Had a friend in the early 70's that had a late 50's Rambler. He pointed out that the seats were super comfortable, and could be turned into a bed. Thumb up for the memories.
I had a 68 Ambassador Wagon with the 343...paid $35 for it and original owner threw in a set of new snow tires lol....and then noticed it was low on gas and gave me $10 back. So I actually paid $25 bucks......car had no rust..55k miles...ran great.....that was 1981....my AMC story...
You have a great collection. It's nice to see some one restore and collect and preserve an automaker that is no longer. These cars are wonderful and have a lot of unique and advanced features. My parents purchased new in '67 white AMC Rambler Rebel SST.
Cool Ranch! I loved AMC. My 1st drive was my Mother's 1972 Javelin sst w/304 auto. I bought my own 72 after discharge from the Navy. A 72 Javelin w/3spd 304. My Dad had an Ambassador 84? w/the big grill. My last Javelin was a 73 w/4spd and a 360. Had to let it go 10 years ago. Also had a few Eagle wagons. Great cars.
Kathleen Sheridan what do u mean? They always bought new cars back then. It was rare to see a 5 year old car in the 50s. Now it's common to see cars from 2000+ And still not rare to see 90s cars
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se it always amazes me when I hear people talk about the good ole days that they know nothing about...she obviously never owned a 57 Ford?
It's great to find out about a place like this. The Rambler Ranch has been added to my bucket list of places to visit. I always loved AMC cars and even owned a few many years ago.
As a kid in 1962, one evening we went to Lakeview Motors in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Can't remember if it was that night or a few days later, but we had a Brand New Car! A 1962 Rambler American station wagon! Dark Blue, except for the roof, which was white. Weird star wheel controlled tailgate window holder-upper, Flat head 6, autotrans, no radio. I remember going with my Dad to get the radio put in at the Car Radio place in Hackensack, NJ at Anderson & River!!! Dad had seat belts added, the car didn't come with them, and a 4-way flasher unit - Grey pointy knob on a maroon case hanging from the dash to the right of the wheel. A few days or weeks later, our next door neighbor came home with 62 Rambler American station wagon. Their's was all dark blue and had "3 on the tree" for their trans. Our Rambler never liked trips to "The Country" to see my Gradparents and would seem to breakdown at least once a summer on the way there. It stopped running around 1970 and when I tried to bring it to life to be "my car" around 1973, the poor engine was rusted solid. Another neighbor, had a 59 Rambler Classic station wagon, a larger car with a different body style and at least 2-toned paint scheme, maybe three, I seem to remember Black, White & Pink.
I remember about 20 years ago, riding the school bus and one of the houses on the route had a Rambler Marlin sitting out under a pine tree. IIRC it was white with a black or brown stripe down the middle. Always liked that fastback design on that car!
ROAD TRIP!!!!! Its only 8hr away..550miles.. We had 3 or 4 Ramblers as a kid....I always loved them because they were different....I'd love to have one again..
Never mind these being two beautiful examples of Nash cars, the features and the paint, and the bodies, and the lights and the interiors are just fantastic pieces of design work. Nash was ahead of their time.
Styling is what sold cars in the 50s and the Big 3 had lots of money to spend on sheet metal. Nash had some good or clever ideas, but car buyers wanted pizzazz. Nash did not have it. That is some of their appeal today.....they are unique. Thanks for this visit to the Ranch. Believe you could spend a month there making videos.
@@davidfoster5787 I once had a Javelin, then a Hornet Hatchback, then an Alliance (do the Renault's count?). I would love to have an old Rambler and an AMX.
Back in the 60s a friend's family had a 58 or 59 Ambassador with the 327 V-8 and factory A/C. That big boxy thing surprised many a sportier car with it's acceleration. And the trunk would hide 2 or 3 teenagers who would come inside through the folding rear seat after 2 others would pay to get into the drive-in movie.
I and members attending our national HET (Hudson-Essex-Terraplane) Club meet at Colorado Springs, CO in 2015 were invited for a day to visit the Rambler Ranch. We were all impressed with this fascinating museum of mostly Nash, Rambler, American Motors Cars and associated memorabilia (dealer signs, model cars, you name it!) neatly assembled in several large buildings not to mention a lot of "parts cars" and potential restorations stored outdoors. I was really surprised to see one smaller building displaying Kelvinator stoves and refrigerators (the company was once known as Nash-Kelvinator). Oh yes, there was at least one American Motors built Hudson Hornet on display. Well worth a visit if you can arrange it. Thanks, MyClassicCarTV, for sharing your visit to this remarkable auto collection!
