Recent content by 62Rambler

All by hand so far. Time to invest in a machine polisher. Would you recommend Ultimate Compound using a machine?

I would say I'm trying to 'restore and protect' All by hand so far and I have gone "least aggressive" but wondering if it's time to be more aggressive.

This white paint is a bear! I'm proceeding very slowly but yellow oxidation is still there. Like I said earlier, in sunlight you can't see it but in shade you can see the subtle differences. So far I've rubbed out the entire car with M7 and the results are amazing from where the car was. On...

No doubt I'll keep the artifacts intact. They really tell a story!

It actually is the protective shipping plastic. I never thought about it but with so many hoarders out there it helps preserve many of these cars. Most families would've sold the car after the driver lost his license. By 1969 this one would've been sold to a college kid for $50. By 1972 it...

Megs UC it is is...can't wait to get back to work on this!

The plastic is definitely original. You can see it used on the Rambler American in this 1962 Rambler showroom photo. The story was that the guy lost his license for whatever reason a few years after buying it. It was registered briefly to another family member in 1993 and on the back on the...

A couple of interior shots. Factory plastic still on the front seats and protective cardboard in the headliner. The interior is cleaning up beautifully! Cargo area line with newspapers from 1965 and an oar.

This car has grown on me quickly! You just don't find cars with such low mileage and originality like this one. It was clearly used as a fishing car. It has a trailer hitch, an oar in the cargo area and a box of outdoor supplies that indicate that some camping was done using this car. He may...

Restoring white paint on my 4,000 mile 'Barn Find' '62 Rambler I recently acquired a 4,052 mile 1962 Rambler Station Wagon that has essentially been sitting in a garage for the past 50 years. I had it shipped from Northern Minnesota to my home in Chicago where my mechanic has serviced it...