All history, they say, is local history. As in, events elsewhere in the world matter, then and now, to even the smallest human settlements. Studying the details of everyday life in a town’s past not only gives one a sense of place and purpose, but the context also reflects events writ large.
Bangor, Pennsylvania, is the place where this 1966 AMC Ambassador DPL was sold new. The dealership, somewhat ironically, was Ronco Rambler Motors. Ironic because the Ambassador for 1966 was the first car (alongside the Marlin fastback) to wear the new American Motors / AMC branding instead of the familiar Rambler marque, which lingered on the shorter-wheelbase Classic and