Hi Dan...it's Jan Frank (your cousin Donnie's High School Friend). Happy to see your still out and about! Do you still have the Hornet and the 55 Ford Crown Vic? We are going back 25 years+. I had the 54 Ford Crestline Sedan in PR.
@@jayf.8686 Hi Jan, last time I met you, I believe, was at your wedding. Jeez, that seems like ages ago! I sold that Hudson Wasp (what you thought was the Hornet) while still living in Iowa back about 1988 (it's now owned by a collector in Germany). The '56 Ford 2 door Club Sedan sold not too long after I bought in in 1982. I now own a 1953 Hudson Super Wasp. I gather you no longer have the '54 Ford. Hope all's well with you!
I had a '59 Rambler Cross Country (station wagon) in the same color scheme as the Ambassador shown here. 3-speed manual plus Borg Warner 2 speed overdrive. Went a lot of places in my college days in that car. Apart from normal maintenance, I had no issues with the car; my only unusual expense was replacement of the shredded front driver seat cover. Good mileage by the standards of the day.
i love the old not a ford or chevy cars, growing up my dad always drove a nash, hudson, studebaker, packard, or something out of the ordinary. we had several hudsons, i remember a 49 we had with an assisted shift mechanism, it had vacuum solenoids that would pull the shifter through the gear once you applied a little pressure, and several of the cars, for sure the older studebakers, had a brake lock, or hill lock was correct name, when you pulled up to stop on a hill, you depressed the clutch and brake at the same time, the clutch pedal had a little tab on the side that depressed a button/valve and you could release the brake pedal and brakes were locked until you let off the clutch. way ahead of its time there, don't even have that on new cars. one thing dennis or the owner didn't mention when discussing the seats, nash literature stated that when you let the seats down into a bed, it was the same size as a full size bed and all your sheets and bedding would fit. i know this was correct because i drove one when i was in the military and slept lots of nights in that car.
Had a friend back in 1970s had a 48 Chevy that had vacuum assist shifting. With all these fancy engines back in 50s I am surprised that back in 1970s a fellow in my neighborhood had a Rambler not that old, I think it was early 60s but one day he opened the hood and there was a FLATHEAD six ( ??? )
I have a California model 62 Classic. It has the reclining seats. Under the front seat, there's a prop to level the bottom cushion when you bring the seat full forward to make it into a bed. The 62 is also the first year that Rambler had dual chamber master cylinders, separating the front and rear brakes. My car has the state mandated closed crankcase PCV Valve system which was mandatory for new 1961 and later cars sold in California. The PCV Valve recirculated unburned fumes back into the intake manifold to burn further, reducing unburned fumes being released into the air. If you come across a 61 and later California model Rambler, you will see a hose leading from the engine draft vent spot to a PCV Valve mounted to a vacuum port on the intake manifold. The vents on the California models for 1961 and later have a smaller diameter and shorter tube that connects to a small diameter heater hose leading to the PCV valve bolted to a 90° brass fitting screwed into a vacuum port on the intake manifold. My late dad bought the Rambler brand new in Southern California from a dealer serving Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
One of my neighbors had a black and white Nash Metropolitan. My father had a 1953 Nash, tan body with a maroon top which he bought used. He eventually sold it and bought a brand new 1960 Rambler station wagon, pink with a white top. Both cars were six cylinders with a three speed manual transmission.
Nash/AMC had a large export market in the UK and Australia. They centered the dashboard so they could move the steering wheel to the right side with a minimum of special parts.
They were. For reasons that I could never comprehend, the movies of the 50s often showed Nashes in use as police cars, although I doubt that they ever were. They might have been supplied for the promotional effect, like the Ford vehicles on the "Andy Griffith Show", and Chrysler products on, "Leave it to Beaver". I noticed them because, during that period (1950s) I had five Nash products, including three Statesmen, a 1955 Ambassador,(As shown in the video) and lastly, a 1959 AMC Rambler, the only one purchased new.
