  Non-Employee  Directors and Consultants Retainer Stock
Plan for the Year  2003",  and is  hereinafter  referred  to as the  "Plan." The
purposes  of this  Plan are to  enable  American  Commerce  Solutions,  Inc.,  a
Delaware  corporation (the  "Company"),  to promote the interests of the Company
and its  stockholders  by attracting  and retaining  non-employee  Directors and
Consultants  capable of  furthering  the future  success of the  Company  and by
aligning  their  economic  interests  more closely  with those of the  Company's
stockholders,  by  paying  their  retainer  or fees in the form of shares of the
Company's common stock, par value $0.002 per share (the "Common Stock").

     2.   DEFINITIONS.  The  following  terms shall have the  meanings set forth
below:

     "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

     "Change of Control" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 12(d) hereof.

     "Code" means the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,  and the rules
and regulations  thereunder.  References to any provision of the Code or rule or
regulation  thereunder  shall be deemed to  include  any  amended  or  successor
provision, rule or regulation.

     "Committee"  means the committee that  administers this Plan, as more fully
defined in Paragraph 13 hereof.

     "Common Stock" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 1 hereof.

     "Company" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 1 hereof.

     "Deferral Election" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 6 hereof.

     "Deferred  Stock  Account"  means a bookkeeping  account  maintained by the
Company for a Participant  representing the Participant's interest in the shares
credited to such Deferred Stock Account pursuant to Paragraph 7 hereof.

     "Delivery Date" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 6 hereof.

     "Director" means an individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of
the Company.

     "Dividend  Equivalent" for a given dividend or other  distribution  means a
number of shares of the  Common  Stock  having a Fair  Market  Value,  as of the
record date for such dividend or distribution, equal to the amount of cash, plus
the Fair  Market  Value on the date of  distribution  of any  property,  that is
distributed  with  respect to one share of the  Common  Stock  pursuant  to such
dividend  or  distribution;  such  Fair  Market  Value to be  determined  by the
Committee in good faith.

     "Effective Date" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 3 hereof.

     "Exchange Act" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 13(b) hereof.

     "Fair Market Value" means the mean between the highest and lowest  reported
sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock  Exchange  Composite Tape
or, if not listed on such exchange, on any other national securities exchange on
which the Common  Stock is listed or on The Nasdaq Stock  Market,  or, if not so
listed on any other  national  securities  exchange or The Nasdaq Stock  Market,

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then the  average  of the bid price of the  Common  Stock  during  the last five
trading days on the OTC Bulletin  Board  immediately  preceding the last trading
day  prior to the date with  respect  to which  the Fair  Market  Value is to be
determined.  If the  Common  Stock is not then  publicly  traded,  then the Fair
Market  Value of the Common  Stock  shall be the book value of the  Company  per
share as determined on the last day of March,  June,  September,  or December in
any year  closest  to the date  when the  determination  is to be made.  For the
purpose of determining book value  hereunder,  book value shall be determined by
adding as of the  applicable  date called for herein the capital,  surplus,  and
undivided  profits  of the  Company,  and after  having  deducted  any  reserves
theretofore  established;  the sum of these items shall be divided by the number
of shares of the Common Stock outstanding as of said date, and the quotient thus
obtained shall represent the book value of each share of the Common Stock of the
Company.

     "Participant" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 4 hereof.

     "Payment  Time"  means  the time  when a Stock  Retainer  is  payable  to a
Participant  pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof (without regard to the effect of any
Deferral Election).

     "Stock Retainer" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 5 hereof.

     "Third Anniversary" has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 6 hereof.

     3.   EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THE  PLAN.  This  Plan  was  adopted  by the  Board
effective July 10, 2003 (the "Effective Date").

     4.   ELIGIBILITY.  Each  individual  who is a Director or Consultant on the
Effective  Date and  each  individual  who  becomes  a  Director  or  Consultant
thereafter   during  the  term  of  this  Plan,  shall  be  a  participant  (the
"Participant")  in this Plan, in each case during such period as such individual
remains a Director or Consultant and is not an employee of the Company or any of
its  subsidiaries.  Each credit of shares of the Common  Stock  pursuant to this
Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement duly executed and delivered by or
on behalf of the Company and a Participant,  if such an agreement is required by
the Company to assure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

