This question could make both my head and heart explode. Over the decades I’ve fallen in love with so many Ramblers, despite my childhood disdain for them due to their frumpy image. But I’ve always been a sucker for clean, aero and “bathtub” cars since early childhood, probably from my exposure to a Tatra in our neighborhood. So right in the heart of the flashy go-go sixties, I already fell for the early fifties Ramblers, especially the wagon, which was called Greenbrier, no less. The caramel sauce frosting on this tasty little licorice pudding is the very unusual woody treatments with which Nash graced some of these cars; here’s the dashboard:
I know it’s only paint or a transfer, but wow! For at least the next fifteen minutes, at least, this is what I want in my fantasy garage. How about you?
A red ’78 Concord hatch with a 304 and an automatic. My dad had one and it was a pretty fun car to drive until rust got the best of it.
We owned a 1976 Gremlin. While we enjoyed the car, and mom’s 1979 Concord was an excellent car, perhaps other than a 1967 Rebel 2 door hardtop, I wouldn’t want an AMC-anything.
Gotta be a Pacer wagon. Just like the one John Denver drove in the movie
How about a nice Pacer Limited?
The Brougham Bubble!
what a chick magnet
You know it!
An IKA/Renault Torino coupe. Especially when you have the Lancia Fulvia Coupe-esque lines and that OHC I6!
Here is a Lancia Fulvia Coupe for comparison:
IKA wasn’t ever owned by AMC; it was an Argentinian company that had licensing and financing agreements with AMC. I hate to disappoint you 🙁
Paul, didn’t AMC buy out IKA’s parent company, Kaiser-Jeep in 1969? If not, how did IKA become a Renault subsidiary?
IKA-Renault was formed in 1959, as a joint venture between the two. Truth is, I’m not 100% clear of what the exact ownership structure of IKA was. It was obviously created as a primarily local company to get around Argentina’s laws restricting imports and foreign companies, yet Kaiser obviously held some degree of control, possibly through the debt it held or something like that. It’s a bit murky, as these kind of companies often were.
It was coincidence (and convenience) that Renault hooked up with IKA long before they did with AMC in the US.
Well its an AMC designed body originally, so it sort of counts no?
Sure; who am I to deprive someone of an IKA Torino? I’m just jealous, for not having thought of it first 🙂
The Eagle. Someone had to first across the Crossover bridge. Who else but AMC?
This one.
And this one.
I called the AMX/3 first 🙂 and the AMX/2 (red pic you posted) was just a pushmobile, not a runner.
This one could have been made.
That seems so wrong but I really like it. A lot.
A 1971-1974 Javelin AMX. With 401 & 4 speed, T-stripe, Cardin interior, etc., etc.
Renault Alliance GTA….wait…I can’t even type that with a straight face…
I’d have to say AMC Eagle SX/4.
1964 Ambassador 990H 327 3+OD manual (aka Twin-Stick) 327″ V8 in Rose with Maroon top.
I owned one for a few years. Total sleeper. OD never worked paint was shot, but damn that car surprised a lot of Z28s and 5.0 ‘stangs. Sold it to a friend who later sold it to someone who finally gave it the restoration it deserved. Still driving around Long Beach CA last I heard.
I have four that are on the more or less permanent list:
1974 Ambassador wagon
1978 Matador Barcelona sedan
1983 Concord DL sedan
1978-79 Pacer DL wagon
1. RHD 1970 Rebel hardtop (NZ and UK market only)
2. 1978 Matador Barcelona sedan in the beige and brown colour combo.