It's kind of amazing how good those cars look now, but when they were 15 years old nobody wanted one. Dad was sort of into Ramblers. Mom always drove the good car, the one we used for vacations, and dad drove old cheap Ramblers and Nash. I've had a few myself, my favorite was a 64 American with a flat head six and overdrive. I guess Rambler was the last car maker to still sell a flat head. I remember dad bought a almost new (amc) Rambler American station wagon that had been lightly hit in the back, and probably spun around. It was a painting contractor's car, and the entire interior was covered in paint. I can't imagine what the owner looked like after the wreck. Somehow dad got it looking like new again, fixed the body damage, and drove it for years. I don't recall how he got the paint cleaned up inside.
My father owned a 1954 Statesman Super. Despite owning Chryslers, Cadillacs and Lincolns in later years, he said he never owned a better driving car than his 1954 Nash. I owned a 1973 AMC Javelin and a 1981 AMC Concord.
Какая же красота!! Просто потрясающе, восхитительно!! Второй автомобиль напомнил мне нашу Чайку ГАЗ 13: на решётке такие стилизованные крылья золотистые, а главное рамка лобового стекла!! Такое ощущение, что газовцы увидели эту американскую машину и решили, что на Чайке будет именно такая же, широкая, фигурная рамка лобового стекла!!
In high school driver's ed. I drove the Matador wagon no one else wanted to drive (mid 70's) because it wasn't 'cool'. It was very comfortable, and really nice to drive. I'd like to have one now. It was bright yellow with faux wood panels, and a soft brown interior.
At one of my first jobs in mid 70s there was old timer working in sales dept. and he was looking to buy a new car but he complained at how they were all too much and he couldn’t get good enough deal. One day he comes in all happy saying he finally got a great deal on a new car. I went out back to see what he got, it was a new AMC Matador 1974 or 75 the year of those really weird looking ones. I just laughed
@@michaelszczys8316 Hey, I'd totally rock one of those today. The only problem (and blessing), is that those Kenosha wonders are made of unobtainium today. Good luck finding a clean one!
Has anyone noticed that the Nash logo on the grille (10:10) looks very similar to Cadillac's? The big 'V' at the bottom, and the shape of the badge, including the 'wings' at the top left and right certainly mimic Cadillac's. I love seeing these old cars that were before my time. Well, the '57 Ambassador Custom was the year I was born.
Nothing is better than a Rambler Ambassador with its fully reclining bench seats. When I showed it to my girlfriend way back then her eyes opened stricken wide as she said: "don't show that to my dad!" Best design ever, we crossed Canada in it without stopping at a motel or setting up a tent!
The Continental kit carried an extra tire, or the only spare If the trunk was needed for luggage. Tires, even in the 1950s-1960s still weren't that good, so another tire in rotation extended the life of a set of tires. My parents, aunts, uncles, cousins all drove Plymouths, Dodges, or Chryslers. My father made his own continental kits on his car. He made them out of coca cola signs!
My dad bought a 63 rambler classic brand new. It ran for a long time, little trouble. He read the magazine Motor Trend and saw it won their car of the year award-first year the car was “downsized”
Bruce Springsteen should have written a song about the Rambler Ranch. Glad to see these nice cars weren't buried halfway in the ground as those Cadillacs were in Texas.
They certainly didn't set the street on for most models but I remember some friends having a 1961 Ambassador Wagon with a 327 and I remember that thing was a fast acceleration car. When we would go on weekend trips with them, we kids could sleep in the back and we did not feel any bumps. You got a great value for your money. The Rambler Classic and American were the best low cost leaders in my opinion. It was very hard to compete with THE BIG THREE. Too bad.
When I was 2 and 1960 my mother had one of these it was in a chartreuse color for lack of a better term I used to stick a swimming ring in the shape of an inner tube in the back bumper I used to stick a swimming ring in the shape of another tube in the back bumper to make it look like a continental kit the body literally rusted off at that it ran just perfect then we got a 58 Volkswagen bus that's a whole nother story
Takes me back a long time, very nice. You make no mention of the parking distance censors sticking out the side there at 15:15?? :) not sure if cars had that since the early 2000's when electronic parking censors were introduced.
