After that Homo comment Gassser-55 I presume your interested in the Rambler..............Actually so far it seems alot of college aged girls like that car which is just fine by me but if you think its for a Homo then I guess I'll be hearing back from you with a crazy high offer???
This is my 66 American. I am the second owner of this car. It was purchased from the AMC dealership in my town. The car sat for 24 years in the field behind the origianl owners house and was drug out of its sleep and plopped down in my garage. After replacing tank (Thanks yngrodder), fuel pump, carb, radiator, brakes and a few odds and ends I registered the little Rambler on what would have been the original owners 97th birthday. I have been enjoying cruising this car around and my plans are to weld in some floor pans and enjoy Ramblin.
http://www.bigk.com/shop/Orangutones_pledge.jpg My Racing partner and I bought this car from the record producer and took it on the 2012 Hot Rod Power Tour. Nick
http://carsafari.net/?attachment_id=6193 Picture from the HRPT. In the October 2012 Hot Rod mag it is picture 123 in the gallery Nick
Mom had a 64 4 door that the hood opened while driving and got ruined. The car had a light blue Earl Schieb paint job on it. Ugly car but it was all she could afford. So the car looks bad for months. One nite were in the city and see an identical car with the same crappy paint job. 2 weeks later the car is sitting in the same spot with no front tires on it. So the buddies and I swiped the hood at about 1 in the morning. It was a perfect match. That car lasted another year before it died. Great cars. Ron
You have probably already seen these two from reading the 2013 Torque Fest thread. These 2 sweet rides were at Torque Fest.
Yes... Those two... I have no idea how this turned into a "Share your Rambler's Hopes and Dreams" thread
Here's my '64 American. In the very beginning stages of the build still. Build thread is in my signature if you want to check it out more!
The Nitrous bottle in the fender well reminds me of a story from back in high school. I had a friend named Rudy, Rudy had a 61 Rambler Classic 4 door. Rudy was a drag racing fanatic and an early stereo and and electronics nut also. One of his favorite activities was to go tot he local drag strip ad make reel to reel tapes through dual microphones of the staging and starting line area. He made recordings and took copious notes of the cars, there modifications, etc. He also liked to listen to his recordings played very loudly in his garage. One day I went over to Rudy's garage ad he had the front end of his Classic up in the air with the front wheels off. Whats going on I asked. He replied he was modifying his car for street racing. His modifications consisted of small PA speakers mounted up under his front fenders. Further modifications included a stereo amplifier and a new 8 track player hookd to the amp and feed to the speakers. He had made his own 8 track of his favorite drag strip recordings, which when played through the speakers made his Classic sound like it had a very health powerplant under the hood instead of the straight 6. When Friday night came around we went to the local street racing location and cruised around till we lined opposite one of the local hot cars, we pulled up and Rudy triggered the tape of some full race V8 blowing out open headers. The guys in the other car either took the bait, and raced off like mad to the next light, or they idles away so as not to get embarrassed loosing to the Rambler. Had a couple weekends of great fun till the cat was let out of the bag. We even got to the point where with three passengers in the car we could torque rock it in time to the serious engine reving at the light. This looks alot like the Rudy Rambler except for its lack of rust.
There's a commercial on TV where a little girl wants to be able to change her little brother into a puppy and bring him to school for show and tell and tell them he's her puppy-brother... There's a flash of second little girl, eyes wide open, mouth agape, slightly nodding her head while the first girl explains all this.\ Just imagine me as the second little girl, but shaking my head side to side.
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