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I recall reading that AMC sold the Matador in some spanish speaking countries where (so they said) "matador" translates as "killer". Cool name for a car, no? WVK |
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| Older model with the big "Jeep" logo on the tailgate. I didn't see any Gladiator nameplate on the sides. Must have been from the 70s, nice two-tone dark red (probably a respray). Chrome vertical bar grille with two round headlights. Still had the very unaerodynamic lip over the windshield that was smoothed off in later years. | |
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a '76 model. I think it was called "Honcho" by that time. Even though they tried to make it look more modern for the 70's, and it did have a good looking, rugged look to it IMO, if you looked behind the grille you could still see the old cutout for the slimmer grille, with the widely spaced headlights and turn signal/parking lights, that looked vaguely like a crib from Jaguar. I think my uncle paid about $600 for his. It was 4wd and had an AMC 360 mated to a 4-speed manual. The bed on it rusted out so badly that he just pulled it off and built a new one out of wood! The cab and front-end clip weren't too bad though, except for some rust around the holes where somebody had put trailer mirrors on it at one time. My uncle ended up selling it to one of his buddies down in Appalachia a few years after he bought it, and I think that guy still uses it to go hunting and such. |
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I saw an amusing 70s Trans Am today...it was in decent shape, and on the side in big letters it said "Macho T/A". Must be some kind of early limited edition...devoid of taste as all limited editions are, of course. Ebay time: My dad has a story about something like this...in the 50s someone he knew had a later Bearcat for sale for like $1000. He still regrets not buying it, although I don't know what he would have done with it Kind of a Shifty-mobile A real Shifty-mobile Worst one of these I've seen Nicer than average early Minor "Lucas/Bosch fuel injection" doesn't make it sound very reliable Odd little rodent...I can't imagine people buying these This is pretty nice for one of these Let's find a full classic and add some tackiness to it Back to England with you Back to an English junkyard with you Pretty Bonnevile bubbletop, even though the engine apparently isn't right Neat low mileage DeSoto roadster Sad late Airflow Nicer than average aeroback sedan I could buy this for what I have in my wallet...but I suspect it's a typo bahahaha There was a beat Universal fintail on craigslist out of SF area I think for $1200, but it's gone now. |
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the Mercury Marquis (which begat the Grand Marquis?) but that '66 looks like a nice car. So does the '61 Bonneville. Why do you think the engine doesn't look right, Fin? I think the 421SD/triple carb would have been optional for that year. |
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big Mercuries pretty much lost me with the 60's models, with the exception of maybe around '61-63, and the later 69+ (IIRC) models that had hidden headlights. That '66 Marquis does look like a nice car, though...looks to be a very nice example of one. As for that Bonneville, it's listed in the text that the engine is incorrect. It's a 1966 379 hp 421 3x2 that was bored 0.060" over. Sweet car though...I'll take it! |
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Yeah, the ad said it wasn't original. I guess it doesn't matter in the long run. Lovely car though, I certainly wouldn't turn it down. It was a lovely day to go for a cruise here today, and I saw a few nice old cars out on the road...a white 64 GTO convert, a 67 Chevelle SS, a 56 Chevy convert, a 66 Galaxie 2 door HT, maybe a couple others I've forgotten |
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"I recall reading that AMC sold the Matador in some spanish speaking countries where (so they said) "matador" translates as "killer"." More specifically, the matador is the bullfighter that kills the bull. Even though the word comes from the verb "to kill" and should logically be the word for "killer," if you use it outside of bullfighting it's more like "slayer" (with medieval/fantasy connotations). Still a good name, and currently used by the Harrier fighter jet in the Spanish Navy. |
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Just saw a Ford V-8 powered Italia being worked on at a friend's shop. Nice looking car. One thing I noticed is that they are using both Fiat and Peugeot suspension pieces. It's going to be hell rebuilding the front end trying to find Peugeot 403 bits and pieces.
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In that really nice purplish brown color.. with the matching color landau vinyl roof, peeling off to a nice shade of beige.. I'm amazed that something like this is still running... although, the straight-six in them was a decent engine... |
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