That's cool man! I think this was recommended cuz I just saw Jay's big green Nash episode today with a lot of these same features! My dad always talks about his old Nash. If you want to let this guest know I recently saw a pretty nice AMC Marlin body in a junkyard video in Springfield Oregon on Country Boy Gas Garage
My first car- a '63 three on the tree Rambler sedan, shamefully I abused it, needed a ring job bad. One night coming home from my buddy's house I ran out of gas while almost making it to the top of the last hill to home. I put her in low, cranked the starter and made it to the top and literally coasted into my drive way. The thing I hated most was the windshield wipers- vacuum actuated and every time I shifted gears they would pause- drove me nuts. I killed it one day when oil light came on, I ignored it and the engine froze up, gave it away to another guy who rebuilt it for his brother just getting out of the service, got myself a '64 Gran Prix, I Loved that muscle beast but within a year (1969) got my draft notice and went Navy, had to sell it to pay off the note. Married my wife that same year, drove her Volkswagen Beetle until I seperated- oh how far the mighty had fallen. ☺
The 1955 and 1956 Ambassadors had optional Packard V-8's. With the Packard V-8, you also got the Packard Ultramatic transmission. This was a similar transmission to the Detroit Gear, which evolved into the Borg Warner automatic.
Great video! Thanks!! A good friend just bought 2 Metropolitans (located in 2 different states!), one to restore, one for parts. He is a professional "car guy", so I'm guessing he knows about both this video & Rambler Ranch, but I'm gonna send this video on to him just to be sure.
Why do I love these Ramblers so much????
13 VINTAGE CARS WITH VINTAGE CLOCKS, RAMBLER RANCH REALLY ROCKS
Thanks for sharing Dennis!! 👍🏿
My first car was a 1965 Rambler Ambassador 880. I loved it! Thx for your channel.
Wow! An awesome collection of Nash and Rambler cars! I wish I could've been there to see them personally.
I about had a seizure in the beginning of this video to see a whole herd of Hornets - my first car was a 76. You go guys!
I see the copper one has curb feelers.( so you don't scratch up your tires on the curb.)
Had a friend in the early 70's that had a late 50's Rambler. He pointed out that the seats were super comfortable, and could be turned into a bed. Thumb up for the memories.
I had a 68 Ambassador Wagon with the 343...paid $35 for it and original owner threw in a set of new snow tires lol....and then noticed it was low on gas and gave me $10 back. So I actually paid $25 bucks......car had no rust..55k miles...ran great.....that was 1981....my AMC story...
An awesome collection. Thank you for bringing this to our screens and thank this gentleman for his work and passion.
I luv ramblers
You have a great collection. It's nice to see some one restore and collect and preserve an automaker that is no longer. These cars are wonderful and have a lot of unique and advanced features. My parents purchased new in '67 white AMC Rambler Rebel SST.
Cool Ranch! I loved AMC. My 1st drive was my Mother's 1972 Javelin sst w/304 auto. I bought my own 72 after discharge from the Navy. A 72 Javelin w/3spd 304. My Dad had an Ambassador 84? w/the big grill. My last Javelin was a 73 w/4spd and a 360. Had to let it go 10 years ago. Also had a few Eagle wagons. Great cars.
I agree!
The last Ambassador was a 74.
What a great collection of cars. I love the Rambler station wagons. Older cars were manufactured very well. They seemed to last longer.❤️
Kathleen Sheridan what do u mean? They always bought new cars back then. It was rare to see a 5 year old car in the 50s. Now it's common to see cars from 2000+
And still not rare to see 90s cars
You have no idea what you are saying! You must be one of the "world is going to hell" people...those cars while interesting, were crap!
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se it always amazes me when I hear people talk about the good ole days that they know nothing about...she obviously never owned a 57 Ford?
He's gotta have the greatest job in the world. Dennis is my idol
It's great to find out about a place like this. The Rambler Ranch has been added to my bucket list of places to visit. I always loved AMC cars and even owned a few many years ago.
As a kid in 1962, one evening we went to Lakeview Motors in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Can't remember if it was that night or a few days later, but we had a Brand New Car! A 1962 Rambler American station wagon! Dark Blue, except for the roof, which was white. Weird star wheel controlled tailgate window holder-upper, Flat head 6, autotrans, no radio. I remember going with my Dad to get the radio put in at the Car Radio place in Hackensack, NJ at Anderson & River!!! Dad had seat belts added, the car didn't come with them, and a 4-way flasher unit - Grey pointy knob on a maroon case hanging from the dash to the right of the wheel. A few days or weeks later, our next door neighbor came home with 62 Rambler American station wagon. Their's was all dark blue and had "3 on the tree" for their trans. Our Rambler never liked trips to "The Country" to see my Gradparents and would seem to breakdown at least once a summer on the way there. It stopped running around 1970 and when I tried to bring it to life to be "my car" around 1973, the poor engine was rusted solid.
