The True Factory "Hot Rod" Of The Musclecar Era- AMC's 1969 Hurst Rambler Scrambler

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  • Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
  • Throughout the 60's and 70's, American automakers were involved in building all sorts of racing and high performance, high image cars. But, only AMC, a company that had previously sworn off getting involved in any of that antisocial racing nonsense, had the stones to build a lightweight, stripped down big cubic inch compact, and market it directly to the horsepower crazed teenage street racers of the era.
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  • @LetsFNgo
    @LetsFNgo Год назад +128

    I have 1 SC/Rambler and I’d like to add a couple things to this video about these cars.
    1, It is generally accepted that 1512 were built, however only 1500 actually saw the street. The 12 additional cars were for the James Garner off road race team. 10 we’re 2wd and 2 were converted to 4wd. 1 still exists.
    2. There’s no real evidence that they were built in 3 “batches”. 500 we’re originally planned, but the cars sold well so AMC decided to build more. A picture on the assembly line at AMC with 1 of these on it exists, so these weren’t built at the actual Hurst facility.
    3. Of the 1512, around 1200 of them were A scheme cars. With the other 300 being the more subdued B scheme. This is also generally accepted but cannot be confirmed.
    4. In 1969 these cars had the highest factory power to weight ratio offered. 315hp in a car that weighed 3000 pounds.
    I very much enjoyed this video.

    • @UncleTonysGarage
      @UncleTonysGarage  Год назад +23

      Thanks for the input!

    • @LetsFNgo
      @LetsFNgo Год назад +20

      @@UncleTonysGarageyou’re very welcome. I grew up a Mopar guy but in the last year have had a lot of fun playing with the red headed step child of the automotive world.

    • @Bigshow857
      @Bigshow857 Год назад +2

      As I recall they weighed 3150.

    • @LetsFNgo
      @LetsFNgo Год назад +7

      @@Bangkok-ik1fp the AIR decal on the scoop is actually Garners racing team. American International Racing, iirc. There’s a good thread on the amc forum of a guy who found the only known remaining car.

    • @LetsFNgo
      @LetsFNgo Год назад +6

      @@Bigshow857shipping weight was 3150 or 3160(spare tire, jack, fuel), curb weight was 2988-3015 depending on your source.

  • @raybrensike42
    @raybrensike42 Год назад +55

    Sad thing to loose AMC and International Harvester too. I remember how people liked the old Ramblers. They were kind of cheap, but they were quite dependable cars.

    • @nlb2000
      @nlb2000 Год назад

      Yep alot of great cars, pickups, and the scouts lost when they both gave it up

    • @danaglass5394
      @danaglass5394 Год назад +1

      International got out of the light duty business and switched completely over to over the road trucking, school buses etc, and merged with Case for implement use. Just change in marketing. Scouts were excellent vehicles, as well as the pick up trucks, and Travel Alls

    • @wsbill14224
      @wsbill14224 Год назад +4

      Inflation kills the little guys.

  • @outlawbillionairez9780
    @outlawbillionairez9780 Год назад +29

    A friend bought one new, in So. Calif. We spanked everyone, and no one knew what the hell this thing was. Massive torque off idle.

  • @kerryyeroyan8212
    @kerryyeroyan8212 Год назад +7

    In 1994 I looked at one in the Junkyard in Bend OR.
    It was blanketed as the A trim.
    Not realizing that by then our easy to find and afford muscle car options were about over. I just looked it over quickly, especially being a Mopar guy. Never forgot those wheels and that awesome paint…
    Remember the day a guy could buy a 70 Road Runner for $700.00?
    Only a good memory now!

  • @UnityMotorSportsGarage
    @UnityMotorSportsGarage Год назад +34

    I Love the AMC cars.. i mean who wouldn't want a car called "The Machine"

    • @JC-yt1pm
      @JC-yt1pm Год назад +5

      AMC had the names!

  • @Fore-Four-Dee-Too
    @Fore-Four-Dee-Too Год назад +33

    Congrats on the new pup! I grew up in Kenosha in the late 1970's into the 1980's. Sc/Ramblers were stashed in garages like Hellcats are today. the hottest American's were the ones owned by AMC employees who had 'Access' to unique factory parts. It wasn't unusual to se a beater American wheel standing down a neighborhood street. "Access" consisted to parts that left the factory under the fence.

