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In this Discussion
- alex1234 March 2010
- Carnut1420 December 2009
- Carpics March 2010
- hudsontech January 2010
- Oldcar_Mechanic October 2010
- Steve E October 2010
1966 Rambler Classic 550
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I have just recently purchased a 1966 Rambler Classic 550 with a 232 in-line 6 cylinder. I was actually able to drive it to my brother's house. It was quite an adventure driving it as the brakes were not working well. It has a rebuilt engine that sounds good and it has a two-speed automatic. Appears the automatic came from the factory. It has d2 and d1 on the shift column. The Rambler also has an air cooled torque converter. It is a light blue but I don't think it is the balboa aqua. It looks as though it had been painted over once. The color is pretty close to original. It would be hard to see the difference when opening the door or hood to see if the jambs were a different color. Once the brakes are worked out and the upholstery covered on the seats, and of course the tires changed out, it should make for a nice ride. I will be using it as a daily driver. It has all 4 hubcaps and a chrome badge on the car that says giorgio. It also has the badging 232-6. The word Rambler on the trunk and the word classic on the back. Complete words with no letters missing. Some other word on each fender. There are some old parts out of the rebuilt engine in the trunk. Parts like the pistons and camshaft and timing chain and even an old distributor cap. The brakes are "real man" brakes. No power assist. It doesn't look like the front bench seat folds back. It does have power steering. It also has a two barrel carter carburetor on it. Vacuum lines to run the wipers. A rubber bag that is used to clean the windshield. Odometer reads 48 thousand and some change. No tilt steering and no radio. Came from the factory that way. It does have an ashtray but no lighter. The lighter socket is there, just no lighter. I will post more information as more information is available. What does the giorgio stand for? If someone can answer that I would appreciate it.
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Carnut1420 wrote:
Your loss Carnut. I drove a lot of the 64-69 era AMC cars and never had a problem with them - other than the trunnions on a couple and rust-out on most. (I was living in Maine at the time). In fact the ones I had (mostly station wagons) were eventually junked at anywhere between 200,000 and 250,000 miles - not because of drive train problems, but that the bodies rusted out. New England salt is a car killer.
Note the 250,000 miles - yes, I got that milage out of them. For years I'd find them with 70,000, 80,000 miles on the clock for $60 to $80. Four, five years later I had 200,000, and more on them. Junk the one and go find another. I can remember only once was I late to work - and that was when a water pump gave up the ghost. Went to the parts store next door to where I lived, got a water pump and put it in.
I found them, overall, to be dependable, reasonably rugged for the type of driving I did (do the math - I was putting 50 to 60k a year on the clock), fun to drive and easy to fix, when needed. Last one I had was a '69 440 wagon - took that one to Kansas and back and ran 65, 70 where I could get away with it (this was in the days of the double nickle limit).
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
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I like classic cars but it should be in good condition
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Try this link to see if you can find the color of your 550 - congratulations on your find!
Auto Color Library - The World's Largest Online Color-Chip Library
You might have to copy the link and paste it in your browser
Carpics -
georgio was probably an interior trim option. Are you driving around in D2 ? That is a Borg- Warner automatic trans, they ARE 3 speeds. Try driving it in D1. In another incarnation they were called Ford-o-Matics! They were used by, Ford, Studebaker, International-Harvester, and Jaguar. Also Hudson used them in 54. Most all of them started in 2nd gera, but all they had on the quadrant was Lo & Dr.
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I agree with Steve. It was probably an interior package or maybe a special trim package offered only in certain areas. Like Olds did back in the 80's. I find nothing about it in any of my publications.
You could try the Old Car Manual Project website. They have a lot of sales brochures of all types of cars.
You could also try these guys http://amccars.net/cgi/yabb2/YaBB.pl
The Classic was an option to the Rambler line that was officially AMC in 66.
The fold back front seats were also an option you could order. My dad bought a new 1959 Rambler station wagon that had those seats. A great car for a young guy with his new license, ha,ha. I borrowed the car many times and later when my dad bought his new GMC pick up he gave me the wagon. And like Hudsontech related to, I did have to replace the Trunnions on that car. Mention Trunnions to most old car hobbyests and they will say "WHAT?"
Ron
