My
Garage
1969 Rambler Scrambler / 390 Cross Ram 2X4
bbls Hurst 4 speed
There were 1,512
Hurst SC/Ramblers
made of which, only 324 were the (B) paint scheme according
to AMC records. Other reports say 500,
either way not very many were made! They all
came with the AMC 390 engine, 3:54
rear end gears, 4 speed
trans and of course the Hurst shifter.
The SC/Ramblers sold for $2,998.00,
which was very little money for the long list of performance parts that
came on the car. The SC/Rambler
ran the quarter mile times of low 14's in stock form
but with a few simple bolt on modifications, one of
which was the cross-ram intake part # AM4486228 (
300 made with AM# ) on them, these cars would
now run low 12's. The
SC/Ramblers were built for
stock drag racing classes, in F-stock it was pretty
much unbeatable, thanks to the SC/Ramblers
horsepower to weight ratio. The stock
SC/Rambler had 315
horsepower and 425 pounds of torque and
weighed in at a fuzz more then 3000lbs. A slightly
modifieded SC/Rambler
would easily have over 400 horsepower. On the street
this quick car was deadly to virtually any big three car as the front
disk brakes stopped the little car in a hurry. This
was a big advantage over most cars back in 1969. The
SC/Rambler was a image
maker car for AMC to say the least!
We can play with the big boys of the performance car
market and win! And it won a
lot! The little
Rambler became an instant legend among all muscle
cars!
Most of the SC/Ramblers
were abused and raced hard, so very few exist today.
This makes the car a true head turner where-ever it goes.
To the guys who remember the shame of losing to a rambler it brings
back the memories of when a little company could compete with the big ones,
something you don't see these days. I'd like to
thank my life long friends Kurt&Randy Harpold who built my engine.
thanks,
matt &
valeri wilson
Greg says: At first when Matt
sent me pix of the car I was like "oh, cool, another AMC!" But since I've been
putting his feature up I've learned much more about the little black sheep of
the muscle car world! Not to mention Matt and I had to work together to get this
feature up and I can honestly say he's a hell of a guy!!! Thanks Matt for
sharing your little honey AND your effort! And remember kids, this is a
SURVIVOR!!
(higher quality
shots are available in Picture Perfect, click
HERE!)
click on the pics to enlarge
bonus picture!
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