1969 AMC

Rambler Coupe

6 - Cyl.

Automatic

A9A060A708468

Gasoline

This is a 1969 AMC Rambler 2-Door Sedan American Motors (Canada) Limited Built Model, which is also advertised locally, therefore, the car can sell at anytime. This car was always garaged since it was new and I am the third owner for two years now. The first owner was a school teacher who lived in Pennsylvania and who ordered and bought the car new in the Fall of 1968 and never drove it in the snow but did drive it in the rain. The school teacher is now in a nursing home and the second owner was a neighbor who bought the car and used it only occasionally, that is why the mileage is at just over 36,000 original miles. The school teacher never married and had no children. The back seat of the car was not used but it is slightly dry rotted in some places and I had the top white vinyl portion where the sun bakes it through the rear window re-upholstered. The front bench seat has been re-upholstered in a non-stock form and will need to be re-hog ringed at various places. The interior color is a combination of white and black. I have re-glued and re-set the door and rear side panels. The interior door handles and window cranks are from a 1966 Rambler American. I removed the vacuum windshield wiper and washer system and sold them and I temporarily replaced them with a 1966 Rambler American Electric System that will not be included with this car. I did obtain a complete 1969 Rambler Electric Windshield Wiper System that will be included with this car, but I do not know if it works and I did not obtain a windshield washer system, which will have to be obtained by the winning bidder. The windshield rubber gasket is still pliable but will need to be re-sealed and it does leak slightly which caused the right front floor well to rust through in a few spots. This windshield gasket problem seems to affect all 1964-69 Rambler American Models, but can be repaired. The front floor well will only need some patch work and not a full floor. I do believe that the windshield rubber gasket can be re-sealed with the proper putty and injection gun. The windshield is milky in a few spots by some edges but it is not really bad at all. I removed the black rubber floor mat to check the entire condition of the floor and the black rubber mat will have to be reinstalled. The school teacher did bang up the exterior in a few places as shown by the pictures. This car has just about no rust and all the metal and structure members are intact. The lower radiator support was bent at one time as it looks like someone tried to toe the car at that point. I straightened it out but it will need additional straightening and repair but the car is usable as is. The trunk lid and some other exterior surfaces will need re-painting but again, the car can be used as is. This car is a turn-key driver and I have driven it on two-hundred mile trips with no problems and I also show it. All of the door rubber seals including the vent window seals and the trunk seal are pliable and are not hardened or dry rotted. The dashpad on this car is as new as when the car was built, and is not cracked or dry rotted. The only option the first owner ordered was an automatic transmission on the column. The car has the 199 cubic inch 128 horsepower 6-cylinder engine that does not burn or leak oil. The transmission was flushed and the fluid and filter changed and is in perfect running condition and does not slip or leak. The cooling system was flushed and I replaced the water pump with a new AMC NOS unit with new thermostat and gasket. The radiator does not leak and I replaced all of the radiator and heater hoses. I installed a rebuilt alternator from a 1966 Rambler American Rogue 290 V8 Car and I installed a new fan belt. The engine was tuned up and the oil and filter changed within the last year. The battery is a five year battery and is two years old now. The rear leaf springs may need re-arching, but again, the car can be used as is. The front suspension trunnions will probably have to be replaced as the coil springs are slightly curved at their bottom ends indicating the bushings inside the trunnions are worn, but the car does not shimmy or shake and I have had it up to 75 miles per hour on the highway. The tires including the spare tire have more than half the tread left on them and are P195/75R14 size radial whitewalls. I only needed to replace the muffler as the rest of the exhaust system was alright. I had removed all of the exterior moldings and emblems for cleaning and have reinstalled them now (not shown in the pictures) except for the front and rear side marker light assemblies. The first owner backed into a telephone pole and bent the rear bumper, rear taillight panel and trunk lid which will have to be repaired. I drilled the rear taillight panel for 1967-69 Rambler American Rogue moldings and machine-turned panels that will have to be installed. I sold the large “Rambler” emblem that was on the taillight panel but I still have the small one inch by one inch “American Motors” emblem that was also on the taillight panel. I do have an extra trunk lid for the car, but the present one still opens and closes with no problem. I replaced all of the instrument cluster bulbs and I installed an NOS 1967 Rambler American Rogue Plastic Instrument Cluster only slightly broken at the lower right hand corner. The speedometer needle jumps from zero to thirty-five miles per hour and after that it smoothens out. From what I read, it probably needs lubrication to the speedometer cable inside the conduit assembly. I also installed a 1979 AMC Spirit cigar lighter. A 1969 SC/Rambler Enthusiast in the area wants the Instrument Panel Cluster and the Dash Pad, but of course I will not part out the car. This car does not have a radio and has the radio-delete plastic plate. I also installed a 1964-66 Rambler America glovebox lock handle and emergency "T" type brake handle. I replaced all of the brake wheel cylinders and had the master cylinder brass sleeved by Whitepost Restorations and I converted to Purple Silicon Brake Fluid. All the brake shoes and the self-adjusting cables have been replaced. This car had one horn and I installed another horn from a 1969 Rambler. My intentions when I bought this car were to enjoy it and fix it up little by little and then install a 360 V8 Engine with automatic transmission out of a 1971 Javelin/AMX with only 14,000 original miles on the engine and transmission, which I did purchase. This car could be a real nice Sleeper 2-Door Sedan with the 360 V8 Engine and automatic transmission. I do have the 360 V8 Engine and automatic transmission which have never been apart still in the crate and other parts to do a V8 conversion. Those parts will be available to the winning bidder if the winning bidder chooses to do a V8 conversion. Those V8 conversion parts are extra and we can negotiate a price if and when the time comes. Once again, this is a turn-key driver car that can be enjoyed just the way it is. I have tried to describe the car as accurately as possible and I may have forgotten a thing or two. If you have any questions at all, please call me anytime at 610-691-7885. I am selling this car because I have just located a finished V8 Rambler American that is a driver. There will be some extra USED 1969 Rambler and other parts included in this auction such as the original white headrests and brackets but the bracket locks are missing, extra blue seat backs with blue headrests and brackets and with the bracket locks, 67 Rambler American grille, radiator and right outside rearview mirror and gasket, grille panel, New chrome locking gas cap, plain silver painted gas cap and gas tank filler tube, headlight assemblies and bezels, four hubcaps, front parking light housings and other miscellaneous small parts.