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The grill design was bold yet pleasing extruded aluminum vee’d slightly forward and bordered by stacked quad headlights. Full length chrome trim capped the crown of the side and fender panels extending from the front fenders to the full height vertical tail lights. The roofline was crisp and the sculpted sides accentuated the length of the car. The all new design prompted Motor Trend to call the Ambassador a “strikingly handsome automobile.”
The powerplant for the Ambassador included an all new 232 cubic inch six cylinder engine which developed 155 horsepower. More popular were the optional V8’s which had displacements of 287 and 327 cubic inches and developed horsepower of 198 and 270 respectfully.
Transmission options included the standard 3 speed column shift manual, but most Ambassador owners opted for the Flash-O-Matic, a three speed automatic supplied by Borg-Warner.
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Two trim levels were offered, the Ambassador 990 and the less expensive 880. The 990 trim level proved more popular Jared Cook Jersey , outselling the 880 trim at a margin of 4 to 1.
There were only subtle changes for the 1966 Ambassadors: the grill texture was changed and the front fenders adopted tasteful chrome trim.
The newly designed Ambassadors were a sales success. In 1964 18,647 Ambassadors were produced, In 1965 that number soared to 64 Derek Carr Jersey ,145 units only to be outdone by the 1966 models that sold 71,692 units
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