1965 Rambler Marlin 

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I have 3 65's... 1 is a twinstick and the other 2 are 327 center console cars. I love em

I have one restored it for the second time.My stepped out of the first brand new car.327 flash automatic phone.Love it when he was dating my mother when it came out of the service beautiful car

This is what I call an “underdog” car. A car no one seems to appreciate, but I love it!

I always liked the Marlin because it does look so much like a barracuda but a little more stylish.

Love the Marlin. One of my favorite AMC products.

Beautiful car!

I've always liked the 65-66 AMC styling on all their models including Marlin. I think it was nice clean uncomplicated look, stylish but clean and functional, and distinctive as well.

Marlin and Cadillac. I've worked on and owned a bunch of AMC products over the years and still love seeing them.

HS class of 65 here. In the fall I was in college playing those tunes as a DJ on the college radio station. The Marlin was considered very cool.

When I was 17 my Dad bought a new 1968 Ambassador. My uncle checked it out and the next week he came over with a 1967 Marlin. Two awesome trouble free cars.

I especially enjoy being shown around these wonderful cars inside and out, in great detail.

WYR 1. Barracuda 2. Caddy. The Marlin has grown on me over the years but thought it had rather ungainly proportions back then as I still do. Diggin' those retro commercials you are inserting Dude!

I have the same car currently restoring it for the second time.Sat too long my stepfather's first new car when you get out of the service at sixty five

The Marlin was AMCs style leader for '65. An answer to the fastback Barracuda & 2+2 Mustang. They are still relatively low priced compared to other 'pony cars' of the era (if you can find one) My personal favorite was the 67 but I've yet to see one in person. Teague was a styling master. Able to do so much for AMC on a shoestring budget compared to the big 3. Have you considered doing some vids on prominent auto designers ? Anyhow, thanks again for the great content...👍🏁

Love Rambler/AMC cars. Been a fan of your channel for over a year. Thank you for all your effort.

I am a fan of just about every make and model of automobiles, including alot of sixties era and i am definitely an AMC fan, including this one. This car is as old as I am😊 I'm not sure what sure exactly of the car market mindset if that time, ! can only speculate or theorize based on information I've read or studied, but l do agree this one had a different look to it. I would almost tend to say, love it or hate it look. Personally l regard it as uniquely appealing. Based on alot of the old ads I've seen of these, with pics of the the ocean and the fish itself, they did everything could to corelate the two, I guess giving the idea of a sportsman like fun feel, which right off the bat, is a segment specific target. I do think the Charger that did mimick the design, was nice, and as far as advertising goes for that one, it definitely didn't hurt that one was featured in a popular Elvis movie of the time, although I don't recall the title. I do especially like the Rambler Classic models of that era, mainly the 2 dr, and convertible. I love the quality and design of the Marlin's interior and the folding seats are super cool IMO! I'd definitely pick one of these rare classics over any other, and i do like the sedanettes of their eras, I'd take either of those second!🤩 Awesome video, great song choice, all the cool music of that year, and the period ads, all super 😎!!

I never thought the front end lived up to the great rear-end styling, which they fixed with the 67 redesign, which I think is very balanced design

I remember seeing one of those at our local rambler dealership. I thought it was amazing but my pop thought it was ugly. So many parts were carried over from other Rambler products. Pretty much the whole front end and even the doors were from other ramblers. That was key to Ramblers cost efficiency was to share parts throughout their product line. The Pacer was one of the few cars they made that didn't share parts with other cars in their product line.

This is to the person doing these videos. The brake light serves two purposes. First is to tell you the parking brake is "on" and second to warn you that there is a problem with your service brakes IE the one you use in stop and go traffic. You did it to me again I'll take the Barracuda in the first list and the Marlin in the second list.

I like these cars. They are super easy to upgrade to disc brakes. All the AMC cars had four bolts holding the front spindles on. Just simply find a later AMC car with disc brakes, and bolt the whole thing onto your Marlin. I used to know where there was a Marlin with the 327 twin stick, but the owner was very protective of it. I only saw it a couple times!