     5.   GRANTS OF SHARES.  Commencing  on the  Effective  Date,  the amount of
compensation for service to directors or consultants  shall be payable in shares
of the Common Stock (the "Stock  Retainer")  pursuant to this Plan at the deemed
issuance  price of the Fair Market  Value of the Common Stock on the date of the
issuance of such  shares.  As used herein,  "Fair  Market  Value" means the mean
between the highest and lowest  reported sales prices of the Common Stock on the
New York Stock Exchange  Composite  Tape or, if not listed on such exchange,  on
any other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or on
The Nasdaq Stock Market,  or, if not so listed on any other national  securities
exchange or The Nasdaq  Stock  Market,  then the average of the bid price of the
Common  Stock  during  the last  five  trading  days on the OTC  Bulletin  Board
immediately  preceding  the last  trading day prior to the date with  respect to
which the Fair Market Value is to be determined. If the Common Stock is not then
publicly  traded,  then the Fair Market  Value of the Common  Stock shall be the
book  value of the  Company  per share as  determined  on the last day of March,
June,  September,  or  December  in any  year  closest  to  the  date  when  the
determination  is  to be  made.  For  the  purpose  of  determining  book  value
hereunder,  book value shall be determined by adding as of the  applicable  date
called for herein the capital,  surplus,  and undivided  profits of the Company,
and after having deducted any reserves theretofore established; the sum of these
items shall be divided by the number of shares of the Common  Stock  outstanding
as of said date, and the quotient thus obtained  shall  represent the book value
of each share of the Common Stock of the Company.

     6.   DEFERRAL OPTION.  From and after the Effective Date, a Participant may
make an election (a "Deferral Election") on an annual basis to defer delivery of
the Stock Retainer specifying which one of the following ways the Stock Retainer
is to be delivered (a) on the date which is three years after the Effective Date
for which it was originally payable (the "Third  Anniversary"),  (b) on the date
upon which the Participant  ceases to be a Director or Consultant for any reason
(the "Departure  Date") or (c) in five equal annual  installments  commencing on
the Departure  Date (the "Third  Anniversary"  and  "Departure  Date" each being
referred to herein as a "Delivery Date"). Such Deferral Election shall remain in
effect for each  Subsequent  Year unless  changed,  provided  that, any Deferral

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Election  with  respect to a  particular  Year may not be changed  less than six
months prior to the beginning of such Year, and provided,  further, that no more
than one Deferral Election or change thereof may be made in any Year.

     Any Deferral Election and any change or revocation thereof shall be made by
delivering  written  notice  thereof to the  Committee  no later than six months
prior to the beginning of the Year in which it is to be effected; provided that,
with respect to the Year beginning on the Effective Date, any Deferral  Election
or  revocation  thereof must be delivered no later than the close of business on
the 30th day after the Effective Date.

     7.   DEFERRED STOCK  ACCOUNTS.  The Company shall maintain a Deferred Stock
Account  for each  Participant  who makes a Deferral  Election to which shall be
credited,  as of the applicable Payment Time, the number of shares of the Common
Stock  payable  pursuant to the Stock  Retainer to which the  Deferral  Election
relates.  So long as any amounts in such  Deferred  Stock  Account have not been
delivered to the  Participant  under  Paragraph 8 hereof,  each  Deferred  Stock
Account  shall be credited as of the payment date for any dividend paid or other
distribution  made with respect to the Common Stock,  with a number of shares of
the Common  Stock equal to (a) the number of shares of the Common Stock shown in
such Deferred Stock Account on the record date for such dividend or distribution
multiplied by (b) the Dividend Equivalent for such dividend or distribution.

     8.   DELIVERY OF SHARES.

          (a) The shares of the Common Stock in a  Participant's  Deferred Stock
Account  with respect to any Stock  Retainer  for which a Deferral  Election has
been made (together with dividends  attributable to such shares credited to such
Deferred Stock  Account) shall be delivered in accordance  with this Paragraph 8
as soon as practicable  after the applicable  Delivery Date. Except with respect
to a Deferral  Election  pursuant to Paragraph 6(c) hereof,  or other  agreement
between the parties,  such shares shall be delivered at one time; provided that,
if the number of shares so delivered  includes a fractional  share,  such number
shall be rounded to the nearest whole number of shares.  If the  Participant has
in effect a Deferral  Election  pursuant to  Paragraph  6(c)  hereof,  then such
shares  shall be  delivered in five equal  annual  installments  (together  with
dividends  attributable to such shares credited to such Deferred Stock Account),
with the first such installment  being delivered on the first anniversary of the
Delivery  Date;  provided  that,  if in order  to  equalize  such  installments,
fractional  shares  would  have to be  delivered,  such  installments  shall  be
adjusted by rounding to the nearest  whole  share.  If any such shares are to be
delivered  after the Participant  has died or become legally  incompetent,  they
shall be delivered to the  Participant's  estate or legal guardian,  as the case
may be, in accordance with the foregoing; provided that, if the Participant dies
with a Deferral  Election  pursuant  to  Paragraph  6(c)  hereof in effect,  the
Committee shall deliver all remaining  undelivered  shares to the  Participant's
estate immediately.  References to a Participant in this Plan shall be deemed to
refer to the Participant's estate or legal guardian, where appropriate.

