1970 AMC Rebel Machine - Don't Mess With The Machine!
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2017
- AMC came late to the muscle car party, but it still made a formidable contribution with its share of solid muscle cars. The best was the 1970 Rebel Machine which provided just about every muscle car option as standard any gearhead could want. The Machine gave AMC legitimate muscle car credentials, and has become a bonafide muscle car legend. Here's the story behind AMC's best muscle car, and why you don't mess with The Machine.
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It was a great car. I purchased a RWB Machine when I was in Viet Nam, using my parents as the go between. I came home October of 1970 and picked it up the same day. As it turned out I was the first Machine owner in the Delaware Valley. I lived in Springfield, Pa. The same day I picked it up I took the black shifter knob off an put a white Hurst shifter handle. Never missed a shift with it. I had it for 3 years.
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Welcome home! You have great taste in car! Thank you for your service!
Had to be rolling down Baltimore Pike to get seen, Fred. Mac Dade Blvd was good for drag racing though, or Front St. in Philly. Welcome home brother.
1970 was the mountain peak of the muscle car era.
Growing up as a teenager in Detroit when these were available I remember them well. I never heard of the secret dealer parts package that put this car in the 12's. The AMC dealer on the east side ( Mack Avenue ) had rows of AMX's, Javelin's and SC/Ramblers. Between that dealer and the Plymouth dealer down the road, the car colors were unbelievable. What a time to be 18. Walking the lots on Sunday when no salesmen would hassle you was surreal. Occasionally some of the muscle cars were mistakenly left unlocked and you could sit in them.
Such a masterpiece of a car alongside with the 1971 AMC Javelin.
39yrs and still waiting to see one of these in person...too cool.
...try living in New Zealand ..odds are pretty low
The Rebel machine’s were my dream cars when I seen my first one screaming down the road when I was very young kid in 1970. This car got me started into loving all cars from that era!
Those impressions are forever cemented into our psyche! Mine was the 70 Chevelle SS. ✌🏼
@@ls6-ss413yes, the 1970 Chevelle LS6. 450hp off the car lot. There's the Baldwin Motion Cars that are monsters as well.
I always loved that Rebel. The interior is so simple and clean.
A friend of mine's father, entering his 2nd childhood, bought this car in 1970....Crazy fast...nice car!
The Machine and the Oldsmobile Cutlass Rallye 350 were awesome but forgotten classic cars from the 1970 model year.
My first car was an AMC Rebel Machine. I loved that car!
Keith Patterson man your lucky, that's my dream car. I'm lucky thought to have an 87 jeep Comanche with an amc straight 4, but it doesn't have nearly as much power as a machine
Keith Patterson my first car was a Rambler Rogue. 1968 black exterior w/white and black interior. A big straight 6 cylinder. Actually a pretty fast car in a time when everything had to be a V-8.
Next door neighbor, a Master Mechanic, owned two Rebels, at different times.
great info ! very cool car . a lot of people were surprised by amc performance cars during that time and would never admit to getting beat by one . I was lucky enough to have grown up in the period when cars like this cruised the main drags on Friday and Saturday nights and we would all sit on the steps and watch them go by and do burnouts .
Please keep making AMC videos!! I love them!
HARD TO BELIEVE all that value!! Three thousand ($3000) dollars for all that equipment and extras was amazing! Ah, the good old days...
Adjusted for inflation, that price tag would be just under $20,000 USD. It's still a good deal though.
@@jakekaywell5972 ..how much do these cars go for do you know ?
@@chrisgoffe5048 Hagerty says that the best condition AMC Rebel Machine in the world is worth $72,800. Average ones range from the high 30s to the high 40s.
Thank you for the great video. The AMC Rebel Machine is and always has been my all time favorite Muscle Car.
What a cool car. The rake, the scoop, and the graphics made it look fast standing still. Planting your right foot and lifting the clutch pedal must have been a blast.
..wish i was there ..would of been awesome
The coolest thing about this car is it's a Rambler, lol! How are you gonna live down being left in the dust by a lowly Rambler?
My father's stepdad had a Rebel Machine, he described it as being a beast and would give the local Mustangs and other cars a run for their money.
I had quite a few AMC's in the past. My first, a '73 Javelin with a 304 2bbl in 1980. I used to embarrass a lot of "rich kids" and their new Z-28s and Trans Ams that dad and mom got them. One of my funnest moments was humbling a Mustang was in a 401 equipped Hornet SC 360 with a 4 speed. I never underestimated any of the BIG THREE's offerings. But man O man, how they under-estimated my little 'ol American Motors cars. Seems like a hundred years ago now, but the memories of cruising " The Boulevard" seem like yesterday. Keep up the good work on these videos!
