I set up this page for my boyfriend, Matt, to show the progress of refurbishing his 1967 Ambassador, 4-speed station wagon. .This car has had a long and amazing journey. So here, begins our part of this “freaky” wagon’s path back on the road.
1967 Ambassador factory 4-speed station wagon 990 ,maybe only a few ever built this way ! ” DA Freak”. “AMC BUYER’S GUIDE”, Larry G. Mitchell, published in 1994,
“1967 was unusual in that a four-speed on the floor was available in any Ambassador,Rebel,American and Marlin with any V-8 in any bodystyle with any seating. This combination could have produced such freaks as a bench-seat Ambassador four-door wagon with a daul exhaust,343ci,280bhp V-8 and a four-speed on the floor !”
No doubt about the fact, “this combination could have produce such freaks” . Below is “DA Freak”, proof that this strange car was really factory built !
I will be refurbishing this car to look like the artwork with vin# created by auto artist Danny Whitfield and enjoying it for many years,. We will do the work at a friends restoration shop where we can stay in a low budget range and enjoy other muscle cars and great car people 
. I have the right to show the artwork as they were for me and with cars vin# .
Think about it!
This may be the rarest Regular Production AMC ever built. Rarer than the 1969 ½ Hurst prepared SS AMX. or Hurst SC/Rambler !
AMC fired the entire advertising staff after 1967 because of commercial like these:
History of this very rare factory 1967 Ambassador V8,4spd on the floor station wagon !
Comment:
Hi ~ Matt
I have some information on the car before Mark owned it. I had a friend that was into Studebakers call me and mentioned I should look at this car outside of Philly, PA. He thought it should be saved.
It was in a estate sale and the family wanted to it crush because it had to many bad memories of their father. However, the attorney for estate didn’t want it crushed because for the four speed. I looked at it and struck deal. It took six hours to load on trailer because it was stuck in ground, the shed it was stored in was very bad shape and we had to use a chain saw get doors open. My brothers truck got stuck in the yard and it took good while get that out. The funny thing was from the noise the cops showed, wondering what we were doing. We had to call the attorney to tell them we were not there to steal it!
Going home coming up turnpike, I bet there were 40 angry drivers that didn’t like the dust trail that was coming from the car. But was all worth it as this was a special car.
I had contacted Tom Benvie and he told me how rare car was. I had placed ads in newsletters and had about 60 phone calls. It seemed that everyone wanted the trans and not the car, I didn’t have the heart to part it out. Mark had contacted me and we struck deal. Mark had made arrangements for someone to pick it up. I never heard much after that and was wondering if mark was working on it. I am glad that someone is restoring it, because it is special car. I thought it was a cool car, however I have too many projects. Thanks for allowing me to tell you this story. Please keep me posted on the progress for the restoration. Darrin “Homer” Boeckel
Matt is a long-time AMC guy, but has owned many other muscle cars. Thought I’d post just a few of the oldies, but goodies.
My old 1969 Hurst SC/Rambler. Artwork by Danny Whitfield !
Video of my burn out in the Scrambler
My Hurst SC/Rambler was replicated by Johnny Lighting ,2007. Artwork by Danny Whitfield.
