1961 Comet VS AMC Rambler Training Film P1
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- Опубликовано: 30 янв 2009
- This is a video of a 1961 Comet salesman film comparing it to the 1961 Comet VS AMC Rambler. This is the original slide show with the original 33-1/3 RPM record sound. Comet dealers would show the slides and play the record for their salesmen to train them about the car and point out how it is better than the competition. Please go to www.61thriftpower.com/DVDsales... for a DVD with (4) 1961 salesmen slide films, two TV commercials and 2 radio interviews conducted by Jac LeGoff with Mr Ben D Mills, Vice President of the Ford Motor Company and General Manager of The Lincoln, Mercury, Comet Division.
Of couse they didn't mention that the Rambler has 127 horsepower standard, the Comet has 85. Also the Rambler has a 3-speed automatic, the Comet has a 2-speed. The Rambler also offered their famous fully reclining seats. They are both nice cars and this is a facinating look at history, thanks for posting.
And the fact they thought the comets rear End was better proportioned. Don’t get me wrong... I’m a Ford guy... but I also own a 58 Rambler Custom. And I gotta say the taillights on the 61 comets always threw me off... rear end of the rambler classic certainly looks better
Ya gotta remember, the Rambler had a bigger and more powerful engine than the Comet, and the Comet taillights were cribbed directly from the 1960 Edsel, which the Comet was intended to replace. Early Comet styling studies carried the Edsel name script and even a vertical center grille divider.
Rambler offered overdrive, and the available automatic transmission was a three-speed Borg-Warner unit instead of a two-speed.
And who says greater overall length is a virtue to a smaller car buyer?
it was the old idea of more car for the money
As has been pointed out, the Comet was originally meant to be the 61 Edsel.
Actually an early 61 or mid year 60...
A compact Edsel?
This was when the Rambler American was a smaller car designed to compete with the imports, while the Rambler Classic was the compact-sized car and the Rambler Ambassador was an intermediate-sized car. Midway through the 1960s - to the best of my knowledge - AMC increased the American to compact-sized, the Classic to intermediate-sized and the Ambassador to full-sized.
Had 5 AMC vehicle,770 ,990/convertible,sport about wagon,n others,all rode like much larger cars,best cars I ever owned,owned2fords,junk,rust buckets.
+Kenneth Lewis I owned several of these and loved them, but they did all rust away here in New England and gone in 3 or 4 years! Loved my 2 AMCs= no rust LOL
Mercury.... if you can not beat em .... then Bash them! Comet was just a Ford Falcon reskined ! Comet equals Turd !
I had to change the leaf springs in my 61 Comet but they did not break, they just were sagging. No rust though after all these years!
Rambler more reliable and also safty concious.Duel master cylinder. Think ill go for the rambler especilly comparing to major giant mercury.
It's a little sad to see what passed for advertising back in the 1960s. I mean styling is so subjective. "Gun sight rings on the fenders!" Oh yeah, gotta have those, it helps when you're out driving for roadkill.
This isn't advertising, it's salesman training.
5:01 Notice how much higher the trunk lift-over is on the Comet.
I'd take either one, I love the cars of the early sixties
This us funny because my grandmother owned a Rambler, and my grandfather owned a Comet.
I would think that the shorter Rambler would be easier to parallel park, especially in cities where parking is at a premium. Cadillac even offered shortened models of their cars as city versions.
Shorter wheelbase =\= worse ride especially with AMCs legendary trunnion suspension
My Aunt Virginia had one of these. As a Iittle kid in the early 60s I thought it was the coolest little car! It was fast and the rear deck styling and taillights were almost futuristic looking! 👍😄
Rambler was designed and built as a solid, dependable, economical car. Resale value was high because they lasted a long time. Falcon and comet were designed to be disposable. Planned obsolescence. They were meant to last 4 years.
AMC is notorious for overbuilding their cars. A big reason why they were always short on cash... their cars actually lasted
it says the comet logo with black embossed applique is lacking on the Rambler, I guess so, that feature doesn't even make any sense!
my thoughts exactly. Why would Rambler place the word Comet in black letters on their own cars?
Why are gunsight ornaments the #1 advertised benefit? Are these aids for aiming the car safely?
Horsepower? Overdrive? Air conditioning? Three-speed automatic? Three-seat wagon? Ease of entry? Torque tube drive?
Was asked if my 62 Fairlane was a Comet...They are similar in grill&headlights..
he does not mention engine choices or fuel economy.
