America's FORGOTTEN Muscle Car - The AMC Rebel 

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Some of us have not forgotten.The Rambler Scrambler was burning rubber with the best of them,always loved the red,white and blue color.

In 1989 my friend bought a 1968 Rebel. I being a car guy had never seen one before and was perplexed by this odd different car. The tags were out of date and he was pulled over by the L.A.P.D. He told me that the cop was so impressed to see one he just pulled him over just to check it out. Even with out-of-date tags he let him go with a warning "get it registered" I remember back in the day when cops would pull you over just wanted to just check out your cool car. In the town I live in the top high performance engine builder shop is owned by an ex L.A.P.D. bike cop. Those were the days.

In my youth, late 1970s through early 1980s, I owned four AMC cars - 1968 Javelin, 1970 Javelin, 1971 Javelin and 1968 AMX. An Airforce buddy had a Hornet. Great cars, so sadly unappreciated.

The AMC Hornet was the preferred Department of Natural Resources vehicle for many states in the 1970s thru the 1980s because it was reliable, high off the ground, simple, cheap, and quiet. We don't have enough domestic car makers, now.

My first car was a 1970 Rebel. It was the four door version with the 304. What a lovely car it was to live with. The motor was nice and responsive, the power steering made the wheel light as a feather, and that attention to passenger space made it such a comfortable vehicle to ride in.

A student from my highschool 79~81 drove a green metallic "Rebel Machine" with exhaust port through the side of the body! I on the other hand drove a Ambassador SST 343 (we called the Super Sonic Tank) also the same green,..

Fantastic to see this muscle car featured. "The Machine" is such a cool name for a muscle car, and it lives up to the name, and has a real 70's vibe.

Good video, the AMC stuff was pretty good, it's a shame it's largely forgotten now.

Another forgotten muscle car, essentially the one that began it all, is the Studebaker Golden Hawk. Great design, huge engine and a lot of power.

Dang 2300 built? Never seen one ever. Love it though, it's beautiful.

In the late 60’s a guy down the street from my grandmother in Laconia NH had one. Was always in the driveway. Never got to hear it or see it drive. Only one I ever saw in person.

First started going to drag strips in 1965 with my brother -in-law who was himself a drag racer. Might surprise you to know that many of the big three's muscle cars ran 14 second quarter mile times. And many main stream muscle cars were spanked by AMCs. I wish you would have mentioned AMC's Group 19 performance parts program available at any AMC parts counter. Cam kits, intake manifolds, and carbs, rear gear sets to a 5.00, traction bars, headers and many other performance parts. It was like Mopar's Direct Connection program.

Cool looking cars. I grew up in Grand junction Colorado. In 1989 I remember the hot Rod/classic car lot on 1st St had one of these for sale either restored or mint, they were selling it for $8999 I felt it was priced high I’m sure it wolf go for quite a bit today. I’d love to drive it.

Rebel Fact: The 57 Rebel with the 327 V8 was the fastest steel bodied car built in America second overall only to the fiberglass 2 seater Corvette. I knew a Rebel Machine driver in 71 and he ran low 13 second runs regular. His car was about 4 months old when I met him. It had some work done! Cheers 🇨🇦

I heard AMC dealerships could upgrade it to 400hp before reaching the customer. Absolutely insane.

Suggestion for a story. The Mustang raced by Dick Johnson in the Australian Touring Car Championship in the mid 1980's.

Great video and your comments are right on. I use to love seeing these are cars on the road when I was a young kid. I really miss these AMC's.

Back in '81 I bought a '70 AMX (which I still have) but about a year later I spotted a '70 Rebel Machine on a used car lot. I quickly pulled over to check out this rare ride. For I knew exactly what it was, and it was in pretty good shape, except the stripes were cracking but it still had the original 390. So I asked how much as I sat in the drivers seat...well we are asking $2,600 for it son. Needless to say I wasn't about to sell the AMX, so I passed on it. But I still wonder to this day whatever happened to that Rebel Machine???

