Rambler for 1965
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Outlining the turning point for AMC - the Ramblers for 1965, how they stack up, how to sell them, and what it will mean to the dealer.
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My neighbors on both sides drove Ramblers. My uncle drove them as well and loved them. My uncle had a 1966 Classic 770 4 door sedan. What a sweet running car it was with the 232 six.
Narrator is the incomparable Gary Owens ❤
Our neighbor bought a dark brown with tan interior 770 wagon with a 287 in it. I remember their oldest son drove it to Virginia to the naval base after joining the navy. Mom and dad bought a new 1968 AMC Ambassador sedan. Crazy thing is, sales were actually down twelve percent over 1964 with these new restyled Ramblers.
the redesigned 1965 Chevrolet had something to do with the sales decline. Ramblers were good values and had solid engineering, but the competition (the Big Three) had an impressive lineup.
All the Big Three cars had totally new full-size models (Ford, Chevy and Plymouth), and the mid-size field was tougher than ever with the Chevelle, Tempest, F-85 and Special, Fairlane, and cleverly repositioned Coronet and Belvedere models. Not to mention a little number from Ford called the Mustang...and the spectacular repositioning of the AMC lineup turned off the traditional Rambler buyer while failing to win sales from the competition...
The Big Three had large advertising revenues. I don't recall seeing any Rambler commercials on TV until they dropped the Rambler name for AMC.
@@bferguson9277 RUclips has a episode of the extremely short-lived nighttime soap opera "Our Private World" (a spinoff of "As The World Turns"). The opening billboard shows a line drawing of the 1965 Rambler Marlin and a Marlin commercial at the first commercial break
First time I've ever heard "glamorous" and "Rambler" in the same sentence.
Yes, they were good cars.
The turning point, indeed. This was the year Roy Abernethy decided to move the Rambler line upmarket with "3 different sizes, 3 different wheelbases, 7 spectacular engines" because he wanted to "get rid of the old Rambler image." The sad part was it completely undid the effort to consolidate the American, Classic and Ambassadors onto two wheelbases and two sizes, with the Classic exclusively a six and the Ambassador exclusively a V-8. Between these changes and the addition of the Marlin, AMC was nearly out of business by mid-1967...
My parents had the Classic 770 4-door with the 287 V-8. The color was Barcelona Taupe. They had a 1963 Classic before that, and I thought the fit and finish and general quality control was better on the earlier car. 1963 was the year the Rambler Classic won Motor Trend's Car of the Year, likely because it was such a radical departure from the previous boxy and mundane looking cars they'd been making. The wagon interiors were nice because the cargo area was carpeted and looked kinda classy.
My parents had a 1963 Rambler Classic station wagon... It was a great dark blue with a light blue interior. One of the selling points was the "car of the year" designation. It never seemed that there was any problem with the car and I loved the back fold down seats and the joy of going to the drive-in movie with my parents and comfortably falling asleep on the back of the car with my siblings. That 1963 Rambler is part of my fondest memories of childhood!
@4:55 they actually offered a flathead engine on a '65 car, are you kidding me?!
Nope! I owned one!!
I completely forgot that Rambler still offered a flathead 6 in the '65 American. Someone tell me, was that the last flathead offered on a U.S. car?
The very last! The "Super Flying Scot" engine dated back to the original 1950 Nash Rambler!
@@gcfifthgear Although not powerful, I believe it had been a good engine for Nash/Rambler for its apparent 15 year run. Thanks for the info.
One of each, please as I can't decide since they all look so glamorous, stylish, and excellent! 😃 (Insert "Just Take My Money!" meme here) 😄 (and, no, I Will NOT be trading in my 1960 Rambler Super) 😅
I’ll take a Classic 770-H coupe and a 770 Classic Cross Country, please.
I got 165 restore it for the second time it's not too long shame on me
All cars are also equipped with the desirable "magenta shift"!