1967 AMC marlin, Final year of trilogy
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Today on what it’s like a little bit later today I apologize, 1967 AMC Marlin the last year of a really cool car, AMC spent $35 million to retool the marlin for the 1967 year which is crazy once you find out how many they made.. Was not a good return on investment
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Yeah buddy finally somebody got it I sang it in today’s episode I don’t know if you caught that I turn the volume down a little bit lol
One of my favorites!
These cars were very rare and exuded quality inside and out. I’ve also noticed that right up until the Concord all wheel drive wagons that many AMC products ( the Pacer being a glaring exception) maintained better interior quality in their price range than the big three and most surviving examples have interiors in excellent condition with seats that haven’t haven’t worn out or torn and door panels and other interior surfaces all maintaining their matching colors.
Marlins belong in the hall of shame like the amc pacer.Ugly, ugly, ugly! The early Chargers were slightly better. The Torino rocks!
The Marlins in particular had very plush interiors.
I’ve been a fan of AMC for many years. My dad had a 59 Rebel for a company car when I was a kid. I remember the push button transmission control and thought it was so cool. I worked for an AMC dealer in the 70’s and owned a 73 Gremlin with the 304 v8 and a 77 Matador coupe. Wish I still had them.
I think AMC made a mistake making the Marlin bigger rather than smaller. The Barracuda was popular then, a Valiant variant. This car was too large, based on the Ambassador. It was ungainly, tho the Charger was a rip off, but executed better. Of course AMC did get it right with the Javelin. These cars were never popular, even new. I sort of like the 67, but would never own one. All that money on the interior, and they are still putting the rear view mirror on a metal stalk. Studebaker was first to attach the rear view mirror to the windshield...in 1962.
I would love to find a 67 roller and put a 390 in it with a four-speed just to know what that car could’ve been like.
That car looks so good in person it’s hard to convey the mag wheels kind of make it even though mag wheels didn’t come on that car
I have two 1967 AMC Marlins. Both are red and white both have 343 four barrel engines both are automatics. I have loved AMC cars since I was 10 years old. I have had over 150 AMCs and Ramblers. I ve had 69 Amx and 70 Amx and several Javelins and now I'm 66 and have only 2 marlins. And I'm glad that God hS blessed me with both of them. I have owned one of the Marlins since 1976. Nice little briefing on the Marlin thanks for the video.
Awesome information that’s crazy that you have two of these considering how rare they are just curious where are you located send me an email I would love to talk to you more privately
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'67 Marlin across the board with the Torino a runner up. AMC had some very innovative cars. Some of which were slightly ahead of their time. Perhaps if AMC had more aggressive advertising and geared the Marlin to a specific market segment say, T-bird owners, the car, with a larger engine and more luxurious interior, could have possibly lasted another year or two more.
Unfortunately, we will never know.
Totally agree but this was half the price of what I Thunderbird was not sure how much the engines cost I’m pretty sure the base price was with the 232 engine but even so if the engine cost $500 it’s still not in Thunderbird territory is the Thunderbird was close to five grand by this point.. Or possibly over that price by 67 I haven’t done a 67 Thunderbird yet, but it’s definitely a car that I really love the cover especially the four-door variant
Great choices =)
Great feature with a snapshot of history. Agree, this 67 Marlin is a beautiful design. The 65 and 66 very nice also, but the 67 was so slick. The 66 and 67 Charger were unique, but I give the edge to AMC. In my opinion Ford pulled off the mid size fastback very well with the Torinos... then there is the 1974 Matador, which I own. Acquired taste.
very cool car - nice interior - best looking year
Totally agree..
I was really hoping to get a chance to get some B roll of this car driving I need to get my truck painted this car belongs to body guy and he was supposed to be there Monday I drove about an hour away and he wasn’t there so I just figured I’ll just do this.. and I mean it could’ve been my fault I should’ve called before hand but we already set it up day before.
Jay, this was a great one! I agree with you, the 1967 is the best looking of the three years of the Marlin's, however I like the interior of the Charger's, with four bucket seats with a console from back to front. The Marlins interior is a bit to constative for my taste, nevertheless the Marlin is a looker hands down! Thanks for your great posting's!
Chargers had a really cool feature with that bucket seats in the back I’m glad you dig this episode great choices.. I was going to edit all the parts out where I was talking about how I love the car but I figured I’d leave it in so you guys could see where I stood I am not a main stream Carl ever by any stretch of the imagination I bought a 52 Chevy 1 ton truck because it was easy to get parts for but it wasn’t the first choice.. I really wanted an international KB five 4K B6 truck but finding parts or/could be a challenge and I wanted to drive it so I went with the Chevy funny enough I was the only one around here that had one I’ve owned it for three years and now I know where there’s five they’re not one tons most of them are one and a half to town trucks but that’s all it’s about is for people to get inspired I don’t want to say that I inspired them to do so but I might’ve played a small role in that and that was really cool..
@@What.its.like. Jay, I looked up your history and saw the "52" flat bed farm 3800, nice color combination green/black. very much liking the massive front "get out of my way" or you're a$$ is mine front grill guard, gives it a sinister look with the big visor! Is it considered a five window?
Understand the 350 V/8 swap. Hope you've changed the tires and rimes out for ride and safety. I see all kinds of fun and persona potential for this big farm getter, good for you!
I agree about the International, finding parts, possibly down the road you can find one all done too your liking, I'm sure one is out there with your name on it..
Thanks for sharing, I dig your channel, nice job and best of the best!
Hal
Yeah the Marlin's interior is far to grandma looking. Charger's interior's WAY better. But the '67 Marlin's lines are more graceful.
I agree one thousand percent!@@UberLummox
I had myself an AMC Sedan Ambassador 67 bought in 1994. I loved it so much. So my choice inevitably will go to preferring a Marlin 67 than a Charger or a Torino.
