Like these. This site is dedicated to the 1967 AMC Rebel Rambler Regional Stationwagons. Much of the info on this site was copied directly from the original AMC marketing "press kit". Latest news as of November 2011: 1. The "bigflea.com" domain is being sold and will most likely switch to the new owner's content in January 2012. The new location for this site for now will be www.pgrramblers.org/amc please update your bookmarks. 2. My Briarcliff and Westerner are now owned by Terry Gale of the Rambler Ranch in Colorado. Terry already owned a Mariner in more original condition than mine, so he is now the only known owner of all three of these wagons. These wagons are featured in the September 2006 issue of Hemmings Classic Car magazine. They were also featured in the August 2003 issue of Vintage Truck magazine. Below is a photo of all 3 wagons taken Feb 22, 2003, together for the first time in 36 years! This completed my collection of the three rarest AMC wagons built. Public Relations Department American Motors Corporation 14250 Plymouth Road Detroit, Michigan 48232 FOR RELEASE AM'S SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1967 DETROIT, Feb. 26 - - Three Rambler Rebel V-8 station wagons with special styling themes for specific locations will be marketed in 23 areas of the United States this spring and summer, American Motors vice president of automotive sales Thomas A. Coupe said today. The three station wagons - - Westerner, Mariner and Briarcliff - feature distinctive side paneling and interior upholstering which capture the flavor of the locale where they are to be sold. "Our objective in producing these unique station wagons is to determine in selected test market areas whether the buying public is favorably inclined toward special identification vehicles, " Coupe said. "These wagons will identify the owners with the Midwest and Southwest through a ranch theme, with the coastal areas through a nautical theme, and with the East through a country and hunt club theme, " he said. The Westerner is Frost white with simulated natural tan leather grain panels running the full length of the sides from the upper character line to the lower molding. Bold panels of stallion brown vinyl, with a look of richly tooled leather, are used on seat backs and door panels in combination with white antelope grained vinyl to highlight the Western look inside. The Mariner is Barbados blue with full-length side panels of simulated bleached teakwood planking. Narrow black horizontal stripes in the panels accentuate the contour of the body. Anchors and stars decorate the dark blue suede bolster panels of the seats, which also feature white piping and broad horizontal pleated inserts of medium blue antelope grain vinyl to complement the exterior color combination. The Briarcliff is Matador red with simulated black camera grain side panels. Black antelope grain vinyl is used on seats and door panels to give the interior a look of luxury. Each of the special station wagons has as standard equipment a 200-horsepower "Torque Command" 290 V-8 engine, automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, power tailgate window, push-button radio, wheel discs, remote control mirror, light group, electric clock, whitewall tires, special-duty springs and shocks, and individually adjustable reclining seats. Options offered include a 280-horsepower 343 cubic inch V-8, air conditioning, and solex glass windows. The Westerner will be marketed in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, San Antonio, Houston, Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit areas; the Mariner in the Los Angeles, Portland, Eugene, San Francisco, Seattle, Miami and Tampa-St. Petersburg areas, and the Briarcliff in the Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Hartford, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Albany and Memphis areas.
It probably had clogged drain holes in the tailgate, my sister had a coffin nosed 76 ambassador wagon and every time she shut the tailgate about 5 gallons of water would slosh around in it until I unclogged the holes. The tailgate then rusted out long before the rest of the body. But I agree the tailgate looks like it would need repair/replacement