I'd rather have the Marlin, my Dad had one when I first started driving, a 1965, put some miles on it, GREAT ride, with an 8 track tape.

I think it's impressive that you raided the archives to illustrate the features that got rained out! It's a shame that the stunning and vastly improved the second generation Marlin only lasted a year. Great episode! Oh, Marlin and the scrumptious '49 Caddy. Be still, my heart!

This has always been my favorite car ofthe sixties. There was a black and white one down the block from where I grew up in the seventies, the dude had an Opel GT as well!

#1 performance mod for Rambler V8 is to 'hog out' the plenum area 4bbl intake manifold & use a larger, tuned, carburetor (wink-wink!)

Dad and I went to our local Rambler dealer in October, 1964, at introduction time for the '65 models. Coffee/coke & donuts were served. Dad noticed right away that the Marlin was really just a Rambler Classic in the front with the swoopy part tacked on the rear. It was sort of interesting to look at, however, the Marlin never sold very well.

Thank you for recognizing AMC! I’m an Ambassador and Javelin fan..

Marlin Marlin Ive loved these cars since the first one i seen as a youngster around 1970. It was a 67 and painted in that Plum color.

I owned a '66. Yellow, black rear deck, wire wheels and the mother of toilet seat steering wheel, wire wheel covers. Had a blast in that car. Drove it all over and out to Watkins' Glenn for the races. Too many stories, so little time.

Great new tagline "Inspires you to drive something different." Another great video!

I think the critics were right. There is something smoother and sleeker with the Charger. But I rooted for the Marlin as a kid. Also, I see the speedometer has 10-20-30-40 etc., rather than the 1-2-3-4 of Ramblers and Nashes. Perhaps this was about the time they finally added the zeroes. I’ll take the Mustang and the Cadillac.

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The 67 Marlin on the Ambassador platform was the nicest--Dick Teague thought so. The 2nd generation Marlin had the 2nd generation v8 series. You could get it with the 343, and I believe you could even have swapped in a 401 a few years later.

my favorite cars are the orphan cars Justin 👍

The 67 Marlin, in my opinion, is a good-looking vehicle .

Gotta love the independents they seem to have always given a better quality and cool options. for the wyr I’m going to have to mix it up and take the barracuda and then the marlin, how cool would that be to have a pair of fish in the garage 👍

This is a great example, Jay. Thank you for featuring it. It certainly has a lot of interesting details. And I'll take the Mustang and the Cadillac.

larger engine displacement is the shortest path to make more power

I enjoyed this video. Thanks for the redo with a nicer example. I always liked the 1965 Marlin. I'd see these coming down the road and at first glance think it was just another Rambler Classic, but then I'd see the rest of the car. I thought that was so cool. In the WYR I'd take the 1965 Marlin and the 1949 Cadillac Sedanette.

Good to see another Marlin which would be one of my favourite cars from the 1960's, though I would also take that 1949 Cadillac. My favourite year for Marlin is'67. Another car which I really like is the '74 to '78 Matador coupe as it bears a strong resemblance to the Marlin. It would be greatly appreciated if one could be shown here.

Years ago I used to be a Ramblering Man

I'd forgotten all about Sam the Sham. Had a 65 Ambassador while in college, my first unibody car. Was impressed with the solidity, but not with the exhaust manifold that cracked right before I had to replace the timing chain on the 327 engine both at around 90K miles. Sleep on the fully reclined seats was not easy...AMC actually sold mattresses that fit over the seats and compensated for the different levels once the seats were reclined that made it much more comfortable. WYR: 1. Mustang 2. 49 Caddy.

Great video of a really neat car.

327 4bbl Rambler V8 featured solid main webs, higher rate dual valve springs... versus 2bbl version having windowed block & single valve springs

1965 Barracuda The Cadillac is pure Style 😉 Enjoy your day Happy Motoring ✌️🤠

WYR: All of them. Car collections should never stop growing. NTT: I'm not sure, but it could be Hey, Little Cobra for all I know. I'd sleep in it.