Hindsight is 20/20, but considering AMC’s eternal problems trying to outgrow the economy car stigma. I think Mitt Romney’s dad made a mistake dropping Nash and Hudson. Possibly using Nash as the budget line, Rambler as the mainstream & Hudson as the performance model. As you mentioned 1958 was a downturn in the economy, as we have experienced so many times before and since. The chrome beasts of the 50’s were all the rage when the economy was booming, but for every boom time there’s a recession. So Mitt’s dad was right to focus on economy models at that time. That AMC was #3 is mind boggling. That should have resulted in plenty of working capital. I’m glad you mentioned the Charger and Torino, as they were each a fastback version of an existing model. I don’t see any reason why the Marlin couldn’t have sold as well as the early Charger or Torino fastback, other than as you mentioned the Marlin should have had the 390. Oh well
Totally agree thank you so much for sharing all the information and insight
I feel like they just did it Market this car right there wasn’t that many advertisement pieces on it and if they offered a bigger engine with a couple of glass packs probably would’ve sold more cars because it really wasn’t a bad price it was half the cost of a Thunderbird.. even with the 343 engine option I’m not entirely sure how much that cost for that engine it wouldn’t be anywhere near where the Thunderbird cost and yes it’s not as luxurious as a Thunderbird but Amc Totally missed the Mark
The 1967 Marlin is my favourite car of the sixties. I would put it ahead of all the other cars you compared it to. The only negative for me would be the narrow truck opening. I believe if the Matador was around in 1968 it would be given flush door handles. The Ambassador and Rebel made that change in '68 and by 1970 all AMC cars had flush door handles. Another car which I like very much is the '74 to '78 Matador coupe, which looks very similar to the Marlin.
Yeah I couldn’t believe how small the trunk opening was but the trunk is huge the opening it’s just small I didn’t see the trunk on this one but I did a review of a 65 marlin where I did see the trunk opening
Maybe Ford Torino 😂 I've got a tool box and a welder ........
AMC. 440 was my car of choice 🤔
Gremlin X was second String 👍😉all the other AMC's were grown folks driving 😢 unfortunately I got old too 😂. Another great episode 😉👏👏👏✌️
Glad you dig this episode I absolutely take the Marlin I’ve always liked AMC Marlins =)
Cool choices
@@What.its.like. It's a great car ...but could you enjoy it ???? All the idiots on the road make me nervous 🤔 something happens to the rear quarter you're spending 💰 !!!!! Big Money 😱....
A Drunk missed a Stop 🛑 and T Boned my Aunt's 190 Benz 😢💔 she cried for a long time her High School Present......👋👋✌️
I’ll try to buy drivers cars for that very reason so I can use the car and not have to worry about it. But yeah people don’t drive anymore and distracted by all the pretty lights on their phones
I don’t text and drive in my truck it’s very much both hands on the wheel kind of drive
When I was 5, ('68), my Grandparents owned a '63 Rambler, I used to stand up in the middle of the front seat, as we'd drive into town.
Wow thank you so much for sharing that story with us what a great memory it’s amazing how different things are now you couldn’t stand in the middle because now there isn’t a middle seat in front.
I was a kid in the 90s and I remember riding in the back of pick up trucks like it was nothing they really started cracking down on that in the 90s I don’t ever recall riding in a car seat
I dig Marlins, but would have to choose the Charger. I think the Marlin would have done better on the shorter wheelbase like the Tarpin showcar. A Marlin owner explained that that was a nonstarter due to the archaic platform the American used (still based on the 50’s Nash Rambler).
Great information =)
It’s crazy how close that car was to the concept car it’s also crazy to see that Dodge totally ripped it off
Another reason is that the AMC V-8 engines would not fit in the American. It wasn't until the new generation engines came out in mid 1966 that the American could get one.
The archaic Nash Rambler platform ended in 1963. All three Rambler platforms were replaced in '63 (Classic, Ambassador), or '64 (American). The only archaic feature left on the 64 American, was the upper trunnions were still not replaced with ball joints, which didn't happen until 1970, on any AMC car. The Marlin owner was poorly informed, not realizing that the enclosed driveshaft used on the '65 - 66 Marlin was more archaic than anything other than the leaf springs, on the '64 American, and that's another reason they didn't put the earlier V8 in the new gen American, the need to design new tailshaft housings for all the transmissions, that fit the V8.
@@falcon664 The change of size in the '64 American engine compartment would have allowed the old V8 to fit, but they were already designing a new V8, and didn't see the need in their market, to put the old V8 in, until the new one was ready. That would be equivalent to Ford putting a 292 in the 62 Falcon (which they didn't do).
Always a fan of my brother and me growing up, we called them "The Skunk Car" for the stripe.
Maybe not ravishingly beautiful, but extremely handsome and different.
I love this car ! And yes it is reverb !
Me to I was in a cruise in when I saw it the first time I didn’t specify that so when I saw it I was only going 5 miles an hour past it.. and I took everything for me not to stop and get out of the truck right there. Such a sweet car the car was at AMC dealership
Inventory that just got liquidated four years ago same thing with the Nash ambassador from 55 that we just did.. there is also a Nash tow truck I have to contact that guy again. I haven’t seen him at any of the shows
'67 favorite year..When I was a kid, before I got my license, I haunted the local new car dealerships. I saw a '67 Marlin on the showroom floor. Just like this one except buckets. The fabric seats were gorgeous. That said, I owned a '67 Charger in the '70s;. 440 4-speed..Of all the cars I ever owned, that Charger is the one I most wish I kept...
Awesome story thank you so much for sharing those memories I would take this over the charger the charger there’s so many of them out there I just have a thing for being different =)
With that said your charger does sound sick.
I saw my first one (or 3) in a barn in wisconsin. Some guy had 3 in a barn and some nights he had the light on. One night i decided to stop and i got to see them up close and talk to him. Cool times from my youth. Musta been 1980ish
Great story thank you so much for sharing those memories. I remember the first time I saw one I always like those cars but I totally get why they never caught on because they don’t look proportionately correct the 67 does not have that problem the 67 looks great..
You can get a really nice Marlin with a 327 from 1965 or 66 for like 15 grand
I’m not sure with a 67 Marlins do for probably more money than that because I didn’t make that many
I have a 65 Rambler Marlin 327 4-barrel flash omatic beautiful car
Awesome how do you like it
There is a 65 in the pipeline
We already covered a 65 Marland early on but I think I could do better coverage than I did back then lots of changed since then
Can't pick between the years.But I've loved the Marlin since the first one I saw. It was a 67 & that odd purplish color. It's was Sharp! No doubt I'd want any one of them over the others.
Awesome That purpleish color I’ve never seen it in person but I’ve seen it in pictures and I know what you’re talking about it’s a very interesting color and really different from every what everybody else was doing at this point in time I don’t think Mopar had plum crazy at that point which is very interesting
@@What.its.like. that was back in the mid 70's when I seen it. It made a big impression on me then. Mainly because it was so strikingly different from every other car then. I've been a big AMC car fan ever since. Owned several over the decades. But you just don't see them any more.
you didnt show everybody the best thing about this car!! The front seats completely fold back to form a very plush and comfortable queen size bed. I had the same year ambassador with 343 4bbl, my first car when I was 16. H lots of fun on many dates with it. Thank you dad for pointing me towards this car of all the cars on the lot.
