1959 Rambler Question

My 1951 chev has coughed up something in the transmission and I can't go any longer without a vintage ride.. so I am looking at this 1959 rambler. It isn't the american but the one just below the amb***idor.. with the canted fins etc. The guy selling it says it has disk brakes.. not just the front but on all four courners. This seems strange to me.. Can anyone out there tell me is this is true.. did some 59 Ramblers come with four wheel disks? I doubt it.. but the guy swears it's true. Thanks Hodad

 

Not from the factory that i am aware of.

 

I have a 1960 rambler american it has four wheel drums tiny drums
was your car a v8 model but still all four corners i dont think its stock
if it is

 

thanks for the replys.. it sounds a little far fetched to me. I thought the first american car with four wheel disks was a corvette.. in the 60's.. AMC was innovative.. but I don't think ahead of it's time.

 

According to "Motor Repair Manual" drums front and rear.

 

The first car I wrecked was a '59 Rambler - my mother's car. Maybe if it did have disk brakes, I wouldn't have wrecked it!!

 

that is funny.. well I hope the rest of the car's description isn't as off as the brakes.

 

Crawl under it and have a look............

 

I believe the first american car to utilize disc brakes was Crosley in '49, just a year after going juice.

 

Ahh,the memories. My best friend in high school had a 59 Rumbler and I helped him work on it A LOT. Yeah, tiny drums all around.
The one redeaming feature was that the front seats would lay all the way back and make the interior into one big "bed". I was known to borrow it from him on a few Saturday nights.

 

I am looking forward to seeing it. Is two hours away so just want to get the story straight before making the drive.

 

A disc brake conversion is easy on the front of a Rambler, wouldn't be to difficult to cobble together rear discs either, but not factory. Did you look at the car? What you're looing at is called a "Rambler Six". The "mid size" model didn't get another name until it was christened the "Rambler Cl***ic" in 1961.

 

I didn't get a chance .. the car sold before I could get a look at it. I sold my 51 chevy and am now without a cool car to drive. After a weekend of panic searching and worry I have decided to focus on my hot rod project and cool it on a quick turnaround replacment. I am hoping to find a cool turn key in the $2500-5000 price range in the next few months..

 

Just such a car was my brother's first ride in the 70s. The automatic dumped after a year and the car sat for almost another year before a replacement could be found. These cars are closed drive like early Fords 09-48, Chevrolets until 16-54 and Buicks up to 62 or so.