This is so BangShifty we can hardly stand it. Thanks to Erich Von Dussen we have this amazingly clean and awesome Rambler American to show you. On the outside the thing has 100% factory looks with all the trim, the factory wheels, little white wall tires, and an idle that may be a little louder than you’d expect but the same garbled sound that every inline six makes at rest. Then you look under the hood.
Powering this car is a turbocharged 4.0L Jeep engine that is backed by the T-5 manual transmission out of an S10 truck. As you will see, this thing is as punchy and powerful as you’d hope. This car weighs in at about 2,500lbs bone stock and we’re guessing that the Jeep engine and associated plumbing probably comes in right around where the original cast iron lump lived. That makes this plenty light and we can speak from personal experience of the fun that a turbocharged Jeep engine provides.
Remember the turbocharged Jeep Cherokee road racer we showed you a couple of years ago? IF NOT CLICK HERE We actually went for a joy ride in that thing on public streets, in the rain, on slicks, and allow us to tell you whole heartedly: DON’T TRY THAT AT HOME KIDS!
This video is good because we see the car both inside and out and we see it both smoldering the tires (or trying to, it doesn’t make much smoke but they’ll spin for days) and then we see the driver make a couple gear pull and then get yelled at by his wife or girlfriend. Good thing we have never done that before…or today yet. Same thing. Whatever.
This car is awesome and 100% BangShift approved! Thanks for the tip Erich!
Yes! Love it!!!
Very cool!
I’ve never heard of an Inlinx six – is this a new sort of engine that Jeep have developed? No matter its a lovely swap and as is usual BangShift has a way of reading my thoughts as just a few hours ago I was thinking of a UK Ford Zodiac Mk2 with a turbocharged US Ford 302 inline six swapped into it,
Weird or what?
Great car! Much respect for the craftsmanship. Nice to see under-appreciated AM stuff represented here.
Brian does it say where this car is from cause i would love to see in person.I seen it has MO. tags on it,and that looks like an area i used to race my grand national !
I’m going to be building a 64 American conv. This is definitely food for thought.