Regarding the final edition of the dull but durable Rambler, curbsideclassic.com observed: The compact market took a protracted dive in the second half of the sixties, as buyers gravitated either to sporty cars like the Mustang, which could be had for very little more, or to imports. This generation of Americans never sold really well, and sales drooped as the years went by.
A really neat variation of the 69 Rambler that was anything but dull was the performance-oriented SC/Rambler, or Scrambler as it was commonly referred to. With its red, white, and blue color scheme, "mailbox" hood scoop, and 390-cubic inch engine with 14.3-second quarter-mile performance, it was a valiant effort from AMC to be relevant in the muscle car era.
ReplyDeleteBeing of upper midwest extraction, I'll keep looking for Kenosha-built cars. For years, there was a green Gremlin parked in Greenlake, but alas it's gone now. And there's another Gremlin I spotted a while back in Queen Anne that I'm hoping to see again.
DeleteCool - I'm an original Milwaukee native myself. While I was in college there, I spent 7 years working at a dealer that sold Chevys and Kenosha Cadillacs.
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