          (b) The Company may,  but shall not be required  to,  create a grantor
trust or utilize an existing  grantor trust (in either case,  "Trust") to assist
it in  accumulating  the  shares  of the  Common  Stock  needed to  fulfill  its
obligations  under  this  Paragraph  8.  However,  Participants  shall  have  no
beneficial  or other  interest  in the Trust and the assets  thereof,  and their
rights under this Plan shall be as general creditors of the Company,  unaffected
by the existence or nonexistence  of the Trust,  except that deliveries of Stock
Retainers  to  Participants  from the Trust  shall,  to the extent  thereof,  be
treated as satisfying the Company's obligations under this Paragraph 8.

     9.   SHARE  CERTIFICATES;  VOTING AND OTHER RIGHTS.  The  certificates  for
shares delivered to a Participant  pursuant to Paragraph 8 above shall be issued
in the name of the Participant, and from and after the date of such issuance the
Participant shall be entitled to all rights of a stockholder with respect to the
Common Stock for all such shares issued in his name, including the right to vote
the  shares,   and  the  Participant  shall  receive  all  dividends  and  other
distributions paid or made with respect thereto.

     10.  GENERAL RESTRICTIONS.

          (a)  Notwithstanding  any other  provision of this Plan or  agreements
made pursuant thereto, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any
certificate or certificates for shares of the Common Stock under this Plan prior
to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

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               (i)  Listing or  approval  for listing  upon  official  notice of
issuance  of such  shares on the New York Stock  Exchange,  Inc.,  or such other
securities exchange as may at the time be a market for the Common Stock;

               (ii) Any registration or other qualification of such shares under
any state or federal law or regulation, or the maintaining in effect of any such
registration or other  qualification  which the Committee shall, upon the advice
of counsel, deem necessary or advisable; and

               (iii) Obtaining any other consent,  approval,  or permit from any
state or federal  governmental agency which the Committee shall, after receiving
the advice of counsel, determine to be necessary or advisable.

          (b) Nothing  contained  in this Plan shall  prevent  the Company  from
adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for the Participants.

     11.  SHARES AVAILABLE. Subject to Paragraph 12 below, the maximum number of
shares of the Common Stock which may in the aggregate be paid as Stock Retainers
pursuant to this Plan is 5,000,000.  Shares of the Common Stock  issueable under
this Plan may be taken from  treasury  shares of the Company or purchased on the
open market.

     12.  ADJUSTMENTS; CHANGE OF CONTROL.

          (a) In the event  that  there is, at any time  after the Board  adopts
this  Plan,  any  change in  corporate  capitalization,  such as a stock  split,
combination  of shares,  exchange  of shares,  warrants  or rights  offering  to
purchase   the  Common   Stock  at  a  price  below  its  Fair   Market   Value,
reclassification,  or recapitalization,  or a corporate transaction, such as any
merger,  consolidation,  separation,  including a spin-off,  stock dividend,  or
other  extraordinary  distribution  of stock or  property  of the  Company,  any
reorganization  (whether or not such reorganization  comes within the definition
of such term in Section 368 of the Code) or any partial or complete  liquidation
of the Company (each of the foregoing a "Transaction"),  in each case other than
any such Transaction  which  constitutes a Change of Control (as defined below),
(i) the Deferred  Stock  Accounts  shall be credited with the amount and kind of
shares or other  property  which  would  have been  received  by a holder of the
number of shares of the Common  Stock held in such  Deferred  Stock  Account had
such shares of the Common Stock been outstanding as of the  effectiveness of any
such  Transaction,  (ii) the number and kind of shares or other property subject
to  this  Plan  shall  likewise  be   appropriately   adjusted  to  reflect  the
effectiveness   of  any  such   Transaction,   and  (iii)  the  Committee  shall
appropriately  adjust any other  relevant  provisions  of this Plan and any such
modification by the Committee shall be binding and conclusive on all persons.

