nope.... can't help you there
nope.... can't help you there
No, the scariest part is the hidden rust below that you can't see yet. Run away!
There. You did say you wanted to be talked out of it 
It's magnificent! If you get that car, hot young Rambler-loving women will be following you everywhere.
You should totally not buy that. And you should definitely not restore it.
I think you should send to my side of the state, I need a family cruiser
By the time you uncover all the rust hidden underneath that rear window, you'll have the car stripped down to a skeleton...pass.
edit: if the interior is truely perfect, it may be worth parting out (that is, if you can find someone restoring a similar car who needs parts.)
yeah, don't do it, i once bought a vauxhall magnum sedan sight unseen, it had newspaper stuffed in the front windshield pillars, fortunately my pops sold it when i was at college. had it been the coupe however...
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I was all about telling you to just buy it until you posted that. THAT needs a quarter panel. Is it just the one panel? That is truly bizarre rust. If it was just up by the window it's mostly flat and wouldn't be bad to patch but it looks like it's perforated through farther towards the back too. Impossible to fix if that's the case, and I'm sure your local AMC dealer has that panel in stock (sarcasm).
Neat car, but could be a heartbreaker if you have illusions of making it nice again. It would have to be next to free to even consider since a nice one of those won't cost more than a good paint job.
paging p71, to this thread stat!
Holy cow. A 62 Rambler Classic. The sedan version of that, same black but red interior, was the first car my Dad ever bought new. Pushbutton transmission controller that lit up at night in different colours for the different gear choices. Manual steering with about 13 turns lock to lock. Straight six; 127 hp (gross.) It lasted 81,999 miles, and I expect that, being 17 or so by the time it died, I had something to do with it not going longer. IIRC, there was some sort of metallurgical mismatch between the block and the exhaust manifold, and my Dad got three or four "lifetime warranty" repairs out of his friendly AMC dealer.
A few years later he got a used 66 Toronado. I've often wished I had a video of myself the first time I tried to steer THAT after getting used to the Rambler.
Sheeit- duct tape, can o' bondo, Krylon, good to go. For a little while. But seriously, with decent metal skills, would it be that difficult?
Obtain it, stop the torture, you will feel so much better after you take just one hit...
Does it run?
Babe rally contender?
Eww, I wouldnt take a car that rusty for free, there would be something somewhere id rather have that wasnt about to break in half.
I doubt that car is about to break in half..
Personally, while that rust looks "bad" I bet it is quite easy to repair. The hardest part will be pulling the rear window and reinstalling without breaking it
wooo! We await
My parents had the wagon version of that in turquise green. Do I see the infamous "Nash" front seat in that? So Cool. It's worth saving just for the Nash seats alone. I had a 65 Chevelle 4-door, 6-cyl w/powerglide in high school that rusted under the rear window. Caused water to get in the trunk and the rear floor boards and rusted both out. My first wife had a 63 American when we married. 2-door, 6-cyl and A/T. The rear floor boards rusted out on that thing. It didn't have the Nash seats though. Keep us posted on the progress.
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