Yeah I wanted to but the guy was itching to leave I was just happy to get what I got I generally get inside the cars and sure what full-size adult looks like I didn’t get in this one. For multiple reasons it rained my shoes were all wet I didn’t wanna track into his car but you’re right that is the best feature of this car seats fold into a bed
There was a 65/66 Marlin at the SEMA show a few years back. The top slightly chopped and other work. Most people had no idea what it was.
My brother had a 66 brand new. I was 10 years old. And very impressed. He was constantly smashing it up. Drink driving was very popular in the 60s. He ran the piss out of it until about 75. Then junked it.
Wow stick or automatic? What engine color? Thank you for sharing those memories
@@What.its.like. automatic, don't know engine color.
Color of the car
Engine size lol
@@What.its.like. Light brown or tan and White. V8 engine.
Awesome =)
A rare and unusual car to be sure . Although significantly different in some areas the front of it reminds me of a Plymouth Satellite. As you mentioned , this should have also been offered as one of their performance models .
My parents ordered one in 67’, same color. I drove the wheels off it in HS and my parents gifted it to me and then I gifted it to my younger brother when he graduated. We were an AMC family, Javelin, Rouge, Rebel Machine, Hornet , Nash station wagon ect.
Sweet what engine was in yours?
@@What.its.like. 290, three on the tree. I would regularly run it up to 70mph in second gear.😄
Awesome =)
From the rear I see hints of the funkiness of the boattail Riviera and the Chrysler Crossfire that would not arrive for years to come. I can’t imagine what the visibility is like in the Marlin with that long narrow backlight! Thanks, Jay.
Yeah the visibility at the back isn’t the greatest glad you dig this episode =)
Omg . . . the car looks likes a giant freakmobile and Opel Kadett Coupé.
The 67 Marlin was a huge improvement looks wise. I've seen a 65/66 with an Ambassador front end. Made a big difference.
I wish I could’ve gotten the backseat I wanted to know how much more space was back there..
A 65/66 with an Ambassador front end? Might be a tough adaptation due to the Ambassador having a four inch longer wheelbase.
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I have no idea just how much body work was involved. Could have taken a 65/66 Marlin that had been hit in the front and an Ambassador that was hit in the back and mated them at the front sill or frame rail. It's been a long time. 45 years maybe.
Great episode i have owned several AMC cars i still have my 68 amx 390 4 speed at car shows it gets more attention than any charger or cuda stang Camaro you name it .
I'm envious! I'm sure it does!
I’m a huge fan of the AMX it’s a pity that it was an offered for long..
I have a friend who has a 61 Rambler cross country wagon it’s more of a patina wagon it was featured on the channel last year he took it to a car show big huge car show he parked in front of a 1965 Corvette fuele, no one looked at the Corvette everybody was around his Rambler the Corvette owner came up and said never park next to me again hahaha
Hey! You got to review one!
I was under the impression that the Marlins were all based on the Ambassador. The prototype was based on the Rambler American, but AMC saw the light. They felt the American was just too small. They wanted the Marlin to be a fancy sports sedan and felt the Ambassador fit the bill. The Ambassador back then could be considered a mid-size car.
Muscle cars by the Big 3 were all based on their mid-size lines. The 1966-67 Dodge Charger was based on the mid-size Coronet 500 with a Marlin-type fastback added.
I see more Marlins around than 66-67 Chargers, it seems. I have seen all years with 6 cyl. engines plus 287 and 327 V8's. The 327's were real powerhouses.
The redesigned AMC V8's, 290-401 c.i. were the same exterior dimensions, so, I could see someone swapping in a 390 or 401.
These and other AMC cars were available with consoles with twin sticks. The 2nd stick actuated overdrive.
He wanted to leave the car show I didn’t want to hold them up anymore than we already did I was supposed to meet him on Monday but he didn’t he was at work I was hoping to get some B roll of the car actually driving and get in the backseat it’s weird when you do my car shows because you have kind of an audience.. and that car was as he put it the most original 67 AMC Marlin left
The 67 Marlin was, by far, the best looking of the three years. But, based on the 65 and 66 sales, it should have been dropped. The story is similar to the Matador coupe introduced in 1974. The usual AMC formula was to build several cars off one platform- the Marlin body did not lend itself to any other configuration.
Totally agree
The Marlin was on the Classic platform in 65-66, and the Ambassador platform for 67 (which switched to open driveshaft, with the new V8 engines, and 4 link suspension, as did the Rebel (formerly Classic). The 6" change in wheelbase, all ahead of the cowl, brought the fastback into correct proportion, while the 343 engine, the largest AMC had, suffered compared to its most direct competition, the Charger, with 383 and 440 available. Only 1100 ( edit: this was incorrect, the video gave the correct number) were made in 67, didn't come close to paying the tooling cost. If they had built the Tarpon, on the American chassis (106" wheelbase), it would have been right in the Barracuda end of the market, and a might have had a better chance in the battle for Mustang type success. IMO, a much better looking car, than the first gen Barracuda (which I totally like).
@@ramblerdave1339 Yes, I should have used "body" instead of "platform" but the Marlin body was limited to one model. I agree with your comments on Tarpon, it would have been in the pony car class. Had it been successful, it is likely there would have been no Javelin as AMC would have built the Tarpon through the body cycle. One big difference to me is the shape of the rear side windows. The Tarpon side windows are much better looking than the oval shape in the Marlin.
@@falcon664 True, except my preference is for the elliptical quarter window 😁 I'm about halfway through a 68 Javelin Project, and while making many body modifications, my thoughts keep wandering to making my own Tarpon, with a Rambler American body over the Javelin Floorpan, with a Marlin roof cut down to fit. That's when I know I should take a break. 🤣
My dad had one of these when I was a kid. It was pretty broken down unfortunately. It could start and run but reverse didn't work, power steering was broken, had a small hole in the trunk, and a few other problems. I got to drive it as a teenager and we always wanted to fix it up but trying to find the parts for these things in the early 2000s during the earlyish internet days was next to impossible.
He sold it eventually because it just sat around in the garage and even the parts we could find at the time were way too expensive for us to afford. The guy who bought it fixed it up and took it to classic car shows a lot so at least it went to someone who could restore it. One of these days though I hope to get the money to buy another one so I can restore it and finish what me and my dad couldn't while he was still alive.