          (b) If the shares of the Common Stock  credited to the Deferred  Stock
Accounts  are  converted  pursuant  to  Paragraph  12(a)  into  another  form of
property,  references  in this Plan to the Common  Stock shall be deemed,  where
appropriate,  to  refer  to  such  other  form  of  property,  with  such  other
modifications as may be required for this Plan to operate in accordance with its
purposes.  Without  limiting the  generality  of the  foregoing,  references  to
delivery of certificates for shares of the Common Stock shall be deemed to refer
to delivery of cash and the incidents of ownership of any other property held in
the Deferred Stock Accounts.

          (c) In lieu of the adjustment  contemplated by Paragraph 12(a), in the
event of a Change  of  Control,  the  following  shall  occur on the date of the
Change of Control (i) the shares of the Common Stock held in each  Participant's
Deferred  Stock Account shall be deemed to be issued and  outstanding  as of the
Change of Control;  (ii) the Company shall forthwith deliver to each Participant
who has a Deferred  Stock  Account all of the shares of the Common  Stock or any
other property held in such Participant's Deferred Stock Account; and (iii) this
Plan shall be terminated.

          (d) For purposes of this Plan, Change of Control shall mean any of the
following events:

               (i) The  acquisition by any  individual,  entity or group (within
the meaning of Section  13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange  Act")) (a "Person") of  beneficial  ownership

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(within  the meaning of Rule 13d-3  promulgated  under the  Exchange  Act) of 20
percent or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of the Common Stock of
the Company (the "Outstanding Company Common Stock"), or (2) the combined voting
power of then  outstanding  voting  securities  of the Company  entitled to vote
generally  in  the  election  of  directors  (the  "Outstanding  Company  Voting
Securities");  provided,  however,  that the  following  acquisitions  shall not
constitute  a Change of Control (A) any  acquisition  directly  from the Company
(excluding an  acquisition  by virtue of the exercise of a conversion  privilege
unless the security  being so converted  was itself  acquired  directly from the
Company),  (B)  any  acquisition  by the  Company,  (C) any  acquisition  by any
employee  benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company
or any  corporation  controlled  by the  Company or (D) any  acquisition  by any
corporation pursuant to a reorganization, merger or consolidation, if, following
such  reorganization,  merger or  consolidation,  the  conditions  described  in
clauses  (A),  (B) and  (C) of  paragraph  (iii)  of this  Paragraph  12(d)  are
satisfied; or

               (ii) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board
of the Company (as of the date hereof,  "Incumbent  Board") cease for any reason
to  constitute  at least a majority of the Board;  provided,  however,  that any
individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election,  or
nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by a vote of
at least a majority of the directors then  comprising the Incumbent  Board shall
be considered as though such  individual  were a member of the Incumbent  Board,
but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of
office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as
such  terms are used in Rule  14a-11 of  Regulation  14A  promulgated  under the
Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened  solicitation of proxies or consents
by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or

               (iii)  Approval  by  the   stockholders   of  the  Company  of  a
reorganization,   merger,  binding  share  exchange  or  consolidation,  unless,
following such reorganization,  merger,  binding share exchange or consolidation
(1) more than 60 percent of,  respectively,  then  outstanding  shares of common
stock of the corporation  resulting from such  reorganization,  merger,  binding
share  exchange  or  consolidation   and  the  combined  voting  power  of  then
outstanding voting securities of such corporation  entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial
owners,  respectively,  of the Outstanding  Company Common Stock and Outstanding
Company Voting  Securities  immediately  prior to such  reorganization,  merger,
binding share exchange or consolidation in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, binding share
exchange  or  consolidation,   of  the  Outstanding  Company  Common  Stock  and
Outstanding  Company  Voting  Securities,  as the  case  may be,  (2) no  Person
(excluding  the  Company,  any employee  benefit plan (or related  trust) of the
Company or such corporation resulting from such reorganization,  merger, binding
share exchange or consolidation and any Person beneficially owning,  immediately
prior to such reorganization,  merger,  binding share exchange or consolidation,
directly or  indirectly,  20 percent or more of the  Outstanding  Company Common
Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be) beneficially
owns,  directly  or  indirectly,  20  percent  or more  of,  respectively,  then
outstanding  shares  of  common  stock of the  corporation  resulting  from such
reorganization,  merger, binding share exchange or consolidation or the combined
voting power of then outstanding voting securities of such corporation  entitled
to vote  generally in the election of directors,  and (3) at least a majority of
the members of the board of directors  of the  corporation  resulting  from such
reorganization,  merger, binding share exchange or consolidation were members of
the  Incumbent  Board  at the time of the  execution  of the  initial  agreement
providing  for  such   reorganization,   merger,   binding  share   exchange  or
consolidation; or

