1960 was the last year for the upside-down-bathtub Rambler styling. A low sticker price was the main goal for this car, and AMC was quite successful; car shoppers could get a two-door 1960 Rambler ...

Starting with an all original wagon, Bob Rose's 1960 AMC Rambler American Wagon traveled deeper into “dare-to-be” territory by adding a 350 small-block, TH350 trans, and 9-inch rearend.

The American was produced over three generations. From 1958 to 1960, AMC offered a compact that looked a lot like the Nash Rambler from the mid-1950s.

If AMC could price the Rambler Mite around what the Beetle cost—in 1960 that was about $1,565, or a bit over $14,000 in today’s money—then I think they could have had a winner on their hands ...

After first appearing in 1950 as a Nash Rambler “zip top” convertible, the very first Rambler American appeared in 1958 and sold throughout 1969 as the successor to the Nash Rambler.

The cheaper Rambler American came with the flathead, so perhaps this Six Super got a junkyard engine swap after throwing a rod in 1967. Also possible is that AMC built some of these cars with ...

The Rambler American dominated the economy car market in the 1950s and 1960s. This is the third generation of the car, a 1965 model, slightly modified for the auto show circuit. Contributed Photo ...

The foursquare Nash or American Motors Rambler that was part of the American scene from 1950 to 1969 was a car Americans loved to hate.With a name borrowed from a early-1900s auto, it endured with ...

By the 1960s Nash and Hudson were gone, and to most American buyers Rambler meant dowdy, compact cars. In the mid-1960s AMC sought to move upscale and compete with the Big Three.

Q: Greg, I remember an article you wrote about an engine flaw on the early Rambler cars in the 1950s and 1960s, and am wondering if you could please re-run that article as it was filled with good ...