Another neighbor, had a 59 Rambler Classic station wagon, a larger car with a different body style and at least 2-toned paint scheme, maybe three, I seem to remember Black, White & Pink.
I remember about 20 years ago, riding the school bus and one of the houses on the route had a Rambler Marlin sitting out under a pine tree. IIRC it was white with a black or brown stripe down the middle. Always liked that fastback design on that car!
The Marlin was beautiful, one of my favourites. But they did lack the go fast. But still I liked them.
These were unique American cars, it great to see them in their glory.
A very informative and good video on a car of the past. Wished Rambler was still around.
My Dad had a Rambler. Loved the way it drove and was very “Art Deco” in design. I miss riding with him in that beautiful car.
ROAD TRIP!!!!! Its only 8hr away..550miles..
We had 3 or 4 Ramblers as a kid....I always loved them because they were different....I'd love to have one again..
Damn, I love these beautiful works of art...especially the '57.
Never mind these being two beautiful examples of Nash cars, the features and the paint, and the bodies, and the lights and the interiors are just fantastic pieces of design work. Nash was ahead of their time.
Styling is what sold cars in the 50s and the Big 3 had lots of money to spend on sheet metal. Nash had some good or clever ideas, but car buyers wanted pizzazz. Nash did not have it. That is some of their appeal today.....they are unique. Thanks for this visit to the Ranch. Believe you could spend a month there making videos.
In 64 my buddy and me cruised around in Atlanta in his Nash metropolitan convertible. We must have looked like a couple of dorks but we loved it
Holy shit, all those restorations are so well done
I worked on quite a few rambler 6 cylinders and when running correctly they run smooth as glass.
jon lennon, I agree, mine runs beautifully and is so simple and easy to work on. I love my little wagon!
I once heard a story from a guy who claimed he had a Gremlin with more than 700,000 miles on the engine.
Family had 2 AMC'S. I still want a Pacer, Javelin and an AMX.
@@davidfoster5787 I once had a Javelin, then a Hornet Hatchback, then an Alliance (do the Renault's count?). I would love to have an old Rambler and an AMX.
💕👍 nicely strange
My dad loved his Nash and Rambler products...I was embarrassed as a young hotrod Ford guy! Now I'm a geezer and wish I had one of them!!!
I love the body style and the color of the 1955.
Back in the 60s a friend's family had a 58 or 59 Ambassador with the 327 V-8 and factory A/C. That big boxy thing surprised many a sportier car with it's acceleration. And the trunk would hide 2 or 3 teenagers who would come inside through the folding rear seat after 2 others would pay to get into the drive-in movie.
I and members attending our national HET (Hudson-Essex-Terraplane) Club meet at Colorado Springs, CO in 2015 were invited for a day to visit the Rambler Ranch. We were all impressed with this fascinating museum of mostly Nash, Rambler, American Motors Cars and associated memorabilia (dealer signs, model cars, you name it!) neatly assembled in several large buildings not to mention a lot of "parts cars" and potential restorations stored outdoors. I was really surprised to see one smaller building displaying Kelvinator stoves and refrigerators (the company was once known as Nash-Kelvinator). Oh yes, there was at least one American Motors built Hudson Hornet on display. Well worth a visit if you can arrange it. Thanks, MyClassicCarTV, for sharing your visit to this remarkable auto collection!
having owned 3 American Motors Cars,Rambler American, Javelin,and a Gremlin.always wanted a Pacer!
Hi Dan...it's Jan Frank (your cousin Donnie's High School Friend). Happy to see your still out and about! Do you still have the Hornet and the 55 Ford Crown Vic? We are going back 25 years+. I had the 54 Ford Crestline Sedan in PR.
@@jayf.8686 Hi Jan, last time I met you, I believe, was at your wedding. Jeez, that seems like ages ago! I sold that Hudson Wasp (what you thought was the Hornet) while still living in Iowa back about 1988 (it's now owned by a collector in Germany). The '56 Ford 2 door Club Sedan sold not too long after I bought in in 1982. I now own a 1953 Hudson Super Wasp. I gather you no longer have the '54 Ford. Hope all's well with you!
