{"id":9200,"date":"2010-04-18T17:24:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T00:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=9200"},"modified":"2012-08-14T13:19:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T20:19:33","slug":"gasser-rambler-wagon-renderings-its-my-ride-is-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gasser-rambler-wagon-renderings-its-my-ride-is-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasser Rambler Wagon Renderings: It&#8217;s My Ride is Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fgasser-rambler-wagon-renderings-its-my-ride-is-me%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F04%2FRambler-American-Gasser-AFX.png&amp;description=Gasser+Rambler+Wagon+Renderings%3A+It%E2%80%99s+My+Ride+is+Me\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[9200]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gasser-rambler-wagon-renderings-its-my-ride-is-me\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gasser-rambler-wagon-renderings-its-my-ride-is-me\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Gasser Rambler Wagon Renderings: It\u2019s My Ride is Me\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gasser-rambler-wagon-renderings-its-my-ride-is-me\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Gasser Rambler Wagon Renderings: It\u2019s My Ride is Me&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gasser-rambler-wagon-renderings-its-my-ride-is-me\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gasser-rambler-wagon-renderings-its-my-ride-is-me\/\" data-text=\"Gasser Rambler Wagon Renderings: It\u2019s My Ride is Me\" data-desc=\"You just read that title and said, \" a Gasser what?\" I admit, I ain't right. I have strange tastes compared to some and I guess you could say I have a vivid imagination, too. How else can I imagine how nasty a 1961 Rambler American station wagon would look as a Gasser. I've got the idea in my head,\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Rambler-American-Gasser-AFX.png\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Rambler-American-Gasser-AFX.png\" rel=\"lightbox[9200]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9201\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"Rambler American Gasser AFX\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Rambler-American-Gasser-AFX.png\" alt=\"drawings of cars, Rambler American Gasser AFX, hot rod, drag racing, altered wheelbase\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Rambler-American-Gasser-AFX.png 1057w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Rambler-American-Gasser-AFX-150x124.png 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Rambler-American-Gasser-AFX-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Rambler-American-Gasser-AFX-400x331.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1057px) 100vw, 1057px\" \/><\/a>You just read that title and said, &#8221; a Gasser what?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I admit, I ain&#8217;t right. I have strange tastes compared to some and I guess you could say I have a vivid imagination, too. How else can I imagine how nasty a 1961 Rambler American station wagon would look as a Gasser. I&#8217;ve got the idea in my head, but like alot of you, I can&#8217;t draw, much less make a rendering like this showing my crazy dream to perfection! That&#8217;s where artists like Joel Nelson from 1320designs.com comes in. <em>(Click on the image above to see it full size. It&#8217;s a higher resoultion pic perfect for a desktop wallpaper)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1961-Rambler-American-as-purchased.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9200]\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-9203 alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"1961 Rambler American - as purchased\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1961-Rambler-American-as-purchased.jpg\" alt=\"1961 Rambler American project, concept, \" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1961-Rambler-American-as-purchased.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1961-Rambler-American-as-purchased-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1961-Rambler-American-as-purchased-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a>Before continuing that story, let me back up. I dig wagons. I don&#8217;t know for-sure why, maybe it was because my dad drove us around in 1967 Ford Wagon when I was a kid. My brother and I&#8217;d drop the back seat down and slide around in back on the metal floor. This was the mid 70&#8217;s so seat belts weren&#8217;t the rage they are now. Looking back, we survived alot of things that have today&#8217;s parent&#8217;s gasping! So after my <a title=\"1927 Ford Roadster in Pikesan's garage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.MyRideisMe.com\/Garage\/pikesan\" target=\"_blank\">1927 Roadster<\/a> hit the road, I started looking for a wagon. I wanted a 60-63 Falcon wagon (I have one now, under construction, on hold while I work on MyRideisMe.com!) but&#8230; my wife, car lady she&#8217;s not,\u00a0 said: &#8220;I like square.