1967 Ambassador, 4-speed station wagon !!!!

[Guest matt69scrambler]

Here is a link that can follow my restoration of " DA FREAK" a rare 1967 Ambassador four on the floor station wagon !!!! I thank Mark Fletcher for saving this car and starting the restoration. I'm now the owner and look foward to completing the restoration ,or most of it as I have to stay in my budget. I have much to learn as this is a new process for me. Another big thank you too Dan Curtis for letting me use his shop as a place to do my work.

My girlfriend Tracy has built a page and link to show the fun and work we will have along the way,

http://www.tracymiddleton.com/?page_id=449

Edited August 27, 2011 by matt69scrambler (see edit history)

[keiser31]

Looks like an Inland shifter....cool!

[Guest matt69scrambler]

Some pictures of the 4-speed Ambassador sitting in Pa., corn field and some of the work that has been done to bring this car back to life,

[keiser31]

SWEEEEEET!

[61-63]

What a neat car and you definitely need to keep Tracy.

[Guest matt69scrambler]

What a neat car and you definitely need to keep Tracy.

Yep she's a keeper and will be much fun watching her drive a four on the floor station wagon !!!!!!! We plan on camping in it as well as towing my motorcycle on the trips to the beach .

This book from 1994 says it all ! My wagon is the proof that one was really built. This is why I call the car "DA FREAK" , pretty cool stuff,

Edited August 21, 2011 by matt69scrambler (see edit history)

[West Peterson]

Hi Matt,

Glad to hear you're back on your feet.

The way that paragraph is written, it almost sounds "tongue in cheak." I'd be willing to bet he knew of your exact car, and its existence. Didn't he pretty much describe it to a "T"?

[Guest matt69scrambler]

Hi Matt,

Glad to hear you're back on your feet.

The way that paragraph is written, it almost sounds "tongue in cheak." I'd be willing to bet he knew of your exact car, and its existence. Didn't he pretty much describe it to a "T"?

He sure did but I don't know if he knew of this car or not, maybe. Book was wrote in 1994 and car was saved from the PA cornfield in 2001.

Auto artist Danny Whitfield created this paint of my old Hurst SC/Rambler and my new Ambassador 4spd wagon project,

AMC Classic Cars Prints by Danny Whtifield

My old Hurst SC/Rambler with my new 1967 Ambassador ,factory 4spd project,

[mdh157]

Congratulations on finding a really neat car...i have been looking for so long trying to find a 4 spd ambo that i basically gave up and have sold off many of the parts i've collected over the years. I did find one recently but it's in Washington state so it'll cost around $3000 just to go out and look at it and have it brought home, plus the owner doesn't have a title. There was also a 67 ambo flr shift auto wagon for sale several years ago in the carolinas.......

[John_Maine]

I have always liked the '67-'68 Ambassadors. Very nice cars. Anxious to see more progress on yours. The only Ambassador 4 speed I ever saw was the '65 DPL 2 door hardtop that belonged to the parents of a friend of my brother. I think it had a 290 in it.

[junkyardjeff]

I miss the days you could order what you wanted in the cars.

[John_Maine]

I miss the days you could order what you wanted in the cars.

Agree - it's ironic to me that I am now in a position to order a car exactly the way I want and I can't - not even the color.

[Guest Andy E.]

in 1970 in Navy boot camp in San Diego our company commander drove in in a brand new 1970 Chevy Kingswood Estate wagon asked me to drive it to the wash area on the side of the barracks and it had a 4 speed and a curved shifter to clear the bench seat

[=diego=]

On 1/11/2012 at 11:41 AM, Andy E. said:

in 1970 in Navy boot camp in San Diego our company commander drove in in a brand new 1970 Chevy Kingswood Estate wagon asked me to drive it to the wash area on the side of the barracks and it had a 4 speed and a curved shifter to clear the bench seat

 

Was looking for info on the Ambassador 4-speed and stumbled upon this.

 

The last year for a 4-speed Chevy was 1969. I'm betting that's what you saw.

 

 

[Laughing Coyote]

Pretty cool. Here is another 4 speed wagon that would be cool to own.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/d/1963-pontiac-bonneville-wagon/6462407795.html

 

[=diego=]

Indeed that is a special car, but I am suspicious by the "police" attribution of the seller.

 

The bucket seats for a wagon just makes it sweeter.