1962 Rambler CLASSIC CUSTOM CROSS COUNTRY
he term “compact” meant something different in 1962. Take the Rambler Classic: It rode a 108-inch wheelbase and was 190 inches long overall. A Cross Country wagon like this had a shipping weight of 3,385 pounds and a factory base price of $2,760. It also wasn’t the smallest wagon in the lineup: That honor belonged to the Rambler American, with a 100-inch wheelbase, which was only 173 inches long. The two-door American Custom wagon tipped the railroad’s official scales at 2,565
