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Amit Kumar . July 05, 2026 . Drag Racer
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This is one Radical Rambler

by Bluto Nash

Kenosha, Wisconsin hometown boy and NAMDRA member Joe Bohaczek eats, sleeps and breathes AMC. At 9.08-148.00 mph he has one of the quickest and fastest alcohol-burning “pure AMC” super gassers in the country— and that’s on the motor.

Bohaczek’s S/G Rambler features an NHRA/SFI-certified chassis built by South Dakota AMC racer Bill Barrett. The Rambler features a Strange coil-over-equipped, Mustang-II-type unequal length tubular front suspension M-II rack-and-pinion steering; Wilwood Engineering two- piston front brakes and 15×3.5-inch Weld Racing two-piece modular front wheels wrapped with a pair of Goodyear Front Runners.
Power comes from a Herman Lewis- assembled 1972 AMC tall deck 401 bored 4.270 inches and stroked 3.850 inches for a displacement of 441 ci. Internals include: Moldex crank, Roll Master timing chain, Total Seal- equipped 15.42:1-compression Diamond Racing pistons, SCAT forged- steel connecting rods, Bullet cam, COMP Cams lifters, CSI water pump and ARP fasteners.
The top end of the engine features a set of Herman Lewis Racing AMC Big Valve aluminum heads equipped with a 2.10-inch-diameter Manley stainless steel intake and 1.74-inch-diameter Manley stainless steel exhaust valves. Valve train hardware is Herman Lewis and COMP Cams protected by a set of EVAC-type aerospace components aluminum valve covers. ARP head studs secure a set of Fel-Pro Loc Wire head gaskets. A Herman Lewis single four- barrel sheet metal intake adapted for EFI covers the lifter valley, which sports a set of FAST mechanical alcohol fuel injectors and a 1,475-cfm Terminator billet throttle body by James Monroe (Killerrons.com). An MSD 7AL crank trigger ignition fires a set of A.C. Delco spark plugs. Headers are Jet Hot-coated Hooker stepped versions with 2-inch primaries and 4-inch secondaries.
Bohaczek’s “office” is fairly Spartan. Aside from the obvious—Race Craft seat, RJS Safety Equipment, Auto Meter gauges—the car features all of the requisite MSD and Dedenbear electronics.

“This 1966, 290-ci Rambler 400 business coupe was originally South Dakotan Bill Barrett’s high school car,” says Bohaczek. “He was so successful street racing it that he decided to build it into an NHRA-legal Super Gasser sometime in the mid-1990s. Then [he] sold the car to Brian and Brett Schneider, who raced the car around the San Antonio, Texas, area for close to 10 years. I bought the Rambler in 2005 and completely updated it to current NHRA-SFI 25 1E 25.2 certification.”

Racing a Chevy or Ford would have been so much cheaper and easier—but hey—what fun would that be?

. There’s nothing fancy in the trunk, just AMC-insignia, Barrett Race Cars sheet metal, a battery and safety shut-off switches.
. Here’s just part of TEAM MEAT, which is short for “Meatheads,” left to right: Paul, Brian and Brett Schneider, owner/driver Joe Bohaczek and Bohaczek’s son Sam.
Classic Auto Body (Kenosha, WI) painted the Rambler classic red, white and blue. Lettering was kept to a minimum. Bohaczek fashioned both hood and deck lid from carbon fiber.

 

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