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路路Sunburst dial fanVespa and an unrefurbished Rover 75
Classic car spotting this week.
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路路Sunburst dial fanA re-dial? Sorry, refurbished 馃槈 but nice
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路路Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersNice car but definitely a 'WTF?!!' paint job.
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路Has Drew Pritchard been at that one or is it someone else's WTF moment?
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路Although I lived in the USA in the 1970/80s I have no idea what this is. Probably would have been called a "compact" at that time, but what is it and how did it get to Cambridge UK?
Those wheels look familiar though, are they Edelbrocks?
Those wheels look familiar though, are they Edelbrocks?
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路Looks like a Ford Galaxie to me.
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路That's a 1964 UK age-related registration and it looks about 3/4 the size of the Galaxies my hero Jim Clark occasionally drove in tin-top racing at the time. although there are lot of styling similarities. The letters on the grille, perhaps model name / perhaps make, have seven letters. Script on rear quarter seems to be "Classic".
That's a Rambler grill. I think this is it.
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路It is a 1963 Rambler Classic, built by American Motors Corp., Kenosha, Wisconsin. Circa 1962, American Motors replaced Chrysler as one of the Big Three auto makers in the U S A. In 1963, AMC built over 100,000 Ramblers in the four door body style.. In 1963, AMC was exporting right hand drive Rambler Classics to England. The subject car is a left hand drive. Up until 1961, AMC was headed by George Romney who went on to become the governor of Michigan. His son Mitt Romney is a Republican, and former governor of Massachusetts. (2001 to 2007). Mitt Romney has a stable of AMC cars. (Don鈥檛 you wish you hadn鈥檛 asked?)
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路Made by AMC. A smaller more practical and economical American car than, say, a Mustang or Camaro. Made in the 50s and 60s.
I tried a Mustang Mk 2. The most horrid, gutless, understeering monstrosity I'd driven since an initial production Morris Marina. Yes, that bad. Was never offered a Rambler although I'd have tried it if I could.
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路American Motors was founded in 1954 with the merger of Nash Motors, and Hudson. For a number of years, AMC continued to produce both Nash and Hudson autos. In 1954, just before the merger, Nash introduced the Nash Metropolitan to the North American market. The car was built in England, by AUSTIN! The body style was a Nash design, and it in no way resembled the English car. But the chassis and mechanicals were all Austin.
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路American Motors was founded in 1954 with the merger of Nash Motors, and Hudson. For a number of years, AMC continued to produce both Nash and Hudson autos. In 1954, just before the merger, Nash introduced the Nash Metropolitan to the North American market. The car was built in England, by AUSTIN! The body style was a Nash design, and it in no way resembled the English car. But the chassis and mechanicals were all Austin.
The last of the Hudsons our 1957 Hornet pictured next to my mother.
This car now resides at a car museum in Nelson New Zealand.
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路Love the chrome!
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路The last of the Hudsons our 1957 Hornet pictured next to my mother.
This car now resides at a car museum in Nelson New Zealand.
We owned AMC cars from 1977 until 2020. I sold my 1978 AMC Concord fastback in 2020, after we owned it for 42 years. It was my money pit hobby car, and I miss it, terribly! Picture taken when it鈥檚 new owner entered it in a car show where it won an award!
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路And I see the Hudson is a right hand drive! So clearly, the picture was probably taken in New Zealand. This car would have been built by AMC. I believe it was 1958 when both the Nash and Hudson names were dropped by AMC, replaced by the name Rambler. The Rambler name originated early in the 20th century, introduced by the Jeffery Motor Car compay. Charles Nash bought the Jeffery Co. in 1916, and the firm became Nash Motors.
We owned AMC cars from 1977 until 2020. I sold my 1978 AMC Concord fastback in 2020, after we owned it for 42 years. It was my money pit hobby car, and I miss it, terribly! Picture taken when it鈥檚 new owner entered it in a car show where it won an award!
Yes we have a really strong family history with Hudson, my father owned many from 1925, ( I never saw that one ) to early 30's Terraplanes and finally ended up with the 1957 Hudson. Only about 5 came to NZ as new. 327 ci 4 barrel carb and a high compression head ( around 10:1 ) lots of power and amazingly low fuel consumption, we achieved 27 miles per gallon on trips ( imperial gallons) which were very frequent with us commuting cross country most weeks.
Other than being a passenger in many family Hudsons and doing mechanical work on the 57 Hornet my association with Hudson ownership is more tenuous now owning 2 x 16/6 Austin's (1928 and 1929) which were famously based on Herbets Austin's love of the Hudson straight 6's of the early 20's.
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