This trio of hurtin’ 1965 American Motors/Rambler Marlins are described as barn finds, but they’re really undergrowth finds. It’s fair to say that this is about the worst possible storage for classic cars, and these Ramblers have clearly suffered the consequences. They’re on Facebook Marketplace in Wurtsboro, New York, priced at $1,000 each or $3,000 for all of them. Geez, couldn’t there be some kind of discount for someone willing to haul them away? The owner is negotiable.

Let me say that the price seems high for the condition these cars are in. The Marlin has never gotten much love, though its fortunes are rising lately. One of the very few cars named after a fish (there’s also the Corvette Stingray, of course), the Marlin was clearly a response both to the Mustang and the Plymouth Barracuda (the other one named after a fish). It has the Barracuda’s dramatic rear styling and huge rear window, though (like the Barracuda) it’s plain-jane from the B-pillar forward. The Barracuda was basically a Plymouth Valiant; the Marlin a Rambler Classic.

Just over 2,000 Marlins were built with a 145-horsepower inline-six. More popular was the company’s own 270-horsepower, 327-cubic-inch four-barrel V-8, which was often specified with an automatic and console shifter, though the “twin” stick manual with overdrive was in six percent of orders.

The owner doesn’t say much, but he does inform us that the registrations (does he mean titles?) are missing and that the red and white cars have their 327 V-8s “in tacked.” But the one engine photo (of the red car) shows a pretty scary mess. Perhaps one engine could be built from the two. The black car is minus both its motor and its differential, though it may have a transmission–under that big expanse of glass, maybe? “The cars sat for at least 25 years so they’re not gonna be perfect,” the owner states. That’s an understatement. He thinks they’re restorable, but they look more like parts cars from this vantage point.

The all-important rear windows appear to be intact on these Marlins. Interior photos would have been helpful. The cars “have the usual floor pan rot but other than that they’re pretty solid,” we’re told. But even if the cars are better than they look, this is going to be a very large project for a dedicated Marlin lover. Both the red and white ones have rear end damage, and there’s lots of surface rust, moss and everything else. The usual thing is to say that one car can be built from the three, but my guess is that the rot is mostly in the same places. Bring your welder.

So are you going to make a move here? Marlins are thin on the ground, and at least from what we can see these have decent sheet metal.