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Curbside Classics Archives
rambler Archive
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![(originally posted 5/24/11; updated and revised with additional new pictures in 2014) Hindsight is 20-20 vision. And with that acuity, seeing the Rambler’s historical significance is easy: it was the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-137-204-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler Custom Six – The Prophet")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler Custom Six – The Prophet
Posted on October 11, 2020 | 71 Comments(originally posted 5/24/11; updated and revised with additional new pictures in 2014) Hindsight is 20-20 vision. And with that acuity, seeing the Rambler’s historical significance is easy: it was the […] -
![(first posted 1/23/2014) Maurice Calloway was often described as a “grizzled old bastard whose head has outlived at least four bodies.” To say that Maurice had lived in the fast […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG-20121116-00491.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Rambler Deluxe – When It’s Time for Leaving")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Rambler Deluxe – When It’s Time for Leaving
Posted on February 1, 2020 | 43 Comments(first posted 1/23/2014) Maurice Calloway was often described as a “grizzled old bastard whose head has outlived at least four bodies.” To say that Maurice had lived in the fast […] -
![(first posted 1/21/2014) For many blue collar kids, Rambler wagons were the minivans of working class suburbia. These were perfect as a family vehicle or as a second car since […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AMC-Rambler-wagon-thrid-seat-hemmings.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Kid Freedom In A Rambler")
Auto-Biography: Kid Freedom In A Rambler
Posted on January 31, 2020 | 50 Comments(first posted 1/21/2014) For many blue collar kids, Rambler wagons were the minivans of working class suburbia. These were perfect as a family vehicle or as a second car since […] -
![Back in May, I met former CC editor Tom Klockau in my old stomping grounds of Hannibal, Missouri, for the annual Loafers Car Show. Tom reported on last year’s show […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG_4500.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Report: The 2015 Loafers Car Show – Some White, Some Green, With One In Between")
Car Show Report: The 2015 Loafers Car Show – Some White, Some Green, With One In Between
Posted on July 17, 2015 | 38 CommentsBack in May, I met former CC editor Tom Klockau in my old stomping grounds of Hannibal, Missouri, for the annual Loafers Car Show. Tom reported on last year’s show […] -
![Despite being about 40 years too young to be a target demographic, I enjoyed reading Reader’s Digest a lot as a young boy. My mother had every copy from around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rsz_1.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising")
Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising
Posted on March 21, 2015 | 45 CommentsDespite being about 40 years too young to be a target demographic, I enjoyed reading Reader’s Digest a lot as a young boy. My mother had every copy from around […] -
![(first posted 5/5/2012) LuAnn was a modest, quiet, and unassuming woman. During the late 1980’s, she was in her mid-60’s. LuAnn had had a sad, rough life. Widowed at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/P41705411.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Rambler Classic 770 – Miss LuAnn’s Ride")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Rambler Classic 770 – Miss LuAnn’s Ride
Posted on October 29, 2014 | 61 Comments(first posted 5/5/2012) LuAnn was a modest, quiet, and unassuming woman. During the late 1980’s, she was in her mid-60’s. LuAnn had had a sad, rough life. Widowed at […] -
![I have a real love for the 1965 Ambassadors. Part of that may be due to my chance encounter with a lilac 1965 880 sedan back in the late ’90s, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/aa-6-28-13-252.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 990 Convertible – Green and White Is Good!")
Car Show Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 990 Convertible – Green and White Is Good!
Posted on January 27, 2014 | 40 CommentsI have a real love for the 1965 Ambassadors. Part of that may be due to my chance encounter with a lilac 1965 880 sedan back in the late ’90s, […] -
![(first posted 1/25/2014) Certain makes and models take a lot of flak from armchair enthusiasts when they are perceived to be plain or boring. Corolla, Camry, Accord, Malibu–it goes on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1968-AMC-Full-Line-22-23-800x481-e1388529237300.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Rambler American 220 – Plain White Wrapper")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Rambler American 220 – Plain White Wrapper
Posted on January 25, 2014 | 56 Comments(first posted 1/25/2014) Certain makes and models take a lot of flak from armchair enthusiasts when they are perceived to be plain or boring. Corolla, Camry, Accord, Malibu–it goes on […] -
![There it sits, moldering in the California sun: a 1966-69 Rambler American. I see cars like this in the junkyard all the time. Straight, complete cars with no obvious accident […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1-Beauty.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1966-69 Rambler American – A Sad End")
Junkyard Classic: 1966-69 Rambler American – A Sad End
Posted on January 24, 2014 | 34 CommentsThere it sits, moldering in the California sun: a 1966-69 Rambler American. I see cars like this in the junkyard all the time. Straight, complete cars with no obvious accident […] -
![1962 would be the last year for the compact Edmund E. Anderson design that American Motors introduced in 1956. It was a car that dominated and defined the compact segment […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/P1040042-smile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Miniature Curbside Classic: 1962 Rambler Classic Promo – Dedicated to the Pursuit of Excellence")
Miniature Curbside Classic: 1962 Rambler Classic Promo – Dedicated to the Pursuit of Excellence
Posted on January 21, 2014 | 28 Comments1962 would be the last year for the compact Edmund E. Anderson design that American Motors introduced in 1956. It was a car that dominated and defined the compact segment […] -
![Okay campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ’cause it’s cooooold out there today! Bonus points for those of you who recognize that quote. But let us think […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/6-8-2013-019-800x514-e1376245751122.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Straight Sixes, Sedans, And Other Uncommon Car Show Fare")
Straight Sixes, Sedans, And Other Uncommon Car Show Fare
Posted on December 30, 2013 | 53 CommentsOkay campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ’cause it’s cooooold out there today! Bonus points for those of you who recognize that quote. But let us think […] -
CC Outtake: I’m Guessing His Horn Went Beep Beep Beep…
Posted on December 12, 2013 | 21 CommentsWhile driving in my Lincoln, what to my surprise! A little Rambler was following me, roughly half my size. -
![My sister and her husband recently returned from a vacation in San Antonio. While there, they saw a cool old car in traffic, and Amanda had time to take a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Rambler-cropped-e1336158212903.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Ramblin’ Around In Texas")
CC Outtake: Ramblin’ Around In Texas
Posted on May 5, 2012 | 9 CommentsMy sister and her husband recently returned from a vacation in San Antonio. While there, they saw a cool old car in traffic, and Amanda had time to take a […] -
![It’s always dangerous to take on economics as a writer. You run the risk that everybody’s eyes will glaze over in the esoterica that is economic theory. But economics is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/t216020_Blazing-Saddles-hus-du-gezen-in-deine-leiben-th.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The First Wave Compacts – The Pioneers Take The Arrows")
Automotive History: The First Wave Compacts – The Pioneers Take The Arrows
Posted on September 29, 2011 | 70 CommentsIt’s always dangerous to take on economics as a writer. You run the risk that everybody’s eyes will glaze over in the esoterica that is economic theory. But economics is […] -
![As I venture to the last wedding of summer, and have to pay the exorbitant hotel prices in a resort town, I sure wish I had a car that could double […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5969223172_db028667ef_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country – The Ultimate Motel")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country – The Ultimate Motel
Posted on August 26, 2011 | 41 CommentsAs I venture to the last wedding of summer, and have to pay the exorbitant hotel prices in a resort town, I sure wish I had a car that could double […]
