Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-30 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Authenticity + provenance = $12,900 https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-amc-rambler-classic-4/?utm_source=dm_medium=email_campaign=2020-07-29 On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 7:16 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > My '70 220D had the frog as well. The bulb split once but I was able to > purchase a new

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
My '70 220D had the frog as well. The bulb split once but I was able to purchase a new one from MB. On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 4:18 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:00:09 -0400 Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > > On Wed, July 29, 2020 11:21 am, Andrew Strasfogel via

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes the seats,were the draw. The 6 cylinder engine was not a draw in our 65. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 6:00 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I like how you put “prom” and the seat feature together... > > And yes, those seats enabled

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I like how you put “prom” and the seat feature together... And yes, those seats enabled many “naps” as my high school friend can attest. We rode around in his dad’s 66 I believe which had a 327 or some such in it and was actually quite spritely. He used it to great advantage with the young

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Our '72 220D/8 had a foot-stomping windshield washer pump (or was it our > '64 190Dc? I forget ...). The Frankenheap (72 200D/8, RIP) had this. I called it a 'frog'. That system was also useful for spoofing your passengers, telling them that of course such an old car had rain-sensing

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:00:09 -0400 Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, July 29, 2020 11:21 am, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > > > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-amc-rambler-classic-4 > > I believe in 1964 Rambler still had the squeeze bulb washer pump. > You could

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
First car I remember my parents owning was an AMC Rambler. It was a 4-door. They bought it new the year I was born and kept it until I was in 6th or 7th grade. I remember all of us piling in for a drive to watch the odometer roll over. It was a pretty reliable car, simple enough that the mechanic

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On Wed, July 29, 2020 12:41 pm, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > That's a great entry for a trivia contest! A friend of mine drove 19 hours from Gerryville (Lady Lake) to here (Lacey Lake) last week. His original plan was to take a nap in a rest stop in Tennessee or Kentucky, but in the

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That's a great entry for a trivia contest! On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:37 PM Dwight Giles wrote: > I took my driver's test in my Dad's 63 & went to Sr. Prom in his new 65 > Main feature is totally reclining front seat backs > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 11:21 AM

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On Wed, July 29, 2020 12:36 pm, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: > I took my driver's test in my Dad's 63 & went to Sr. Prom in his new 65 > Main feature is totally reclining front seat backs Yeah but my mom always knew if you did that because the seat belts would disappear and my brother was

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
I took my driver's test in my Dad's 63 & went to Sr. Prom in his new 65 Main feature is totally reclining front seat backs Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 11:21 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > WARNING *** Political content > > For all the

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
My roommate had one of these in college but I drove it in the winter before he put in any antifreeze. The car rolled to a stop and never ran again... On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:00 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, July 29, 2020 11:21 am, Andrew Strasfogel via

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On Wed, July 29, 2020 11:21 am, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-amc-rambler-classic-4 I believe in 1964 Rambler still had the squeeze bulb washer pump. You could control where the water hit the glass by how hard you stomped on it.