That’s crazy thank you so much for sharing your dad’s car with us I wish you could’ve kept it and found all the parts for it but I can see where he’s coming from this car would be a really hard car to get parts for specially now
Just passed by a 66 Marlin yesterday in a driveway painted dark metallic blue with silver accent on roof and trunk. My 1st pick the 67 Charger (440-4 speed) the second either 65 or 66 Marlins. Reading the top comment , when I was small I rode standing in the front seat of our 59 Impala hardtop behind my Dad's shoulder until I was too tall about 1961, and then sat between Dad and Mom, and when I was a little older, he would pull over and put me in his lap behind the wheel and let me drive the rest of the way home while he did the pedals and clutch I drove and shifted gears ans used the signals so that's how I learned to drive manuals. Yes times are different now. I remembered my brothers, and sister and cousins riding in the 3rd seat of our old Nova wagon standing in the open back window. Can't do that now. Great find.
Thank you so much for sharing that story and those memories I have memories very similar to that I grew I was a kid in the 90s but I grew up in the 2000 so that makes me a millennial lol I remember riding in the back of trucks my grandpa would put me on his lap and show me how to drive on the tractor and sometimes he even let me drive his truck in the fields and I was only like six.. but it wasn’t far you know and I couldn’t touch the gas pedal so I just push the brake down and put it in gear and just let it go on its own. I was a little kid for the longest time first drivers license says I was 5 foot eight I didn’t get taller until after I got out of high school. I actually kind of wish that I was still 5 foot eight because I could fit in some of the cars I can’t fit in a lot of cars because I’m too tall.. Volvo p1800 (or at least the one that I reviewed which is crazy because I’m going to Karman Ghia and I fit better in the ghia than I did in the Volvo)
Great choices =)
1967 AMC MARLIN for sure I remember this car when came out. I wanted one but $2.87/hour it was out of sight.
I’ve always been an AMC marlin fan I will take one from any year but this year is my favorite. But then again I kind of like the interior of the 65/66 better, so you can’t go wrong really. But then again the 65/66 use torque tube the 67 is hotchkiss Pros and cons to everything
Jay, another video that really got me excited. I have loved cars all my life. True story - my first word as a baby was Chevrolet. When I was a toddler, my dad would take me to his office on a busy highway and point to cars for me to name them and impress his coworkers. I could name anything after 1960 and most cars after 1955. Pre 1955 was a bit tougher for me.
The neighborhood where I grew up - from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s - was across the highway from a Dodge dealership, a Lincoln-Mercury dealership, and an AMC dealership. Every time we went anywhere, I scoped out the cars on those lots. (I must confess I was always the biggest fan of the Mercury Cougar and still think the first four generations were the best looking cars on the road.) But, I never once saw - or have seen - a Marlin in person. Maybe our dealership - which was pretty small - never carried one.
Anyway, this was a fantastic episode. In both scenarios, I would choose the 67 Marlin.
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Glad you dig this episode sorry for the delayed response
Awesome story very cool your first word was Chevy..
This marlin looked so awesome I didn’t get inside it I wish I did but it was so perfect I didn’t want to ruin anything as the story goes this belonged to a long time amc family that got liquidated four years ago, huge falling out.. I know of three cars they had in the collection
1955 Nash ambassador which was featured last week
This 1967 amc marlin and there is a Nash tow truck which I want to feature those are so rare and really cool there were other cars but not sure what they were
@@What.its.like. interesting history about this family. I have enjoyed both episodes. I hope you get to feature the truck, too.
I have his information I’ve reached out to him he wants to do it we were supposed to meet at a car show but I haven’t seen him in any car shows locally I’m going to reach out to them again that’s a vehicle that I definitely want to do..
The Marlin in 1967 was closer to the design concept of this model. AMC corrected many of the boring elements of the car. It was longer, lower, wider, more edgy. It was a unique shape and had improved styling cues. A shame it was discontinued in 1968. A well preserved 1967 would be an excellent item at a classic car show. Very rare.
Totally agree =)
When I was a real little kid, one of our neighbors, a golf pro at a course outside of DC bought one of these new, it was turquoise if I am not mistaken. It was cool!
66 dash is my preference
Vibratone is in fact a reverb...that was hip back then.
67 Marlin
66 Marlin
song, dunno, sounded disco-y
Great choices thank you so much for sharing that memory with us these look great in teal red and black is a nice color combo as well they also had this weird purple color it wasn’t really like a dark purple it’s like a light purple weird color but it worked on the car
Nice and rare , i had a 65 amc Rogue . 290 v8 auto nice car , i still have the original hub caps .. souvenir lol , had 69 Torino GT 351 Winsor fastback lovely car too
I love those late Ford fastbacks I always thought that those were cool I want to cover one before the year is over I wanna know how much space is in the back because those cars you can get them for relatively inexpensive when compared to everything else..
In my hometown, there was a ‘66 and ‘67 Marlin parked next to each other downtown for YEARS. They sure grabbed my attention as a kid! Starting from the ‘70s through to at least the early 2000s, I never saw them move. They sat outside rotting away near a main intersection. No one ever vandalized them though. I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re still there.
That is absolutely crazy,,
AMC's were under appreciated in the 60's. My dad had a 59 Rambler American base model that was trouble free for 5 years. Followed by 64 and 66 Rambler 550 Classics and a 68 550 Rebel. My mother had a 70 Gremlin that had the 232 CI 6 cyl that showed AMC quality was starting its decline.
Awesome =) thank you for sharing those memories I’ve heard the 232 was a bullet proof engine
I did t know about the 67 Marlin, it's the best looking one
I totally agree this car looks absolutely amazing in person I mean I would take one from any of the three years but the 67 is where it’s at the only thing about the 67 is it has weird looking seats.. and I like the gauge cluster from the 66/65 better especially with the steering wheel two times.. 327 was the biggest engine you can get and 66.. If I ever got one of these I would want to put a 390 in it just to know what that would’ve been like
Thanks so much for sharing! What an amazing and underappreciated car.
You’re welcome thank you so much for watching I’m glad you dig this episode and totally agree it’s an amazing underappreciated totally underrated car
I love the 67s. Cors I'm partial, I own one. That car was highly optioned with the clock, cruise, vibratone and tissue dispenser. For your info, the Vin last 4 digits are the production number. They were numbered in the order they were built and built in the order they were ordered.
