A 1965 Rambler Ambassador 990 convertible with 327-cubic-inch V8 engine and automatic transmission, found in a Colorado wrecking yard.
By the middle 1960s, George Romney had left the helm of American Motors to become governor of Michigan and company president Roy Abernethy had decided that AMC needed to compete more directly against GM, Ford and Chrysler. In order for the Kenosha manufacturer formed from the 1954 merger of Nash and Hudson to do that, a genuine full-size car had to be created to steal sales from the Impala, Galaxie and Monaco.
This car would have cost much more than the base MSRP, though, because it was built with AMC's biggest car engine at the time: a 327-cubic-inch V8 rated at 250 horsepower. No, it's not related to the Chevrolet 327 small-block; parts-counter staffers spent many decades dealing with that confusing name mixup .
The base transmission in the 1965 Ambassador was a three-speed column-shift manual, but this car has the optional three-speed automatic with"Flash-O-Matic" shifter on the center console. If you wanted a factory radio in your new '65 Ambassador, you could add"Duo-Coustic" or"Vibra-Tone" rear speakers.
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