AMC: Funky, Interesting and Unique

A model poses with the four-passenger 1970 AMC Gremlin with rear lift-gate and roof-top luggage rack, a two-door subcompact car measuring only a fraction more than 161 inches in overall length and boasting an unusually short turning radius of 32 feet, 8 inches, Detroit, Michigan, February 12, 1970. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) /

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Bob Klug of Hartland wipes down his 1970 AMC Rebel “The Machine” model during the Lions Club Delafield Car Show in Delafield on Sunday. Fewer than 2,400 were made. It has a 390-cubic-inch 340-horsepower engine. While it was a brisk 45-degree morning, that did not slow down the crowd.Wild Carshowp1 /

AMC Rebel (1967-1970)

Short lived and still revered in Muscle Car circles, the Rebel flew below the radar in a world with Dodge Chargers, Chevelles, and Ford Torinos but the Rebel could hang with the best.

The 1970 AMC Rebel Machine featured a factory-rated 340hp 390ci V8 engine paired with a four-speed manual transmission that propelled it from 0-60 mph in 6.3-seconds and could run a 1/4-mile in 14.8-seconds.

For proper context the 1970 SS 396 Chevelle ran the 1/4-mile in 14.6-seconds and 0-60 mph was in six-seconds.

The Rebel was short lived and was a legit muscle car for AMC.

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