Fabulous. Thanks. UK
I would love to see the Rambler Ranch someday! Thank you for the great video.
I had a '59 Rambler Cross Country (station wagon) in the same color scheme as the Ambassador shown here. 3-speed manual plus Borg Warner 2 speed overdrive. Went a lot of places in my college days in that car. Apart from normal maintenance, I had no issues with the car; my only unusual expense was replacement of the shredded front driver seat cover. Good mileage by the standards of the day.
As a teen I inherited a '59 Rambler Wagon. Tose fold down seats got a workout.
I learned to drive in a '52 Nash Rambler. Great car and I had a lot of fun driving it. It was very well made.
Those Nash cars were amazing for a little kid who grew up in the 1950s.
My Uncle had a Rambler and we had 8 people in that beast of a car.
i love the old not a ford or chevy cars, growing up my dad always drove a nash, hudson, studebaker, packard, or something out of the ordinary. we had several hudsons, i remember a 49 we had with an assisted shift mechanism, it had vacuum solenoids that would pull the shifter through the gear once you applied a little pressure, and several of the cars, for sure the older studebakers, had a brake lock, or hill lock was correct name, when you pulled up to stop on a hill, you depressed the clutch and brake at the same time, the clutch pedal had a little tab on the side that depressed a button/valve and you could release the brake pedal and brakes were locked until you let off the clutch. way ahead of its time there, don't even have that on new cars. one thing dennis or the owner didn't mention when discussing the seats, nash literature stated that when you let the seats down into a bed, it was the same size as a full size bed and all your sheets and bedding would fit. i know this was correct because i drove one when i was in the military and slept lots of nights in that car.
Had a friend back in 1970s had a 48 Chevy that had vacuum assist shifting.
With all these fancy engines back in 50s I am surprised that back in 1970s a fellow in my neighborhood had a Rambler not that old, I think it was early 60s but one day he opened the hood and there was a FLATHEAD six ( ??? )
I have a California model 62 Classic. It has the reclining seats. Under the front seat, there's a prop to level the bottom cushion when you bring the seat full forward to make it into a bed. The 62 is also the first year that Rambler had dual chamber master cylinders, separating the front and rear brakes.
My car has the state mandated closed crankcase PCV Valve system which was mandatory for new 1961 and later cars sold in California. The PCV Valve recirculated unburned fumes back into the intake manifold to burn further, reducing unburned fumes being released into the air. If you come across a 61 and later California model Rambler, you will see a hose leading from the engine draft vent spot to a PCV Valve mounted to a vacuum port on the intake manifold. The vents on the California models for 1961 and later have a smaller diameter and shorter tube that connects to a small diameter heater hose leading to the PCV valve bolted to a 90° brass fitting screwed into a vacuum port on the intake manifold. My late dad bought the Rambler brand new in Southern California from a dealer serving Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
The yellow 1955 Nash is a good looking car.
One of my neighbors had a black and white Nash Metropolitan. My father had a 1953 Nash, tan body with a maroon top which he bought used. He eventually sold it and bought a brand new 1960 Rambler station wagon, pink with a white top. Both cars were six cylinders with a three speed manual transmission.
I like the 55, the colour and everything about it.
I had a 62 Rambler American in pink with gray interior. I loved that car.
amazing collection I want to visit it!
Mr father had a 1967 Rambler DPL Ambassador, most Beautiful car I'd ever seen!
Nash/AMC had a large export market in the UK and Australia. They centered the dashboard so they could move the steering wheel to the right side with a minimum of special parts.
That seems to have been true of Studebaker also. I understand there is a fairly large Studebaker club in Australia.
That makes sense
Not so sure about the UK market. But I understand that Austin of England made the Austin Metropolitan which was sold in the States as a Nash.
cool ! great info
The Rambler Ranch And Terry are Amazing What a Nice Cool Guy Love this Episode 😎😀😊
FANTASTIC!!! COOL VIDEO
I had a 1970 Ambassador 390 4 door. It blew EVERYTHING off the road!
Interesting to see cars I've never seen before.
They could be in a movie.