    • @DanITGuy
      @DanITGuy Год назад

      😊 The Good ol fence drop lol

    • @tdoc7463
      @tdoc7463 5 месяцев назад

      Hey thanks for the Group-19 historical stamp. Good to know. It's simple and that makes sense. Keep up the good work.

  • @MrDibbons
    @MrDibbons Год назад +17

    Thrush also made a performance muffler (round straight-thru shape) without fiberglass packing back then. In fact, I put a pair of those on my parent's new '71 Road Runner back in the day. At Fremont Raceway, a bystander told me he could hear the Road Runner exhaust even alongside my competitor running open headers. Those were loud at full throttle, but actually fairly quiet cruising on the freeway at 70 mph (3,000 rpm). My parents sold the Runner to a friend after I had driven it to high school during my junior and senior years. The new owner quickly received a citation for noise and re-installed the factory mufflers. During the years I drove it, I was lucky enough never to have been busted by the cops for noise.

    • @craigbenz4835
      @craigbenz4835 Год назад

      For a few years I drove a '73 Dart Sport with a 318. Nothing special, 625 AFB, LD340 intake, 340 cam, and open headers with collectors. Idling and light throttle it sounded pretty normal and not too loud. You just had to be aware of your surroundings before opening up. Then it got pretty loud. I never got stopped, but the guy I sold it to did within a couple of weeks.

  • @The_R-n-I_Guy
    @The_R-n-I_Guy Год назад +31

    I wish AMC had been able to survive. Imagine what the 4wd Eagle would've been able to evolve into. They were pretty freaking awesome amazing as they were. Imagine what they could've been with more R&D and technology.

    • @douglascooper1987
      @douglascooper1987 Год назад

      Subaru patterned it's "Asymetrical 4wd after the Eagles.

    • @DanITGuy
      @DanITGuy Год назад

      Had a buddy scare the snot out of me when he drove his 4WD eagle through a 90 degree turn at about 35 MPH! I thought we were going to die! Nope! Whoop! Went right around the corner and kept on truckin with very little tire squeel! I think my stomach is probably still in that intersection somewhere! 😅

  • @christophersine84
    @christophersine84 Год назад +29

    I've always liked AMCs muscle efforts. They don't really get the credit they deserve. They really did build some cool stuff, and their engines are honestly pretty solid

    • @AuntJemimaPancakes
      @AuntJemimaPancakes Год назад +1

      I had a 77 CJ5, took out the 258 I6, and threw in a 304 I built from an old Gremlin. I got off the eBay for 25 bucks. It was a beast and very dependable. It could smoke those 33x13.50 Super Swampers with no problem too.

    • @petermaslanik4571
      @petermaslanik4571 Год назад

      I owned a1967 Rogue with a 343 typhoon, Carter AFB, Borg Warner T-10 and 3:54 rear. It was one of less than 50 built with the 343. I discovered I had to buy 68 Javelin parts when making some repairs. I had a lot of fun with that car. I didn't realize how rare it was.

    • @jimmynester1216
      @jimmynester1216 Год назад

      I love the 68-70 AMX and Javelins I used to not like the 71 - 74 but they have grown on me now and they are pretty rare not a big fan of the raised up fenders on them

  • @327JohnnySS
    @327JohnnySS Год назад +6

    My friend had one, 390 ram air on the hood with the blue arrow. 4speed and had factory line locks. We never lost a race. RIP Mark A.

  • @stanmack1
    @stanmack1 Год назад +18

    I like in the add where it says "With this car you could make life miserable for ant GTO, Roadrunner, Cobra Jet or Mach 1."

  • @jjtrucker5950
    @jjtrucker5950 Год назад +2

    I had one , bought it used in 1978. the 390 had been blown up and was long gone, the headrests were MIA, the original hood and scoop were long gone. it had been repainted black. It had a beefed up 343 and was super powerful. I bought it from a buddy after he dropped a valve . I had the 343 rebuilt, slapped on a new Holly 700 double pumper on top of the Edelbrock R4B, new Zoom clutch , and two new used round thrush mufflers they haven't now made in decades,
    It had rear air shocks, low profile wide track 50's on the rear, and was the quickest car I have ever driven from a dead stop. The 3;54 twin grip was a handful with the wide rear tires.

