1965 Rambler Hardtop 770

Hudson Grandpa
Hudson Grandpa Expert Adviser
edited February 2013 in HUDSON
Whats anybody's take on me getting an almost perfect condition Rambler Hardtop straight six.
New paint, new upholstery, clean a #1. I bought one new in 1965 and had it for 15 yrs. Great gas
mileage. PS, AC needs compressor, Automatic, Nice tires, engine nice.

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  • hudsonjeff
    hudsonjeff Senior Contributor
    I have a 56 rambler wagon and it gets tons of attention. buy it people like the odd ball stuff
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    edited February 2013
    Go for it - I had a 660 hardtop (my wifes car, actually), among all the others I drove for years. If that's a six that 232 engine is bullet proof. Lots of people where I worked when I had Ramblers used to make fun of my cars - but I was the only one who never called into work late with car problems!!! LOL They are decent, reliable and fun cars to drive. The only problem I ever had was rust - but then I lived in Maine most of the years I had them. Regularly put 200,00, 250,000 miles on the clock before I junked what was left - not because of the drive train, that worked fine. The bodies rusted out.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • Hudson Grandpa
    Hudson Grandpa Expert Adviser
    yes Alex it's a 232 six. Came from Calif now in WI garaged all the time. Beautiful paint job, along with good looking white and black vinyl interior. Looks like it came from the factory.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Hudson Grandpa, I consider the following six cylinder engines among the best produced in this country: The Chevy stove bolt 6, the Chrysler slant 6 and the AMC 232 seven main bearing 6. As I mentioned earlier I put 250,000 miles on a couple of those 232's and they ran as smooth as the day they came off the assembly line. And I abused the daylights out of those engines. The 259 AMC replaced the 232 with couldn't, IMHO, hold a candle to the 232.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • faustmb
    faustmb Senior Contributor
    I love Ramblers of that vintage. A friend of mine had a rogue for a brief period that very cool.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    edited February 2013
    AMC made some pretty potent muscle cars in the 70's - Javelin, SC Rambler, Matador etc. Thing of it was they only made these cars for 2 or 3 years. It's like they were saying "See - we can do it too!!"
    Indy driver Mark Donahue and Bobby Allison ran a Penske prepared Matador coupe in NASCAR. Between them the won 5 races (see below).

    Winston Western 500 - Riverside - Mark Donohue - January 21, 1973
    Los Angeles Times 500 - Ontario - Bobby Allison - November 24, 1974
    Winston Western 500 - Riverside - Bobby Allison - January 19, 1975
    Rebel 500 - Darlington - Bobby Allison - April 13, 1975
    Southern 500 - Darlington - Bobby Allison - September 1, 1975

    To say this raised a few eyebrows in NASCAR circles is putting it mildly - AMC was not known for racing. Fun days back then.

    For more info on the Matador google AMC Matador.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Bur
    Memphis, TN
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Nothing wrong with AMCs. After Hudson was gone family bought AMC cars. My father owned 3 Barcelona coups in the mid 70s. I owned a 65 Marlin with a 327CID engine, red and black.The one that really stands out was in 57 was the Rebel. Had a chance to drive one as a used car from the dealer that my grandfather had worked. Standard with an overdrive. Ran it up to 120 MPH in second overdrive. Of course with that flat front end and the suspenion it kind of took the whole road. AMC dealer in Waterloo put one on the local drag stripped and lined his showroom with first place trophies. Never was beat and ran against mostly corvettes. I believe they only made 1500 of them. The old Hudson mechanic that worked there said that it was the dammest car he ever saw. He said you could run it from o-60 and only move 6' from start to finish.
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