Comments on: CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot: The 1957 Rambler Rebel

By: Big car muscle time

Big car muscle time — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:06:17 +0000

[...] CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot: The 1957 Rambler Rebel 13 Feb 2009. Hot Rod magazine obtained a 9.4-second 0-to-60 time in a Rebel with Hydra-Matic and reported that the. Large V8 engine in intermediate body style = Muscle Car.. Big straight 8 in smaller chasis capable of 100 mph. CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot: The 1957 Rambler Rebel [...]

By: 2173491

2173491 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:24:30 +0000

I am usually a purist when it comes to the definition of a Muscle Car. That being said, this could perhaps be the original! Large V8 engine in intermediate body style = Muscle Car.

By: GEN12

GEN12 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:14:46 +0000

I had a buddy who raced a 1956 Rebel at U.S. 30 dragstrip in Merrillville, IN. He beat everything in his class and wiped out a whole lot of ’57 Chevy’s. It was his dad’s car and it was automatic. He ran the Rebel until 1959 when he picked up a Vette.

By: bundies

bundies — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:26:11 +0000

Again I find this rediculous. Yes there were alot of cars built over the years that had extreme performance compared to their contemporaries,l but they aren’t no will they ever be muscle cars. The term was invented in the early 70′s to describe all the intermidiate body sized cars that carried the large engines of their line. These were pretty much the GTO, GS400,SS396,442,390gt’s,mercury cyclone’s. Chryslers fury’s and polara’s of the early 60′s probably qualify, even though they down sized to try and compete with the swiss cheese Pontiac super duty 421′s, 427 Ford’s, and 409 chevies. But most of us who lived the era still belive the original muscle car was the unbeliveable GTO. I still remember the first GTO we met at a traffic light. We were in a new 327 chevy 4 speed with 4:11 gears, a fast car at the time. That tri-power 64 GTO ate our lunch like we couldn’t believe. Even in the era there were faster cars, but they had small block engines in compact cars, or full size cars with all the tricks, An L79 66 Nova is competition for any GTO, but the GTO intermediate/large engine is a muscle car, the nova is just a very fast car, the 63-64 light weight fords with side bolt 427′s were faster then GTO’s Even my corvette which was the top of the heap fast car (427/425hp) is rarely even talked about when they discuss 60′s muscle cars. Yes even the theory of a muscle car can be found in the original Buick Century. Big straight 8 in smaller chasis capable of 100 mph. Of course in its day these cars were fast but not near as blistering fast as a muscle car. Every manufactor can look at a certain model and say, for their time they were fast. Now we get to the rebel. The 57 was a very fast car but it never won any races I’m familar with and I know there was a 57 chevy 150 with 283/283 3 on the tree that held the pure stock nhra record for years at about 13.5et. I would think the big stude of 56 would of clean everybodies clock having the Packard 374 engine, but I’ve never seen one race, then or now. In 57 the best weight to horse ratio was the little Dodge with the D-500 package, again I never saw one race but it was available.

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Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:26:18 +0000

[...] and illustrated studies of such greats as the 1958 Packard Hawk, 1970 Mercury Marauder X-100, 1957 Rambler Rebel, and 1977 Pontiac LeMans Can Am. We say check it out! [CarDomain [...]

By: Tired Of LS6 Chevelles And Hemi ‘Cudas? Check Out UDMan’s Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot! [Retro] | Car Advisory

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:40:33 +0000

[...] and illustrated studies of such greats as the 1958 Packard Hawk, 1970 Mercury Marauder X-100, 1957 Rambler Rebel, and 1977 Pontiac LeMans Can Am. We say check it out! [CarDomain [...]

By: Mad_Science

Mad_Science — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:07:45 +0000

Wow. Those are some incredible numbers for ’57.

I’d say you make a pretty good case for this being the “original muscle car”. Unfortunately, since there was no continuity or competition at the time, it’s been forgotten.

Love the feature.

By: Loren

Loren — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:05:19 +0000

I love the ’57 Rebel. Owned one for several years.

By: RAD

RAD — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:29:55 +0000

This car is a true sleeper like the late 90′s Buick Regal GS or Riviera

By: O'brien

O'brien — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:59:32 +0000

Columbo’s dream car.