For you youngsters you may not have heard of a game called Slug Bug or Punch Buggy. This is one of those fun, ridiculous road trip games that came about because the VW Beetle used to be so incredibly distinctive and there had to be some way to play a game that involved punching your siblings, right?
Pictured here is a beautiful example of a 1965 Rambler Marlin. This is the first year of production for the Marlin and this one boasts its original 327 American Motors V8 along with factory air conditioning and reclining bucket seats. The owner, Neil Dolce, is happy to point out other neat features like the standard front disk brakes which was not at all the norm with other cars of the era. He is also happy to indicate that the car was restored using a proper AMC engine.
The car is pictured here with two young ladies who represent the Miss Lake County scholarship program including 2012’s Miss Lake County Jennifer Humble and Outstanding Teen Alice Crocket. Both of these wonderful individuals are shining examples of positive and strong youth programs and the Miss Lake County program provides scholarships and an opportunity to mingle within the community and develop more interaction with people of all walks of life. These young ladies’ parents can be very proud of their accomplishments and the outlook for a wonderful future.
And Neil can be proud of a very nice example of a unique vehicle that looks like it just came out of the Rambler show room.
Thanks to the AMC Rambler Club for this shot of a gorgeous 1962 Rambler Classic Wagon and accompanying and beautifully matching Shasta trailer. Notice the cool little winglets on this “canned ham” trailer (called that because of the shape - not unlike a canned ham!). The sunshine yellow paint extends from the cool vintage wagon to the trailer whose style is bisected by the lightning bolt across the middle that almost matches the glass line of the stylish Rambler.
On my recent tour of the Blackhawk Museum in Danville I came across three Alfa Romeos that could beat any Virgil Exner car in the fins department. Whoa, I thought only we Americans were wacky for fins but, apparently, we weren’t the only ones doing that drug in the 1950s.
I recently had the privilege of touring the Blackhawk Museum with a group of fellow auto aficionados. This is a rolling collection of some really spectacular automobiles, many of them of the classic era but a good sprinkling of vehicles built into the 1960s.
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