AMC certainly did all they could to grab your attention with wild paint schemes. To me The Machine was a strong 2nd place to the 69 Hurst Scrambler. It was the graphics on the Scrambler and the arrow pointing to the scoop that made it the most outrageous muscle car!😎

Someone needs to bring AMC back

They were made in my hometown, so I never considered them to be forgotten, since everyone always talks about them.

Ive only seen 1 AMC REBEL in my life. Cool car👍

I love “The Machine”, I used to own two of them.

I could hit a golf ball from my office to the old AMC world headquarters in Southfield Michigan. I remember all these AMC muscle cars, they never were as popular as the Big 3’s offerings but they had some great cars.

brother in law had one. what a hoot to drive. they came out just as insurance companies started to raise rates on muscle cars sky high and gas prices started to go up. just to late to the ball...

The AMC Javelin was better known. Plastic models of it were popular when I was a kid.

Cool video. The tricked out Rebel came out right after AMC launched the tricked-out Hurst 220. They didn't make that many and both versions flew out the door as fast as they came in. AMC was actually fining dealers when factory reps showed up if they spotted any "Rambler" signage in showrooms. I worked at Glasner Bros. AMC in LaGrange, Illinois while in high school and the owners were not about to get any tiffs with the factory. 1960s and 1970s cars rusted terribly so finding one nearly 60 years after the fact is daunting. Good memories!

I bought a new one in 1970. Mine wasn't the red-white-blue but a light shade of green with a black vinyl top. Like he said, mine was diffently not a high speed car. About 120-25 and you were done. Mine was what I called a stoplight racer. I had many people want to hit the road for a race but I was smart enough to know I would have my ass handed to me. Put us on a city street with a stoplight about a block apart and they would be surprised at just how fast it was there. It's really the only car I ever owned that I wish I had back. I actually run across the bill of sale not long ago and I gave like $3500.00 for it. The whole time I owned mine I can't remember to ever seeing but one other Machine on the road. The last time I checked the registery there was less than 500 listed as driveable. There was one online not long ago that had had a complete restoration done ,that looked better than new . It sold at one of the auctions for around $150,000. Others I have seen listed that looked good but not that good started around $70,000 and up. One thing he said was correct. The 390 for that car was a one year build with 340 HP and 10-1 compression. Many thinks the 401 had more HP but it was rated at 330 HP. just more cubic inches.

Now do a vid on the SC/Rambler.

Poor AMC, I saw a bunch of these at a Ford Restaurant in Detriot. The guy in the car had a hell of a time turning it, but damn it looked good.

Back then I owned a 1970 AMC Rebel Machine. It was a blue metallic with flat black on the hood and a white roof. It had the 390 with a 4 bbl and would only run on high octane gas! The car was a screamer, wish I still had it....

nice looking car

I remember these... I wanted one really bad, but as a teen I didn't have the money 😢

The very first charger you showed, the green 1969. If you put a white vinyl roof on it, you would be in a very close ballpark with the car I owned from 73 to 76. Made my heart skip a beat lol.

Not forgotten, not by me. My father had one in the red, white and blue. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of America. He had a lot of fast cars and a lot of photo albums of wrecked fast cars of his.

I had one of those cars for speed 411 posi Trac it has a 390 but I put a the 340 in it that intranet built put more horsepower. It was a fun car but it was very heavy it was like a tank. I kept breaking suspension parts road racing late at night.

Remember thwm being pretty rare. A friend had a 69 Hurst Rambler Scrambler. Pretty quick at least in the 1/8 mile. Another friend had a Trans Am Javelin. Nice cars but I was driving a 69 Z828.

Got into AMC when I reincarnated a 68 Rambler American. It was a fun car. That slant 6 is indestructible

I have seen one Rebel Machine my entire life

Have y’all done the Buick turbo cars yet? Many don’t know they started out on the 70s chassis before the G body Grand Nationals and T-Type cars. I had one briefly but never completed it as it was replaced with an 84 GN that became my project that I STILL regret selling.

AMCs Rebel the Machine, quick for its time.

