Re: [Amc-list] Amc-list Digest, Vol 15, Issue 30

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Rambler takes the Ridler

This Ridler-winning, Ferrari-powered Rambler wagon was build by Divers Street Rods. 
photo courtesy Divers Street Rods 
So what would it take for a Rambler to win the Ridler? 

Before this past weekend, such a question would have elicited guffaws and goofball responses among groups of hot rod-minded bench racers. Everybody knows the Ridler award goes to a street rod that some big-name shop has thrown a lot of money, craftsmanship and fabrication behind that debuts at the Detroit Autorama. No Rambler has ever won a major street rod award, and, besides, nobody throws a lot of money at a Rambler, right? But somebody did put a lot of effort into a Rambler, and we now know what it takes for one to win the Ridler. 

A Ferrari V-8. Mounted in a mid-engine configuration. 

That somebody was Mike Warn of Wilsonville, Oregon, whose 1960 Rambler American station wagon — dubbed Ferrambo — left Detroit this past weekend with the Don Ridler Memorial Award. Warn took the Rambler to Tim Diver at Divers Street Rods www.diversstreetrods.com in Sultan, Washington, where Diver combined the shell of the body with an Art Morrison chassis and the 405hp, 3.6-liter V-8 and six-speed transaxle from a wrecked 2002 Ferrari 360 Modena, installed in the Rambler’s rear passenger and cargo section. Diver then installed driving lights and a grille that mimicked the Ferrari’s and painted the whole works Ferrari Red before mounting 18-inch front and 20-inch rear wheels and tires. 
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