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Square? Not knowing exactly what that meant, I thought I&#8217;d be better off buying a 1964-65 Falcon wagon with their &#8220;more square&#8221; body lines. Looking for a 64-65 then, I found this 1961 Rambler American wagon for sale on Ebay.\u00a0 I think there&#8217;s a slight resemblance to the square bodied Falcons, but this Rambler&#8217;s got a style all to it&#8217;s own. Plus, I liked the fact that you&#8217;d rarely see another one.\u00a0 I bought it for $400 as you see it above and towed it home.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/rambler-american-with-dubs-on-airride.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9200]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9206\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Rambler American with billet wheels on air ride\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/rambler-american-with-dubs-on-airride.jpg\" alt=\"Rambler Americanbillet wheels, air ride, slambler, \" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/rambler-american-with-dubs-on-airride.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/rambler-american-with-dubs-on-airride-150x65.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/rambler-american-with-dubs-on-airride-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/rambler-american-with-dubs-on-airride-400x175.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the ideas started flowing. How would I build this thing? I hit the net trying to find other Rambler wagons and found this 62 Rambler American built by Stoked Out Specialties. (their website&#8217;s down). I&#8217;d guess most people will compare this slammed and billet-wheel&#8217;d beauty to the funky, nose in the air gasser I&#8217;m showing above and be quite certain I&#8217;ve lost my mind. Maybe so, but that&#8217;s what My Ride is Me means, right? It&#8217;s me. It&#8217;s mine!<\/p>\n<p>My next idea&#8217;s the one that won&#8217;t make sense to most people. Gasser! I want an A\/FX styled, 60&#8217;s factory race car inspired, low buck noise maker! That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going with.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky for me, Joel from 1320designs also has an eye for 60&#8217;s drag style (and is a snappy dresser). Hechtspeed did a story about what makes Joel tick here: <a title=\"Hot rod art and concept drawings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1320designs-hot-rod-concept-drawings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hot Rod Concept Drawings<\/a>. That story showed the first draft of my Rambler Gasser:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Hot Rod Rambler American Gasser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Ameripan-1961-AMC-Rambler-gasser.jpg\" alt=\"drawings of cars,Rambler American Gasser AFX, hot rod, drag racing, altered wheelbase\" width=\"575\" \/><br \/>\nLook closely. Can you see what&#8217;s changed from the first drawing?<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, we decided against the red windows. While on paper, they really make a statement, in reality, I couldn&#8217;t build it that way. Plus, driving it would probably drive me (more?) nuts!<\/p>\n<p>After that, I asked Joel to throw on some old-style, chrome 5 spokes up front and to make sure the cheater slicks out back were on black-er steel wheels. The rears also needed to be poking out of the radiuse&#8217;d rear wheel well. For practical reasons, I&#8217;m not altering the wheelbase by moving the back wheels forward. The wheelbase is only 100&#8243; to start and as you can see, the rear wheel well is already butted up against the back door. Yea, it&#8217;s a 4 door! I checked, 4 door drag race wagons were a real thing in the 60&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>As it is now, doesn&#8217;t it hit the low-buck, 60&#8217;s inspired gasser look? I love it!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the name. &#8220;Ameripan&#8221;. That&#8217;s a combination of Rambler, &#8220;American&#8221; and &#8220;Japan&#8221; to make Ameripan. I didn&#8217;t come up with the name, my kids went to a Japanese school for American kids with that name. Why am I using it? I&#8217;m an engineer for Nissan so I want to put a 5.6L Titan V8 in my Rambler. THAT will finish-off baffling anyone who wasn&#8217;t already confused with my choice of rides. Perfect.<\/p>\n<p>The CORR Racing Titan used the stock block, heads, bore, bearings and ignition units as the production Titan but goes nuts from there and makes 700+ ponies! That&#8217;s not my plan, but it&#8217;s\u00a0 super-solid base to start with: All aluminum, over head cam and capable of big HP. You with me? (no Pike, you&#8217;ve completely lost it&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Next step? Get a <a title=\"Gasser made easy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.speedwaymotors.com\/Semi-Elliptical-Gasser-Front-End-Kits,3338.html\" target=\"_blank\">straight front axle kit from Speedway Motors<\/a> and get busy!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear your reaction. If you&#8217;re also a Rambler or wagon fan, let us know and please <a title=\"hot rod and custom car community\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Register\">sign-up here<\/a>. 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