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That Ambassador wagon done in 1:43 by NEO is really nice.  I hope someone does the American wagon shown there.

I pulled beside a huge 9-car(?) car carrier a couple of weeks ago hauling new cars.  Two thoughts immediatly hit me.  (1) I would never get behind something like this and (2) I have a lot of respect for any driver who handles a rig like this. 

These days one truck could be toting a million dollars worth of vehicles.  That's a lot of money to be buried in a windshield.

Jack, just a small point. The '58 wagon done by Neo was actually a Cross Country, built on the standard Rambler wheelbase, and not am Ambassador. The sedan version by Neo was also the short-wheelbase Rambler Custom 6.

The Ambassadors were 9 inches longer (all the extra length being between the front door and the front wheels, to accommodate the V8) and had a different side flash.

I don't think the bigger Ambassador has been modelled in 1:43. I did have a go at making my own a few years ago, knocked together by combining the lower body of the Dinky Toys No. 193 wagon (pre-1958 body) with the roof and windscreen/windshield of a Dinky No. 173 (1960 wagon). I added aluminium fins and a grille made up from scraps. It's a bit rough around the edges but in the absence of anything else ...

That is a very nice load ofNash vehicles Galen. Welcome back.

@david-green "Thank-you"

@graeme-ogg  Whoops! Thanks for the correction Graeme, you are quite right.  I do recall that there was talk a fair while back of them doing the Ambassador as well.  I sure would love to see it; wagon or sedan would be great.  My favorite of this era however is the "finless" 1962.  There was a very pale dusty rose color that looked lovely on this one.

Wagons, woodies, & Ramblers no thank you. 

A '60s Ambassador 2 door of course YES:

Rambler's no, AMC yes.

@brush  Bruce; from a sportiness perspective I agree with your suggestions; they are nice cars.  Back in the late 60s-early 70s I never really gave them much thought as far as owning one because for most young guys the marque still suffered (unfairly) from the original Rambler identity of stodginess.  None of my crowd would even consider buying an AMC when you could have a Mopar, Ford or GM muscle car.

I like collecting models of the various Ramblers; not because I really liked them as a kid, but because of the nostalgia of the great era they represent.

@jack-dodds; in complete agreement with your first paragraph.  I collected for nostalgia then sold 96 cars and gave away 97 cars and collect now, what I like where ever they fit in the nostalgia group or not. 

Cars that looked ugly to me back in the day still look ugly, like the Rambler.  And some that looked ugly in my eyes back in the day, like the '57 - '60 Dodge, have become over the years to look good to me now, but the ones that looked good back in the day still look good to me now.

I like the frumpy sedans!

@big-shady  Now that is what you call a beak!  I can't recall the last time I ever saw one of these.