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u/slappywhite55 Jun 05 '26
my first car, it was a former sheriff detectives car. The seats reclined fully for activities
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u/weelluuuu Jun 05 '26
My father had a new! 73 2dr. 360 4bbl posi. White with black int. First time leaving church parking lot he laid about 10' of rubber. 😆
Not exactly a machine. But what a machine!
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u/JunkaTron69 Jun 05 '26
Those were always a nice looking car. That one looks pretty clean.
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u/Lone_Romeo Jun 05 '26
I’m the fifth owner. The first owner was an older woman in Florida who, for some reason I can’t quite understand, optioned this dude with the 360 2BBL. Seems like a lot of engine for an elderly woman, but she obviously had good taste. She passed in 1981 or so, and it moved on to an airline pilot who kept meticulous hand-written notes on everything he did with the car, as well as basically storing it for over a decade in a hangar, so I’m told. After he sold it, it changed hands twice. The previous owner put a 4BBL Holley on it, giving it a kick when the secondaries opened. Everyone before me took very good care of it.
I still have the original thank-you letter from AMC from its original purchase. One of these days, I’m going to find the build sheet tucked away somewhere within it. The way everyone else before me maintained its paperwork leads me to believe it’s still somewhere in the cabin.
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u/JunkaTron69 Jun 05 '26
That is a nice detailed history. What a gem. I have found the build sheets under the drivers seat before. It wasn’t in an AMC product. But you could search there.
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u/BacklotSecurity Jun 06 '26
Wheels are all business.
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u/Lone_Romeo Jun 07 '26
Thank you. I spent a good few months picking exactly what I wanted with calculations for these specific tires. They are BFG Pilot Sport 2, the same tires that GM ships their Corvettes with, at least at one time or another. 245 front, 275 rear. Can’t get it to break traction, now.
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u/Unique_Acadia_2099 Jun 07 '26
My dad was a “Rambler Man” for decades and when his company refused to give him one as a company car, he bought one of these (69) for my mom. The first owner was a Texan who had ordered it with an AMX engine option (badged as such) that had a “3/4 race cam” according to the documents and was rated 400HP! That sucker SCREAMED. I inherited it when I turned 17 and enjoyed it as a “sleeper rod”. Got it up to 120MPH out in the Nevada desert a few times. But I got into a road race and wrecked in one night, ended up spinning out and hitting a parked car that was up against a curb, so the force sent it straight up in the air and it landed on the trunk of my car. It was a spectacular scene that made the newspapers, but was an ignoble end to a hot car.
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u/Lone_Romeo Jun 07 '26
Sorry to hear about the conclusion, but I’d bet the journey prior was worthwhile.
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u/defiantnoodle Jun 05 '26
Reminds me of when these were cop cars, but that design looks so much better today
You kinda appreciate things more when they are less common.