Big-3.boys HATED when the Rambler Boys showed up and spoiled their party.
Real American cars came from Kenosha,Wi. Thank Yoi for this well made video
Thanks so much. You cover the material thoroughly and, more importantly, you always refocus my memory which is fuzzier by the day.
Man makes me miss my 1970 Mark Donohue Javelin. 390/4 speed
A friend of my Dad owned 2 of these cars, I first one was the 401, his car. the other was the reg. 390. His car with the 401 broke the axle tubes lose and had to re weld them, but the cars where ok. My brother had a 1977 Vega and traded him for his wife's 390 car. For a bunch of Teenagers we had the coolest cars on the road. Great video.
Yes, the axle tubes were weak. I had mine rewelded a couple of times. Lot of torque and just great POWER. Mine was green. Wish I still had it✌❤😊
amc made some really cool cars ..
I'll take 3 of them please. Always did love them. They were faster than most people thought.
Lots of information on this well narrated video.
It was very well done. I was struck, however, that the most significant performance upgrade was not mentioned. The 390 in other AMC products was rated at 325 HP in 1970. The Machine, however, had 340 HP. A big difference was the Offenhauser aluminum intake manifold - the carburetor was also slightly bigger.
The machine and sc rambler were no joke. Faster than you think.
Don't be surprises, watch his 401 AMC video. He skirts around the whole Machine and It's 390...selective journalism
@@edarcuri182 Hi, I,m not so sure you have the correct information as to the 1970 Rebel Machine intake manifold. I ordered through AMC sometime in 1974, a Rebel Machine intake manifold to replace the stock manifold on my 1973 401 Javelin AMX. It came as cast iron with the AMC Rebel Machine part numbers cast on the manifold, 3199763 I think. I am only aware of the R4 B that was aluminum.
AMC really did make some great vehicles. It is a shame that Chrysler folded AMC into the main company instead of keeping it going, but alas Plymouth is gone too and even GM has stopped making the once successful Oldsmobile and Pontiac lines.
AMC's deadly mistake was merging with Renault.
@@davidlafleche1142 I think AMC's biggest mistake is not merging with Studebaker and Packard. We might still have AMC to kick around today.
@@tiki_trash At the time, AMC may not have been able or willing to do that. At that time, AMC specialized in economy cars; Packard may have been a little too high-end for their tastes and they knew they couldn't compete with luxury cars like Cadillac or Imperial. AMC did buy out Kelvinator, which enabled them to offer air conditioning as standard equipment on all their models (beating out every other car manufacturer). They also pulled off a brilliant move when they bought out the Jeep line.
AMC did make good cars, some of which were better than the Big Three (Rambler, Hornet, Matador); but they simply didn't have the same sales or the big money. Kind of like Betamax being unable to compete with VCR, even though Betamax was actually a better quality product.
Awesome cars! AMC are impressive!
I never owned one of these but would love to now. Great looking car!
Same here ive always been a ford man but i like all muscle cars and AMC made some very fast motors.
The Rebel Machine was one of the fastest muscle cars of the entire muscle car era.
😂😂😂😂 your funny.
@@ScooterLee-ei1ep You're (not your) in need of some English classes.
You are truly quite the informed, most excellent very well spoken narrator.
I'm so glad I found your channel a couple years ago, very great stuff AGAIN thank you.
I owned a 1968 Rebel SST, yellow with black vinyl top and black interior. It was a great car and I sure wish that I still had it!
My uncle had a pre-production Gen 2 390 4v AMX engine in his 67 American. It was special ordered thru my fathers AMC dealership with Ambassador sub frame. It was a test system for the 68 SCRambler that Dad was able to wrangle thru AMC at the time. My uncle did a lot of drag racing with it and did extremely well.
Wow! I would love to see that car. Can you tell me more about it?
@@tiki_trash That was 55 years ago so I don't remember much more than that, and my Father and my Uncle passed away several years ago. About the only other details I can remember is that it had Posi Traction, a 4 speed, and it was some Gold color.
@@cee128d thanks
@@cee128d If that was the car raced out of Topel's Rambler of Kenosha, WI, it was actually a '67 Rebel, and is covered in a chapter of Bob McClurg's book "The History of AMC Motorsports". That car started as a gold car, that was painted red/white/blue, before it was raced. The current owner has restored that car, and discovered two completely different origin stories for the building of the car!