  • @ccpgmike620
    @ccpgmike620 Год назад +4

    Spooky accurate, Tony with your characterization of this as a Day 2 car from the factory! Case in point, in 1968 my buddy got a 440ci GTX as his HS graduation present. Day 2 we installed: 1) the Hurst TEE 'knob', 2) the thrush glass packs, 3) the hood pins, 4) the sun tach (with hose clamp)

  • @Imnotyourdoormat
    @Imnotyourdoormat Год назад +8

    Knew a Dude back home after much work stuffed an L-88 427 in a Rambler Coupe. Then he shaved all the emblems and put "Chevrolet CHEVY II" and "Nova" nameplates where the AMC logos were. The "Nash" boys just hated that...

  • @TheTrueVoiceOfReason
    @TheTrueVoiceOfReason Год назад +1

    ...and his heart grew 3 times that day... she's just precious, Tony. Awwww. 🙂

  • @alpine1600s
    @alpine1600s Год назад +6

    AMC was the car brand that wasn't afraid to push the envelope of car design. Truly the Citroën of the USA.👍

  • @bunning63
    @bunning63 Год назад +22

    Cute puppy, potty trained in two days, that's amazing. Wish my kids had been that easy. Actually being 16,19 and 20 and they still can't clean up after themselves.

  • @imreh5588
    @imreh5588 Год назад

    I built 66 Rambler 440 hardtop in the early 80s.Swaped the l6 for a punched .30 over 343, and Borg Warner auto from Javelin, V8 crossmember from Stack Auto Parts in LA, Edelbrock torquer and 650 holly. Crane came. Best car I ever had. It was loud, and fast and no one else had one like it. Thanks for bringing back the memories Tony. Wish I could find my old car. Ohio

  • @johnhunter7386
    @johnhunter7386 Год назад +11

    Great video! I grew up in Kenosha where the main AMC plant was. My mom and dad both worked there in the mid 50s to early 60s. It's always fun to see the rare video featuring an AMC. Brings back fond memories.
    By the way, cute pup! She looks a lot like our Australian shepherd 😊

  • @johnnieguitar5724
    @johnnieguitar5724 Год назад +18

    Great idea. I have not seen one of these in Edmonton Alberta Canada in a long time. Probably sold to a US collector. BTW your Border Collie is a Top Dog, like the sign on your wall says. And so cute. They are not, however, a lap dog. They are born to work: to herd other animals, to run like hell after a ball, etc. Take him to a big field with a ball launcher soon. Thanks for showing us Winnie. :)

  • @toejam503
    @toejam503 Год назад +7

    First time I saw a Scrambler was 1971. The dentist down the street from my High School had bought one. It was so cool. There were a few 390-401 Rebels running around our town, too. The only complaints I remember was no aftermarket support. You could make a small block Chevy it Ford run circles around them at half the cost. But they sure looked cool in Red, White and Blue.

    • @omeyehead7436
      @omeyehead7436 Год назад +1

      F in law had a 6 cyl Rebel. I really liked that car. very reliable

  • @Ben-Wah
    @Ben-Wah Год назад +2

    Winnie is adorable! May you and the missus have a happy and very long life with Winnie.

  • @jaycox4986
    @jaycox4986 Год назад +1

    Thank you for covering this car because not many hot rodders know about them. My mom who had just graduated from college & started teaching school bought one of these brand new in the summer of 69 at a AMC dealership in Johnson City Tennessee and kept it until 1974 when her & my dad sold it to a neighbor who owned it for a few years & then it went through a few owners and ended up on a used car lot in 1984 & my dad almost bought it back at that point and still to this day regrets not buying it. Not long after my mom bought the car her & my dad married & moved to his hometown of Maryville Tn & my dad started working on it & put the group 19 intake, cam, headers, and a double pumper Holley on the car and it ran good enough to outrun his buddies 68 396/375hp chevelle. May dad also had a 67 z28 that he bought brand new at Charles West Chevrolet in Maryville Tn (about 20 mns outside of Knoxville) that had quite a bit of “day two” modifications done to it & the little rambler would usually outrun it by about half a car to one car length in the quarter mile. All through the 70’s this car was prettier well known around Blount and Knox country because it was the only one around & it hurt a lot of peoples feelings. From what I understand the car still resides in Blount county to this day but hasn’t seen the road since the mid 80’s .

  • @stephaniebooth6169
    @stephaniebooth6169 Год назад +3

    Thank you Tony yes I am old but I Love AMC/ RAMBLER CARS and yes have owned ,Javelins AMXs. and Javelin amxs also Gremlin X s and Hornets and a 73 Matador s/w with a 360

  • @johnkufeldt3564
    @johnkufeldt3564 Год назад +2

    I had a 1967 2 door American with the 2bbl 232 6 inline with the Borg Warner auto. I was a fool to roll it on its side and scrap it, loved that car.

