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Rambler 1902-1969 - With two lives

Name: Rambler 50 HP Touring 1912
Brand: Rambler

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Created in 2013

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Roger Gloor

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Martina Mäder

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Rambler (1963) - sold in Switzerland by Renault, larger wheelbase and adapted body lines for the new model year

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Rambler Rear-entrance tonneau (1904) - at the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2015

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Rambler Classic Six (1962) at the Geneva Motor Show - the station wagon has a higher status in America than in Europe

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There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of which have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Rambler. Success came quickly when father and son Jeffrey devoted themselves solely to the automobile. In 1916, the brand went to Nash, which belonged to AMC. Rambler models were produced under AMC until 1969.

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The first Rambler had already been built in 1897, followed by further prototypes. They were the work of Thomas B. Jeffery and his son Charles T. They ran America's second-largest bicycle factory and left it to the American Bicycle Co. founded by Colonel Pope in 1900 to turn their full attention to the automobile. To this end, father and son Jeffery had extensive factory facilities built in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and in 1902 launched an inexpensive small car under the Rambler (= Wanderer) brand with an open, doorless runabout design and a single-cylinder engine under the seat. With 1,500 sales in its first year, Rambler took second place behind Oldsmobile.

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