Small Block Musclecar?

[squirrel]

I just think it's fantastic that we're talking about Ramblers, in a thread about muscle cars ;)

[Monk]

Grants Rebel was one of their earlier success in drag racing

[Monk]

Couple of good reads on AMC muscle cars..............

[JamesMayberryIII]

Sort of....they did have the Wagoneer.

I don't see those needing more than what the 401 or 390 put out.

[squirrel]

I know there were some successes, but Ramblers will always be little old lady cars to me.

[Monk]

I know there were some successes, but Ramblers will always be little old lady cars to me.

Ramblers were little old lady cars.............AMX's weren't

[Gateclyve Photographic]

Dumbest automotive ad ever . . . .

[Gateclyve Photographic]

Somebody didn't get the anti-racing memo . . . .

[Monk]

Of course there is one exception.........this little old lady liked her AMX

[RockJustRock]

My folks bought Larks because they couldn't get a V8 in an American. They craved a little car that drove just like a big car. When I was in Boy Scouts one of the leaders drove an American. He cut up the RAMBLER in the grill to read AMPLE.

[JamesMayberryIII]

I've never owned an AMC.. but my next door neighbor that I hung around with, parents did, it was a rebel. and what a royal p.o.s. The dad, stated that scoots mother just had to have it. and now he gets to fix the p.o.s. every week end.
Scott got a iirc 74 jav. with the I wanna be a c3 vette fenders humps. what a pyle. To be fair it was well used by the time he got it, but his parents rebel was bought new. so. I'd say the sporty car scott got as a hand me down from a family member was a p.o.s. from day one.
It did ride better than the 1976/7 nova he had before that. but that isn't say'n much.

[SuperBuickGuy]

My folks bought Larks because they couldn't get a V8 in an American. They craved a little car that drove just like a big car. When I was in Boy Scouts one of the leaders drove an American. He cut up the RAMBLER in the grill to read AMPLE.

my uncle was a private pilot, he had several hangers that he used (hunting, vacation, etc), he'd buy a Rambler wagon and leave them in his hanger so he'd have something to drive. His thought (and it was true then) was no one would steal them and they were cheap.... most would sit for months and even years in a couple cases, they were quite reliable.

[squirrel]

when I worked at the junkyard, we had a rambler wagon as a shop truck--had the torch in it, etc. No one ever wanted to buy parts off it, so it lasted a long time. eventually it quit, so we had to use something else, and the replacements kept having to be replaced soon, as folks wanted to buy parts off them.

[Monk]

I've never owned an AMC.. but my next door neighbor that I hung around with, parents did, it was a rebel. and what a royal p.o.s. The dad, stated that scoots mother just had to have it. and now he gets to fix the p.o.s. every week end.
Scott got a iirc 74 jav. with the I wanna be a c3 vette fenders humps. what a pyle. To be fair it was well used by the time he got it, but his parents rebel was bought new. so. I'd say the sporty car scott got as a hand me down from a family member was a p.o.s. from day one.
It did ride better than the 1976/7 nova he had before that. but that isn't say'n much.

Had one them also............it was a '72 Javelin AMX.......401, 4spd car..........came with original raised letter tires
I still remember, as a kid, when those came out with the bulging fenders.
I bought it off of a older lady in Florida who bought it new........she had a hip replacement and couldn't drive a stick any longer.