1970 AMC Rebel "The Green Machine" | Forgotten Muscle Cars of the 70's 

I’m an old AMC man, I’ve had quite a few different AMC cars over the years, I can’t knock them! And this is another fabulous car !

Beautiful condition! Kenosha is my home town and just about all of my relatives worked at AMC, including my mom and dad.

The Matador Machine is even rarer only 50 made and 2 survive. They came with the superior 401 engine and slight different front end

AMC made some really unique if not unusual cars in they’re day.

When I was 12 my buddy's older brother bought one brand new it was blue with a blue interior when for many of ride's in it. Loved that car always wanted one. They moved away and took my car with them. Dam!

The fact that you rarely see AMCs of any sort nowadays just makes them all the more cool for me. I'd totally have one over a Big Three-mobile over the same time period, no doubt about it! That's probably why I own a Studebaker.

That car has never driven up and down Portage Avenue through winter, that's for sure. It looks immaculate.

These cars were from my era of street racing but were never on my radar. Expect for the Javelins/AMX you didn’t see AMC’s much if at all.

My Grandfather has a Hornet and a Matador, both with the 304 they were reliable cars.

that interior is so beautiful.

AMC field rep Joe D had a Golden Lime Automatic Machine field car which we bought at the dealership and sold to a retail customer

I've been to a lot of car shows for many years and only saw one. This is the other one.

Had a red one that lived next door when I was growing up in the 70 s.

AMC had a catalog at their dealership's parts counter. It was known as the Group 19 performance parts program. From this catalog you could order high performance cam kits that included everything needed to improve your engine's performance. Other things like intake manifolds, carbs, headers. rear gear sets, traction bars heavy duty suspension components, etc. It was like what Chrysler corporation's Direct Connection was.

Another beauty from the true muscle car times

Great vid and Machine! If I may point out - the automatic transmission (option) was NOT a Torque Flight. It was a Borg-Warner. Torque Flites were not available (with AMC) untill '72. Additionally the steering wheel although AMC issue is not stock. The 3 spoke Rallye steering was an option and (I believe) was not offered untill either '71 or '72. Either way this is a magnificent example of a very rare car that was in fact rare in the day - great runners! Long live AMC muscle.

Still a few AMC cars in OZ . Did you know they were assembled in Malta 🇲🇹 for some time.

Now that's a beautiful car

A couple non-stock items in the interior- steering wheel is from a later model. Radio is a 68/69 unit. 70 relocated the controls to the top. Probably swapped out an AM in favor of an FM.

Thankyou for clarification. I retracted statement and added thumbsup. Yes i know you have been on for quite a while. I have been watching your shows all the way back to the 90's.

High 13's is impressive. Even today.

My Uncle had that exact car, but in red. He eventually painted it grey and got rid of it sometime in the 70’s. It spent it’s life in Northern Ontario and I have a really cool picture of it somewhere where it’s parked by a real pretty lake. Went up in my Aunt’s garage attic and found the rims for it today. Might have to find the car to go with them.

Many people forgot that AMC built some cool hot rods. They could never seem to shake the Rambler image. I would have any of them.

This looks so much better than the stars and bars paint scheme , and the green makes it very nostalgic muscle magic feel. I hope this car stays with this owner it, she's earned it.

All the body logos change to Le Appareil when it's driven through St. Boniface 😁

I have a mint 67 rebel with a nice 401 . I think alot of people forget how much of an impact AMC had in the world . There only is one and never will be another vehicle as " JEEP " . AMC baby

Add a black vinyl top and that was what mine looked like before I had it painted black also had factory air. Might add I bought it new and it was the only one ever sold at that particular dealership in 1970. Price was $3500 + a 1963-1/2 Ford Galaxy 500 as trade in.

My dad bought me a 1969 rebel SST in the early 1980s. It was my first car. It had a small straight six in it and I used tool around everywhere in it. A woman in a Cadillac nails me at a red light and the car was Parted out. I never forgot my little rebel SST. That’s why I hate Cadillacs!

Nice Machine! That's the first one that I've seen that's not red white and blue.

Beautiful car. I didn't know "The Machine" was available in different colors either. I guess it was like the '69 GTO Judge, available only in carousel red for the first several thousand units, then any color Pontiac offered. I would love to own a Rebel or a '68-'70 Javelin. I've owned a lot of cars but never an AMC.

Dream car of mine

It looks like someone at R&D ,at AMC, was like make a RoadRunner but just different enough so Mopar can't sue us!

Wow this guy is cool! Sweet AMC!

Thanks, Dennis and owner: nice 70 AMC MACHINE .. interestingly, the first new Car I bought was from the DODGE/AMC ( a common occurrence in N Indiana,etc,), adjacent to Pharmacy where I worked ; buying a 70 DODGE Coronet 500/383\310\ auto.. Anyways, we did see a Machine or few come thru, I thought the RED/White/ Blue I seen were a little garish! Though I briefly looked at a an AMC RWBLUE, AND A 70 Challenger/4 SPD/ RT/SE Magnum, **not buying those,etc..

