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Went to an auction Saturday and came home with this. It's a 1965 rambler 770 with 35000 original miles. Not a big rambler fan, but it was just so nice I bought it.

(quoted from post at 13:51:01 05/15/16) Went to an auction Saturday and came home with this. It's a 1965 rambler 770 with 35000 original miles. Not a big rambler fan, but it was just so nice I bought it.

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Very nice! Is it all original? If not, a 454 would be really nice in it.

It's original with a 6 cylinder. They said it had never been in the rain, snow, or around salt. It has the factory black rustproofing. I have the original window sticker.

(quoted from post at 14:28:01 05/15/16) It's original with a 6 cylinder. They said it had never been in the rain, snow, or around salt. It has the factory black rustproofing. I have the original window sticker.

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Dad had the wagon model of that when I was a kid. He replaced it with a 69 Rebel wagon in 1970.

Rick

Growing up parents bought the same car new in 1966, was well over 200,000 when it was traded for a Matador in 1977. Dad always had the six, I think it was 232. Sad ending for the Matador though, traded in for a Concord in 1981, dealer loaned the Matador to an elderly gent while his car was in the shop. On the way home in the country it caught fire and burned, fellow got out OK but was shaken up.

Cool! They were are pretty good car, underrated in their day.AMC had one of the better 6 cylinder engines with the 232, and their cars were factory rustproof ed, and generally stood up better than most.The Rambler economy image hurt sales at a time when V8 engines and two door hardtop were in the vogue. I have a 67 Rogue, which is the little sister to yours. You will find it to be a real " chicken magnet" at car shows, except that the chick's are older than the car...... Ben

My first car was a '61. It had push-button automatic and the front seats folded back to make a bed. The front end used trunions in stead of ball joints. When they went bad the front end would start hoping at around 45 mph. I didn't keep it long.

Had a '64 Classic that was a lot like that, almost fully loaded in excellent condition. $100 back in '73. What a lackluster slab of iron it was. Torque tube drive train. Used to kick into neutral when going over rail road crossings. Antiquated engineering compared to any other manufacturer. No wonder they went out of business. Replaced it with a '70 Concord (once again because it was cheap because no one wanted them). Another engineering antique. Only good thing was junk yards were full of them for parts.

I had a concord. Don't remember what year it was. I thought it was a rather stylish car but burnt a hole in top of one of the pistons and took about 3 months to get the new piston. I think it was a Porsche engine and used Volks wagon pistons. What a nitemare.

(quoted from post at 14:51:01 05/15/16) Went to an auction Saturday and came home with this. It's a 1965 rambler 770 with 35000 original miles. Not a big rambler fan, but it was just so nice I bought it.

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VERY NICE! You done good! Wish I had it! 8)

Very nice and a good color combination.

I guessed 66 before seeing the caption.

Dean

On my Concord the oil system was the issue. Instead of the oil passage coming from the block aligning with the one in the head it was about a half inch over. They just cut a slot in the head gasket to match them up. Trouble was it got clogged at the gasket choke point and the rockers went dry. What a job clearing it out. So many other things just plain fell apart I had it literally held together with spit and bailing wire.

TELL US, HOW MUCH NEW?? LARK WUZ $1776

Friend of mine....his Dad bought the same car new when we were in high school, gold and white instead of blue. Six with a automatic. Use to go to the new bridge south of town when it had frost on it, spin the tires on the frosty bridge to 110 mph. Come off to dry pavement and leave one heck of a black mark. The six wouldn't spin the wheels on pavement by power brakin it.

Oh that brings back some memories! My first,[legal],car. Deep torque six that was almost indestructible ,I tried hard enough. And the best winter traction rear wheel drive car I ever drove. But also guaranteed to go through 1 of those crossover mufflers a year and tire wear on the front was dismal. Still a very reliable car even though I was dreaming of a Javelin or a Cuda all the time I had it. It even got me to Woodstock and back.

I don't have the sticker here at the house, but it was in the 3200 range new. One of the options list airplane reclining seats. Haven't checked them out yet.

Nice.
I drove a 69 for most of my college years.
199 Ci 6, 3 on the tree.
The uni body frame rusted out and the car essentially broke in half when I drove over some rough RR tracks.
I bought a VW Beetle to replace it.
The Rambler was better and a lot warmer in the winter.

Dealer had one at one time I wanted but could not figure out how to get it. I started out with a 1960 550 196 cu in cast iron 6 4 door with push buton tranny, Dad bout a 1963 same engine 3 speed 4 door just day before, Both good cars but rust finally took them, same as the 1967 American 440 with the 199 engine 2 door stick that was given to me wrecked with 32000 miles and 11 years old and drove it till it rusted away. That followed with 2 1977 Hornets, one 4 door for Dad, mine was a wagon both 258 6 automatic. I followed with a 1979 Concord wagon only with the 232 engine. All developed rust problems late in life. And I went from Cadillac to that 1960 Rambler Classic that was rusted when I bought it. My Cadilac was having engine problems and Dads Desota put a rod thru the pan when we were looking for a car and found both. My 77 was good on gas while Dads was poor but later on I decided it must have been a different rear end gearing. Only one not to have a trailer hitch was the 67. That 67 was wrecked the second time in right front corner and once in rear as I could tell from dammage that was not correctly repaired for the around 80 year old widow that had it and her husband (my wifes great aunt) bought it and he wanted the standard tranny so he would not get mixed up at work driving the fire truck that was his job. When given to me I straightened the frame myself.
The aluminum engines they put in some in the later 50's early 60's is what caused the company to get a bad name.