Awesome information
What motor is in yours manual or automatic
This one was at an amc dealer that got liquidated 4 years ago
I often tend to find something beautiful or interesting in things, especially cars, that others may not view as desirable, and this is one that fits that for me. I think this is the best looking model year for it. I don't care for the previous years Ambassador front ends either, but the changes for '67 were much more appealing IMO. In recent years looking at classic ads for the '65, '66 Rambler Classic convertibles, I really like those also. My oldest sister bought a used '66 Classic when she got out of the service in '70. It was in new condition, and was a metallic jade color with white on the top. I was 5 at the time, and she took me along almost everywhere, and i remember many rides in it over the next couple of years. The interior was some shade of green with that same brocade material, which I remember I didn't care for the texture and feel of. The best i can remember though, it was a very smooth and quiet riding car. Oddly enough, when she got married in '72, her mother in law, drove a '68 Torino like the one in the pic, that she bought new. It was a deep dusty gold or champagne color. She drove it until '77, at which time my sister and her husband used as a second car for a year , so I had quite a few rides in that one also. It had a solid, hefty feel, as best as I remember. I would take the Marlin in both scenarios.😎 video. The tune George Michael?
It is not a George Michael song I had to make it harder everybody was getting it right out the gate
It’s a mid 80s love song I think it might be a one hit wonder not sure on that though and I believe it was on the channel once before but not 100% sure about that either 350 videos and kind of lose track of what you do
All very interesting points I am a lot like that I’ve always liked weird cars that weirder the better because it’s about being different =)
Wonderful choice Jay I know you love the AMC’s as do I. Tuff choices today I really like the interior of the 66 and my neighbor had one brand new when I was a kid but the lines of the 67 steal my choice and my neighbor often said he’d wished he waited a year to buy, thanks for the memories and wouldn’t it be nice to have such quality interior today
I’m totally with you I love the interior of the 66 and just like you said I love the lines of the 67 better than interior in the 66 is really nice I was in both of 66 and 67 that day..
The 66 is for sale for 15 grand 327 I don’t remember if it was an automatic I think it was seats are super plushy in the car
And that’s the thing you can get a 66/65 in good condition for 15 grand they never got expensive you can get them cheaper than that too I’ve seen them 6500 bucks for a decent one
A lot of people think that being in the Classic Car hobby cost a fortune I mean you can there’s different levels there’s different tiers of Classic Car I’m going to make an episode on what it’s like to have a Classic Car in the hobby. Because there are a lot of misconceptions
I couldn’t decide between the Charger of the Marlin. It’s a toss of the coin kind of thing for me
The Marlin’s upholstery though looked spectacular!
I want to do a comparison episode so bad on those two but finding those two in the same location is really hard.. maybe Hershey who knows
Awesome car
Kool cars with the right wheels on it
Those wheels make it and that’s what the owner was saying that if AMC put mag wheels on it they probably would’ve doubled their sales.. They marketed the car wrong.. I guess it was a personal luxury car with Clair but the personal luxury car segment by that point in time had a lot of contenders in it that car wasn’t crazy expensive either.. it sucks it didn’t last
Those Magnum 500 wheels weren't offered by AMC until the following year, too late for the Marlin, not offered on the Javelin, until mid 68, when the 390 engine, and AMX came out. The wheel cover styles from 1966 were carried over to the 67 Marlin. AMC was very late to the rally wheel party!
Great information Dave thank you so much for sharing that =)
huge AMC fan I' ve been hunting the rare of the rare the 4spd model 67 Malin most 67 are the automatic model and AMC made few V8 manuals marlins in 67 so that is my bucket car!
That car would be a pretty incredible car question wasn’t an actual four-speed or was it a three speed with overdrive
I believe it's the overdrive unit
WYR 1: Charger. Just love the "electric shaver" front end and the full-length console (though not present in Chargers with a column-mounted automatic shifter or bench front seat). WYR 2: 1965, because I like the curved eyebrow headlight bezels.
Hahaha that’s great Electric razor front end
Very good well done video !!!!!!
Thank you glad you did this episode
The 67 is a much more mature design, and could finally be had with a decent V8. However, AMC had no customers for such a car (and indeed that's the knock on Abernathy as well - he tried to complete line per line with the big three and nearly bankrupted the company) You could argue that, even smoothed out, there wasn't really a market for this car anyway: the Charger, loved today, was not a huge success in 66 and did plummeted in 67. It was 68 that started the legand. (And yet both Ford and GM fielded full size fastbacks in 67 & 68 and they did fine, as did the Torino GT and the flying buttress 66-67 GM A bodies) WYR - 67 Marlin, both cases.
Great choices I totally agree with everything that you said their base was interesting I suppose would be a good word just like their cars but I feel if they would’ve marketed it right they could’ve sold a whole lot more of these. I never got white AMC never got into racing even in the 50s when they had the Rambler rebel they wasn’t interested in it.
As a child I noticed how unique and special these were. I have not seen one on the street in decades.
I love the design of this car it just sucks that they didn’t make that many of them.
Hi Jay!: WOW that is a rare Marlin! I've seen a few 1965 or ;66 models, but have NEVER seen a 1967! I LIKE it!! It is my new favorite Marlin!! I agree, this car was way undersold by AMC and if they had made a 1968 and 1969 model with a 390, they would have sold MANY more! WYR#1 you are killing me Jay!! I was good with the Marlin until you showed the Torino fastback. BOTH cars you can't see out of the back of!! (my first car was a 1969 Torino GT fastback), but I have a thing about having the first year of a new body design, so I will STILL pick the Marlin! #2 MUCH easier 1967 Marlin baby!!! I am perplexed that more manufacturers didn't do the vertical radio! MAKES SO MUCH MORE sense to have it vertical instead of horizontal! You then can put it in various areas on the dash. I believe you are right. Vibratone was a sort of reverb device, as far as I know. Those were popular in the 1960's when everyone was cruising around listening to their car radios!
I wish we could have gotten in the backseat but he wanted to leave and I didn’t want to keep him up
Great choices =)
Your videos keep getting better and better. Showing the dash along with interior room, and more recently comparing model year profile comparisons is keeping your channel unique among the rest in your genre. Please keep these segments as part of your hallmark and you will go far. Many automobile lovers get to visit vehicles through yourself that they otherwise would never see. Thank you.
I was really disappointed we didn’t get to get in this car I mean I probably could’ve but the guy really wanted to leave and I didn’t wanna take any more time than I needed to take. I was just happy that he was letting me go over his car
i’m glad you dig the channel is come along way in a short amount of time maybe next year we could do more drive/rides.. i’m the type of person I don’t like asking for things and I really don’t like putting people in the spot.
