3) Market Competition He goes to about 15 in a normal summer and actually makes his summer plans around the larger shows.“The unfortunate thing is that I go to show and shines and I’m stuck in the muscle-car area,” he laughs. Just 100,627 Rebels came down the assembly line for 1967, a 20 per cent drop over the ’66 Classics.Ross’s convertible has power steering with an impact-absorbing steering column, and power brakes with discs as opposed to drums on the front. Fortunately, when the interior was changed, the material was just put on top of the original vinyl, so the door panels and seats were well-preserved underneath. At one point, the carpeting needed replacement at the same time the Wylie residence was having indoor/outdoor carpeting installed. Like most convertibles of the time, the Rebel had vinyl seats that got very hot in the summer sun. An upholsterer redid the interior with a velour material that didn’t heat up quite as much.Ross Wylie behind the wheel of the Rambler ragtop he bought from his father in 1975 for one dollar.The car served Ross through university and he kept even after it stopped being his daily driver.“It was always on my mind,” he says. “It was left there for me to drive.”.Since his mom was now driving an AMC Ambassador, “I was driving it as my vehicle when I graduated from high school.” And since nobody else was interested in it, Ross’s dad sold him the car in 1975 – for one dollar.The car went through the usual cycle from being new and pampered to used and patched up.

1967 American Motors Rambler Rebel The car has a power top and a glass, rather than plastic, rear window.It is always a temptation, when restoring a car, to make it better than it was originally. The engine was rebuilt, which was not too difficult since an evolution of the American Motors six introduced in 1963 was still in use for Jeeps until 2007.The winter of 2017 saw the biggest job of the Rambler’s restoration when the body was redone and painted.

The Rebel was positioned as the high-volume seller in the independent automaker’s line of models. The Rebel was replaced by the similar AMC Matador for the 1971 model year. La nuova Rebel era dotata di una corpo vettura più grande che permetteva un maggiore spazio sia per i passeggeri che per il carico. I lost all my available time and space to continue work on this vehicle so it's time for a new home. Control Freak suspension & disc brake upgrade. Ross Wylie can tick all those boxes, and all with the same car.In December of 1966, Ross’s father came home with a new car for his wife. Like most convertibles of the time, the Rebel had vinyl seats that got very hot in the summer sun. A 343ci/4V small block, never rebuilt, with an output of 235bhp, furnishes horsepower. 1967 AMC Rambler Rebel SST Hardtop 232 Six 1-Barrel 3-Speed Manual (man. Il nuovo stilema contemplava un tettuccio completamente rinnovato ed una vetratura più ampia. Wylie managed to restrain himself from installing a V8 engine.“I know it came with larger engines, but, with the size of the vehicle, it didn’t make sense. 1967 AMC RAMBLER REBEL 2 DOOR HARDTOP Year: 1967 Mileage: 123456. Please set an alert if you would like to be notified as soon as similar vehicles become available.drag-slide thumbnails for quick selection. There’s always a hesitation when you hit the gas pedal. I removed and stored the trim around the window (I have all the original trim for this car) to evaluate the spot, then temporarily ran black duct tape around the open seams...and it's been that way for the past 6 seasons! It would be easy to finish to show level or just keep cruising as is . “It’s well-received.

1959 Rambler Rebel Custom. With handsome new styling and a number of leading-edge optional … buying and selling classic and collector vehicles.The Stevie Awards, the world's premier business awards recognized Questa quarta serie del modello, che fu introdotta nel 1966, fu offerta solo in versione,Questa nuova generazione di Rebel riportò nuovamente il modello vicino al segmento delle muscle car, anche se fu criticato per le sospensioni antiquate,La produzione totale di questa serie di Rebel fu di 7.512 esemplari,Nel 1967 tutte le AMC di media dimensione presero il nome di Rambler Rebel. 1967 AMC SST RAMBLER REBEL CONVERTIBLE Year: 1967 Mileage: 12345. Occasionally it’s the family vehicle they learned to drive on.