  • @windycityben4850
    @windycityben4850 Год назад +9

    Awesome video, I’d never heard of the Rambler Scrambler. I love Uncle Tony history lessons 🙌

  • @ozziemcc
    @ozziemcc Год назад +8

    I worked in performance parts in the 80s and we sold a lot of them cigar chomping Thrush mufflers but we sold way more of the Cherry Bombs.

    • @craigbenz4835
      @craigbenz4835 Год назад +4

      The Cherry Bomb was the iconic one.

  • @petehayes4801
    @petehayes4801 Год назад +1

    You are spot on about AMC not getting the recognition that they deserve. Wally Booth running an AMC in Pro Stock back in the 70's will attest to that. But to state that one of their products was the true muscle car of it's time is stretching it just a little bit.

  • @mostlyoldparts
    @mostlyoldparts Год назад +5

    Gotta love AMC. They labeled the scoop "AIR" and put an arrow on the nose of the car pointing towards scoop.... Like air was stupid or something. LOL

  • @notajp
    @notajp Год назад +2

    I actually saw one of these sitting on a used car lot when I was a teenager. It had been repainted in all white, and the only way I recognized it as an SC/Rambler was the special hood scoop with the hood pins, and it still had the Hurst shifter with the T handle. Wish I had gotten a peek under the hood, but I was with my dad and he was looking at something else.. Yeah, I would have loved to have drove it home!

  • @340Shorty6Pack
    @340Shorty6Pack Год назад +18

    Puppy steals the video

  • @brocluno01
    @brocluno01 Год назад +7

    One of those or a full house '69 Javelin with the 390/4-speed would do the number on the street. IF you could keep rear axles in them, they would hook and go very well. I was 3 years out of HS when this thing hit the ground and it was not taking prisoners ... 🙃

    • @haworthlowell805
      @haworthlowell805 Год назад

      Back in the mid 70's I was at a used car lot on Keystone Ave. in Indianapolis and there was a '69 AMC wirh the factory hood scoop. I opened it and there sat the cross ram intake & twin Holleys. Was a dirty brown color with a black interior. Was setting on the back row like they didn't really want to sell it.

    • @auteurfiddler8706
      @auteurfiddler8706 Год назад +2

      @@haworthlowell805 The Super Stock 69 AMX was much loved, and the cross ram is in great demand today.

  • @gorflunk
    @gorflunk Год назад +4

    Winnie probably thought "This guy's nuts, who's he talking to?

  • @unclemarksdiyauto
    @unclemarksdiyauto Год назад +1

    Thanks for doing this segment. I am a die hard Mopar guy. Owned many a Dodge/Plymouth. Had a 74 Hornet in the bond metallic dk gold /brown. Always liked the Ramblers. Never owned one, yet. Of course will never have a SC car.

  • @davidhammons800
    @davidhammons800 Год назад +8

    It took ya 11 minutes to figure out that it's easier to put the puppy down,.... sometimes I wonder

    • @auteurfiddler8706
      @auteurfiddler8706 Год назад

      Josh just cuts away to the animals and cuts back. It works well. Then they appear in the wrap up at the end.

  • @loutruckmd
    @loutruckmd Год назад +1

    I remember as a young kid, my uncle Jr. Was a mechanic for Ridgewood Rambler in Ridgewood Queens NY. He brought home one of these cars for lunch. I was by my grandparents house that day, and he took me for a ride. Holly Crap. I am 60 years old, I still remember how this car pinned me to the seat. This car was fast, I think faster than my Dad's 67 GTO. I come from a family of auto mechanics, my Dad, my uncles, my Grandfather, me,and finally my son. My son is an airplane mechanic. But he still turns wrenches.

  • @vitodelorto1796
    @vitodelorto1796 Год назад +1

    That border collie is beautiful. I grew up with a half std/ half border that looked like a a standard collie tjat was jet black and white, wilth collie markings. Smart and amazing dog.

  • @saxongreen78
    @saxongreen78 Год назад +3

    The SC/Rambler is the one I would have bought out of all the Muscle Era machinery...it is quite insane, it's the right size and it's rare.

