Hi Do, yes, more than 12 were built. AMC was hemmoraging on the late convertibles in 67, especially the Ambassador, and then took a real beating on convertibles in 68. The last year for the convertible series for Ambassador was however 1967, and only 1260 (some records indicate 1267) found buyers, a extremely small number when you consider the Ambassador was AMC's 'premier' car, at a difficult time for AMC, which was struggling financially (gee, they always seemed to be struggling dammit) but some years were worse than others. Total production of Ambassadors in 1967 was 62615, a good run of them, with the Ambassador 990 4door leading the way with 17809 units and right behind it was the Ambassador DPL 2door with 12552 units made. Since we are talking about convertibles I guess, 1967 was the last year for the Rambler convertibles and only 921 found homes, a pathetic number when you consider total Rambler production (including American and Rogues, all 921 convertibles were Rogues) saw total production of 62680 units made. One thing I enjoy is customizing AMCs and here is something I will add to my garage one day, a convertible SC/Rambler to go with my convertible Rebel Machine. As for Rebel, the Rebel was a strong seller, as AMC was focusing more on performance remember just a few years earlier, AMC had been telling the world the only race they cared about was the 'human race' (this is off my website): The car that the press release lives in infamy about how 'the only race we care about is the human race' then AMC would do a 360 and crank out performance models like AMX, Javelin & SC/Rambler only a few years after saying they frowned upon performance (read: muscle cars!!) in the memo. A copy of the five page memo comes with photo! http://www.planethoustonamx.com/parts%20&%20Literature/64_Typhoon.JPG But the 67 Rebel saw some good sale and only 1686 67 Rebel convertibles were made: http://www.planethoustonamx.com/parts%20&%20Literature/67_rebel_cv_pr.JPG A beautiful bodystyle if I say so myself. Total Rebel production in 1967 saw 95170 units, surpassing the Ambassador Series! Of these Rebels the two biggest sellers were the Rebel 770 4door with 24057 made and the Rebel 770 Wagon with 18240 made. I may add also right on it's tail was the Rebel SST 2door with 15287 units produced! Now while I believe the 20 can of Coke just kicked in, here is a website off my links ya'll have to go look at, only a few of these 'speciality wagons' were made for 1967 and a friend of mine owns all three of them: http://www.netwiz.net/~tcar/amc.html Mariner, Briarcliffe and Westerner. To have one person own all three (I would say less than 10 exist of each in 2004) is awesome. And finally. 1968. This would be the LAST YEAR a convertible would be produced by AMC. You can't count the Griffth Eagles and Concords from 81-83 as they were NOT production convertibles, they were modified in Florida, and didn't roll off the line in Kenosha as a ragtop. The Rambler Series no longer offered a convertible, neither did the Ambassador....only Rebel.....and only 823 were made. I estimate less than 100 of these exist. Not sure some of ya'll saw the 68 Rebel ragtop on lasy month's SUAD list for sale in AR, it was the one that was on ebay for $600 and no bites. Hell, I just want the top frame. Not sure who made the call at AMC to do continuation Rebel line as convertibles either. They are beautiful cars: http://www.planethoustonamx.com/parts%20&%20Literature/68_Rebel_CV_PR.JPG and total production of ALL Rebels in 1968 was 79325, down from the 1967 year. Leading the way was the Rebel 770 four door with 22938 made and Rebel 550 4door with 14712. At the bottom of production was the Rebel 550 convertible only 377 made and of course the SST convertible mentioned above. Something I have preached about thru the years, and will continue to do so, is that many people get a hard on over things like 68-70 AMX, 69 SC/Rambler, 70 Rebel Machine and 71 SC/360. These are NOT, repeat NOT the cars that kept AMC in business, they were eye candy to lure people into showrooms then 'sell them from stock' other AMCs like Javelin, Rebel, Rambler and so forth. The "bread and butter" cars were indeed the wagons and four doors, and smaller Ramblers, Gremlins, Concords, Hornets, Spirits and later Eagles. 90% of the people you will ever talk to at a swap meet, and many AMC fans, forget this fact, thinking AMC made money off convertibles (they didn't) or musclecars (they did but barely). So be sure to point that out to everyone that Gremlin (this is a Gremlin list) put up some serious numbers in the 9 years of it's existence! And next time you are at a car show, please take the time to look over that AMC station wagon or four door. This is what kept AMC alive so we could have the, uh, other stuff! Finally, and hope some of you are still awake, this is not, repeat, not a long post, my longest printed out to 17 pages, could have saved a damned forest, but the 68 Rebel convertible I own has 38 options. AMC had these bad hibits of loading up cars with options then sending them to dealerships even though no one ordered them, just send it, and display it, as it is a billboard to again, lure people in. Here is the origianl build sheet of my car: http://www.planethoustonamx.com/parts%20&%20Literature/american_motors_build_sheets.htm This particular car ended up at longtime Nash, Rambler, AMC dealership here in Houston Vance & Sons AMC, click below to view the dealership it is awesome photos from my archives: http://www.planethoustonamx.com/bodyAMC.htm The car SAT at the dealership until mid 1970 as no one wanted the damned thing, it was supposed to sell for $2999.00 but as optioned, this one's window sticker was a staggering $4500.00 a LOT OF MONEY in 1968, you could have bought a hemi something. The V&S Parts Manager, Richard Brumgardt, bought it in late 1970 at 'his price, as he worked at V&S, and I would buy it from him in 1986-87 and go completely thru it, this is fromt he Houston Astrodome Autorama: http://www.planethoustonamx.com/Photo_Gallery_My/images/mycars10_jpg.jpg and http://www.planethoustonamx.com/rebinterior.jpg So I can say out of all 292 and counting AMCs I have personally owned, there is absolutely nothing like a AMC convertible, and this Rebel is one of my top three favorites I have ever owned. So to answer Doc's original question, no, there were more than 12 67 Ambo's made and I would say less than 100 of them are still known to exist...... Eddie Stakes www.planethoustonamx.com *Note volume of email is extremely heavy, expect 5-12 day responses ----- Original Message ----- From: "amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 6:35 AM Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Hey Eddie My brother in Arizona called me up yesterday to say he ran into a guy that has a 67 Ambo convert and claims that only 12 were built. Got any production no# on that bit of trivia? Just courious if it was true or one of those urban legends that keep floating around. "Doc"
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