“The Rumbler” is Brian Anderson’s self-restored, turbo-charged 1964 AMC Classic Rambler. The four-door ‘64 Rambler Classic is street-driven, with 1300 rear-wheel horsepower. Brian's invited to meets because sponsors want to see this Classic run. The '64 Rambler family sedan revs up to 175 mph. A four-door Rambler is an unusual choice for a hot rod, but it was available when Brian turned 16. He wanted an old, simple car. It also had to be cheap. In the yard of one of his customers was an old, leaf covered sedan. He realized re-furbishing the car could be a learning experience. The Rambler initially left a lot to the imagination, but on its plus side it was a ‘60s-era V8, with only 56,000 miles on it.

Brian got a job at an auto parts store to buy parts at the employee's discount. He worked hard to get the engine rebuild moving forward and was soon driving the Rambler to high school. Parts for Brian’s 287ci AMC, with its rear-wheel-drive and torque-tube drive shaft weren’t great for power. His Rambler had become close to his heart, so he began saving to provide a full drive-train exchange. As he began looking for an engine to swap, he found that cheap, available parts were hard to find.

Brian learned by doing and with the help of an engine-building guide book. Compiled of a mix of parts, some from a tree branch in a junkyard belonged to a ‘69 Mustang and others from a ’78 Camaro, he fabricated the connections needed making this amalgam work. This is often the story of Classic Hot Rods. They are made mostly of love, then money and lastly the parts to provide revving engine horsepower.