OT...1957 Nash Rambler...OT

[PatS....]

I've been looking for an older driver but not a project (have one I can't do much on yet)

With a very limited budget, they are few and far between.

This one showed up on the local Kijiji about 2 months ago, and was still there last week with the price dropping until it was at $775 still with no takers. I went and looked, offered $600 and it'll be in my driveway tomorrow.

78,000 original miles, runs well, zero rust, a couple of bondo spots on the rear doors. Headliner gone, needs brakes but the parts come with the car. May not be original tires but 30 yrs old at least.

Needs a windshield as well, but a driver it'll be soon.

Edited August 13, 2009 by PatS....

[Plymouthy Adams]

I think you will find that an enjoyable vehicle, the pure fact that you will be a long time before seeing another makes it even better..good find...even better price..

[Young Ed]

That is one goofy looking car. I'm sure it'll be a blast! Dad and I have been having fun playing around with his $350 67 valiant 4dr /6 auto.

[PatS....]

The reason I like it is it's goofy lookin'!!!!

And simple as they come...no code reader needed.

[Vazlov1949]

Sweet car fella! I love early Ramblers. I would like to have a station wagon like this.

[T120]

Nice buy,Nash built good cars,one of the first I believe with unibody.Have fun.

[Normspeed]

Great find, a neat looking car. Have fun with it.

[greg g]

I think the front end on those is a bit goofy, kind of a cross between Kingpins and ball joints, with an a arm ont hebottom and a trunion on the top of visa versa. we used to go travelling with a neighbor family, who had a 57 cross country wagon. Had my fill of watching out the rear window with the neighbor kid and his snot nosed brother. Matter of fact it was the opposit of this one with a tan body and "its coral damnit" trim. sure looked pink to me......

Edited August 12, 2009 by greg g

[Don Coatney]

deliver it to me and I will pay six two five cash:cool: Nice find!

[BobT-47P15]

Cool, Pat. Amazing what's still out there to be had - sometimes at a real

reasonable price. That guy must not receive the televised car auctions.

Here's another color scheme on a 57 that I saw.

[BobT-47P15]

A little info on Rambler in wikipedia:

1956-1957

For 1956, American Motors created an all-new Rambler, using a 108-inch (2,700 mm) wheelbase and increasing the overall length of the cars. Again, the Rambler was sold under the Nash and Hudson brand names. The new Ramblers came only as four-door models. Along with the usual four-door sedan and station wagon was a new four-door hardtop sedan. Also, Rambler introduced an industry first, a four-door hardtop station wagon. For 1957, the Rambler became a make in its own right, no longer branded as a Nash or Hudson. Also, for 1957, a V8 engine became available in Ramblers for the first time. This was AMC's own 250 cu in (4.1 L) V8 engine introduced the year before in the Nash Ambassador Special and Hudson Hornet Special. In addition, available only in 1957 was a special high-performance four-door hardtop sedan model called the Rambler Rebel. The Rebel came equipped with AMC's new 327 cu in (5.4 L) V8. The engine was also used in the larger Nash Ambassador and Hudson Hornet for that year. Plans had called for a fuel injection option for the Rebel, but hard starting in cold weather forced it to be scuttled at the last minute. The limited-production Rebel (1,500 produced) is considered to be a precursor of the muscle cars that became so popular in the 1960s.

[edit] After 1957

In 1958 the Rambler became the sole brand of automobile produced by American Motors Corporation, with the discontinuance of the Nash and Hudson brands.

[JIPJOBXX]

Hay I had one of those and I bought it for $35 dollars. I never did want my future father at the time to know I bought it as the front seat folded down and made into a bed. Now what would a young man of 22 do with a thing like that????????????????????????????????

[PatS....]

Looks like you found a nice driver at a very good price. Now........just don't do what most would do. Remember' date=' you only bought it as a driver, NOT to restore. So........be firm and don't tear it down to restore it. Just do what is necessary to keep it on the road all the time. Otherwise, it will no longer be a driver.[/quote']

Oh yes, I know that but it will be easy to resist because I'm not able to do much anyway. It needs brakes which I think I can do, just not as quickly as I once could:(

I sure won't be taking anything apart that won't go back together the same day.

I do have to make new holes for the front seat...there needs to be more... ah...well...belly room...the steering column's is too long...ya, that's it...the column's too long:D

Besides, this thing doesn't need restoring, heck it's only got 78,000 on it. Less than the 2000 Caravan I have (I hate minivans:mad:)

Less rust, too. A true survivor really.

[Frank Elder]

I think this guy's got you beat Pat, his steering column is under there somewhere:eek:

[PatS....]

