groundflyer -- As I read that, you now own it? What model is it?
When I was in college, my parents had a Rambler 770 wagon. It had a beautiful paint color, not lavender, not fuschia, but something in that range.
It had the E-stick automatic clutch manual transmission. As soon as you touched the shift lever, the clutch actuated. There was a tiny, undersized fitting in the column shift linkage, and I snapped it off twice. My parents were un-pleased with me, until they broke it too.
When the last kid left home, they traded it for a Chevelle SS 396 convertible.
I liked the Rambler better.