1967 AMC Rambler Rebel "Skill takes the Wheel" - Jackson Beck Narrated - Drivers Ed.

[@johnthompson1280]

The 1967 Rambler Rebel has excellent exterior styling and looked every bit as good as a Chevy Chevelle, Ford Fairlane, and Plymouth Belvedere of that year.

[@timhiltonsuperstar]

We had a 1969 Rebel SST sedan for about 5 years back in the seventies and that car was the car that I learned to drive in. Man I loved that car! The 290 V8 with 200 horsepower was plenty of power for the day but the car was also very good on gas. I tried to convince my dad to buy a 1970 Rebel Machine for 1000 bucks but he refused, saying that he didn't want to put the gas into it! Can you imagine what kind of fun that car would have been to a teenager?

[@gordonvincent731]

Your Dad did, that's probably why you didn't get it, lol!

[@SuperMustangred]

I remember the heavy black streaks on all the highways from vehicles leaking fluids. It came with standard equipment.

[@musicom67]

Produced just like the school films of my childhood - you know, those over 40, when they'd draw the blinds, turn off the lights, and turn on the Bell & Howell...and as soon as that fully orchestrated music started... and the soothing narrator starts his spiel.... you drift off...... LOL. Brilliant music score..makes me want a cocktail. um, maybe not...I'm driving.

[@matsuri626]

An awesome video with so much vintage flavor! I love the sassy jazz at the begining, the early AMC logo, the vintage iron seen in most scenes and not just the Rebel. Heck, I even like the guy's sunglasses; a kind of groovier late-1960s version of the Ray Ban Wayfarer. There is much to like in this video. Thanks Osborn!

[@OsbornTramain]

I particularly like the night time driving section with Jackson Beck Narrating and the sexy night time music......

[@Research-Answers]

Excellent commercial! Excellent driving tips that never get old!

[@davidvalenzuela4529]

AMC Rambler Rebels were the number one automobile used by Driving Schools across America. This AMC produced film using product placement placed an AMC Rambler Rebel in the film for all Students to see. The Rebel was completely restyled for 1967 and still to this day is thought of as one of the prettiest cars produced by AMC. The restyle was done under the leadership of CEO Roy Abernathy. Mr. Abernathy was fired from AMC in very early 1967 for the financial losses suffered in 1966. Fairly or unfairly, the work he set out the Design Teams to do in the mid 60s propelled the company into the 1970's where they were positioned to do very well. 95,352 Rebels were manufactured in the 1967 model year. Lester "Les" Leighland was an AMC Test Driver

[@GoneAutos]

Actually, the driver's name was Les Viland. I bought a copy of this film off of eBay back around 1998. I had it transferred and color corrected. I began to wonder who the driver was and looked him up online. I found that he was still alive at that time. About 85 years old. I went to his home and interviewed him for an entire afternoon and recorded the whole thing on videotape. What was really cool was what he had in his garage: a 1971 Javelin 401 and a 1954 Nash-Healey. He and fellow AMC engineer Jim Moore had replaced the Nash script with the Super script from a stock Rambler. The car now read "Super Healey." They had installed a factory V8 in it. I remember asking if he had any vintage movie film from that time, and his wife Marjorie carried a huge armful of 16mm films out of the closet and plopped them down next to me. They are wonderful visual records of Les driving in several Mobilgas Economy Runs from about 1960 to 1973. I'm so glad I went up to Livonia and spent the day with them.

[@mikesharon2177]

The voice of GI Joe intro and commercials

[@danielvergara2901]

Bonito design, highly reliable engines (they were also made in Argentina until 1974 under the name Ambassador)

[@OsbornTramain]

The 67 model line up was designed by Richard Teague the VP of Design of American Motors.

[@danielvergara2901]

OsbornTramain Thanx 4 your info. You are doing a great job, maybe the most complete related to North American automotive designs and stuff .

[@dinocracchiolo996]

It's amazing to me how progressively worse driver's have become, especially truck drivers.

[@OsbornTramain]

I had a truck driver merging on to the highway two days ago.....merge in and then continue to the middle lane as I was riding in the middle lane (I had a 15 foot box truck and fully loaded 20 ft trailer.........I had no clue that this bastard was going to continue into my lane.......I kept going, he swerved back to the right and then gave me the finger....My Jaw dropped as he's blasting his horn at me! I couldn't believe this ass hole thought it was my fault...when I was in the lane moving with traffic.....the guy got into the right....he should have stayed there instead of continuing,,,,,it was a three lane highway....blew me away what a bad driver this tractor trailer truck driver was....

[@DPG2203]

Mi padre tuvo el 69 SST que era aún más elegante, con grandes luces traseras bicolor y una moldura lateral que le daba mayor presencia. En México, solo traían motores económicos de 6 cilindros, pero con una potencia superior a la de EUA. En esa época la máquina grande era un 232 cid. con 155 HP SAE y como 190 Lbs/pie lo que le daba un buen arranque sin ser un Muscle car. Siempre fueron llamados Rambleta en México, aún así otros modelos como el American, Rally, Gremlin, etc. Se quedó como tradición llamarles rambler. Cómo la mayoría de los autos de esa época, era muy solido, silencioso y amplio. Solamente al de mi papá le veía el defecto de que no tenía barra estabilizadora, lo cual lo inclinaba demasiado, ni frenos de disco. Su 3 in the tree (tres velocidades en la columna de dirección) no fallaban como los de Chrysler, incluso Ford. Grandes recuerdos de un mundo ya desaparecido.

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

Pennsylvania law requires dimming your headlights when following closer than 300 feet.

[@eduardobastida4378]

mi papa tenia uno idéntico hasta en el color...era hermoso

[@gojoe283]

Agree, the AMC Rebel was a good looking car, better looking than the Rambler Classic it replaced from 1966. I would guess that Dick Teague had at least some input into the Rebel's styling, he was one of America's best stylists. By the way, the Rebel was never marketed as a Rambler. AMC was phasing out the Rambler name, and by 1967 the only car that had this name was the American.

[@OsbornTramain]

gojoe283 Sorry, you're wrong on this Rambler point. This actually is a Rambler Rebel, watch the film and look at the front grill of the car.....On the Hood boldly in Chrome "R A M B L E R". For years I thought this was an AMC but I was corrected by an owner of one and shown where it says Rambler. Watch the film, 8:14, you can see the L. E R on the hood. A few highway scenes you can see the Rambler name on the Hood as the sun reflects off the chrome letters....right at the opening title "skill takes the wheel" you can see at that point, "R A M B L E R" on the hood. 1968, it was an AMC but in 67, this is a Rambler. *at **11:20** clear as day, you see the Rambler name on the Hood......no mistake about it.*

[@gojoe283]

OsbornTramain I stand corrected. You are right, the '67 Rebel was marketed as a Rambler.

[@OsbornTramain]

I was shocked, I only learned it recently. For years I thought 66 was the cut off but it looks like Rambler was phased out gradually........

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

I believe that the Ambassador and the Marlin became AMC for 1966, the Rebel switched in 1968, and the Rambler American was dropped in favor of the AMC Hornet (a recycled Hudson name) in 1970. The Javelin and AMX were always AMC.

[@rangerpru]

According to Wikipedia, there were 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 (the lowest in 62 years). I guess the're doing something right.

[@OsbornTramain]

Safer cars and also being tough on Drunk Drivers have done the trick for sure.

[@STP43FAN1]

The introductory score sounds like Ralph Dollimore.