Wid is Wight. It's the Wambler Webel with the 327 cid Bendix Fuel injected 288 HP V8 which hit 60 mph in 7.2 seconds with its 3 speed transmission.
The Rambler was unitized and therefore lighter than the archaic body on frame method of construction used by Ford, GM, Studebaker and Chrysler in 1957.
The Rambler scorched the big 300C Chryslers which took more than 8 seconds to reach 60 mph.
The 1957 Dodge D500 with the 1956 Chrysler 300B's hemi could not put the power to the ground. It was slower to 60 or the 1/4 than the 1956 D500.
The Ford F Bird with a supercharged 292 cid V8 was hot on the Rambler's heels but only the 283 HP 283 cid 4 speed Corvette got to 60 sooner.
Good Call Wid !!!
Here is the 1957 Rambler Rebel on the Daytona beach where the 1957 speed trials were held.
Don't know why, but I'd like to have one of them.
