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Lambertcars · 12-15-2011, 11:56 AM

Back in the late 60's I worked at an AMC dealership and man, some of those Ramblers were very peppy. Through the years I have owned 3 1969 Hurst Ramblers, 5 1969 AMX's, and several 8cyl Gremlins. I dragged raced everyone of them, even ran one Rambler and one AMX in super stock with the 390 4 speed combo. In October of this year my wife and I drove our 1977 AMC Gremlin 258 2bbl to Charlotte to the GoodGuys. Had a blast and had a lot of comments on the Gremlin. As far as performance with the 258, on the highway at 75mph I got 18 mpg and made the track cruise twice at the Charlotte Motor Speedway for a total of 6 laps and got up to 85mph pretty quick. Would of went faster but I felt like that was fast enough. I would love to see more AMC cars in IHRA and NHRA.

Allen

12-15-2011, 11:56 AM	#6
Lambertcars Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Johns Island SC Posts: 114 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Amc Back in the late 60's I worked at an AMC dealership and man, some of those Ramblers were very peppy. Through the years I have owned 3 1969 Hurst Ramblers, 5 1969 AMX's, and several 8cyl Gremlins. I dragged raced everyone of them, even ran one Rambler and one AMX in super stock with the 390 4 speed combo. In October of this year my wife and I drove our 1977 AMC Gremlin 258 2bbl to Charlotte to the GoodGuys. Had a blast and had a lot of comments on the Gremlin. As far as performance with the 258, on the highway at 75mph I got 18 mpg and made the track cruise twice at the Charlotte Motor Speedway for a total of 6 laps and got up to 85mph pretty quick. Would of went faster but I felt like that was fast enough. I would love to see more AMC cars in IHRA and NHRA. Allen