Chevy/Ford. Stacked headlights are just as polarizing for most folks as the age-old debate between Chevrolet and Ford. I’m a big fan of stacked headlights, and others don’t like them at all. Some can take them or leave them. This 1968 AMC Ambassador SST Sedan can be found listed here on Facebook Marketplace in Hanford, California, and the seller is asking $4,000. Here is the original listing.

There’s just something fresh, crisp, clean, and modern about stacked headlights for me. The 1960s would turn out to be an interesting era anyway, no matter whether your paired headlights were horizontal or vertical. In the case of the Ambassador SST in this period, you also got “rally lights” in the new sixth-generation grille. The sixth-generation of the Ambassador was only made for 1967 and 1968, a short run, but the final coffin-nose generation of the Ambassador was only available in 1974. My favorite generation of the Ambassador was right before this one, the fifth-gen cars for 1965 and 1966. I don’t know many people with a favorite generation of the AMC Ambassador. Do you have one?

The seller says this car retains its original paint – 44A, Caravelle Blue Iridescent, according to the data plate they show in the photo gallery – but clearly the right front fender has something going on. The trim and badges are missing from the RF fender, and it’s as faded as the memory of the good ol’ days. The left rear quarter panel is also faded, as you can see above. I’m not sure what’s going on there, but otherwise, this looks like a straight car. Speaking of straight, I’m rarely a fan of exhaust tips poking out of the back like that, but at least they don’t appear to have long chrome extensions. Dual exhaust was optional for the 343 V8, and “big, shiny wheel discs” (i.e., wheelcovers) were standard on the SST line.

The original seat fabric is great, other than the obvious split on the driver’s seat bottom portion. Is that a 60/40 seat? Individual reclining seats were standard on the SST line, but a center armrest and headrests were optional. This one doesn’t have headrests or a center armrest that I can see. The back seat looks perfect. Air-conditioning was standard on this car, but power windows were optional. The little square portion of color-matched vinyl on the doors is interesting. I’m not sure how that made it past the otherwise usually spot-on AMC interior designers. The trunk is huge, and it looks clean overall. This car was $3,151 new.

Kudos to the seller for taking photos of just about every part of this car. The engine is AMC’s 343-cu.in. OHV Typhoon V8 with 280 horsepower and 365 lb-ft of torque when new. It’s said to run great and is backed by a Borg Warner three-speed automatic sending power to the rear wheels as the automotive Gods intended. This one has optional power steering and power brakes, with the fronts being power disc brakes (for V8s), and there should be a standard (for V8s) oil cooler in there somewhere. At $4,000, you’d be hard-pressed to find a cheaper, more unusual, and popular Cars & Coffee vehicle than this straight SST sedan. Not to mention, most likely just a nice driving and riding car. Any thoughts on this one?