@@ramblerdave1339 Sorry, but it definitely wasn't that car. It retained it's original factory gold color for it's entire life until it was totaled sometime in the early 1970s. My Dad's dealership was in central Indiana and my uncle didn't race out of any stable or dealership. He was always an independent.
Wow, I just found my next dream car.
I owned a 1970 Rebel Machine 390 ci back in 1973.
Keep up the good work and never change your intro music.
I remember those! Never saw too many of them back then, but they were cool!!!
My girlfriend's dad had a mint all-black colored Machine back in the mid 1980's. With 6 people in it, we beat a then-new 1983 Mustang GT in a quick 40-80 blast on the highway. I remember being very impressed with the torque I felt thrown back into the seat! He offered it to me for $3K but I didn't buy it as I was only 16 at the time. His son still owns it!
*the old AMC cars, some awkward and fun fast cars with parts from the "big three". great video!*
Actually, all of the domestic manufacturers shared parts back and forth. AMCs contribution was design innovation. Recessed exterior door handles for instance.
awkward? Way less frumpy looking than a 1970 Chevelle or Nova.
Yep. GM and Ford even bought each others carbs a few times. Kelsey Hayes sold brakes to all of them. Borg Warner sold Transmissions, brakes, U-joints, clutches and lots of smaller parts to all of them. AMC even sold motors to other car companies too. And BTW Ramblers had dual braking systems by 1962 - Only other car with that was Cadillac.
And also, they used GM poins and caps and rotors. Why? because that was the best made then and why reinvent the wheel. They bought all their starters from Ford. Same reason. Small, efficient and one wire only. Best one available. AMC would OEM things if they thought it was the best solution - they had no axe to grind. So AMCs really had the best selection of parts overall.
How do you compete when your 2 seconds slower?
What's crazy is back in the 80's I found one of these in a small town (Newport Washington) it was parked in someone's carport and it had allot of dust on it looked like it had been parked for a while but it was mint I tried and tried to make contact with the owner to see if I could buy it but I was never able to make contact with anyone at that house I guess I should have tried harder good video
Thanks
I own a Rebel "The machine" in mint condition with 100k kilometers
mac10987 gaming...kilometers? You mean miles, we use the Imperial system here.....
@@branon6565 how do you know hes not canadian? Or the other 98 percent of the world that actually uses the metric system
Those are nice cars and not seen as often as other 70's muscle cars
That's great where is it? Let's see it. That would be awesome , you have one of the most rarest of muscle cars ever. Put a picture up we would love to see that car
@@Mr.Safety. there are two kinds of countries in the world. Those who use the metric system, and those who have landed men on the moon.
I love everything about these videos. They make me smile!
2:51 towed a car for a guy and he had this exact one beat up and broke down in his driveway. He gave me a history lesson on the car and AMC it was a good listen.
I have two Z-Code 72 Matadors with n umbers matching drivetrains. One I drive daily as it's unrestored and an excellent "survivor". It's a stout performer for it's size, and the Matador/Rebel were in the mid size car category so they competed with the 383 Belvedere, the 351 Montego etc for police mid size car sales. The 401 and torque flite does everything I ask it.
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO~! I am glad I found your site. There are very well produced and researched video. I am one avid subscriber..THANKS!
Thanks for the informative video. I don't remember "The Machine" back when I bought my first car a new 69 Mustang. The Javelin was the more popular car for AMC at that time.
Great video. I miss my Machine. Went back and forth from NY to Peoria dozens of times in the 70's and back and forth to Fla. Only problem was carb. icing once due to the open hood scoop, and hi revs doing 65 with the 3.91 rear.
My brother had one of these and the 390 had 13:1 compression pistons and rings into this engine and it ate up every car on the road it raced.. Dodge.. Chev.. Ford it was nuts.. Even with a full car load it could hit 60 mph in under 4 secs...it was nuts but fun..is was truly a machine and then some. 😊
Even with stock engine it was fast and it came equipped with a holley 4 barrel and the block looked the size of a 289 Ford engine but it performed.