  • @johnq.customer8027
    @johnq.customer8027 Год назад +4

    Thanks for a very informative vid Uncle Tony.
    AMC was the underdog way back then but they did make some very cool cars.
    AMC was so ahead of it for the times. Just look at the AWD Eagle.
    I had a 71 Gremlin X back in my high school days and after blowing up the warmed over 304, rebiilt it with an even hotter 401 out of a retired North Dakota highway patrol car.🙂
    The cool thing abot them was all the V8's were the same size externally. Thus everything bolted in.

  • @gilbertwashburn7095
    @gilbertwashburn7095 Год назад +3

    Cool I remember when Thrush Mufflers were on clearance for 15 bucks man those are the good old days thanks for the video Tony

  • @robertgibson926
    @robertgibson926 Год назад

    I saved a rust free but wrecked 67 Rambler Rogue from the crusher. Factory 290/4speed car. I'm currently building a SC/Rambler tribute car with a EFI 390/5speed. Rumor has it that the first 500 were all "A" scheme, the dealers wanted something a bit less flashy, so 500 "B" schemes were built. The last 500 were a mix, but mostly "A" scheme. Rumor also has it that a few were repainted to standard colors at dealers so they could get them off the lots at the end of the model year.
    Been watching your channel for a while, even though I'm an AMC guy. I've owned many Jeeps over the years, and currently have a 69 AMX and a 74 Javelin AMX along with the project Rogue.

  • @danielkoch6815
    @danielkoch6815 Год назад +4

    I own a 1969 Javelin. Also a 2 time Border Collie parent. You had me at "Hello"...

    • @johnsmith7676
      @johnsmith7676 Год назад

      Stop calling yourself a "parent" of an animal. It makes normal humans cringe. You people are insane.

  • @husqv5147
    @husqv5147 Год назад

    Had a chance to ride in one a few times when I was 11 years old, never forgot it, what a street beast it was! Always loved them ever since.

  • @TheSamplebridge
    @TheSamplebridge Год назад +1

    My great uncle jimmy walker owned a 1969 AMC AMX SS and out of 50 it was the only Super stock amx that wasnt a sponsored car. Dennis collins has a great video on it.

  • @davidbrown4180
    @davidbrown4180 Год назад +4

    Love Your Puppy Awesome

  • @johndef5075
    @johndef5075 Год назад +2

    My neighbor had a warmed over Hurst Hornet SC 360.
    VERY quick.....

  • @davidanderson2393
    @davidanderson2393 Год назад

    In the early 70's the smallish town I worked in as a kid out of high school had someone who owned a Rebel with that eye catching paint scheme and hood scoop that always made me say Wow when it drove past.

  • @superrodder2002
    @superrodder2002 Год назад

    A buddy of mine had a big bad green AMX with the Crane prepped engine in it, The torque kinked the body while street racing with big slicks and the doors wouldn't shut properly any more so he installed the complete drivetrain in a 69 Javelin SST body. found the factory roof spoiler, painted the car big bad green and built a sick street racer. The late 70s were a great time for street racing. God I feel old. LOL

  • @bobg3034
    @bobg3034 Год назад +4

    For god sakes put that dog down Tony!LOL!

  • @hunkydorian
    @hunkydorian Год назад +6

    Here's a trivia for you: In 1957 the Rambler Rebel 327 Fuel Injection was the fastest American car you could buy. Faster than a Corvette. Except you couldn't buy it because they couldn't get the fuel injection working right so it never got into full production.

    • @hunkydorian
      @hunkydorian Год назад

      Or is that "trivium"?

    • @douglascooper1987
      @douglascooper1987 Год назад

      Wasn't that the same Bendix Stuff that Chrysler used on the 300s? I had an acquaintance in a Mopar Club years ago that had a 57' 300 that was originally equipped with it. Chrysler Recalled them and put 2x4s on them, he Ignored the notices and still had the Fuelie Stuff, Very Rare.

    • @jmflournoy386
      @jmflournoy386 Год назад

      @@douglascooper1987 same as chrysler

  • @mikepoint4717
    @mikepoint4717 Год назад +1

    What a beautiful car , and too bad they didn’t get the recognition it truly deserved, that car must of packed a punch !!! . You and Winnie did a great job . Cheers 🇨🇦

  • @christianmccollum1028
    @christianmccollum1028 Год назад +1

    I recall being introduced to the Rambler Scramble in an early 90's issue of Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine. There was a follow-along build in there and I thought this was one of the coolest machines around (back in the day, of course.) Rare as hens teeth.

