Re: What's the Story?

[Jock J Jocewicz <namdra@xxxxxxxx>]

Tom,
  I have to agree with you. But guess what? The latest edition of Old
cars Weekly (July 14, 2005) has in their Auction Express section a
picture of a 63 Rambler 440-H hardtop and here it what it says: "This
1963 Rambler 440-H hardtop, one of the first Hurst edition cars from any
marque, sold for $9,600 at the Leake Tulsa auction."   

Go figure!

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 06:08:31 -0400 TABunsey@xxxxxxx writes:
> On July 9, 2005 JOE B FULTON wrote:
> 
> > Was there a "hurst edition" ambassador in 1965?  See
> > this Ebay auction: 4560909299
> > 
> > Joe Fulton
> > 
> > Salinas, CA
> 
> 
> Joe:
> 
> There NEVER was a "Hurst" anything Ambassador. 
> But, from 1963 thru 1965 Rambler put a "H" letter after the trim 
> level/series designation to identify the "prestiege model" in the 
> series.
> 
> The "H" model ALWAYS designated a Hardtop body style, and I suspect 
> that "H" really just stood for "Hardtop"
> 
> Back then, Rambler used numbers to designate trim level. Thus:
> 
> American Series
> 
> 220 was the base trim level (no chrome, rubber flor mats, etc)
> 330 was the middle trim level (some chrome, carpet, more seating 
> choices, etc)
> 440 was the highest trim (more chrome, nice interior, etc)
> 440H was only in the hardtop body (bucket seats standard, etc) [1965 
> 440H evolved into the "Rogue" for 1966]
> 
> Classic Series
> 
> 550 was the base model
> 660 was the middle trim level
> 770 was the high trim level
> 770H, again only in the hardtop body, again highest trim and 
> options
> 
> Ambassador series
> 
> 880 was the base stripper model
> 990 was the high-line model
> 990H, again only in the hardtop body style. Again, bucket seats, 327 
> 4-bbl standard, etc.
> 
> I've owned several 440H and one 990H cars over the years. The level 
> of standard equipment with emphasis on "sporty" (at least a sporty 
> as Rambler could get) was as high as Rambler could provide. My 1964 
> 440H came standard with bucket seats, console and the highest 
> horsepower engine in the American line (195.6 with the 2-bbl 
> option).
> 
> Because Rambler used the "H" to designate these cars, and because 
> most car people associate "H" to mean "Hurst", people that don't 
> know much about Ramblers "assume" that the "H" must mean "Hurst".
> 
> They are wrong
> But these are the same people that see "327" on the car, and knowing 
> that "Chebby" had a 327, then deduce that the Rambler 327 must be a 
> "Chebby" product.
> 
> How many people remember that the first Pontiac V8 was a 287?
> Or that Packard had a 327? 
> Oh, that must have been a "Chebby" too!
> Oh, wait a minute, the Packard was a straight-8, not a V8!
> Huhh?
> 
> 
> Anyway,
> 
> Tom Bunsey
> 
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