@@Rick-S-6063 well at the time from the former owner it was ordered with a Holly 650 and I know they came with a Carter 600 cfw also...but this one as far as we know was ordered with this holly carb...then this was a rare one I am thinking...but car is long gone which I wish now we had still today. 😊
@@Rick-S-6063 okay that is indeed what they did...then the one we had which was a 1970 was ordered with a holley from the original owner...i feel like we had a rare one then with that carb on it...and forsure ford parts were used. 😊👍
P. S. I wish I would have taking some pics of it back then...young and crazy back then I guess..hehe. 😏
Unless the original owner was lying about it but he said that is how it came as per his order ..but people can fibb about stuff also but I remember seen that Holly 650 on it and it had the ram air package and all...but the engine was redone with 13.1 compression and that made it perform I must say. 😊
I go to an AMC car show every yr in NW Ohio and there is a rebel machine fully restored sitting there, along with three S/c ramblers. They are all in great shape and I really appreciate the guys taking the time to restore them and drive them to the shows, these aren't trailer queens
Again good job covering these cars. A kid in high school had a Rambler Scrambler with the 390 engine. It was the meanest AMC in the school. Good story.
Wow! That was very interesting...Exceptionally cool, and that option gave you almost 500 ponies, A 5.0 rear, 'With a " STANDARD" Bourge and Warner transmission hooked up to a tight 4 speed Hurst Mystery shifter,
I would have loved to see a 650 Quadrajet Carburetor
( Spread bore) And Yes instead of a 650 dbl pump holly with a semi high rise spider manifold and some form of headers with a dump system. BOOOOOO! Line it up, I will fire up my old Tempest and see you there. ;)
I'm a GM guy, but if i won six magic numbers in the lotto, i would definitely have a SC/Rambler, a 69 AMX, and a The Machine in my stable of muscle cars.! Truly great cars.!
..i would love this amc rebel machine ..64 ford thunderbolt and 70 buick gsx in yellow ..gorgeous cars !! ..you did well America !! 🇳🇿
Don’t forget the song beep beep that was very popular at the time. The rebel was the machine of the day back in late 50s.
1970 was the high water mark for muscle cars.
I Sooo want one! As a teen looking to get my drivers license I had fallen in love with the lines of the Javelin and would've loved to have one. Not being a gear head I knew nothing about the Rebel Machine but I'll sure keep my eyes open for one now.
Dream and get rich nobody is stopping you from building a clone if you can find a good body. Young dumb and full of spirit is good but these cars are as rare as hens teeth. Back in the 70's you couldn't give them away,and now you have the same thing just newer. Find a car you like and build it some day it will be ...well sort of this to the kids 40 years from now.
History AMC did make 54 AMX carscin read whitec and blue. It came with a hi performance engine with two cam shafts . That's a second can that could be installed. The AMC company went after all the hot cars to be the fastest car on the Markit and put a huge engine in a light weight bodied car to be the king of speed. Again there where only 45 of theses AMX cars built in Red White and Blue . Once fitted with the second cam it was the first car built buy a manufacturer that ran in the 10 second 1/4 mile . Not many people know about this car but I have seen one and even to see one is vary rare has the most have long dissapeared it's a vary hard car to come by that is not well known.
Thank you for your thumbs up .
I used to service these. They are simply beautiful in person when new.
Indeed, AMC offered one of the first "packaged" muscle cars in the form of the '57 Rambler Rebel. I think it was the second fastest accelerating production car that year after the Corvette.
behind studebaker golden hawk and chrysler 300.
@@dicarlo57 In the 1957 Daytona performance trials, the Rambler Rebel's 0-60 time of 7.0 seconds, was only beaten by the fuel injected Corvette, at 6.8 seconds. This is the acceleration that was mentioned, top speed wasn't. The cars you suggest, may have been faster at top speed (and I would think the supercharged, 300hp, Thunderbird, or any other Ford with that engine, would equal those two).
great video. very informative. Thanks.
Just subscribed after watching this video. Even though I've always been die hard Mopar, I do respect other makes.
Since AMC was bought by Chrysler back in '90, they are Mopars now, and they get to hang out at the Mopar shows.
Unfortunately they rarely show up at the Red Deer Mopar meet. Back in high school, mid 80's, I still remember an early 70's Javelin. Unlike the TV show, we'd go out of the city and watch some street racing. That car was untouchable for quite a while.
That's a shame. I'm a bit spoiled here in SoCal, at the twice yearly "Flings" at Woodley Park there usually is a good showing of Trans Am AMX as well as '72-'73 wide body Javelins playing nice with the 'Cudas
I love the AMX, and especially the '70 Rebel. So many cars up in Canada end up in a scrap yard due to rust. Back in high school a friend had one, not sure if it was called Hornet. That car was a blast to drive with the 4 spd. It's over 30 yrs. ago, had something like a 343 in it.
It was probably the 304, as a Mopar guy not sure. But in the mid 80's caught a lot of guys by surprise in a street race.
