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oooooh boy, am i gonna take some heat for this one. kinda like CPOTD instead of GPOTD.
so, go ahead and tell me how much you hate it.
Steve Fox insists his interest in cars these days leans more to “the understated; something that’s a little bit stealthy.”
That’s more than a little surprising, seeing that it comes from a proud owner of a 1969 AMC SC/Rambler, one of the rowdiest and most colorful cars ever to roll off an American automotive assembly line.
When it comes to grabbing attention or making an entrance, it’s hard to think of a car that can top the over-caffeinated, uber-patriotic, low-budget SC Rambler.
“To me, this is just the Holy Grail,” laughs Fox, a resident of Fallbrook, Calif. “My very first car was an AMC and I love underdogs in life. When I first saw the car in 2009 or 2010, I inspected it very well, and I was hooked. I knew right then that this was it for me. It doesn’t get better than this.”
Of course, wanting to buy the SC Rambler, and actually convincing the owner to consider selling it, were two very different matters. The car belonged to its original owner, and he was not looking to unload it.
“I had already had an AMC AMX and I was looking for something to differentiate myself from other people because there were AMXs in San Diego, and there still are,” Fox recalled. “Well, the AMC club had a big show in Las Vegas, and I went to the show and I saw the car and I saw this old guy hobbling around the car and thought, ‘This is a really rare car … I started looking at the car and he said he was original owner, and I thought, ‘Man, this guy is on his last legs. I need to get this car from him. Well, it turns out he wasn’t on his last legs, he just needed a hip replacement … At the end of the show, I went back up to him and said “Can you take me for a ride?” He probably thought I was a little weird, but I had my car there and I was an AMC guy, so he took me for a little ride. When he shifted into second gear and it just jumped, I was hooked. I knew this was the real deal for me… But buying the car from him was an ordeal. It took a year for me to get it from him.”
Fox kept calling the man and even went and visited him in Las Vegas, until finally he relented. Even though he was thrilled to eventually bring the SC/Rambler home, Fox said the transaction was anything but painless.
read more (if you dare): https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week/car-of-the-week-1969-amc-sc-rambler
so, go ahead and tell me how much you hate it.
Steve Fox insists his interest in cars these days leans more to “the understated; something that’s a little bit stealthy.”
That’s more than a little surprising, seeing that it comes from a proud owner of a 1969 AMC SC/Rambler, one of the rowdiest and most colorful cars ever to roll off an American automotive assembly line.
When it comes to grabbing attention or making an entrance, it’s hard to think of a car that can top the over-caffeinated, uber-patriotic, low-budget SC Rambler.
“To me, this is just the Holy Grail,” laughs Fox, a resident of Fallbrook, Calif. “My very first car was an AMC and I love underdogs in life. When I first saw the car in 2009 or 2010, I inspected it very well, and I was hooked. I knew right then that this was it for me. It doesn’t get better than this.”
Of course, wanting to buy the SC Rambler, and actually convincing the owner to consider selling it, were two very different matters. The car belonged to its original owner, and he was not looking to unload it.
“I had already had an AMC AMX and I was looking for something to differentiate myself from other people because there were AMXs in San Diego, and there still are,” Fox recalled. “Well, the AMC club had a big show in Las Vegas, and I went to the show and I saw the car and I saw this old guy hobbling around the car and thought, ‘This is a really rare car … I started looking at the car and he said he was original owner, and I thought, ‘Man, this guy is on his last legs. I need to get this car from him. Well, it turns out he wasn’t on his last legs, he just needed a hip replacement … At the end of the show, I went back up to him and said “Can you take me for a ride?” He probably thought I was a little weird, but I had my car there and I was an AMC guy, so he took me for a little ride. When he shifted into second gear and it just jumped, I was hooked. I knew this was the real deal for me… But buying the car from him was an ordeal. It took a year for me to get it from him.”
Fox kept calling the man and even went and visited him in Las Vegas, until finally he relented. Even though he was thrilled to eventually bring the SC/Rambler home, Fox said the transaction was anything but painless.
read more (if you dare): https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week/car-of-the-week-1969-amc-sc-rambler