They were. For reasons that I could never comprehend, the movies of the 50s often showed Nashes in use as police cars, although I doubt that they ever were. They might have been supplied for the promotional effect, like the Ford vehicles on the "Andy Griffith Show", and Chrysler products on, "Leave it to Beaver". I noticed them because, during that period (1950s) I had five Nash products, including three Statesmen, a 1955 Ambassador,(As shown in the video) and lastly, a 1959 AMC Rambler, the only one purchased new.
@@vincesbardella3838 AMC did make police cars. The Matador was very popular, and seen on TV cop shows.
It's kind of amazing how good those cars look now, but when they were 15 years old nobody wanted one. Dad was sort of into Ramblers. Mom always drove the good car, the one we used for vacations, and dad drove old cheap Ramblers and Nash. I've had a few myself, my favorite was a 64 American with a flat head six and overdrive. I guess Rambler was the last car maker to still sell a flat head.
I remember dad bought a almost new (amc) Rambler American station wagon that had been lightly hit in the back, and probably spun around. It was a painting contractor's car, and the entire interior was covered in paint. I can't imagine what the owner looked like after the wreck. Somehow dad got it looking like new again, fixed the body damage, and drove it for years. I don't recall how he got the paint cleaned up inside.
The flathead was the base engine in the Americans thru 1965.
I bet that took many hours for many days.
The AMC Marlin is a fantastic lookin ride, I love that fastback body style....👍
Yes... LiberalsAreWorthless!!😅 the Marlin, and the original '66 Dodge Charger are some of my favorite designs.
My father owned a 1954 Statesman Super. Despite owning Chryslers, Cadillacs and Lincolns in later years, he said he never owned a better driving car than his 1954 Nash.
I owned a 1973 AMC Javelin and a 1981 AMC Concord.
It’s beautiful !
My family never had a Nash. Neighbor had a "Machine" tho. Ramblers rule 👍
I remember in 1968 my cousin had a Nash Metropolitan with a paint scheme like your 55. Cool little car.
When I was a kid in the 50s UK someone in our neighbourhood had an Austin Metropolitan. I also had a toy Nash Rambler.
Какая же красота!! Просто потрясающе, восхитительно!! Второй автомобиль напомнил мне нашу Чайку ГАЗ 13: на решётке такие стилизованные крылья золотистые, а главное рамка лобового стекла!! Такое ощущение, что газовцы увидели эту американскую машину и решили, что на Чайке будет именно такая же, широкая, фигурная рамка лобового стекла!!
In high school driver's ed. I drove the Matador wagon no one else wanted to drive (mid 70's) because it wasn't 'cool'. It was very comfortable, and really nice to drive. I'd like to have one now. It was bright yellow with faux wood panels, and a soft brown interior.
At one of my first jobs in mid 70s there was old timer working in sales dept. and he was looking to buy a new car but he complained at how they were all too much and he couldn’t get good enough deal. One day he comes in all happy saying he finally got a great deal on a new car. I went out back to see what he got, it was a new AMC Matador 1974 or 75 the year of those really weird looking ones. I just laughed
@@michaelszczys8316 Hey, I'd totally rock one of those today. The only problem (and blessing), is that those Kenosha wonders are made of unobtainium today. Good luck finding a clean one!
Very special look about it. Never seen this one before, but I saw a bit of the Rambler hornet in Australia
blew my mind,but I have to admit I love all your videos,really thank you for the feast,awesome.
Has anyone noticed that the Nash logo on the grille (10:10) looks very similar to Cadillac's? The big 'V' at the bottom, and the shape of the badge, including the 'wings' at the top left and right certainly mimic Cadillac's. I love seeing these old cars that were before my time. Well, the '57 Ambassador Custom was the year I was born.
Both cool cars. Love the 57.
That museum is really something. How in the world did a guy so young amass such a fortune in cars?
Awesome thanks
That was pretty damn good!
Way cool. The good old days
So Cool ! Thanks for this post .
Nothing is better than a Rambler Ambassador with its fully reclining bench seats. When I showed it to my girlfriend way back then her eyes opened stricken wide as she said: "don't show that to my dad!" Best design ever, we crossed Canada in it without stopping at a motel or setting up a tent!
otto Vonostrovo ok
BS.....I bet you pitched a tent every night!
Complete with quadruple curb feelers to protect those wide whitewall tires.