  • @douglascooper1987
    @douglascooper1987 Год назад

    The First time I ever saw one of these was at Warner Robins Dragway when my father was trying to run Stock/Super Stock with the 70Lt1 Camaro we brought back from Alaska. I remember seeing the hood off the in the pits, and had the 2x4s on it. The old man only raced him a few times, and it was a tit4tat as my mom called it. I'll always remember seeing it and the Camaro going to 2nd gear with the front wheels 2 or so feet in the Air! Good Times as a TrackRat Kid! I have a friend that has one today, as well as a Machine, and several other Rare AMCs. Very Underrated Stuff.👍👍

  • @AtZero138
    @AtZero138 Год назад +1

    This was great.. History Corner with Our Uncle Tony and Pet..

  • @barryrussell4106
    @barryrussell4106 Год назад

    Exactly what I love to hear. You should tell us some stories about seeing these cars back in the day. The history that mechanics told back in the day when they were sitting around telling race stories

  • @66gsstage23
    @66gsstage23 Год назад +1

    Great trip down Memory Lane. I remember seeing a few of them on Woodward Ave. in the day. Yes, indeed they were quick by the standards of that era.

  • @MichaelThomas-wb2xu
    @MichaelThomas-wb2xu Год назад +1

    Growing up in Columbus, Ohio we had a neighbor who got one new. A lot of us ran out to the street when he fired it up to watch the show!

  • @MaxNafeHorsemanship
    @MaxNafeHorsemanship Год назад

    I (like many) know little about AMC. I owned and drove a few, but other than the AMX and the Rebel, nothing was even given a thought to them as a "performance" car of any kind. This is a great story I didn't know and makes me like AMC even more.

  • @davidlivesay2495
    @davidlivesay2495 Год назад +1

    One of the issues with parts for AMCs is that most of the parts went into landfill when AMC went out of the car business. Luckily that didn't happen with Studebaker. Anyway a great video.

  • @sparkywirenut
    @sparkywirenut Год назад +2

    Waay back in 1965 I hehad drivers ed in high school , they had three cars - a Qldsmobile 88 , Ford Galaxy and a AMC Ambassagor , the Ambassador was by far the nicest drving car of the three , I was always surprised they didn't sell better and stay in business ....

  • @leinie6683
    @leinie6683 Год назад +8

    Trying to calm a Border Collie ! Good Luck UT !

  • @michaelsullivan2361
    @michaelsullivan2361 Год назад +1

    Love your show, Tony! Had Hush-Thush mufflers on my cars back in the day. Great sound!

  • @AMCguy
    @AMCguy Год назад +1

    Glad for some AMC love. Chrysler and AMC were the top of the game in this era. Thanks for the info

  • @georgeparker7409
    @georgeparker7409 Год назад +2

    Had 4 of them over a period of time. Shoulda kept them but life got in the way. One of my friends had a Shelby (one of the first 100) but I never beat him although close) I had a couple of Shelby's but that is another story. The Scrambler was just about the most fun car I ever had. Entering Rt. 95 side ways on an enterance ramp in a controlled skid was priceless!

  • @jamesblair9614
    @jamesblair9614 Год назад +4

    Winnie is a major cutie, make sure to include her in the videos as she goes through puppyhood. There was an A scheme SC/Rambler in my area when they were new, and I knew 2 guys who bought 70 Rebel Machines new, both with the wild red and blue striping package. I recall the very low profile F60x15 Firestone’s, shorter than the comparable Goodyear’s, a 3.90 axle and a carved in stone 5000 rpm redline didn’t make for a happy highway cruiser.

  • @papilloncycles3463
    @papilloncycles3463 Год назад +2

    Tony Winnie for the Win! I had a border collie named Yuki, She lived for 19 years! great shop dog greeted everybody! Absolutely the smartest best do I have ever had! Congrats!

  • @MrDibbons
    @MrDibbons Год назад +2

    My Border Collie "Tippy" (when just a year old) used to collect aluminum cans for some reason.

  • @MikeBrown-ii3pt
    @MikeBrown-ii3pt Год назад +2

    Uncle Tony: "We're making a video, it's what we do.
    Winnie: "Put me down, I gotta pee! I'll be right back, I promise!

  • @kevinchenault8317
    @kevinchenault8317 Год назад +3

    I had a 69 SCRambler it would hold it's own against any muscle car

  • @ladonnaghareeb4609
    @ladonnaghareeb4609 Год назад +1

    What a beautiful puppy Uncle Tony!

