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Within the American Motors' 1957 lineup, the Rebel was the highest-priced Rambler, topping the Custom four-door hardtop wagon by $71 but $35 less than a base Ambassador or Hornet. And in 1958, when the Ambassador was switched to the smaller Rambler body, the most equivalent model — a top-end Custom four-door hardtop — listed for only $36 more.
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In 1957, American Motors made the 250 available in the Rambler, as Romney intended. The big news out of American Motors for the 1957 model year, though, came on December 8, 1956, when the company formally introduced the Rambler Rebel at the National Auto Show in New York.
Was the 1957 Rambler Rebel the First Muscle Car? Automobile Magazine
Current drag race enthusiasts back this conclusion up by running Rambler 327 engines producing close to 400 horsepower. The Bendix fuel injection as designed was revolutionary in 1957. Today fuel injection is commonly used in most production cars.
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With its 327-cid engine, the Rambler Rebel. was AMC's first true high-performance car. For 1957, American Motors made a sensational high-performance car called the Rebel. Under its hood was an enlarged version of the V-8 introduced a year earlier. The 4.00 x 3.25-inch bore and stroke, 327-cube engine featured five main bearings, a forged.
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American Motors took one furtive shot at the performance market in the 1950s with the 1957 Rebel, cramming a beefy 327 CID V8 into a lightweight Rambler body. Here's the story behind this unusual machine.
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The Rebel's new engine made 255 hp at 4,700 rpm and a whopping 345 lb-ft of torque at just 2,600 rpm. Because the factory would produce just 1,500 examples, transmission choices were limited to a heavy-duty T-85 three-speed manual with overdrive, or a beefy Flashaway Hydra-Matic, supplied by GM.
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The 1957 AMC Rambler Rebel is often considered the first muscle car. WIth it's light weight unitzed body and big 327 V8 engine it was the fastest metal bodi.
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The Rebel was a true specialty model, with only 1,500 produced in 1957. The name would return in 1958, but not the performance. The Rebel appellation replaced the Rambler V-8 designation on the 250-powered cars and the 327 was available only in the new Rambler Ambassador--successor to the Nash model now that Nash and Hudson were gone.
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Daniel Strohl 03/18/2019 Classics Rebel In This Article Category: Classics Make: Rambler Model: Rebel Three-on-the-tree 1957 Rambler Rebel for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: This 1957 Rambler was inherited from a relative in Nevada. I had the car shipped to NY in December.
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So we had to know more about Rambler's 1957 Rebel. To our contemporary eyes, the four-door bodystyle sets it apart from what we traditionally consider muscle. But in the period, the Rebel.
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As history shows, 1957 was destined to be the first and most important year for the Rambler Rebel. As time went on and the car's name was adapted to newer models from AMC, the original.
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Factory Documents. Features and Articles. Road Tests Documents. Service Manuals. Technical Information & Specifications. 1957 Rambler Rebel Brochure (10.75 x6.50 closed, 21.5 x6.5 open) 8 pages Composite views. NOTE: Front and Back page shown composite for print purposes.
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The 1957 Rambler Rebel is one of those special, highly unusual cars that come along only once in a blue moon: a one-year-only effort with outstanding performance that's mostly been ignored by both vintage car and muscle car fans. The fact that it was the fastest American sedan for 1957 makes the situation all the more curious.
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Introduced as a stand-alone model in one body style, the 1957 Rambler Rebel is credited for being the first factory-produced intermediate-sized high-performance car. This later became known as the muscle carmarket segment. It was also to be among the earliest production cars equipped with electronic fuel injection.
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the much lighter Rambler. The result was the 1957 Rambler Rebel, a limited production run of 1500 units. Based on the stylish four-door hardtop (pillarless) version of the 108in. wheelbase Rambler, all the Rebel models were distinguished by their silver paint accented with gold-anodized sweepspear side trim combined with unique