If you are new to Kustom Kulture, you will experience the overwhelming creativity that exists behind terms like Low Brow Art, Hot Rods, Customs, and Pinstriping. “The world famous Kool Lifestyle Photographer Dirk “The Pixeleye” Behlau and the acclaimed Pinstriper and Artist, Jesper Bram join forces on an astonishing adventure to make a documentary film about the Kustom Kulture movement around the globe.”įlake & Flames is a fantastic adventure through the Kustom Kulture movement around the globe seeking out the hottest Kustom Kulture spots in the United States (US) and Europe. I sponsored this little project from the start and it’s sweet that it´s DONE! It may not be what many consider a show car, but it’s just different enough to show off and win awards with.I have been waiting for this for a long time and now it’s soon on it´s way to me 🙂 So far, he’s clocked over 39,000 miles in it, and is still adding them up. He’s even driven the wagon to Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He reports the wagon is a really great long-hauler, and he’s done the Hot Rod Power Tour twice. He’s is retired, and he spends his days building cars for other people and participating in Hot Rod Power Tours during the summers. He now resides near where his roots started.
Since Len’s wagon is a ’69 as well, and since he’s built a car AMC didn’t make, why not use the same paint scheme? PPG supplied the products, and Len painted the car in his home garage.Īfter 34 years in Denver, Len decided to move back to Iowa a couple of years ago. The 1969 Scrambler was a one-year-only car from AMC, and the only available option was an AM radio. He used a paint scheme that is a take-off of the ’69 Rambler Scrambler. With the car running and driveable, Len moved on to the paint. The wagon is done so well that no one suspects it’s a clone, although ‘clone’ is a misnomer since a ’69 Rambler two door wagon was never built by AMC. pump that is installed in the stock fuel tank. Pumping the gas is a fuel pump is from a Tanks Inc. The instrument cluster features electronic VDO gauges in the stock housing, and the speedometer uses the factory transmission sender. The headliner and door panels are made from a sheet ABS plastic that Len covered in black vinyl. The power seats were pulled from an '83 Monte Carlo, and the transmission is five-speed Interior is done in black vinyl with black carpeting. The front seat is a split bench out of an ’83 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The wiring is a Painless TBI setup with the ECM under the passenger’s seat. The stock exhaust manifolds are used, and a dual exhaust exits under the rear bumper. Len reports there is no problem finding replacement parts. The engine accessory drive is from a 1990 Chevy pickup, and uses all of the factory parts, including the A/C compressor and 130 amperes alternator. Scouring the pick-a-part yards, Len found the radiator he needed- a 4-core replacement for a ‘66-‘67 Chevelle big block.
Scrambler emblems are placed in strategic spots on the vehicle to give the impression the wagon was factory built.įor the transmission, Len found that a light-duty truck transmission, the NV 3500 five-speed transmission out of a Chevy 1/2 ton pickup would work well, and he grabbed the shifter out of an S-10 pickup. It fit beautifully in the engine compartment. To that end, Len decided on a new GM 350 ci long block, topping it off with a 1984 Corvette crossfire injection. Fortunately, the same frame was used under the wagon, and that made installing an engine easy. This was so they could install their 390 ci engine and four-speed in the Scrambler. AMC had added ‘frame connectors’ to the one-year-only ’69 Scrambler chassis to help stiffen the unibody. The best part of the four door wagon was the chassis.
The plan was to make the wagon a long distance runner, and in the words of prolific car author Gray Baskerville: Len’s wagon is a “reacher.”
Len had gotten into rod running with his friends, and cross country trips were high on the list. The cutting began in earnest, and it took nearly three years to combine the two cars into a single two door wagon. On the way back to Denver, the ole’ gears in his head got to turning, and Len decided to build an AMC model that the company never made – a two door wagon.Īfter a bit of searching, he found a two door parts car in Iowa and retrieved it. Fortunately, the car had no rust, it was running, and even had factory A/C. He found a four-door wagon in Fresno, California, and picked it up on Christmas morning of 2005. He decided his next build would be another Rambler, because he liked the looks and size of the 1964 through ’69 Rambler American wagons. Seen from inside the car, the ’69 Scrambler hood scoop is a dominant feature.
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