Always liked the marlin, and to this day I would love to have one.

"Note": The Duel Chamber Master Cylinder was a first on the 1962 Rambler and 1962 Caddialacs,

That 1967 Marlin is one good looking automobile....I wouldn't mind having one! Great video...thank you for uploading and sharing!! EDIT: I think you meant LEFT TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR in the Speedometer....LOL!!!

Easy Would you rather ... MUSTANG I have one ... not a fastback ... but a classic Mustang ... love it everday

The Twin Stick electic overdrive used the Borg Warner unit. Think of it as a temporary overdrive. Its good for purposes of gasline economy. The engine would feel somewhat less gutsy when engaged. So the "burst of power " would be like shiftnig down a gear or two. The overdrive would work best at cruising speed. Volvo offered a similar Borg Warner unit in its late 1960s and 1970s cars. I had one of those. I had a 1971 station which had Volvos highest compression 2.0 liter engine. It had a decent amount of power forca small engine. Yet would rev high at freeway speeds. I installed an overdrive transmission after the 4 speed transmission died. I noticed less engine noise and fuel economy beyond 30 mpg. The AMC overdive transmission would have worked well with the V-8 engines. They would have had enough power for driving on the freeway while in overdrive. Passing would be done by disengaging the electric overdrive. The advantage would be decent enough performance while not having the engine suck ones wallet dry.

What beautiful cars these were. I don’t care what anyone says. Reminiscent of the boat back Baracuda.

Man that car had Great Styling ,Don’t Understand why anyone wouldn’t want one

I am a Mopar guy, but i must admit that you are correct, Chrysler copied the roofline of the Marlin. I"ve always been partial to the Ambassador. A friend's dad had one back in the day and it was a very nice car.

Finally painted Chicago what to do 231 coats of clear put it all back together beautiful beautiful car

0:00 Wow, I just _love_ the typography of the era.

Today they are doing it with 10 speed automatics!

1965 Mustang 2+2 and the ‘49 Caddy

Hi Jay!: Thanks for featuring the earlier Marlin! I really like those cars, too! I really wish AMC had marketed the car differently, more like Ford did with the Mustang. The name might have hurt sales with the younger folks, with the fishy name. I know, I know Chevy had theirs (Corvette Sting Ray) And Chrysler Corp. had theirs (Plymouth Barracuda), but I think a racier name might have been a good idea. Maybe they could have resurrected a name they already had from their Hudson merger. ITALIA! Rambler Italia! Sounds good to me! I bet that was a super car with the 327 engine in it! And I LOVE the camping aspects of the convertible interior!! A GREAT idea, that just never caught on.

Rambler had dual circuit brakes before the federal mandate!

The 232 six has 7 (count 'em) main bearings, not 4. Always. The front seat cushion lifts out, and you flip them around and they line up with seatback better. No additional pillow necessary!

My neighbor has a 65 Marlin. It’s not out too often. It’s red and silver I think. I remember him telling me there were 47 different 2-Tone color combinations you could get.

Small correction: The 199, 232 and 258 six cylinder AMC engines ALL had 7 main bearings. These engines are famous for their durability and ruggedness. These same engines powered many Jeep models and remained in production for the next 17 years, long after Chrysler bought out AMC.

Making the best of a rainy day catching a Marlin * 1st i'll take the Barracuda, 2nd i "dig" the Olds. . . :>/

Great vid!! 👍👍

Rented one i n augusta ga. In the army ng. 60s never saw another till the video here was a comfy fast car was impressed the ac worked well was 105deg that week 😢

The 65-66 cars used to be pretty commonly seen in Kenosha up to 15yrs ago. The 67 has always been a rare car even in its birthplace. It's a shame they didny make that body style in the coming years as the 67 really capitalized on the the long fastback and IMO was a great looking car.

