1966 AMC Rambler Classic station wagon TV commercial

[@karolyhalasz1546]

I had a 1966 Rambler Classic. Great car. American Motors never should have abandoned Rambler as their make. Big mistake.

[@saltaeb99]

For how long?

[@falcon664]

I'm surprised they didn't show a three seat wagon with the side opening rear door with all those kids. Most wagons still had drop down tailgated with the rear facing third seat.

[@GoneAutos]

Dr. Ed is right. No use in romanticizing the past. (My only regret is that I was one year old during Beatlemania. I'd have loved to be old enough to experience it for myself.) Cars back then needed so much more attention and maintenance than today. On the other hand, classic car fans would tell you that they were much easier to fix and modify. But Moose, there's nothing in today's car market quite like those classic station wagons.

[@chooooook]

Speaking of Beatlemania, it's this car driving the Beatles to the stage at Candlestick Park for their last concert. Made me feel better about mine, lol.

[@curtisanderson9062]

Station wagon the first SUV

[@senorkaboom]

I think most people at the time of this ad felt about AMC as my dad did, they were a small car company building basic, cheap cars. They weren't flashy, had very simple lines and, I guess, were reliable transportation. I never owned or drove one.

[@joeyb4ever]

Ramblers weren't cheap. They were every bit as good or better than Chevy and Ford. I've owned three of them. AMC had to compete with the big three, not an easy task.

[@Obummer4prez]

We had a 1966 Rambler Station wagon...until an 18 wheeler jack-knifed into the car while my Dad was parked on the side of the road. I think it had seat belts because I remember my Dad saying that was what saved him. As it was, he ended up in the hospital with a severely bruised chest where he hit the steering wheel...THAT was the end of our Rambler...we bought a Pontiac station wagon that year.

[@GoneAutos]

Some guy recently emailed me saying that he was a child actor in the 1960s and claimed to be one of the boys in this spot. I followed up with an email to him but never heard from him again. I wish he would have shared a memory or two about making this spot.----Todd Ruel

[@SurviventheOnslaught]

as far as I know seat belts came out in 67, and it was just a lap belt,maybe amc was diffferent

[@Obummer4prez]

***** thanks for the confirmation, though I remember the belts...again, thanks...

[@SurviventheOnslaught]

@Jane Cartwright my mom bought a 67 mustang with shitty lapbelts noone dared use

[@joeyb4ever]

It's my car, only mine is sky blue, and this one has fancy spinner wheel covers.

[@shaneblandford-scherr3375]

My dad has to 1966 Rambler classics a brown 4 door 770 and a black two door 550 the brown for door has a to barrel carp for more power but it's a yard car so it's covered on rust and falling apart live that car though..... The black one is nice to but I don't have the same attachment to it, the brown rambler was the first car I ever drove

[@DrEdwardFord]

Don't forget that nobody was wearing seat belts back then. You might not have survived the sixties. And there was no KZbin.

[@joeyb4ever]

I have a '66 wagon, and it has four seat belts, standard equipment.

[@steveoatway7001]

Not true at all. I owned a 1964 AMC Rambler Classic and a 1966 Rambler American, and both were equipped with Seat Belts. I was 10 in 1966 and most families I knew drove sedans or station wagons with seat belts and a responsible parent told you to fasten the belt. This was in Vancouver, BC where they were finally made mandatory in cars on Jan 1, 1975 but not mandatory to wear until 1977. To this day, the Police still catch and fine stupid people for not wearing them and that is a $167 Fine for each passenger not wearing a belt.