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#6127 of 17968 Matador by carlisimo Feb 21, 2005 (8:11 pm)
"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.
#6128 of 17968 pretty car by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 23, 2005 (12:45 pm)
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. Replies to this message: andys120 (Feb 23, 2005 1:34 pm)
#6129 of 17968 AMC CONCORD by kyfdx HOST Feb 23, 2005 (12:48 pm)
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...
#6130 of 17968 Re: pretty car [Mr_Shiftright] by andys120 Feb 23, 2005 (1:34 pm)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Feb 23, 2005 12:45 pm) I haven't thought about an Italia in years. Weren't they put out by Intermeccanica, the same outfit that did those nice (IMO) Speedster Replicas?
#6131 of 17968 correct! by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 24, 2005 (8:51 am)
Dat's right, early 70s Intermeccanica product. Here's some info on them if you are interested:   http://intermeccanica.org/
#6132 of 17968 Thanks, Shifty..... by andys120 Feb 24, 2005 (10:47 am)
I'd forgotten that Carrozerie Intermeccanica built the Apollo as well (along with a bunch of other things.
#6133 of 17968 Not obscure, but new.... by michaell Feb 25, 2005 (7:57 am)
Saw my first Audi A3 last week in Denver. It had Alabama plates and had the "2.0T" label on the back.   Silver, quite sharp looking!
#6134 of 17968 Here's obscure... by lemko Feb 25, 2005 (12:58 pm)
...I saw a 1977 Ford Pinto last night. Now, the car looked like something from "Mad Max" but it was still running. I thought all of these cars died off at least 15 years ago.
#6135 of 17968 old japanese by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 25, 2005 (1:10 pm)
I saw a 1970-71 Toyota Corolla---those little fastbacks---they were great little cars.
#6136 of 17968 Fiero GT by lemmer Feb 25, 2005 (3:01 pm)
I saw one this morning. I would something negative about it, but I don't want to feel the wrath of the Fiero fanatics. I'll just say that was a model that could have been cool.

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