11:58 When I was a kid, I thought the door handle and window crank were cool because the "handle" part is off-center from the middle section of the handle. (I hope that made sense)

I think this car suffered from the brand "Rambler," which when I was a kid, was kind of a "mom car" brand.

I would love the to have Caddy & Oldsmobile sedanettes. Im partial to those GM style cars. Even the Pontiac, Buick, and Chevy fleet line are personal favorites.

Teague originally designed it to be on the Rambler American and called the Tarpan, but management wanted it to be seen as family sized so they wanted it to be on the Classic chassis and Teague said it threw the proportions off.

65 Barracuda 49 Caddy, weird set indeed.... When I was a kid. guy down the street, local golf pro, had one in the mid-60's. Thought it was cool then, still do.

..I knew a guy who had one. I never saw it on the road..always sat in his driveway....

First, if you notice the original prototype Marlin, isn't it obvious that it was originally designed on the Rambler American? They noticed right away that the American didn't give the impression that Rambler was hoping for. That short front hood and being truncated behind the rear wheels didn't look quite right. Maybe that one was intune with Plymouth's original Barracuda, which was based on Plymouth's smallest, and economy, car. Rambler needed something more. Hence, they moved up to the Rambler Classic body. It looked a little more fitting and not just a kid dressing up in his daddy's clothes. Even with this, the Marlin was still a Rambler at heart. The base inline 6 and other standard Rambler accommodations, like a 3-speed manual transmission was nothing new but definitely not for the customer base Rambler wanted. Ofcourse the grown-up Plymouth Barracuda in it's new and final body, the "E" body, still had the base drivetrain like the Valiants. 6cyl. and 3-speed manual transmission. Now, I remember often seeing Marlins and Ramblers with the twin-stick console-mounted shifters frequently. Most often they had automatic transmissions. So, maybe this was the first American car to have an automatic transmission combined with an overdrive unit. Aftermarket companies, like Gear Vendors, started making automatic overdrive units which could bolt on to the rear of an automatic case. I remember installing one on a Chevy 1978 C2500 pick-up and it had a TH400 automatic. The customer often cruised in the desert at night going to the next motorcycle race. The lightbar on top of the cab with 6 high-output lights helped those fast nighttime drives. I don't know where all these Ramblers with twin-stick shifters went to. I haven't seen one since the 1970's. The last Marlin I encountered had a 6 cyl. with a 3-speed manual transmission in the early-2000's. The 1967 Ambassador-based Marlin is pretty cool. If equipped right, it could have been Rambler's foray into the personal luxury car. But, Rambler was more interested in the popular pony cars. The Javelin and AMX's fit into that niche nicely.

FYI, the show car was based off the Rambler American. I think it would had sold better as a compact Mustang competitor.

The Marlin is an excellent place for a 401 drop-in.

The Rambler Marlin would have been AMC's answer to the Mustang, bare in mind Ford Caught EVERYONE knapping when the Mustang came out in 1964 No One seen it coming AND the Mustang SOLD like Hot Cakes they could Not make them Fast enough everyone wanted one!!!! I knew people who a Rambler Classic 6 cylinder it went plenty well enough.

I was only 6 but paying attention and into cars already. Could ID most cars two decades back by half a front fender. I knew of the 1964 Barracuda and Mustang, of course, but don't recall even any ads promoting the Marlin. I really didn't know that AMC American Motors existed. Never came up in our house. In retrospect, the grille is nothing special, too much like the American and Classic, seen as the same thing, only a different shape. AMC was made of good stock, especially Hudson, but couldn't compete with the leaders. The sixties brought modern, creative new styles, the heavy, tank-like Fords and the light and nimble feeling Chevrolets. Chrysler was mostly just weird Exner designs down to the Plymouth line. If AMC was even on a shopper's list, they rarely made it to the last choice.