  • @auteurfiddler8706
    @auteurfiddler8706 Год назад +2

    I've got a white Mopar Road Wheel. Which is not a Magnum 500, technically. It is white around the spokes. I took it off a junkyard white Mopar. Probably an 80's Diplomat.

  • @user-cg1ki9gt4p
    @user-cg1ki9gt4p Год назад +1

    westport wa. state here. thank you for always being truthful.

    • @user-cg1ki9gt4p
      @user-cg1ki9gt4p Год назад +1

      no thank you!! for being there for we the people.

  • @user-nl4nu9qp3m
    @user-nl4nu9qp3m Год назад +1

    Funny a little over halfway through the video you mentioned thrush glasspacks. It reminded me the other day I was looking for one and I called 3 O'Reilly's and 1 out of 3 employees even knew what it was😢 smh. Love the content!!!

  • @scottmacleod6301
    @scottmacleod6301 Год назад +1

    The Hurst Oldsmobile of dog's is saying I need some cows to chase 😆

  • @chuckschillingvideos
    @chuckschillingvideos Год назад +1

    That's a really awesome car. AMC very occasionally got things right in spite of themselves.

  • @Bill_N_ATX
    @Bill_N_ATX Год назад +2

    Winnie looks a cute as, well, a puppy. I look forward to watching her grow up and run your life.

  • @BrandonLeeBrown
    @BrandonLeeBrown Год назад

    Thrush had a straight through baffled muffler, similar to a glass pack muffler, but without the fiberglass to burn out. They were very loud. When the Hush Thrush muddler was made available, auto parts stores and speed shops had cutaway models of the Hush Thrush muffler. The Thrush salesman would explain to the store clerks the features of the Hush Thrush and the store clerks would point out the features to customers. A few years later people would forget the important feature of the Hush Thrush muffler, but the cutaways were still on display. In the cutaway, all of the muffler is galvanized to print rust, EXCEPT a square screen of paper thing sheet metal, perforated with tiny holes at the end of one of the two tubes inside the Hush Thrush muffler. Back in the days of leaded gasoline, this screen would quiet the exhaust when new, but after some street miles, the non-galvanized screen would rust away and disintegrate in the exhaust. This turned the Hush Thrush muffler into a turbo muffler. About the same time, Cyclone Headers came out with a copy of the Chevy Corvair tube muffler, but Thrush didn't come out their own version of the turbo muffler until after unleaded fuel became popular. The only difference between the Hush Thrush and the Thrush Turbo mufflers was the non-galvanized screen inside the Hush Thrush muffler. The Thrush Turbo muffler just left out the screen and left an open hole in that end of the pipe inside the muffler, to increase exhaust flow through the muffler. I thought it was interesting that Thrush advertised this Hush Thrush design feature with cutaway model mufflers at auto parts stores and speed shops.

  • @danhoyland142
    @danhoyland142 Год назад +1

    I first saw one or these at a local car show at a roast beef joint in my home town 25 years ago. I had my mom before hand bring me to Barnes and noble so I could buy a book about muscles cars and learn everything I could. I remember a small section about the sc scrambler and did not think anything of it, other than it was really different, and I liked the hood scoop. Well, I saw this thing there and thought it was really cool in person but it was still over shadowed by 70 chevelle 454 ls5 big block cars and 68-69 chargers, etc. however, I was walking home ( I was 14) and the owner or the SC Scrambler F’n opened her up and scared that crap out of me. Coming up from behind I did not see what was coming, he must of floored it 20 for behind me, he hit that pedal and I nearly jumped into a tree I got so spooked and I roared passed me glass packs and all chirping every gear. Holy crap it was amazing. It was a reckoning for me and it certianly earned the street cred it desired. Ever since then this has been a top tier car in my mind and also being over looked made it even better

  • @Chumley360
    @Chumley360 Год назад +2

    Great car, awesome looks.

  • @Petequinn741
    @Petequinn741 Год назад +1

    Glad someone remembers AMC..

  • @garyjust.johnson1436
    @garyjust.johnson1436 Год назад +3

    Cute puppy!

  • @carmudgeon7478
    @carmudgeon7478 Год назад +1

    Great video. AMC guys are rabid fans with good reason. I got a 71 Hornet S/C 360 out of Amarillo, Texas. Gave any SS396 cars fits. No one would believe it was stock.

