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Nearly three years after quitting my job to produce a six-part documentary series about American Motors Corporation, The Last ...
In 1965, AMC launched its first halo car, the Rambler Marlin. Unable to compete with the Big Three in the full-size market, AMC concluded it needed a vehicle that should be flashy and sporty yet ...
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Cool Hot Rod (1953)
Cool Hot Rod (1953) Posted: March 18, 2025 | Last updated: March 18, 2025 The film follows Bullet Bill, a hot rod enthusiast who moves to a new city filled with slow-driving teenagers. Frustrated ...
a 17-year-old Madison Heights customer-builder’s AMC Gremlin, and more. “Being that this is the Motor City, we have the most knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated hot rod/custom car fans in ...
A first mate helps angler Kitt Toomey land his blue marlin; the same first mate helps Laura Jessen land her marlin after recovering the rod she tossed overboard. Photos via Instagram On Feb. 16, Laura ...
While a handful of muscle cars were never sold in America, this category is a uniquely American contribution to automotive culture, creating some hot-selling ... and 1966 AMC Rambler Marlin ...
Our first ugly car from AMC is the Gremlin ... with the visual promise of American hot rod performance. Instead, it was a poorly designed mishmash that just didn’t work as a sports car.
During the early 1960s, the rising popularity of National Hot Rod Association-sanctioned ... Aimed directly at AMC's Marlin, it was available with a wide range of engines, including the 426 ...
However, at the same time, enthusiasts were hot-rodding ordinary ... cars coming from the AMC offices include the Rebel Machine, SC/Rambler, Javelin, AMX, and short-lived Marlin.
AMC reached into parts bin, did their hot rod thing, dropping 360 motor ... AMC is at last making amends for the ill-conceived Marlin (a classic example of "failure to communicate" with ...
On Oct. 4, three days after Hot Rod Charlie won the Lukas Classic Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs, Kentucky Horse Racing Commission stewards launched an investigation the same day trainer Eric Reed ...