Junkyard Find: 1965 Rambler Classic 770 Convertible

by Murilee Martin

Published: October 4th, 2011

junkyard find 1965 rambler classic 770 convertible

Many of the older cars you find in the junkyard clearly spent a decade or three moldering in a side yard or driveway before taking that final ride behind the tow truck. The project that never gets started, or the once-reliable car that needs a new transmission, or sometimes just Grandpa’s forgotten daily driver. We don’t know that this Rambler ran when parked, but we can tell when it was parked: 1986.

That’s because the trunk is still full of Denver newspapers and phone books from 25 years ago.

This convertible is pretty well thrashed, far beyond the point of being a worthwhile restoration. You can get a fairly straight restoration candidate for cheap, so why pour ten grand into a basket case to make it worth five grand?

Still, it is sad to see this car headed to The Crusher. Perhaps some rat-rod Rat Fink type will save this 287-cube V8 for a fenderless ’26 Nash Ajax project (though a Jeep Tornado OHC six in a Graham-Page 612 would be even cooler).

Weather Eye!

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Murilee Martin

Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.

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Roberto Esponja on Oct 05, 2011

I've only seen about ten Rambler Classics in my lifetime (I'm 46), but it seems like most, if not all that I saw, were in that ugly pudding yellow. Yecchh!!!

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87CE 95PV Type on Oct 11, 2011

Part of me is more interested in that Dodge Caravan since it looks like it has parts that could benefit my daily driver Voyager.

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