Carl, I know it looks like two different people designed the car, that Rambler front is bad news, later they took the stacked headlights from the Ambassador and put those on the front end. I thought that swooping roofline with the big fish emblem was neat and I like the rear end styling too.
They even found themselves on the ovals of the south.
PS. -22 windchill here in TO this morning with snow covered streets. BRRR
We have a local Rambler guy here. He's tried to get me to like them. He has a nice little American factory 4 speed car that looks a lot like an early Acadian. That's the closest I've come to liking an AMC product. Sorry, but it's hard to flush GM blood out of the system.
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1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
Nice,but not really my thing.Although KaiserJeep/Amc did produce some nice cars Back in the day;sc rambler,sc hornet,amx,early Javelins were o.k. Some would even add in the Rebel,aka "The machine" too. R.I.P.,AMC...............
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
that car has to have one of the sexiest rear ends i've ever liked.
I'd agree with that. The one with Ambassador front end that Earl posted is a very nice car imo. It's quirky but I think very collectable.
Well I guess I am swimming against the tide here, but I think the Marlin rear end is one of the ugliest I have ever seen, it is totally out of proportion with the rest of the car. I don't know how that one slipped by Dick Teague, and I generally like the styling of AMC cars. I guess the market must have agreed with me, cuz they sure didn't sell a lot of those and the car didn't last too long.....
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that car has to have one of the sexiest rear ends i've ever liked.
I'd agree with that. The one with Ambassador front end that Earl posted is a very nice car imo. It's quirky but I think very collectable.
Well I guess I am swimming against the tide here, but I think the Marlin rear end is one of the ugliest I have ever seen, it is totally out of proportion with the rest of the car. I don't know how that one slipped by Dick Teague, and I generally like the styling of AMC cars. I guess the market must have agreed with me, cuz they sure didn't sell a lot of those and the car didn't last too long.....
Hillar, your right they didn't last long in the marketplace. But now they look pretty cool as do a lot of '60's cars. My taste is a little bizarre compared to most, as I love Avanti's also!
I know someone on Board here who's dream car is a Pacer with a 401, lets be serious, a Pacer is about the ugliest thing ever made nes pa? AMC had some hounds !!
OK, OK, I'll admit AMC styling got a little bizzaro after 73, starting with the Matador, but they still made some pretty neat cars. For years I tried to find a nice Eagle, but never could and that's how I ended up in Subarus. That is one segment the NA manufacturers have completed ignored - AWD station wagons - but Subaru, Volvo, Audi, Saab, BMW, Mercedes and I believe now Infiniti as well all seem to think there is enough demand to warrant producing them. If GM survives long enough, they may get their Cadillac CTS wagon to the market. Oops! - said that word, don't shoot me yet Carl, I don't actually have one!
I have an number of friends who are into AMCs. One has 68 Rebel SST, beautifully restored from the ground up. Warmed over 343, 4 speed, goes like stink. Too bad he will never come close to recovering what he spent on its restoration.
Another friend has a 65 Rambler American 327 4 speed and a 72 401 Javelin, I would take either in a heartbeat. 65Camino and I attended an AMC show after the Woodward Dream Cruise this year. The great thing about AMCs is that it is easy to get into the hobby, the prices both for the cars and the parts are very reasonable (not unlike Canadian Ponchos) as opposed to Ch*vys and Mopars.
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1970 LS4 (eventually an LS5) Laurentian 2dr hdtp -and a bunch of other muscle cars...
Almost bought a 74 Gremlin with a 401/4 speed, back in the mid 80's, but decided it weren't too practical, and it was UGLY!!! Was pretty Quick though
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
That yellow Marlin belongs to a friend in Edmonton. He would have preferred to find one in Canada, but picked this one up in the US. A lot of work has been done to it so far.
Carl, I know it looks like two different people designed the car, that Rambler front is bad news, later they took the stacked headlights from the Ambassador and put those on the front end. I thought that swooping roofline with the big fish emblem was neat and I like the rear end styling too.
I like them
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