Chevy Citations had the radio that way as well. Def different.

Ahhhhhh the Matador one of a few AMC cars people loved to hate like the pacer.

Low 14 is not shabby for that era. That's a beautiful car. I like it better than the red white and blue one

And had some eclectic cars,I seen I believe was a 65 marlin fastback that had a 3 sp. Manual w/a high low feature giving second & third year an overdrive is the best I can describe it.

A shame it did not have the four speed with Hurst shifter like so many I have seen.

Thanks Dennis one cool car

The hood tach is interesting. It is the third design. First was the 'tall' tach, then 1968 was the shorter height version and in1970 a design that had a vacuum hose attachment to help reduce condensation inside the tach was released. There were numerous names on the dial face. 'Pontiac', 'Buick', 'AC Delco', and 'AMC'. Yenko added their name themselves when they used the hood tach. When used on the Rebel, the tach was NOT attached to the hood. To prepare the tach for the car, a thin piece of foam seal was applied to the tach shell so it sealed when in the hood scoop. The tach was mounted on an adaptor plate and then secured to the hood scope. Interestingly the tach was so weather-proofed in the hood scoop it was mounted in only its grey primer paint and the paint curing heat label ("Do not exceed 180 degrees F) remained perfect. The only thing else AMC did to install the tach was grind a face corner slightly to get it to mount into the hood scoop. How do I know this? In the early 1980s I was attending a swap meet in southeastern Ontario Canada and I saw this damaged hood scoop (the broken piece was still duct taped to it), with its hood tach still with it. I bought it for $xx (cheap I thought) and resold the scoop (dumb move). Still have the 'AMC' tach in my collection.

WoW!!! A sexy, snazzy Rambler!! Love it 🙂

Beautiful ride! 🔥

Wow, great ride!

Love green cars...

Very special car. Congratulation!!!

Well done Mate another great video.

I'm a very fortunate person to know where there is one. It's a survivor in gun metal grey, the machine. 15 thousand original miles on it. Only used as grocery getter by first owner and occasionally weekend racing as the deck was shaved and fitted with high compression heads. Was in my family since 80. Sadly the exhaust manifolds were lost for the car, they are unique to thar year dog leg style. I thought all of the machines had 4 speed stick. How many were automatic???

A VERY overlooked but an AMAZING AMC muscle car that's on the same level as anything from Ford(I'm a Ford guy) Chevy or Mopar. No...no Marlin in the Rebel...it was such a great car

Awesome

Very slick! What gears in the rears I wonder? Solid cams are nice for instant revs but a pain adjusting the valves every 3,000 miles

Sweet car.

I own a 1980 AMC Eagle! :-D

AMC DID make a hand full Rebel Machines in 71 ! Had a good friend who owned a 70 Machine , it was kind of a jade green color with a 4 speed. It ran ok but those cars were very heavy, not positive but they weighed in at something like 3,800 to 3,900 hundred pounds.

Was it like The Green Hornet Machine ?

PRECIOSO!!!

I just bout a 1970 amc rebel and idk where to get parts for it lol

that is a beauty

he said torqueflyte auto......wrong.....was borg warner

That dude sounds like Norm Mcdonald.

He spoke about the sound of the motor .... but doesn’t have it talk for itself 🙄

I sure did forget that car! ... But it looks like it was designed to be forgotten. o_O

the muscle car deserves a husky and I would have drifted on it

It actually looks better then the road runner. Too bad AMC couldn't make it perform better.

Can you find a 1970 Javelin? :-)

Señores Lee acoca no solo compro amc v Jeep sabía Ke eran mejores muscke cars ke las tres grandes

I want it please!

Tuff car

I like the car, personally dont care for " the machine" decals . otherwise awesome loooking car

Itza 70 not a 72 as per text.

BLM will change name AMC such cool cars. Thanks

That's not the correct steering wheel for a '70 Rebel.

The AMC 'Matador', body style - designed by Oleg Cassini , Jackie Kennedy's Dress Designer ! ! !

Why does the thumbnail look like a horribly shaded game

'67 Rambler American Station Wagon 401 AMC 750 Mechanical Secondary Holley/Torker manifold Solid lifter cam Major porting 998 AMC Torq-Command (Torq-Flite) Model 20 AMC rear end w/5.13/Detroit Locker DOT rubber 11.92 / 119.64 @ Fremont in 1990 Featured in Dec. 1990 Super Stock magazine Definitely *_NOT_* the best engine ever designed. Piss-poor oiling, (Rear sump/Front pump) Short crank centerline to deck necessitates a short rod No V to P Need I go on...?

I have to say what a sexy car!!!! I love the MACHINE!!!!