I personally have always though they made a huge mistake when they moved the car from the Compact American chassis that the show car used to the intermediate classic body for production. It would had made a fun unique sporty care to compete with the Mustang. Then towards the end moving it to the Ambassador platform was kinda like they were trying to take it upmarket personal luxury market. But like any smart Designer and Marketing folks will say its a HUGE NO NO to take an old style and move it upmarket.
68 Ford Torino, 67 Marlin. I had a 64 Rambler Ambassador with a 327 Nash engine and the only difference I can see between that and the 65-66 Marlin is the swept back roofline and back end lights Also the interior design was very similar if not exact to the 67 you featured. It was my first car in 1970,it brought back some good memories,thanks!Great video as always!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing that car with us glad to be able to bring back those memories =) sweet choices
What a beautiful example in a great color. Love how the vinyl top fabric continues down to the trunk. Thank you for featuring it, Jay.
You bet you know us we love the cover the cars off the beaten path of this month definitely one off the beaten path =)
Total bummer we didn’t get in it but there’s a 65 in the pipeline as well =)
Both are very unique cars and yes the 67 is mega rare. I have 3 65's (2 console automatic and 1 twin stick console version) I actually like the 65/66's better in the back end as the car has a little rear fin as opposed to being rounded.
This is the only 67 I’ve ever seen in the wild. I haven’t seen one since.
I actually saw this car driving through a car cruise and I was in my 52 Chevy and it took everything within me not to jump out and say HEY I did your car. Can I feature it on the channel? I figured I’d see him again and I didn’t see him again until that show.
2nd one is the Marlin of course!!!! Great video and good info!!!
Would like to c videos on all AMC Vehicles
Most definitely AMC is one of my favorite brands we’ve done lots of episodes on other AMC products I will make a playlist of the AMC cars including the Nash and Hudson brands =)
Glad you dig this video
Pretty rare...for a US car. Thanks for this. Never seen one in the metal. Shocked at how little they weigh.
Great "youthful" styling, but that Ambassador brocade interior is way too grandma!!!
'65-'66 definitely awkward. But could say the '67 was a year ahead of the competition in styling.
You hadda go to '68 to find anything comparable from Ford. Though I might pick Torino over the other two...kinda.
Never cared for the Charger much, but it's aMAZing interior might put me in it's camp of the three.
On the subject of 1967, just got a '67 Jaguar 420-compact (not the big one). Like the '67 Marlin it's one year only (for US), one of only 980 imported, and no one knows what the hell it is. Dunno if you do ferrin stuff, but if you're ever in Maine....! Great video!!!
Glad you dig this video
I’ve never been to Maine =) they say it’s nice
The Ford Torino is a pretty cool car as well and it matches the persona of this
Great choices
Strange how the market went nuts with these fastbacks and their fishy names, Barracuda, Marlin, and extremely hot greenhouses. Ford Torino was another. Luckily the styling got a bit more practical, less extreme. It's interesting how that became the norm for most cars..
I too would love to have one. Marlin 67
Me too that’s the only 67 I’ve ever saw.. tons of 66
Yeah I seen that car a few years ago in a car show and I fell in love with it.
For 67(excepting some of the flares) it looks at leat as aero as a 67 charger. If not more. Nascar did make allowances for smaller cubic inch motors. Makes you wonder what it migh have done.
As a kid, I rooted for Rambler. We had a used ‘62 American and we loved that car as a family. My grandparents had a 67 Charger, and I have to say that was a magnificent car, including its four bucket seat configuration and perfectly laid out instrument cluster.
I have to say that I thought the Marlin looked like a slightly chubby and faintly awkward Charger.
I love the instrumentation in this I’m not sure which one I like better though I really like the 66 with the two-tone steering wheel
Great coverage as always! I’ve always liked the Marlins. Of note: the 65 - 67 Chargers were not big sellers with this styling either. The sales increased by a large margin with the introduction of the 1968 Charger. I know styling preferences are personal, but I think the Marlins (and Chargers for that matter) from this era are fantastic looking cars. How Dick Teague pulled so many rabbits out of a very small (financially) hat is a testament to his genius. Special thanks to the owner for staying around for this video! WYR: 1967 Marlin and 1967 Marlin. Thank you again ~ Chuck
Glad you dig this one Chuck I absolutely enjoyed my time with this 67 amc Marlin.. I was shocked when the owner told me the whole $35 million aspect of it for them to only sell 2545 cars that’s just mine blowing to me.. Packard sold more V-8 and spent less money I wanted to do this this week because they kind of tied together with more money than brains kind of mentality
Have to say I do like the the profile, proportions, and Ambassador facia allot more than it's predecessor years, I find it to be a great looking automobile. That being said the money conscious part of me can't help feel like it was foolhardy to spend that much on a one year only redesign.
Well crafted cars! Always underpowered, however. They should have tried to run them at NASCAR. But I knew RA was not into the racing scene. When comparing Charger with Marlin you show the '65 Charger concept car. FYI.
Like mike favorite car ever.
Oops favorite car ever.
I liked these cars as soon as the ads came out for them. I believe the sloping and then cutoff tail design is called a "Kamm back," or "Kamm tail" design. My home city was big enough for Marlins to be around. It was not a shock to see one. Most of the ones I saw on the street had 290 engines, but I saw at least one 343 car. It was beautiful in red and black. In the first list, I would have to go with the 1967 Charger, though the Rambler is a tempting option. In the second list, I would like the 1966 marlin. Thank you for covering these cars. Younger people need to see and appreciate them.
Thank you so much for all the information and insight I really appreciate it.
I totally agree we have to get more young people in the Classic Car hobby. I have a goal I would love to get a late 30s car and take it to car shows as many cars as I can take people for rides and let them experience it so they know what they’re missing that’s the only way to get people in this hobby.
Modern cars are great for reliability but are a total disconnect from the whole driving experience people don’t know what driving is unless they’ve driven a car pre-1960.. There are some cars in the 60s that are like driving cars and there’s also cars from the 60s that don’t really drive that well
I got to drive a 1962 Chevy Belair with a 409 four-speed car just like the Beach boys sang about, The shifter was so sloppy in that car you could not tell what gear you were in once you got the car up over 55 miles an hour it turned into a Lincoln mark five with a crazy engine it was super floating you couldn’t tell where the wheels were because it’s a two spoke steering wheel. And then there’s cars that from that time. That are just freaking awesome like a 66 Corvette it doesn’t make sense why that shifter is so nice but the shifter in the Belair sucked..