A Rambler with a continental kit-----pure 1950's.
The Continental kit carried an extra tire, or the only spare If the trunk was needed for luggage. Tires, even in the 1950s-1960s still weren't that good, so another tire in rotation extended the life of a set of tires. My parents, aunts, uncles, cousins all drove Plymouths, Dodges, or Chryslers. My father made his own continental kits on his car. He made them out of coca cola signs!
great car ! American Motors were innovators in design.
❤Nash-Kelvinator !
American, you gotta love it!!!
Thumbs up as always bud.
My dad bought a 63 rambler classic brand new. It ran for a long time, little trouble. He read the magazine Motor Trend and saw it won their car of the year award-first year the car was “downsized”
From a few years ago but love the offering. Yellow and white drew me in. Guy i knew in HS ('73) had a Metro in this scheme. Got wrecked,sadly.
He's a ramblin man.
Thanks for all mister dennis gage from algeria und austria I like oldtimer bye
Your amazing 👏 55 rambler also.
Bruce Springsteen should have written a song about the Rambler Ranch. Glad to see these nice cars weren't buried halfway in the ground as those Cadillacs were in Texas.
very good show. Deserves a lot more viewers
They certainly didn't set the street on for most models but I remember some friends having a 1961 Ambassador Wagon with a 327 and I remember that thing was a fast acceleration car. When we would go on weekend trips with them, we kids could sleep in the back and we did not feel any bumps. You got a great value for your money. The Rambler Classic and American were the best low cost leaders in my opinion. It was very hard to compete with THE BIG THREE. Too bad.
The '57 OR '58 Rambler was the fastest accelerating car in the USA.
When I was 2 and 1960 my mother had one of these it was in a chartreuse color for lack of a better term I used to stick a swimming ring in the shape of an inner tube in the back bumper I used to stick a swimming ring in the shape of another tube in the back bumper to make it look like a continental kit the body literally rusted off at that it ran just perfect then we got a 58 Volkswagen bus that's a whole nother story
Loved the '57 custom..what a gorgeous car.
Love this car, ahead of its time! Use the Nash in TV series of Superman....,
Takes me back a long time, very nice. You make no mention of the parking distance censors sticking out the side there at 15:15?? :) not sure if cars had that since the early 2000's when electronic parking censors were introduced.
They were always aftermarket add-ons. Haven't seen any in many decades, even way before any electronic anything.
I admit that the Nash featured looks better to me now than it did in the 60's
That's cool man! I think this was recommended cuz I just saw Jay's big green Nash episode today with a lot of these same features! My dad always talks about his old Nash. If you want to let this guest know I recently saw a pretty nice AMC Marlin body in a junkyard video in Springfield Oregon on Country Boy Gas Garage
Thanks 🙏
I think I remember Lois Lane driving a Nash Metropolitan ... A local mechanic put a corvette engine in one in my neighborhood a bunch of years ago.
My first car- a '63 three on the tree Rambler sedan, shamefully I abused it, needed a ring job bad. One night coming home from my buddy's house I ran out of gas while almost making it to the top of the last hill to home. I put her in low, cranked the starter and made it to the top and literally coasted into my drive way. The thing I hated most was the windshield wipers- vacuum actuated and every time I shifted gears they would pause- drove me nuts. I killed it one day when oil light came on, I ignored it and the engine froze up, gave it away to another guy who rebuilt it for his brother just getting out of the service, got myself a '64 Gran Prix, I Loved that muscle beast but within a year (1969) got my draft notice and went Navy, had to sell it to pay off the note. Married my wife that same year, drove her Volkswagen Beetle until I seperated- oh how far the mighty had fallen. ☺
Facinating
Very fantastic
Nothing like an American Fifties Car.
The 1955 and 1956 Ambassadors had optional Packard V-8's. With the Packard V-8, you also got the Packard Ultramatic transmission. This was a similar transmission to the Detroit Gear, which evolved into the Borg Warner automatic.
I sure enjoyed watching these old NASH autos.
Lived 20 years in Colorado. Never knew about this guy.
Great video! Thanks!! A good friend just bought 2 Metropolitans (located in 2 different states!), one to restore, one for parts. He is a professional "car guy", so I'm guessing he knows about both this video & Rambler Ranch, but I'm gonna send this video on to him just to be sure.