At least this boat is seaworthy...it's got a buffet!

No column to get in the way

[Frank Elder]

We got land and sea, who has a picture for in the air?

[pflaming]

Nash designed the first fresh air heater, possilby patented it. I believe they traded with GM. GM could use the heater, Nash got the Automatic tranny. Rambler (Nash) was the first car to have curved door windows in 1959, and as mentioned the first with the unibody design. They had a very good car but in some ways too advanced in other ways a bit off the wall in design. Something tells me a lot of their parts were GM, not sure about that.

I had a 1960 Rambler two-door with a continental kit as standard equipment. Bought it because of the heater. Lived in Kansas and had a baby daughter. Good car.

Clean it up, a lot of folk will tell you great stories, write them down.

Good Buy!

Edited August 13, 2009 by pflaming

[B-Watson]

I've been looking for an older driver but not a project (have one I can't do much on yet)

With a very limited budget, they are few and far between.

This one showed up on the local Kijiji about 2 months ago, and was still there last week with the price dropping until it was at $775 still with no takers. I went and looked, offered $600 and it'll be in my driveway tomorrow.

78,000 original miles, runs well, zero rust, acouple of bondo spots on the rear doors. Headliner gone, needs brakes but the parts come with the car. May not be original tires but 30 yrs old at least.

Needs a windshield as well, but a driver it'll be soon.

It's a 1956 Rambler. The photos other members posted are 1957 - note the difference in trim around the outboard lights. The trim sweep up over the roof was done only in 1956.

Check the body tag on the right side of the firewall - you can just see it top left in the engine compartment photo. The 1956 Nash Rambler model numbers start with "56" and 1957 with "57". Very easy to determine the model year on any Nash built from 1935 and on.

If yours is a Canadian-built Nash Rambler, the prefix will actually be "156", the additional "1" for Canadian assembly. "2" was used for the British-assembled Nash Healey and "3" for the 1955-57 Hudsons. Canadian-built Hudsons naturally had "13".

Anyway, as your Rambler is the Custom series, the model number should be either 5615-2 or 15615-1. The "1" after the "56" is for Rambler, "5" for 4-door sedan, "-2" for the U.S. Custom and "-1" for a Canadian Custom. "-1" in the U.S. was for the Super series while no suffix meant a Deluxe in the U.S. and Super-Deluxe in Canada.

Serial numbers for 6-cylinder 1956 Nash Ramblers -

Nash and Hudson Rambler (US) - D-276001 to D-340845

Nash Rambler (CDN) - DT-5401 to DT-8339

Hudson Rambler (CDN) - NT-1801 to NT-3071

No Rambler V8 models in 1956.

The Canadian plant was the old Ford of Canada assembly plant on East Danforth Avenue in Toronto, purchased by Nash in 1946, and which built Nash Canadian Statesman (1950-56), Nash Canadian Rambler (1952-56), Hudson Wasp (1955), Hudson Rambler (1955-56) and Rambler (1957) models.

Bill

Vancouver, BC

[B-Watson]

Forgot to mention your paint code should be P67-72 - Frost White (P-67) upper and Bermuda Green (P-72) lower.

Three tones were optional.

Bill

Vancouver, BC

[PatS....]

Bill, thanks a million!!!

The serial number is 6306.

I didn't write down the other numbers and the tow truck can't get the car till the morning. I figured it was a 56 because one site said that the "Nash" medalion on the hood wasn't used in 57.

Number Plates

Edited August 13, 2009 by PatS....

[PatS....]

Bill, I have a question...the heater hoses go into the inlets in the big black box on the firewall, but to the right of the master cylinder are two more tubes that seem also to be heater hose connections. Do you know what they may be???

Thanks!!!

Pat

Edited August 13, 2009 by PatS....

[PatS....]

Hay I had one of those and I bought it for $35 dollars. I never did want my future father at the time to know I bought it as the front seat folded down and made into a bed. Now what would a young man of 22 do with a thing like that????????????????????????????????

Especially if it had curtains!!!!!!

[T120]

A photo of this feature -

[T120]

Nash bought Kelvinator in the 30's and incorporated an advanced air circulation system involving , I believe a thermostat.Check out "Weather Eye" .It was plumbed somewhat differently.Quite advanced for it's time.

[pflaming]

"Nash Motors was founded in 1916 by former General Motors president Charles W. Nash who acquired the Thomas B. Jeffery Company. Jeffery's best known automobile was the Rambler. Nash enjoyed decades of success by marketing mid-priced cars for middle class buyers."

Got this from Google. The history and innovations of Nash / Rambler are very interesting. My hunch was right about a Nash/GM connection, but I did not realize it was this close.