@@What.its.like. I am not looking forward to the day when people can enter an address into their car's computer, and the car will take them where they want to go unaided.
PS. One of the reasons I like old Chrysler products is that they tended to have stronger suspensions than their competitors. The spongiest, worst-handling car I ever had was a 1974 AMC Hornet. When it rained, the manual drum brakes would get wet and throw you into a spin in a split-second.
Always loved the Marlin. So Marlin all the way. 66 is my favorite.
Awesome =) I would love to have one in Teal with black and with interior
1967 also had the new V8s. The 290 & 343. The 390 would come out the following year in the AMX.
Totally forgot to mention the 67 also has hotchkiss Drive where as the 65/66 has a torque tube
The 1967 Marlin used the same body as the Ambassador coupe below the beltline. AMC kept the six standard while being 345 pounds heavier, which was the main reason that it failed miserably, sales-wise. Many thought the 1967 "big" Marlin to be awkward and ungainly. The Marlin was actually replaced by the Javelin. Keeping the Marlin would have been a waste of assembly line space. The market had changed, too......the mid-1965 Mustang was the car that totally changed the auto industry, leading to the drop in popularity of big, full-size sporty cars. All that said, the Marlin has always looked sharp, IMO.
That brocade "luxurious" fabris is just plain ghastly and totally not sporty. Make mine a 1967 Torino.
Great information thank you so much for sharing all of that =)
I had a 68 torino so the winner is the marlin any year there all cool
Sweet choices =)
Wasn’t a fan of the Torino?
Michael Mcdonald - Sweet Freedom
'67 Charger and '67 Marlin
Great guess not that song Or band
Great choices =)
Anything odd and different i like. I would take the 67 Marlin over the charger. But for a daily. Id take a 65 Marlin
Totally agree =) these cars are underrated under appreciated for what they are was this the only fast back AMC car ?
The Torino and the 67 Marlin.
Awesome choices =)
At 0:39 the engine used for illustrating the AMC V8 engine family looks like a Packard. It's definitely not the AMC first or second generation engines. Other than that the video has accurate info and is pretty interesting.
Yeah that was a packard engine in an amc ad because they used the Packard engine lol
@@What.its.like. That's true. Packard supplied their 320 V8 to AMC for a short time. I'd also heard that they snuck in a thicker head gasket or two thin head gaskets to reduce the compression and lower the horsepower on the engines that went to AMC. That was a major reason the deal ended and AMC put their own 250 and 327 V8s into production.
You mentioned the 1965 Charger. It was called Charger II and was only the original concept. It was not available to the public till 66. I wish they had kept the 65 concept design.
I got the years mixed up. It happens whenever you do a lot of cars.
@@What.its.like.Totally understandable. I had a 66 Charger and loved it. Check out sometime, the 65 concept Charger I. If I remember correctly, it was a 65 Polara. And then there was the concept Charger III. It was awsum.
JoHan used to make a nice model kit of the marlin
Sweet =)
I have one!
Best version of the stinking fish - that is not saying much, but it is better than the first attempt which was putrid looking. The problem with sedan conversions to fastbacks is that they rarely work and never look good. Even the first Charger was a hideous morass of forced angles saved only by a total redesign. The fastback on the Marlin last generation should have not had that hideous narrowed area and instead had a flowing decklid that would have pulled off the design and would have made it less a mistake. The rear window would have been wider and would have softened the huge c-pillar that is exaggerated. I would have raised the decklid a bit to allow for a more flowing design.
If I am correct, Abernathy was an EX-Packard executive which was a terrible choice to replace Romney. Sad because AMC was building some of the best quality cars of the industry in the early 1960's with excellent drivelines too. Some say they were the Toyotas of the early 60's. Simple, well engineered and they had reasonable rust resistance compared with MOPAR or FOMO Unit Bodies which dissolved too quickly.
Wasn’t really the all that terrible I mean think of all the good cars that we got because of Abernathy Romney like to make economy boxes.. not saying there’s anything wrong with that my favorite car from AMC was made during his tenure 1959 Rambler cross country wagon
I just think he overextended AMC in the mid 60's by trying to be a MINI GM.@@What.its.like.
For WYR it would be a tossup between the Charger and the Marlin, and I would take the '67 Marlin.
Giving my age away a little here, but I remember seeing these cars on occasion in the late sixties and the seventies. Too bad they didn't continue for a few more years. With yearly updates they probably could have kept the same body as late as 1970. What a waste of money and opportunity.
I could not believe the amount of money they wasted like that’s insane but companies have done crazier things than that the other two that come to mind is the Cadillac Allante and Chrysler Maserati TC.. they sold more cars but they were a colossal waste of money both of us
Great choices =)
That was not only rare, but well optioned. The "Vibratone" feature is a reverb unit like you said. Motorola started making these in the 50's using vacuum tubes and were crazy expensive (for the folks who had to have their Hi-Fi). I like the looks of the 65 the best. The 66's were ok, but the 67's (to me) looked too much like the Ambassador. All great cars that need preservation. BTW....Who could not like a 66 or 67 Charger?
Thank you so much for that validation I thought that’s what it was for but I’ve never seen one and yeah this car had a lot of options it belong to a family that owned AMC dealership local.. I’m not sure of the spelling but the 55 and Pastor also came from the collection it was liquidated for years ago there is also a Nash tow truck I would love to do I got a call that guy again.
outside-amc reminds me of the 70's duster A-body, sorry but im not a pre-67/68 charger owner or into them the exsepson it a concept/modified into a wagon/+4door and retraction plastic/bubble-top aka convertible-wagon doors windows are like standard pillar/frameless type, and strangely liked the slab&star-finns/original design was presentation like the 1960-68 cars had as i don't really go/generally for big-fins like caddy/inprale/inpala/ect had
i own a 68-70 😉 so i can pass judgment on styling ( and i did a lot of reading on the OG team like Hoover and Richard/bill ect, the 69 was intended as a convertible with a tj-jeep/removable-top and or scissor-caddy style management rejected it as well as widening the fender's/tire's ect ) and also have considered around 2009/price increases on setting for a different body style ( as a 1966 or 70/3g or convertibles was cheaper and it had a 440-572RB/426hemi+stick vs charger-2g L6-383 auto's i was finding and or needed lots of restoration work for under 20k-40k~ usd $$ ) or model-manufacturers ie RX8 as a 16-25yo
1) '68 Torino GT. 2) '68 Torino GT... lol Not a fan of the Marlins, or Chargers. I always thought there was something "off" in their design. As for the rear tail lights, I'd venture to say AMC stole them from the '65/'66 New Yorkers... My uncle had a blue '66 Ambassador 4 door. Now THAT was a gorgeous car!