Calling this a Mopar is like calling a '63 Jaguar XKE a Tata.

Really like the stripped down Dodge Dart 440 !

Ahh, AMC!

The Machine, Scrambler were awesome cars!! To bad they didn't have the money similar to the other companies at the time.

A guy in high-school bought a brand new one.Wasnt super bad but still ran strong

That car looks like the child from a pairing of a Dodge and Plymouth.

Let’s not forget the amc marlin which beat the charger to being a fast back muscle car

Amc used parts from ford,gm and mopar. They might look similar but they are not a mini mopar

Nice little 290..factory st sedan st wagon. 5hp less than 302 gt aus ford ..tough great little spinning motor . L know ..l had one ..3.15 gears ..68mph in first gear with pushing the little baby .tough little motor .lovely car to drive..couple little extras..to st .wagon had admires from other great car owners. Underrated .only by those..who. think they. Know

There just wasn't very many on the road back in the day.

It’s funny, it sat higher than a lot of pickup trucks these days. lol

I remember this also having a factory 6 pack high rise carb setup. Or am I getting it mixed up.

i had a Machine back in the day,,bought used maybe 2 yrs old,,a great car,,strong power but still without power steering... why did i sell that?

My friend has a amc rebel machine now

AMC scrambler that was a bad little car hard to find one these days

My dad had a 1969 Rebel 2 door in red. I think that it had a 304.

Hey Javelin!

God I just love that car if I hit the lottery I will on one

I know where 2 of are at. Both low-mileage and un-restored. 1 red, white & blue car the other a red car. 343 in both. One is in a farm "packhouse" just out side Eureka NC and the other about 6 miles away (off the same main road Hwy. 222 in Wayne County the other in Wilson County. Brought out for local parades.

A guy in my town goes to liquor store in a cilt in a rebal every day

Why don’t you talk about the 71 scrambler,I almost bought one I really like the hood scoop and the color scheme

I have a javelin i inherited. Bad news it doesn't run good news its been inside its whole life....here i go with fresh gas

There’s a reason why it was forgotten. I do believe that some AMC vehicles need to be preserved for historical importance- to serve as a warning to those who are considering buying some Kia, Hyundai or one of those bastard Fiat product

Why does it say "Mini Mopar" on the thumbnail? These cars weren't Mopars.

We got a few 343 Rebels here in Oz. I drove one 40 years ago,, ok car but my 307 4 speed Monaro was faster and handled better.

But what about the s/c rambler a.k.a the " scrambler " .

My friend had one of these and he crashed it while driving on a German autobahn.

not a MoPar sorry just some of this and some of that whatever was leftover in the parts bin

I had a gremlin...lol.. ugh!

Not a 'mini mopar'...nothing 'mopar' about it.

Ain't My Car!

This car wasn't that quick. A Chevelle SS LS6 would eat it alive. But this AMC was a cool car

I have been an AMC fan since 1965. My friend had a The Machine" with the complete Go Fast package. His dad was well off and he would do about anything for his kid. We would stomp Mustangs and 440 6 Packs!!!!!

What about the marlin

Why didn't AMC put the 401ci into their muscle cars

Thats a rebel. 😁

the machine was a musle car, the rest should be converted 😊

There is nothing about an AMC Rebel or any other AMC vehicle that has anything to do with Mopar. Please get informed authors to write articles. It's frustrating as an American Motors owner to read articles that are always factually incorrect. It only perpetuates the incorrect information by putting it in print and teaching others the wrong information because the reader believes that if it made it to an article then it must be the truth.

Actually, say it with me actually. What’s actshy?

Promo>SM 🤦

first of all, NEVER EVER call an AMC a mopar! The Garbage company that is chrysler only bought AMC so they could destroy Jeeps longstanding and proud heritage!

It was forgotten for a reason

Since the muscle car era was actually between Chrysler and Degenerate Motors, the Rebel was a 'Me, too!' effort, much like Phord's Mustang.

WTF? Ford didn't exist?

What great cars they were

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