  • @nrken1
    @nrken1 Год назад

    Great vid, the SC/Rambler is one of my all time favorites, so much potential from a factory car

  • @michaelnault5905
    @michaelnault5905 Год назад +2

    The Rebel Machine cars were on the road in Detroit when I was a kid. Very cool cars.

  • @scrambler69-xk3kv
    @scrambler69-xk3kv 7 месяцев назад

    When I was in high school in the late 1960's my best friend's dad drove a 1963 Rambler Ambassador with a factory AMC 327, and no it was not a Chevy they looked nothing like a SBC. It was a true runner and would smoke the tires as long as you wanted if you did not let off. So, when my neighbor was selling his 1967 American I bought it. We were at a local salvage yard one day and they had a 1968 Javelin with a 343 four speed that had been hit hard on the passenger and totaled I bought the driveline from it and with help from friends we put it all in that Rambler American. Little bit of headwork Edelbrock manifold and a Holley 650 a nice exhaust traction bars and air shocks and I ended up with a fun car to say the least.

  • @fredschmidt6802
    @fredschmidt6802 Год назад +1

    The cool thing about AMC is when they did this they advertised it so people knew about it + anyone could get one . The big three only the pro racers knew about it . When the drag packs came out I talked to a guy & he said they all were cleaned already . I know I could not afford one but if I could I could not get one anyway. I thought the puppy was gonna pee on you . I am glad that did not happen.

  • @MarioLT4
    @MarioLT4 Год назад +3

    Can you do a car review on a Rambler. Anyone you know have a nice one.

  • @ben68442
    @ben68442 Год назад +2

    great video.
    Now highlight the 68 and 69 Hurst Olds.

  • @vagabond3045
    @vagabond3045 Год назад +1

    That’s my fav car off all time

  • @sski
    @sski Год назад

    I had the ride of my life in a Rambler when the gas pedal became unresponsive while the engine went wide open approaching an inclined intersection where we had the stop. Luckily there was nobody coming. We went airborne, clearing the intersection and landed 75 feet downrange facing in the opposite direction in the opposite lane. I had managed to kill the engine before we 'took off' so going anywhere at that point wasn't an issue. Looking under the hood revealed a carburetor linkage malfunction had been the cause, negating the gas pedal from the system. Easy enough to fix and get us back home, but man, I drove like grandma to get there. Took a few hours to shake that off. I was all of 17 at the time.

  • @malcolmboynton7652
    @malcolmboynton7652 Год назад +1

    silly and off topic story. thrush hush i installed into my 65 teiumph tr4. after a few miles of asphault grinding for the final fit it worked great except over speed bumps. thanks for the memory.

  • @donlankford4315
    @donlankford4315 Год назад +2

    We are building a 69 rambler American.. mustang II type suspension, c5/c7 front brakes with 13 in rotors.. 8.8 rear with disc and 3.73 gears.. 2017 5.7 Hemi with 8hp70 8speed trans...

  • @anthropicandroid4494
    @anthropicandroid4494 Год назад +1

    That is an adorable puppy

  • @Duececoupe
    @Duececoupe Год назад +3

    Aaaaawwwwww....such a wee soul, that wee puppy! 🥰😍
    I grew up with cats and dogs while living in Sweden, not just muscle cars etc., etc....😉😆😂

  • @stevefairchild3337
    @stevefairchild3337 Год назад

    Jeepers talk about a walk down memory lane. I remember the machine, but had forgotten about the scrambler. That was way cool, your talk was great. Sorry to say the pooch was the star, lol. Keep em coming, I am a mopar gearhead, just evolved into mopar. Still like em all. Thanks

  • @erniew5805
    @erniew5805 Год назад +2

    guy i worked with had a an SC he also had a 360 hornet. two brothers i went to school withone had a 343 Javalin his brother had a rebel machine great cars. when i was in grade school the welder next door had a Marlin

  • @professorginz2379
    @professorginz2379 Год назад +1

    My 66 Shelby GT-350 had hood pins from the factory.

  • @petergrey7125
    @petergrey7125 Год назад +1

    Winnie is super cute! Look forward to watching her grow with your videos. 🤙❤️

  • @andyZ3500s
    @andyZ3500s Год назад +2

    It is hard to believe that they were selling these for $2998.

  • @Channelscruf
    @Channelscruf Год назад +3

    Border Collies are not low maintenance. Good luck, UT!