Great choices =)
Wait until you hear this….in 1971 or 72 a friend had Dodge Charger Envy….bad. But, he couldn’t afford one used because they were holding value from 1967. So, he settles for a 1967 Marlin because used, it was dirt cheap! It was the exact color and interior in this video! Honestly, the envy continued and he was always feeling less than, well, you know…..
Oh wow what a great story.. i used to have envy over cars but learned to be happy with what I have idk I don’t lust after cars I really want an airflow but know I can’t afford one at the moment and I know I’ll have one when the time comes =)
I’m happy with what I got but I do have my eyes on a rambler.. if he has it in a month maybe I’ll pull the trigger if not I’ll keep looking for a metropolitan =)
@@What.its.like. Yeah….I totally get what your saying. He finally dumped it because if he cruised in it, someone would rag on him 😂
Kid in high school early eighties had a ‘66 in this color combo. Had the 327, but it might have been the 2 bbl because it certainly wasn’t fast. I remember how striking and cool the fastback and taillights were - the ‘boomerang’ inserts were weird to me then and the overall look was just kinda off and I didn’t know why because I really wanted to like it.
Great story awesome memories thank you so much for sharing that with us
1967 Marlin
Sweet =)
The 67 Marlin was the only good-looking version but it's predecessors had already killed the name. Had they started with this version history would have been different. Both the Marlin and the Dodge Charger were big cars which you don't realize till you see them in person, and that size impacts appearance. And to me anyway, that Charger didn't look any better than this Marlin. After the slimmer and smaller Plymouth Barracuda emerged the Charger would go on a diet and the Marlin disappeared as "Pony" sized cars became the rage.
I think that if AMC had made the Marlin an intermediate 'pony' size with the 67 body shape and details they would have had a huge success. I also think that Abernathy was right about AMC being good enough to meet the 'big three' head-on at the time- the potential was there but losing the 'sporty' market when it was just taking off proved to be a fatal mistake for AMC.
BTW the "Vibratone" was a reverb unit for the radio.They were somewhat popular at the time and were available in many cars. I had one in my 66 Buick Wildcat. Being a Ford aficionado I have to go with the Torino and the 67 Marlin.
Honestly you couldn’t go wrong with any of those choices in my opinion
And you’re totally right that car is huge it doesn’t the 66 and 65 doesn’t take pictures well I think it looks so much better in person it just doesn’t proportionate right when pictures are taken this car is proportionately correct in the fast back lines are just awesome in person I was hoping to convey it on video there’s a lot going on with the design and it also looks lower little bit wider and it’s definitely longer cause it goes all the way to the back where is the 66 and 65 stops rightbefore the end of the car and has. Sort of an indentation or negative space I shot a 66 Marlon as well at this car show but I’m going to space it out a little bit.. I did not get in the backseat of that car either but I did show the rear window I believe it was at a car show it had a lot of stuff in the back in doing these at car shows is a bit weird because you have an audience
@@What.its.like. You did very well in capturing the sleek lines of this car which were in much better proportion than before. This is a fairly good-looking car and well styled for it's day which couldn't be said of the earlier Marlins. This was a fresh, new, and almost exciting new car to the market but it didn't quite have a niche. The 343 wasn't enough compared to the Charger's 413 and the GM/Ford big-blocks. Plymouth also erred in limiting the Barracuda to the 273, but they corrected that in the 2nd gen. The Marlin never got that chance. Someone used to have a red 67 Marlin where I grew up and I remember seeing it here and there until the mid 80's. I've only seen one other at a car show. Another "almost but not quite" car from AMC.
Higher Love Steve Winoood
Great guess it’s not Steve Winwood or ELO 80s song
I think the song is Crush on You by The Jets
Great guess not that song or band
You should see up close the original concept car.
I would love to do some concept cars =)
Would also love to, where is it?
I looked and can’t find anything about current location but would love to find one of these
www.hemmings.com/stories/article/pinin-farinas-rambler-palm-beach
67 Charger. Sorry Jay I had to pick the charger it's just got so much of the classic muscle car vibe to pass up. I owned a 67 Dodge Coronet R/T so I've always favored this body style. It looks good as a fastback.
67 Marlin
I never knew that AMC was number three in 1962. IMO The 67 Marlin is a better looking car.
How often felt the changes they made to the 67 was the three strikes and you're out philosophy going on at AMC. Sales were not very good for the first two years so they changed a lot of stuff and made the 67 a better looking car. And naturally they didn't sell.
What AMC failed to realize was that they were in the high performance era had they dropped a big block V8 into one of those it would have been the family hot rod of its day. But, in the end it was too little too late.
Totally agree I think they should’ve kept his car around and 68 put the mag wheels on it they probably would’ve sold a lot of them, they just market it right
Great choices the Charger has a cool rear bucket seat combo that is cool be the Marlin seat fold into a bed
@@What.its.like. I'm sure the marlin would have been very popular with the drive-in movie people of that era.
I agree about the wheels but even that probably wouldn't have made any difference they needed to try and win in horse power race. Which they somewhat did with the AMX and the javelin but neither of those could be considered family cars the marlin most definitely could be. It's still a pretty cool looking car I remember seeing them when they were on the highway.
There is really nothing about these cars not to like. In hindsight AMC always seemed to be either too far behind the gun or right in front of it unprepared.
Love that analogy so true
If the original Marlin had been based on the Ambassador 990 body and not the Classic 880 it would have been a better looking car.
Totally agree
I like the Marlin it doesn’t really matter the year I think 67 has the best proportions but if anybody gave one away I would certainly any of them
@What.its.like. You are probably aware of this but others might not know that AMC achieved the longer wheelbase for the Ambassador models by moving the front wheels forward and then using an elongated front fender. Just what the Marlin needed!
They looked weird back then to me and still do.
1 & 2: All of them.
Tune: Not sure, but kind of sounds like the Bee Gees.
Great choices awesome guess but no it’s not the Bee Gees
@@What.its.like. Oh, well. I tried.
Part A. I would take the 67 Charger and part B. the 67 Marlin. See what I did there I got both cars that I want to own.
Haha =) great choices
In the first scenario I would have to go with the Dodge Charger because in that time Dodge built some of the best cars ever built.
In the second scenario I find it impossible to chose because I like all three very much.
Awesome choices need to cover a Charger still