I always thought the fast back on the Rambler Classic front end was a big turn off. When the Dodge Charger came out it was Dodge's attempt to go for the Thunderbird market. it was a disappointment in sales and didn't really catch on until they went for the 'muscle car' market in 1968. I think the Charger fastback would have done better if it had been out first.

truly a great video, Question one is hard if possible i would take no#1 and no#2, on Question 2 #2. Question when are you doing a video on the 1948 to 1951 Willys Jeepster.

A neighbor has a blue and black one. Seeing in person is dramatic.

American Motors standardized dual circuit brakes, on all models, beginning in 1962.

Dual brake system was a Rambler thing before they were federally mandated. Your two scenarios, I'd take the Rambler.

The problem with the Marlin was that it was 3+3, not 2+2. It tried to be sporty, but was designed for an older customer. If I was in my twenties back then, and the choice was between the Marlin, Charger, or the fastback Mustang, I'd take either the Charger or the Mustang, or the Barracuda, not the Marlin. They should have built the Tarpon instead, but that showcased the problem with AMC: a lack of capital to compete with the Big Three.

#1 Any of the 3 would be really neat, if it was only one - hard hard maybe I would take the Back-a-ruda #2 think I would take that olds. Not because I am anti AMC, but I have started looking for a Pacer Wagon with either the 5 liter or the 6.6 V8's. Will those V8's fit under the hood with a 4 speed ? Or second option an automatic?

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I know where 1 is sitting an rotting away, it was a great car for drive in movie date nights.

Let's start with the WYR. Though I think the Barracuda is a much better-looking car, I'd choose the Marlin simply because it's rarer and shows what AMC could do back then. Seems that everybody has a Mustang. For WYR 2, I've always liked that era of Caddilacs. Now onto the Marlin. It's a weird-looking car to me, especially with the front end of the 65 looking like an ordinary Rambler with the rest of it being avant-garde. The two-color paint scheme is both odd and appealing somehow; nothing quite like it offered by others till the late 60's. The 327 4-bbl was no slouch, but I think these would have been far more popular with a big-block/ 4-speed option. One of the things that made the Charger a hit was it's 413 engine. The Barracuda suffered a similar problem with it's 273 topping the line-up; missed opportunities. AMC's entries into the sporty/ performance world were never really good sellers. I think it was the public's view of AMC being too plain and ordinary overall. Those models were also short-lived and might have done better with updating and a longer model lifespan, along with some factory-backed racing which was a way to garner sales that the 'big three' took advantage of. Still, I wish I had a Marlin, just a later version.

No offense to anyone but the first 'Cudas looked like a Valiant with a giant greenhouse in back that could melt your belongings and heat up the passengers. Cudas went on to be amazing. Chargers too. And Ford was tooling up the Torino. AMC's normal cars were very well done; I'd proudly drive a 58 long roof. .

marlin was a limited production halo car -1 or 2 made for every dealer showroom...a sales tool to sell the bread and butter models

These choices are always hard.

13:15 On the speedometer, I wonder why _only_ 110 and 120 are "inverted." By that logic, at least 10 and 20 mph should also be inverted(?).

At 7:48 the rear looks like the Chrysler Crossfire's rear end.

327 4bbl Rambler V8 features higher compression 9.7 to 1 pistons 327 2bbl version about 8.5?...

4:24 I notice the heater core is bypassed in this engine shot.

7:18 It _does_ seem like a two-speed rear end is a good idea!

0:15 _Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs_ ... there's a name that would be allowed today.

At the 1:06 marker you mention the "American" series, yet you show a "Classic" ad. In 1965, the Classic series was the mid-sized offering from AMC. The American was a 'compact'. Smalller and much different looking than the Classic. The '65 & '66 Marlins were based on the Classic. In '67 the Marlin was moved to the Ambassador platform.

The 1965 and 1966 wheelbase was 112 inches, not 122. The 232 L6 engine had 7 main bearings, not 4.

Was that You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling by the Righteous Brothers? (your compression program and my computer speakers make even the "easy" hard).