Aye...One sweet ride
Oddly enough this one has always been in the video game series Forza Motorsports. I always found it interesting lol
What an awesome muscle car! Nice video.
Little remembered today, the Matador Machine carried the intermediate performance banner for AMC in 1971. Very few Matador Machines are known survivors today, as documenting one is rather difficult. It is uncertain how many Go Machine Matadors were even produced; they could be had with 360 or 401 power. Most of the performance and heavy duty items could be obtained a la carte on the Matador coupe for 1972 and 1973 as well.
Eddie Stakes of Planet Houston AMX estimates about 68 Matador Machines in 1971 (they were simply reduced to an option package in the fine print of the sales brochure). And yes, a customer could custom build to order a '72 or 73 Matador Machine as well with the options.
Great video, keep em coming
I own 2 1970 Rebel SSTs and a Hialeah Yellow Rebel Machine,,,they are great cars.
I had a Rebel and after the reverse went out of the transmission a friend rode with me and Todd Beery became ''reverse''
Those automatics were not sturdy enough . Borg and Warner I believe . In 71 or 72 AMC replaced those transmissions with the Mopar 727 . That's the one I wish that my Machine would have had .
I had a 69 Rebel SST with a factory Hi-Performance 300 hp 343. She was a sweet ride, except for the color. But she was fast and handled great!!
@@Rick-S-6063 I am sorry to disagree. There was a limited run of factory high performance 343s. Basically it was just a difference in the heads. I spent a lot of time in the mid to late 70s working on that motor. I didn't like that car much, but I did love that motor.
@@Rick-S-6063 AMC built a 343 hi-po in limited runs. At least in 68-69. I can't speak for a 390.
The AMX was their bad boy .
Love your videos!
Please make some videos on AMC Gremlin, Javelin,Hornet and Hurst S/C Rambler.
Fantastic ! Thanx !
Great..remembering the very fast V8 Gremlins eating up the competitors at the Friday- 4 hours races at Sebring, a day ahead of the famous 12 hour race..
I also had a 73 Amx javelin with a 401 4 speed car was no joke!!!
I still own my 1973 AMC, Javelin AMX, 401 ci with 4 speed manual and 3.91 rear gears. I ordered it new, and took delivery on March 30 Friday, of 1973. Only modifications to it after all these years were, replaced the intake with the rare 1970 Rebel Machine cast iron medium rise intake, added larger 1" diameter aftermarket front sway bar with the addition of a 1/2" diameter, rear sway bar. The AMX accelerates like a rocket and corners like a go cart. The color is Cordoba brown with black interior and gold T Stripe up the hood. Many want to buy it, as it is basically untouched with all original replaced parts saved. It will stay in the family, as my son now takes care of it. When my son was born, he was brought home from the hospital in it. Simply an awesome car.
@@phantomblott1 I am in awe...so killer. Congratulations.
Big 3 guys always hated when the Rambler Boys showed up and spoiled their party...
@@audieconrad8995 , Thank you for the kind words. Maybe this is the wrong forum for this conversation about the Javelin AMX. I just wanted to add some information here. I had a conversation years ago with Eddy Stakes from Planet Houston, a large AMC site. He brought up the subject of the cowl induction that was added to the AMX package for 1971. There existed at one time a company memo that showed just how well the AMX's cowl induction actually worked. It was stated that the cowl induction would add an additional 10 to 13 more horse power to the 401 option of 255 horse power. This apparently was never offered in the certification of the original testing of the 401 engine. Furthermore at certification the incoming air temperature to the carburetor was maintained to an actual 115 degrees F. to meet emissions requirement. With the trap door activated in the open position at the top of air cleaner, the incoming air temperature would drop substantially, cooler and more dense air would then enter the carburetor. Then take in effect the force of the incoming air charge from the high pressure area at the base of the windshield. It would be easy to see the added horsepower gain to the original 255 as stated. It was also brought up, that not all the Javelin AMX's built could attest to this added horse power gain. The Javelin AMX had to be ordered with the Go Pac option in order to get the fully functional cowl induction. It was estimated that between 30 to 35% percent of all Javelin AMX'x built with the Go Pac option, between 1971 to late the 1973 production, came with it. There were no known 1974 Javelin AMX's built with the functional cowl induction hood. In early 1974 when the fiberglass hoods ran out, a regular Javelin hood was used in place till the end of production. The non functional cowl hood from 1971 to 1973, would have no duct work built into the underside of the fiberglass hood. Further more, at the back of the raised portion of the hood, in front of the wind shield, had a blank metal plate covering the opening where the outside air would normally enter a funcional hood. Thank you for your interest.