Both good cars but I vote for the Rambler....
Actually, Rambler didn't install a dual master cylinder braking system on its cars until the 1962 model year.
Ford&Gm 1967 .....
@@packingten Cadillac in '62, Studebaker in '63.
'63 Studebaker was also the first US manufacturer to offer modern caliper-style power disc brakes, though the discs were on a single-circuit hydraulic system.
@bigcrowfly The original Comet even used left over tail light lenses from the 1960 Edsel
Not correct. The style was similar since the Comet was to be an Edsel, but they were longer and shaped differently.
The first Comets were originally planned to be compact Edsels, that is why they have the angled tail lights and gunsite ornaments. When they cancelled the Edsel, they had to do a last minute change to calling it a Comet. Just substituted name since they both have 5 letters, and did not badge as Mercury till later.
The same is true of the 1960 VALIANT. it was a stand-alone make with no divisional badging for the first two years, only a stylized letter “V”.
It wasn’t officially a PLYMOUTH model until year THREE. (The DUSTER and the SCAMP were both Valiants TOO…as the letter “V” in their VIN numbers proves)
Comet. Aka 61 Edsel
it's hard to imagine nowadays that you could once buy a new car for $2,000..... everything now is at least 10 times what it used to cost then. what you pay for even a cheap car now you used to be able to buy a decent house for that price.of course back then the average worker only made about $2 an hour
In 1961 $2000 was equal to $19,810.77 in 2022. So yes, due to inflation things do cost 10x more. In the late 50s there was a recession in America and that was what was driving people to buy "compact" cars.
I had a 1961 classic. Great car, bigger inside and bigger trunk than the comet The engine was perfect and I got 27mpg on the highway. 6cyl and overdrive. Comets leaf springs could break after only a few years, which didn't matter because by that time, the trunk floor and rocker panels would be rusted out
When I was a kid there was a perv who tried to lure me and a couple of other young boys in the neighborhood into his Rambler. I don't know what happened to him or the car, but I never liked Ramblers after that.
Moon rambler dealership, Plymouth rd and telegraph. Bela stevens owner. Ha Lo from Albania
Ludicrous. Must have given the Comet sales staff a good laugh: "Sell them on the oil filter, the gunsight trim, the roof design!"
The comet tooling sent to Australia and became the basis, much upgraded, of the Australian 1965 Falcon XP.
ruclips.net/video/nEkrX1qH5jo/видео.html
Saved Ford Australia after the early Falcons problems.
Mitt Romneys father was the disign chief of Rambler at the time for those who are interested 🤓.
the comet was known to have an inadequate brake master cylinder, while achieving the single most ridiculous styling cues from fomoco since the edsel. what a p.o.s. one of my aunts got one for her birthday, and it cost so much to keep fixing it, that my grampa charley dumped it for a chrysler.
For a Chrysler? OUCH!
Powerful arguments for the Comet.. Once again Comet comes through.
The Comet, in it’s first TWO YEARS on the market, had NO DIVISIONAL BADGING ANYWHERE ON THE CAR. Do you know WHY ?
The reasons will SHOCK you ! Read THIS : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Comet?wprov=sfti1
Mercury.... if you can not beat em .... then Bash them! Comet was just a Ford Falcon reskined ! Comet equals Turd !
Ridiculous, the Rambler is twice the quality of the junky Comet.
Again, Comet scores. The 1960-61 Ramblei Classic was always an old rat 🐀 compared with other contemporary compacts
ramblers were so much cooler, and much better looking, plus they did not have a damned ford engine!!!
The first two Rambler Classics are that ugly to be called the Alcatraz Rats. Comet is on the other hand, a handsome offshoot of the standard sized Mercs for '61.
It was an Edsel. The taillights were the same lenses as the '60 Edsel Ranger. The early Comet styling studies had the horse-collar grille center and Edsel name scripts. Even the letter _C_ emblem was derived from the _E_ Edsel emblem.
Adding more weight and length to the basic Falcon structure did no favors to the already inadequate 80 horsepower 144 cube six, especially with the two-speed Ford-O-Matic.
Even the '59 Studebaker Lark VI (pronounced _six_ ) had 90 horsepower.
Rambler had 127 horsepower and offered a 3-speed automatic, and the stick shift version could be had with optional overdrive.
If you want something that looks like your grandma should be driving it, go Rambler