               (iv)  Approval  by  the  stockholders  of  the  Company  of (1) a
complete  liquidation or  dissolution  of the Company,  or (2) the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, other than
to  a  corporation,   with  respect  to  which  following  such  sale  or  other
disposition, (A) more than 60 percent of, respectively,  then outstanding shares
of  common  stock of such  corporation  and the  combined  voting  power of then
outstanding voting securities of such corporation  entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial
owners,  respectively,  of the Outstanding  Company Common Stock and Outstanding
Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or other disposition in
substantially the same proportion as their ownership,  immediately prior to such
sale  or  other  disposition,  of  the  Outstanding  Company  Common  Stock  and
Outstanding  Company  Voting  Securities,  as the  case  may be,  (B) no  Person
(excluding  the Company and any employee  benefit plan (or related trust) of the
Company or such  corporation  and any Person  beneficially  owning,  immediately
prior to such sale or other disposition,  directly or indirectly,  20 percent or
more of the  Outstanding  Company  Common Stock or  Outstanding  Company  Voting

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Securities,  as the case may be) beneficially owns,  directly or indirectly,  20
percent or more of,  respectively,  then  outstanding  shares of common stock of
such  corporation  and the  combined  voting  power of then  outstanding  voting
securities  of such  corporation  entitled to vote  generally in the election of
directors,  and (3) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors
of such  corporation  were  members  of the  Incumbent  Board at the time of the
execution  of the initial  agreement or action of the Board  providing  for such
sale or other disposition of assets of the Company.

     13.  ADMINISTRATION; AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.

          (a) This Plan shall be administered  by a committee  consisting of two
members who shall be the current  directors  of the Company or senior  executive
officers or other directors who are not Participants as may be designated by the
Chief Executive  Officer (the  "Committee"),  which shall have full authority to
construe and  interpret  this Plan,  to  establish,  amend and rescind rules and
regulations  relating  to this Plan,  and to take all such  actions and make all
such  determinations  in connection  with this Plan as it may deem  necessary or
desirable.

          (b) The Board may from time to time make such amendments to this Plan,
including to preserve or come within any exemption from liability  under Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act, as it may deem proper and in the best interest of the
Company without further approval of the Company's  stockholders,  provided that,
to the extent required under Delaware law or to qualify  transactions under this
Plan for  exemption  under Rule 16b-3  promulgated  under the  Exchange  Act, no
amendment  to this  Plan  shall  be  adopted  without  further  approval  of the
Company's  stockholders  and,  provided,  further,  that  if and  to the  extent
required for this Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3  promulgated under the Exchange
Act,  no  amendment  to this Plan  shall be made more than once in any six month
period that would change the amount, price or timing of the grants of the Common
Stock  hereunder  other than to comport with  changes in the Code,  the Employee
Retirement  Income  Security  Act  of  1974,  as  amended,  or  the  regulations
thereunder.  The  Board  may  terminate  this  Plan  at any  time by a vote of a
majority of the members thereof.

     14.  MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a) Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to create any  obligation  on
the part of the Board to nominate any Director for  reelection  by the Company's
stockholders or to limit the rights of the stockholders to remove any Director.

          (b) The Company shall have the right to require, prior to the issuance
or delivery  of any shares of the Common  Stock  pursuant  to this Plan,  that a
Participant make arrangements  satisfactory to the Committee for the withholding
of any taxes  required by law to be  withheld  with  respect to the  issuance or
delivery of such shares,  including,  without limitation,  by the withholding of
shares that would otherwise be so issued or delivered,  by withholding  from any
other payment due to the Participant, or by a cash payment to the Company by the
Participant.

     14.1 GOVERNING  LAW.  The Plan and all actions  taken  thereunder  shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

     14.2 INFORMATION TO SHAREHOLDERS.  The Company shall furnish to each of its

stockholders financial statements of the Company at least annually.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  this Plan has been executed  effective as of July 10,
2003.

                                        AMERICAN COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.

                                        By /s/ Daniel L. Hefner
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                                           Daniel L. Hefner, President

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