Yes Kenosha Wisconsin made the best Muscle cars hands down great video I am a subscriber now great video
My first car was a 1968 Rebel SST 2dr hardtop, bucket seats, floor shifter, and the big 290. engine.
My dad had a 1969 Rebel, a 1971 Hornet and a Concord wagon.
Love these cars. Yes they were rare and freaky. But freaky Cool!!
I got one in 1974. I had no idea how to care for it and couldn't keep it running. It was beautiful and I considered it my Wonder Woman car.
Just the name alone was ultra-cool. The Machine. Several of these in mint condition in southern California. A treat at car shows to overhear people saying, "Cool paint and stripes....what the heck is an AMC?" "Is it really called The Machine?"
Yes, what did you miss?
I'd like to know about the NASCAR AMC's...I believe Bobby Allison raced a Matador.
Your videos are really good 👍
My mom had the 1970 Rebel SST that guy was awesome I used to drive that car everywhere used to go cruising on it I used to put $3 on gas and cruise all night
Those Ramblers were great sleeper cars.
Great Video ,,, Thanks for that,,, New subscriber and a thumbs up...!!!!!
Yo I just saw one today at my gas station..man such a rare car
Back in the early 80’s one of my crazier friends had a 1970 Rebel The Machine, that within our rah tag group of backyard shade tree mechanics, who did most of their own work, other than machine work that is, had a few fairly impressive cars. I had a 1970 Monte Carlo 350/4 brl Dual Exhaust, I bought off the original owner, there was a 68 Cutlass S, and a Mustang and Firebird 400, that were all respectable muscle cars in their time. But The Machine was the first to put that Firebird 400 in its rear view mirror, right out of the hole to 100 mph! But was not red white an blue, but a drab looking metallic brown, like shown in the video with a black hood scoop.
Funny.....Ive owned AMC products in the past and did not know about the 1957 Rebel. Should take a look at one.
I owned a Machine back in the late seventies . In some ways it was crude with poor interior quality, but it had an excellent ride and was very nice to drive . It had tons of torque around town unlike my friends 340 cuda . I'd previously had a 64 Rambler America . That car also had a great ride .
That's a badass ride
Beautiful Car!
😳🤓🏁
I wish we still had the simpler, non-electronic vehicles of the 50's-70's. Today cars and truck are so outrageously complicated and expensive that fewer and fewer Americans can even afford to purchase them new. And those who are able often find themselves having to deal with constant breakdowns.
Awesome car👌
Pretty amazing car. Don't think I've ever seen one personally.
Awesome!
This may seem like a strange question, but why does having 4 doors disqualify the 1957 Rebel from being a muscle car?
Because it wasn't cool.
It dosen’t, the first gen ford falcon had four doors and it was pretty muscley
@@dontcallmechris8677 The first generation Ford Falcon was the basis for the Mustang.
4 Doors are badass. But the reason it isn't the first muscle car is because the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 is the first muscle car.
Until the Millinials started driving, 4 door cars were family oriented. Yes they were fast but the extra doors ment extra weight, not good when drag racing. Besides two doors just looked way cooler, than their four door counter parts. I personally am not a fan of the Dodge charger or Dodge Magnum for this very reason. Call me old school, this is my opinion.
I had aHurst SC/Rambler (5.10 for 1/8 mi
) and a '66 Rogue with a 290. Out ran 351 Mustangs in the 1/4 mi.
Wow. 5:10 rear end - top speed 68 mph? I had a 57 Jeep with 5:38's & top speed was almost 50.
super cool car..
Very strong, "mid sized" V8 offering.....low 14's at about 100+ mph in sterling tune...
Actually, the achilles heel on the motor was the Carter carb....a change to the Holley unit, about 700 CFM, made for impressive performance gains.
@@Rick-S-6063 Oh., perhaps...I stand corrected....the earlier 390's I think had Carter AFB's
What was the CFM rating on that carb?
@@Rick-S-6063 Thanks for that....I recall now, my pal used a 735 Holley carb, the same one used on the 428 cobra jet motors, and that made quite a difference..
I was born in 85 and I must say it's a good looking car
Dodge should bring this car back they said they’d bring back the Cuda, but it’s based off of the challenger body. Bringing the machine back with a whole new body style and massive engine under the hood, and it had to come with the one color it originally came with. Red, white, and blue