Ok, no more excuses! I know who you are–you lurkers, you folks that claim that you’ll purchase a classic car “some day,” but they are all either too expensive, need too much work, or aren’t red. Yes, aren’t red! Take a look at any classic car show and you’ll see that 1/4 to 1/2 of all the cars there are red, whether they started that way or not! Well, this 1960 Rambler American Super is your car! Your excuses are over–you’re going to be a classic car owner! Plan on your trip to Brookeville, Maryland now, and go ahead and see where this beauty is being sold here on eBay, with a minimum bid of $1,750 without a reserve but an incredibly low buy-it-now of $2,300! That’s right, that’s less than $200/month for a year!

Here’s the requisite body damage–there’s always something that has to be done on a classic car; it keeps the new owner busy. No, not the bird excrement on the door, I’m talking about the crease/scratch on the front of the fender. Given the fact that the car isn’t the original red color anyway, it should be easy to touch up with even more red! Shazam! Be sure and clean off the bird poop, too.

In this shot, you can see that the car was originally red, just not a “Wow, I can paint my car a Ferrari color!” red. But that’s ok, that just means that you can spray the door jambs with the same touch up paint you bought to take care of that fender scrape! And the seller is including new carpeting, so your spouse can’t complain that their feet don’t feel good when they kick off their shoes on that first weekend drive in your first classic car! You’ll get some great satisfaction cleaning those two-toned door panels as well to return the putty color to cream–and you can do that with household cleaner; no extra expense at all!

The seller has been kind enough to include a great set of color-matched fuzzy dice: another expense averted! They also tell us that it runs well enough that you could take it across country on its new tires and new brakes. It even comes with the original keys in the original dealer key fob!

Since this isn’t the Custom model, it has the base 195.6 cubic inch flathead six making an easy 90 horsepower–not a lot, but the car delivered 30 miles (and smiles!) per gallon in a day when a lot of cars were barely into double digits. So your new classic car will be economical as well! And look at how easy it will be to service–can you imagine spark plugs and an oil filter being easier to get to than these? I can’t!

You may think that I’ve been making fun of this great classic — believe me, I’m not! I am totally flabbergasted that you can get this neat of an old car for $2,300! And I’m thinking of all of the people I’ve met over the years that have all kinds of excuses why they are not joining the old car hobby, and I think this car meets them all. If I didn’t already have my Triumphs, I’d be driving to Brookeville this afternoon! And if you already have your red classic car (by the way, two of mine are red, and another one is red/gray two-tone), pass this on to one of your friends that has been making excuses for years!